Arlington Republicans: Losers AND Liars

I probably shouldn't even pay these people any attention at all since they haven't won an election in years, but now the Arlington Republicans have taken to outright lying.

Fact: BHO hasn’t backed out of Iraq (where the surge worked over the “swearing up and down it wouldn’t work” objections of these same Democrats) or Afghanistan, in fact he is escalating.

Fact: The economy went in the tank only after Dems took control of Congress and largely because of a Dem instituted housing policy (more on this later).

OK, now here are the real facts (apparently, Republicans don't know the meaning of the word).

Fact: President Barack Obama is on track to withdraw U.S. combat forces from Iraq, as agreed to by...that's right, President George W. Bush and the Republicans:

The U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (official name: "Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq") is a status of forces agreement (SOFA) approved by the Iraqi government in late 2008 between Iraq and the United States. It establishes that U.S. combat forces will withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, and all U.S. forces will be completely out of Iraq by December 31, 2011, subject to possible further negotiations which could delay withdrawal and a referendum scheduled for mid-2009 in Iraq which may require U.S. forces to completely leave by the middle of 2010.

Also, with regard to Afghanistan, Barack Obama never said he was going to pull out of there; quite the contrary, he always said that we made a mistake in focusing on Iraq as opposed to finishing the battle against Al Qaeda and capturing Bin Laden.

Fact: According to CNNMoney.com (and a million other sources, including the authoritative National Bureau of Economic Research), the current recession began in December 2007. Last I checked, George W. Bush was president in December 2007. Bush was also president in the fall of 2008 when the U.S. financial system melted down and Bush's Treasury Secretary (Henry Paulson) cobbled together a $700 billion emergency bailout, also known as "TARP" (the Troubled Asset Relief Program).

Any other questions?