When Barbara Boxer Lies on Timetable Support

Today, just a few minutes ago, on Foxnews live in an interview with Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) she said she never advocated on a timetable for soldiers to leave Iraq in response to President Bush' Address to the Nation in her attempt to cover her pale butt. But last week she was very much for a timetable on leaving Iraq.

Meanwhile, in the Senate, Russell D. Feingold, Democrat of Wisconsin, is signing up cosponsors for a resolution demanding that Bush produce a timetable for reaching his goals in Iraq -- and for withdrawing troops thereafter. Feingold quickly received the support of Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California.

And here.

Petri said a quick pullout could have a disastrous effect by tempting Iran to invade Iraq as it has done in the past.

“If we were to pull out tomorrow and leave a vacuum, we might see a bigger war in the Mideast,” he said.

In the Senate, only one lawmaker — Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. — has joined Feingold in co-sponsoring his bill that would give the president 30 days to announce his objectives in Iraq and a timetable for the withdrawal of the troops based on meeting those objectives.

As soon as Foxnews put Sen. Boxer's word up I'll put them here.


Update: From Baldilocks who received an email from Sen. Barbara Boxer last week.

Thank you for contacting me about the war in Iraq. I appreciate hearing from you. I recently traveled to Iraq and would liketo share my thoughts with you regarding my experiences. Meeting with our nation's braveservice men and women was truly inspiring. I admire and appreciate their courage, skill, and devotion to duty. In order to best support our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, I voted for the 2005 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill to get them the equipment and support they need.

However, my trip to Iraq confirmed my view that the United States must set a timetable to withdraw our forces. I agree with retired Marine Corps General Gregory Newbold, one of the prime planners of the war in Iraq, who proposes that we set a goal for withdrawal. I believe our long-term presence in Iraq is becoming counter productive.

I recently joined with Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI) in sponsoring a resolution calling on the Bush Administration to provide Congress with a time frame for achieving its military goals in Iraq and withdrawing U.S.troops from Iraq. I believe that it is timethat the Administration disclose its plan forIraq so that we know what our mission is and how we will accomplish it. It is time that we stop fighting this war with no plan and no end insight.

Please know that for as long as our troopsremain in harm's way, I will continue to pushfor an international effort to reduce thehardship on our troops while increasing the paceof training Iraqi Security Forces.

Once again, thank you for your letter and for caring deeply about this critical matter.

No word on a transcript or actual quote unless I see it again on Foxnews and write it down verbatim on what Senator Boxer said in the interview.