Sugar is sweet, so they think it's like Kryptonite to Fred Thompson.

Frank, Frank, Frank, when are you going to learn. Demoncrats never let the facts or truth affect their decisions. Only how they FEEL is important.

I don't mind the sugar beets, it's the obviously heavy Navy influence in the bill.
I mean spinach subsidies?
I yam what I yam and I don't like spinach.

The date I also understand, it was determined after rigorous scientific consideration.
You see, on that date the Moon will be in the 7th house and Jupiter will be aligned with Mars.
It's all very scientific.
Just like global worming.

Simple:

They want to assure the bill will get vetoed. Then they can point at the oval office and say Bush is starving the soldiers by cutting off the funding.

That's an easy one. The only way to justify raising taxes is to find a whole bunch of crap to spend them on, and at every opportunity.

The liberal talk radio shows are saying the pork was necessary since the Republicans didn't "get to them" when they were in the majority.

The Dems settled on the date they did because they can't figure out a way for us to surrender yesterday.

The current bill is a joke. As a sop to the KOSkids et al. they have set a date, since it was demanded of them. Besides that, the DemoCRAPs take nothing seriously. It is an outright set of bribes to see just who can be bought and for how much. The Iraq War funding would not even be in the bill if they could get away with it. In their world, Islamofascists are a minor policing problem, that should not even involve the military.

In order for the dem's to answer the tuff questions they would have to be asked, given the press we have that will never happen.

Your first problem here is rationalizing leftists.

Your second is . . . well, the first covers it, really.

the arbitrary withdrawal date was indeed scientifically picked (but nothing to do with the moon in the 7th house or Jupiter and Mars).

First Ted Kennedy insisted the troops not come home before St. Patrick's day because that way there will be more green beer for him.

Next, Nancy Pelosi pointed out that they dare not use April 1st less someone not take them seriously.

With those two defining moments taken care of, someone got out a dart board.