I feel, so often, that I slam my own party more than I criticize the opposition. And the opposition is evil! Republicans will sell their own children into slavery to stay loyal, and to make a few extra bucks for their corporate overlords. But I have to slam again.
When in the minority, Dems couldn’t stay loyal to stop evil when they could. They failed politically and morally, and we all suffer for their failure.
Case in point: filibuster.
The Republicans just successfully filibustered the completely vanilla, melba toast, ball-less resolution saying (paraphrased): “sorry, sorry…but we kind of disagree with a troop increase; but don’t think we hate the troops, or America, please! We are still imperialists, but the public hates this war, so please, please recognize that we don’t want an increase; sorry, really…sorry for having an opinion” was how the Senate’s version of the bill went.
Chuck Hagel made speeches against the increase, and co-sponsored the bill. Then he joined Republicans in filibustering his own bill! He did the dirty job in the trenches so his party’s leader, our idiot president, would not be embarrassed. He took one for the team, and did his job!
The result: The Democrats can’t even pass a non-binding resolution when they have the majority, and when 70% of Americans support their view. The Dems look pathetically weak, and like they can’t get anything done. I support ‘em, and I feel this way!
Now, liberals, think back to the judicial nominations of a little over a year ago. There were 44 Democrats in the Senate, and Bush appoints his second Supreme Court nominee, Alito. A judicial weasel who stands for everything your voting base hates! Does the Democratic Party have the discipline in the Senate to filibuster? Have they got the eggs in their collective sacks to risk ridicule on FOX News?
Hell no. And, even though our party had the numbers, they were too much the party of simpering pussies to stand up to evil. To stand up for our rights. To represent us, the poor saps who voted for them in the first place, who donated money, who stayed involved in politics, who cared. We got fucked by our own party, because they were too chickenshit to risk appearing as a clip on FOX News as an obstructionist. At a time when the Bush administration was losing the war, caught lying about it, spying on Americans, caught torturing people at Abu Graib, and the whole Republican Party caught taking bribes from the likes of Abrhamof; Senate Dems were too timid to challenge a Supreme Court nominee that none of its constituents wanted. Chickenshit scumbag pussies!
GET A CLUE! This is why Ralph Nadar was able to scuttle Gore in 2000. The base was pissed about the attacks on unions and the fallout from free trade, and the uninspired spinelessness of the Democratic Party (not to mention a completely lackluster Gore campaign). Now, with the spectre of Hillarycorp ™ looming, Nadar is again throwing his lazy, egomaniacle hat into the ring again. We should kick his ass. But, he may be the only candidate we can stomach, as liberals, by the time Hillary knocks out her primary opponents and triangulates to the right of Arlen Specter to win soccer moms, and convince Americans that she has the balls to nuke Iran.
Back to current events.
What can the Dems do? Quit being pussies! The Democrats should make it clear that the resolution on the troop escalation was not to be killed. Make it clear, if Pubs won’t let us stop the war in legislation, then it’s time to IMPEACH!
I-M-P-E-A-C-H, bitches! If Republicans want to play hardball, show ‘em what hardball is! Step up and expose the lies, the war profiteering, the illegal torture, the misrepresentation from the beginning. With what’s coming out of Scooter Libby’s trial alone we should be able to impeach Bush and Cheney.
Enough of your boasting about the people’s mandate, and your new power. You have been humiliated in the Senate, and look weak, confused and far too focused on 2008 to serve the people today. You look more worried about which one of you will be president than our citizen soldiers dying over a lie.
Grab some Republican nuts and squeeze! Begin impeachment proceedings and serve notice that you will not be their bitch any more. If you fail to do so, you fail us, and you will (as I’ve said before, but I mean it this time) relegate yourselves to uselessness and obscurity. Empeach ‘em. Now!
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