Reply #87: I am so pissed off!!!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

They are going to continue to do what they did to Clinton and Bush, and that is to roll over and allow the Republicans to set the agenda. I didn't hear any of this tough talk coming from Reid or DiFi or Pelosi or any of them when Bush was in office. I didn't hear any of them vowing to presecute Bush for lying us into a senseless, illegal war. I didn't hear any of them talk tough about protecting the civil liberties and rights of Americans. They went along with the Republicans, approving the Patriot Act and FISA. I didn't hear any of this *checks and balances* talk when it came to holding Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Wolfowitz responsible for the lies and crimes they committed. And still today, KKKarl Rove is a free man despite the fact that he and Cheney had a direct role in the outing of a covert CIA agent (Valerie Plame Wilson), destroying her career and possibly endangering her life and those of her colleagues. And certainly when it came to torture and Guantanimo Bay, neither DiFi nor Rockefeller nor any of these Democrats in leadership positions held Bush/Cheney and the rest of them accountable for their involvement. They knew what was going on at Abu Ghraib and GB and did nothing.

Many of these spineless, whimpy Democrats simply rolled over and said to the Republicans, "thank you, sir, may I have another". They are quite simply cowards!! All of them!! The ones who bravely speak up are marginalized or ignored. The ones who walk in lockstep with the Republicans are praised. You'll see them on the Sunday morning talk shows. Interestingly enough, when the Republicans took over Congress in 1995, I never heard one word about them wanting to work with the Democrats. Nothing about bipartisanship. Nada. Zilch!! They controlled all levers of power and did what they and Bush wanted. Now I hear all this talk from Obama and the Democrats about how they want to work with the Republicans. How we have to have bipartisanship. Really? Are the Democrats that freaking stupid to believe that the Republicans will cave and give them what they ask for? The Democrats don't want to work with the Repuglicans. You watch. At every opportunity, they are going to go out of their way to appease the Republicans and concede defeat. That's what they are known for; they are excellent at it. And then they wonder why no one ever wants to vote for them. Demonstrate some leadership!!! Stand up for what you believe, dammit!!!