Twenty-two Democratic clowns joined a Republican circus

[dajoki]

Opinion
Senate Clown Show Jeff Cohen
Sat Sep 22, 4:11 PM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20070922/cm_huffpost/065434

This past week, the U.S. Senate put on a clown show.

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But thanks to 22 Democratic clowns (plus, of course, Joe Lieberman) joining a Republican circus, the Senate was able to break the partisan impasse by overwhelmingly passing one bold measure: A defense of Gen. David Petraeus against a MoveOn.org newspaper ad. The resolution expressed "full support" for the general and condemned "personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces."

Cable news networks that cheer-led our country into invading Iraq took a break from their latest all-O.J.-all-the-time binge to make an antiwar ad more controversial than the ongoing slaughter of Iraqis and Americans that the invasion predictably unleashed. And 22 Democrats were more desperate to distance themselves from the 3-million-member MoveOn than from less than 50 Republican dead-enders bent on prolonging the killing.

The 22 Democrats can be reached by dialing the Congressional switchboard: 202-224-3121. They are Baucus (MT), Bayh (IN), Cardin (MD), Carper (DE), Casey (PA), Conrad (ND), Dorgan (ND), Feinstein (CA), Johnson (SD), Klobuchar (MN), Kohl (WI), Landrieu (LA), Leahy (VT), Lincoln (AR), McCaskill (MO), Mikulski (MD), Nelson (FL), Nelson (NE), Pryor (AR), Salazar (CO), Tester (MT) and Webb (VA).

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Are these 22 Democrats amnesiacs? Have they forgotten the Republican ads calling war-wounded Sen. Max Cleland a liar unwilling to protect us from Osama bin Laden? There was no Senate resolution defending the Vietnam Vet against those ads.

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Nor a resolution after Rev. Pat Robertson declared that Democratic criticism of Bush during wartime "amounts to treason." Or one condemning Bill O'Reilly for declaring that Democratic-backer George Soros "ought to be hanged." Or one denouncing Glenn Beck for wishing on-air for the violent deaths of war critics, including a member of Congress.

[AX10]

1. Tell me about it. The Dems most likely got scared and...

voted just to get this thing out of the way in hopes that the problem would just go away. :eyes:

[dajoki]

2. The Dems being scared...

is what scares the crap out of me.

[dajoki]

3. kick

[rhett o rick]

4. This is Democratic Underground and we are continually told to be nice to Democrats.

But if these a-holes are considered Democrats then the Party is in a heap of trouble. And please spare me the "it's only one mistake" bs. They are "only one mistake"ing us right out of democracy. If this Party doesn't soon, stand up against the fascist pigs, then all is lost.

The most important issue not being mentioned during the campaigning is whether or not we will have a one party (republican) system. Unless we undo the damage done by BushCorp, the republicans will soon totally control the government. Actually, it appears they already do.

In 2006 a tremendous tide of voters gave the Democrats an amazing victory. But what have we done with the victory besides a pitiful minimum wage increase? It turns out the many elected Democrats vote with the republicans. Therefor the so-called victory in 2006 didn't mean much.

The reason that Congress has a lower rating with the American public than BushCorp is because the American people believe that the Democrats have failed the Country. They won't even stand up for those that worked so hard to get them elected.

Just curious, will the Party bow down again if the fascists steal another presidential election???

Call me what you want, I am a democrat, I work at the local level, and will continue with all my heart, but until we can get the Dino's out of the Party we don't have a chance.

[dajoki]

5. You are right on...

The Dems and Repubs have turned into one giant party run by the corporations who are flushing our Democracy right down the toilet. There are still some good men and women out there, but they are laughed at and have no chance against the giant corporate owned pols and lobyists, not to mention MSM.

I too will not give up on my party, but it keeps getting harder and harder to support some of our so-called Dems. It must be made clear to them that if they don't do the job we elected them to do, they will not be around much longer.

As for your question: "Will the Party bow down again if the fascists steal another presidential election?" Unfortunately, I don't see anything to suggest otherwise.