are we consciously accepting that our Congress will be incompetent

[Fresh_Start]

and that's why we are pinning all the hopes on the President?

[pocoloco]

1. Will pelosi and reid still be there??

[Fresh_Start]

3. most likely yes

so you too are coming to the conclusion that we're letting our representatives off the hook too easily

[stellanoir]

2. My now RW brother, a former liberal said yesterday

"we should just shut down Washington." I laughed.

We were talking about the vagueness of those silly tax rebate letters.

You may or may not get a check for some amount at some time"

That's how I read it anyhoo.

[Vincardog]

4. They are not incompetent at lining their own pockets or giving corporate welfare to the Parasitic

Corporate Welfare Queens. The question is are we going to let them continue to work against our interests?

[Fresh_Start]

5. are their any non-millionaire Senators?

I imagine there are a few Representatives that aren't (most likely first term ones, I'm sure)

[mmonk]

6. Pretty much.

What the hell is left?

[Captain Angry]

7. Bush has been a popular source of blame.

When a new president gets in there, we'll know if it's Congress that's been the blockage all along.

And they will have a really crappy day on election day 2 years later if that's the case.

[Fresh_Start]

8. can't blame it all on Bush

I'm not sure that anyone in Congress during Bush's term of office deserves to return to office

[Captain Angry]

9. I think there are two or three that stood up.

A lot more were silent participants, and then there were the absolute obstructionists.

Kucinich might have to make a whole lot of new friends if we threw out everyone that was complicent.

[Fresh_Start]

10. we'd all be better off for it if they were all thrown out of office

and it would be better still if they resigned due to their admission of their own failures

[Captain Angry]

11. That would be nice.

But with the corrupt process involved in getting into office, I don't know how much would change.

We need a radically new process, and it's going to take something incredible to force us to choose that path as a country.

[Fresh_Start]

15. I'm thinking Bush's worst legacy

is that no one is responsible for results

[Fireweed247]

12. They use incompetence and their excuse, just like Bushco

but they are collaborators, there is no other explanation.
We need to elect a new congress that will cut the funding to Iraq and the phony war on terror and sign onto HR676 single payer health care. This is the only way to stop the next corporate president.
www.peacecandidates.com

[24HRrnr]

13. Incompetent? No.

Corrupt? That's a whole 'nother story...

[Fresh_Start]

14. I'm thinking we'd be better off with a draft

for all public office

You're there for one term
No chance to get comfortable
No ability to give/take favors

[leftofthedial]

16. they've proven their incompetence

if not complicity

beyond any doubt