The following Democrats just voted to jettison the Writ of Habeas Corpus, give the President the right to interpret the Geneva Conventions, give the Secretary of Defense the authority to change Courts Martial rules and procedures at his whim, to give an amnesty to any CIA officers that have committed torture, to deny defendants the right to see the all the evidence against them, to allow hearsay evidence, and to allow evidence that was coerced through torture if that torture occurred before December 2005. Every single one of these Democrats is a craven coward and deserves a primary challenge in the next election cycle.
One thing that should be obvious from looking at the list is that we lost the civil war. The vast majority of the cowards are from Confederate or border states. Add in Florida and Oklahoma, and there are only a handful of traitors that don’t hail from the Old South. How many of these losers come from Blue States? Only five.
Sherrod Brown is a coward. He should be utterly ashamed of himself. I thought he was one of the most progressive white members of Congress. But he’s afraid voting against tyranny will cost him a close Senate race in Ohio.
Update [2006-9-27 20:43:31 by BooMan]: Now with DLC membership and Blue Dog membership indicated.
Robert Andrews, NJ-01.
John Barrow, GA-12. Blue Dog.
Melissa Bean, IL-08. Blue Dog.
Sanford Bishop, Jr., GA-02. Blue Dog.Dan Boren, OK-02. Blue Dog.
Leonard Boswell, IA-03. Blue Dog.
Allen Boyd, FL-02. Blue Dog.
Sherrod Brown, OH-13. Running for Senate.
Ben Chandler, KY-06. Blue Dog.
Robert E. ‘Bud’ Cramer, AL-05. Blue Dog.
Henry Cuellar, TX-28.
Artur Davis, AL-07. DLC member. Blue Dog.
Lincoln Davis, TN-04. Blue Dog.
Chet Edwards, TX-17.
Bob Etheridge, NC-02. DLC member.
Harold Ford, Jr., TN-09. DLC member. Blue Dog. Running for Senate.
Bart Gordon, TN-06.
Stephanie Herseth, SD-AL. DLC member. Blue Dog.Brian Higgins, NY-27. DLC member.
Tim Holden, PA-17.
Jim Marshall, GA-03. Blue Dog.
Jim Matheson, UT-02. Blue Dog.
Mike McIntyre, NC-07. DLC member. Blue Dog.
Charlie Melancon, LA-03. Blue Dog.
Dennis Moore, KS-03. DLC member. Blue Dog.Collin Peterson, MN-07. Blue Dog.
Earl Pomeroy, ND-AL.
Mike Ross, AR-04.
John Salazar, CO-03. Blue Dog.
David Scott, GA-13. DLC member. Blue Dog.
John Spratt, Jr., SC-05.
John Tanner, TN-08. DLC member. Blue Dog.
Gene Taylor, MS-04. Blue Dog.
Is there some peculiar aspect to the south that makes torture more palatable to them? I know Ben Nelson is going to screw us in the Senate, but I don’t want to see this bullshit from our southern Senators, Nelson of Florida, Pryor of Arkansas, and Landrieu of Louisiana.
