Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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Ever wonder how many lives would have been saved if we had YouTube for the Vietnam war? Or would the leaders of the day still deny the evident truth laying dead in the ditches and rivers of Baghdad? Would they still ignore the never ending stream of flag draped coffins coming in from the Middle East?
My guess is yes, they would. To deny the facts on the ground in Baghdad, it takes a Herculean capacity for denial to look at the Iraq War as nothing more than a total and abject disaster of Greecian tragedy proportions. Or they could be lying to our face. That sums up our President and his underlings – liars. No one can be so deluded as to thinking Iraq is a success. (Ok, McCain excluded.)
But what about Pelosi? How long is she going to go for the bullshit? How long will Reid back her up in letting Bush ruin the nation? So far, the Democrats have given us nothing but shame and embarrassment in the Congress. Instead of doing the job they were sent to do, they have achieved none of the major promises they gave us in the 2006 elections. I understand they also battle the Blue Dogs and there is the one vote majority in the Senate, but Pelosi and Reid haven’t even tried. They have not lifted a finger. All they have done is take after Senator Craig and dropped their pants for Bush. They have willingly bent over and let Bush have his way with the war, FISA courts and on and on.
If Pelosi and Reid roll over this time and accept another six months of continued bloodshed and violence, it is time to remove them from office. They will have proven themselves as traitors to We The People.
the shame is in the numbers:
Professor Juan Cole points us here to McClatchy News.
Security in Iraq still elusive
Reid and Pelosi should read the whole thing.
Unfortunately, not many people get to vote for or against Reid and Pelosi. Both of my Senators are Republicans, and my representative is a Bush Dog. The guys I voted for in the past two presidential elections had the elections stolen from them, and the top three Dem candidates for the next round range increasingly look like a bunch of appeasers and collaborationists.
I am not hopeful that things are going to get any better. After seven years of Bush, I don’t want a uniter, I don’t want someone who goes along to get along, and I don’t want to heal any divides. I want a hard-line leftist who will fuck the Republican Party into the ground permanently. Frankly, at this point I don’t give a shit if that requires amending the Constitution to permanently disenfranchise anyone registered as a Republican in the last ten years, because thanks to the GOP and their DLC fellow travelers, I’ve been without elected representation for at least that long.