My God Steve, no one could have said it better.
Posted by Judith at August 21, 2007 10:24 PMAfter the FISA vote, I will no longer accept political incompetence, fear of right-wingers, corporate press/media bias, "Democrats in disarray," the lack of 60 senators or even stupidity as excuses for the Democrats' failure to oppose the Bush administration.
It is complicity.
who's afraid of the big bad demoRats?
no one.
time for a Third party. one that will see to the workers' and home owners' and consumers' real concerns, among other things
Posted by michael72 at August 21, 2007 11:57 PMSo are the people, Steve. They have a life and are getting on with theirs. Is the media driving this or are they following. Americans do lose interest when nothing changes. They hear the same argument every week, it gets old. On to soccer practice. Let's watch "So you think you can dance" or "America's got talent". Get involved more at work. Take vacations. I think the media follows the people. Polls show interest in Iraq has falling over the summer from 34 to 20%.
Democrats placed this argument in front of the people each and every week. Had a vote each and every week! Wanted to tie this noose around each and every Republican. That was their strategy. Sure a few Republicans changed, a very few, but where was action on the people's business. Nothing seemed to be getting completed. Princess sparkle had her first 100 hours stuff. Did that 'work' in less than 50 hours. Only one of the six got to the president's desk for signing and they gave up war funding for that one!
This is nowhere near what Newt got accomplished in 1995, the first year of a GOP Congress.
That ship has surely sailed, Democrats miss the boat. They have also lost American's interest in their agenda. The hearings next month with Petraeus. They better be good hearings with a respectful tone. Anything less and your majority can and will be taken away.
Posted by peter at August 22, 2007 03:46 AMThe "media" would much prefers covering the Utah mine accident. Day after day, the Utah mine accident has occupied the resources of the braindead MSM. No wonder most people don't watch the "news" anymore.
Posted by Christopher at August 22, 2007 04:07 AMThe mine accident, the bridge falling down, Chrm. I mean Hurricane Dean. The space shuttle. Remember Greenberg, Kansas anybody? Life goes on folks. The media gets it. This isn't the leadership that Newt, Armey, and Delay gave the GOP. This leadership comes up very short to them.
Several here has stated a longing for more Congressmen and women. They say, we don't control this Congress. More wrong thinking. I remember that great sound bite from Sen. Boxer from some committee hearing. When a Republican senator suggested a plan of action, she dismissed it with the line,"You're not in control anymore, we make the rules." Or something like that. She was correct, but, the people don't like hearing that over the air. That's not collegial.
Your Democrats control the message from this Congress. The people are tired of hearing them not accomplish anything. The media follows the people's sentiments.
Posted by peter at August 22, 2007 04:21 AMThe titanic heads inexorably toward the berg, drunks in the wheelhouse laughing maniacally, passengers bound, gagged, and hooded.
Posted by Sharkbabe at August 22, 2007 05:01 AMThey better be good hearings with a respectful tone.
Fuck you and fuck pet-boy. There is nothing worse than a guy who supported the single worst president the United States has ever had coming here and lecturing Dems or anyone else on politics. For a party of pervs you guys think you are really something. You aren't. Like all republi-cons, you are bullies and cowards. Your own party no longer wants you. Your irrelvance is completed by you being a Julie supporter.
That's not collegial.
An absolutely freaking nut job.
yeah pants-pissing peter, whistle past that graveyard, I'm sure America will go back and vote ReThug in order to keep us in the middle of Iraq's civil war. btw, you posting from Iraq? no? then STFU you yellow elephant
and "where was action on the people's business"? it was being blocked by the ReThugs in the Senate
Posted by Gay Veteran at August 22, 2007 05:48 AMI see pants-pissing peter is trying to outdo Goebbels in the bunker. Don't worry, Gen. Steiner will come to your rescue.
Posted by Gay Veteran at August 22, 2007 05:50 AMAbsolutely spot on Steve, and peter....I wanna know what my kids will be paying for when they get older as we not only pour valuable human treasure into this effin disaster of a quagmire, but we pour billions of dollars of month into it...and for what babysitting a civil war so that some sociopaths running our country and their foolish lockstep followers won't have to admit how incredibly boneheaded they acted by devastating this nation's military and wealth all because they believe some radicals will take over the world and because they believe God talks to them and told them the oil was ours.
And I bet those 170,000 troops will be happy to hear how you feel Americans have grown tired of their efforts over there.
Go suck an egg peter and then go enlist.
Posted by emal at August 22, 2007 06:02 AM