Do it. Do the right thing.

The best description I can think of is borrowed from sports (of course): this is the "flood the zone" offense.

One action, one nomination more egrigious than the next. And the opposition won't know which one to tear their hair out about first. And with the threat of the "nuclear option" hanging out there on top of it all, Democrats will be walking on eggshells about using the filibuster for any of them.

Not only can a day not go by without a fresh outrage, not a day passes in which some progressive ally takes the rest of us to task for not being totally committed to his or her personal top outrage.

Have you ever known anyone with pancreatic cancer? Nasty disease, nearly always fatal, its treatment painful and sickening yet ultimately futile. The patient may put on a brave face and fight like hell, always hoping for a cure yet mindful his prospects are bleak against the unrelenting and insidious affliction. America is that patient. The Republican Party is that disease.

So confident am I of Bush's implosion, I've re-subscribed to the weekly WaPo; also brought out my family room TV after sticking it away in a closet after election day, protesting the propaganda-roiled corporate TV media. Never thought I say this for anti-abortion rights Reid, but thank God he has balls.

I'm getting nervous about this. I heard George Allen endorse the nuclear option last night (he called it the "constitutional option" though). I'm as much against wingnut judges as the next guy, but are the Dems going to get Gingrich'd here, only to see some worse freaks put on the Supreme Court?

The Republicans outrages are calculated. From day one over four years ago, we have had to endure one onslaught after another on our Democracy. They know that we can't keep up with all of these outrages, because while we are focusing on one, another is just behind that one. Eventually the number of outrages will render us impotent or discourage us to the point of caving into their agenda. Sitting behind a computer isn't going to do it. It is time to take our message to the streets of America.

...also brought out my family room TV after sticking it away in a closet after election day...

I have completely stopped watching network television "news" (almost completely cable news as well) but I got home from work a bit early last Thursday and for some reason sat down and watched the 5 o'clock local news.

30 minutes of 'reporting' with absolutely not a single moment of substance. Followed immediately by another 30 minutes of exactly the same substanceless crap reread for all those unfortunate enough to have missed it the first time.

Never again.

Judith's post is right on the money. Except for the last part...we would be jailed and sent to Guantanamo if we took to the streets. Today we will see what happens with Alaskan drilling. If the Dems fall for that, the cookie is crumbling. If the Left doesn't reclaim the Senate or House in 06, our goose is cooked. Forget about Cheney/Rice or Rice/Wolfowitz or Hillary/Obama. That is nothing..its the Senate and House that are locking up our future.

Muckcat, I too have stopped watching all news. Actually, if I want to know what is going on, I come to TLC for my updates.

T2, I forgot that protesting would lead to being labeled "unpatriotic", a deed worthy of imprisonment. How about a 3 million strong march on DC? Can't arrest us all.

Wolfowitz, just named by Bush as a nominee to the position as Head of the World Bank. WTF?

Bush: "Social Security private accounts were never to fix the system, it was to give young people more money." WTF???????? Latest press conference by our great asshole leeeder.

The "constitutional option" is the preferred Republican misnomer. The theory goes that since the Senate owes its "advise and consent" on nomination, not having an up or down vote is "unconstitutional."

Of course, there's a theory that says changing the Senate rules mid-session by a simple majority vote may have constitutional overtones, as well. The Senate is widely considered a "continuing body," and this nuclear option is predicated on the notion that the Senate's rules can be abandoned by a majority at any time, which would be a rejection of the continuing body theory.

The nuclear option has been considered by expert parliamentarians in the past, and the consensus has always been that the option, if it exists at all, exists only at the start of a new Congress. This, too, is at least a partial rejection of the continuing body theory, but at least it would hold on to some part of Senate precedents.

How does the Constitution tell us the Senate is a continuing body? By providing for a 2/3 majority of the body to retain their seats over any given election cycle, as opposed to the House, which renews itself entirely (theoretically) every two years.

Is it me, or does GW make no sense when having a press conference? Example: Private Accounts will help fix the system. Private Accounts will in no way fix the system. WTF?

Bush press conferences? It's like art. Sure, it may look like crap, but really it's a thing of beauty.

Just saw part of king george’s press conference? Don’t you love is fatherly tone that he seems to have acquire since the election, to treat us all like the idiots who vote for him. Does make me want to throw up!

Mucktroll here is your quote for the day from your War President,"I have not laid out a plan yet, intentionally,". That's it, from his yap. So please take all your BS about him having a Social Security Plan and stuff it. Once again, your War President has failed his own supporters as badly as he's failed the rest of us. I hope the above quote will forever end the various Trolls blathering about how Bush is going to save SS. He has No Plan and admits it, why won't you?

Oh, I think Social Security privatization is dead. He's just clickin' the clock on his term now. Retired on the job.

Of course Judith is correct in dealing with this administration. We no longer have a democracy so all bets are off as to achieving change through petitioning our representatives. They're threatening to take away the filibuster. They're unilaterally changing, breaking and subverting every known law, rule, pact, treaty or agreement both domestic and international. An Army of One just might cure some of our problems.

muck, would that you would be right. The Social Security Steal our Retirement Money scam might be down now, but only a fool wouldn't expect it or some perversion of it to re-appear right after the 2006 elections. Bush won't give up on this, just change the name and plow ahead at some later date with the same failed agenda.
Now as far as the "retired on the job" portion of your post, you have finally said something I can agree with. Cows will fly to moon today.