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Instant CongressWords to live byConservatives have always supported intrusive government, they have always endangered Americans by aggravating other countries, and they have always been very happy to collect taxes from ordinary working people and use that tax money to fatten the Malefactors of Great Wealth while depriving the rest of us of our freedoms. Those same people conned a number of libertarian-minded young people in the '70s and '80s into believing that conservatism was liberalism and vice-versa because a few intolerant lefties went overboard in their objections to morally reprehensible expressions of racism and sexism. I would have thought these kids would have grown up by now and realized that they're still paying taxes but under the Republicans they're getting less for them - and that's before the bill for all that "strong defense" comes due. How dumb they have to be to think it makes sense to be both Republican and gay after all this just doesn't bear thinking about. Subscribe Buttons                    | ||
And where will impatience get you?
No where.
No one EVER said stop agitating on Iraq. Never. At least not around here.
Since January, the debate has shifted dramatically. That is a first and necessary step to a policy change. Particularly given the situation in the Senate. Let me be absolutely clear: NOTHING can be done on Iraq as long as the Senate is 50-50, because it will ALWAYS fail in the Senate even if Democrats (plus Sanders) are 100% united.
That is the reality on the ground. And that is the situation Democrats have to work within. The only way to do that is to keep pushing. And for us, we have to push BOTH Democrats AND Republicans because without some Republican Senators backing withdrawal (or some big victories in November 2008) we WILL NOT be able to withdraw. Cheney's tie breaking vote and the filibuster will prevent that.
In the mean time progress is being made on other fronts. Ignoring that progress is to indicate that voters don't care about minimum wage, energy policy, etc. I think that is a damned lousy message to be sending.
Blowing smoke? No. It's called fighting a multi-front campaign. And single issue people would get my attention better if they stopped the "your with us 100% or to hell with you" attitude.