Grrr.
The majesty of the Evil Party-controlled federal government in action. It's not just the B*sh junta, it's all of the layers and layers of corrupt thugs that infest Washington, DC like maggots on a week-old body.
In the end, after just a few weeks, every one of Sanders' victories was transformed into a defeat. He had won three major amendments and would likely have won a fourth, if the Rules Committee had permitted a vote on his Patriot Act measure. In each case, Sanders proved that his positions held wide support -- even among a population as timid and corrupt as the U.S. Congress. Yet even after passing his amendments by wide margins, he never really came close to converting popular will into law.
And for this my family wants to stay in the United States?
(via the Carpetbagger Report)