Dear Democrats, you are so mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence
LAS VEGAS -- Saying the coming weeks will be "one of the last opportunities" to alter the course of the war, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said he is now willing to compromise with Republicans to find ways to limit troop deployments in Iraq.
Reid acknowledged that his previous firm demand for a spring withdrawal deadline had become an obstacle for a small but growing number of Republicans who have said they want to end the war but have been unwilling to set a timeline.
(the Washington Post, via Talking Points Memo)
Let me take this opportunity to admit that, yes, I have eaten crow for ever assuming that the Stupid Party has more than one functioning brain cell. But even with that in mind, I'm beginning to wonder if they have any functioning brain cells left, because this is the political equivalent of going down to the local tattoo parlour, having KICK ME printed on your back, then wandering around town topless so that people can admire your spiffy new piece of bodyart.
Maybe it's time to print up some little business cards that say "KICK ME" so I can reply to the nonstop stream of Stupid Party solicitations (serves me right for donating a couple of thousand dollars to the Dean campaign. Not only did the Beltway parasites manage to off him in Iowa, but they managed to get access to his contribution list and now have me pegged as a sheep to be repeatedly shorn. Sorry, assholes, but you lost your chance when you let the torture bill get through without a fight) by enclosing one of those cards (plus a safety pin. Or maybe a little velcro, since this is the Stupid Party and they might not know how to properly use a safety pin) and a little note saying "this is all you'll ever get from me. Now fuck off."
Why do the Democrats even bother to show up in Washington? Sure, it's lovely that they have all these looooooong hearings so that Abu Gonzales can maintain his perjury quota, but when all they can do is rubberstamp whatever offensive policies the Evil Party enacts (two completely unqualified USSC bagmen, permission to engage in an illegal aggressive war against Iraq, the Torture bill, the unconstitutional denial of habeas corpus, abrogating the fourth amendment, permission to engage in an illegal aggressive war against Iran) they might as well just stay home for all the good they're doing.
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The last time Reid and the rest of his sad crew said they’d take a stand, and then backed down after, what, a week, at that point i lost all faith in them as a whole and in Reid as a leader. So this really isn’t a surprise at all. They’ve been playing the Loyal Opposition for so long that i don’t think they remember what it was like to offer real resistance.