This is how they are going to drop the ball:
I got a call from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Comittee soliciting funds for TV commercials targeting weak Republicans. As I told the nice lady caller, they don't need commercials. Bush and his thuglicans are already Democratic campaign commercials. They walk, they talk, and they do things, and every thing they say and do, everyone they walk with, only reinforce the general message that something's wrong and it rhymes with "Uglpew".
They have half the strategy working for them already, but the obvious second half, the B side is blank. What do they do? They ask for money to run commercials.
They are properly tying up the president. He's got the leash wrapped around both legs, and he can't keep up with his barking. But he is still President and Commander in Chief. He still gets to veto the laws passed by a Democratic majority. He's doing better at throwing back in the Democratic face than the Democrats are, and he is succeeding in making the Ds look ineffective and whiny.
But we want the investigations. We do. And we want the war to end. But we can't withdraw troops because we aren't the Commander in Chief. We can't dictate the budget because we aren't the final signatory.
The American people will appreciate the effective way Democrats in Congress are tying his hands, keeping his Attorney General lying in public at Congressional Committees, forcing everyone in the President's life to come forward and refuse to testify about his malfeasance. We will also be happy to hear the Congress has refused to provide a dime for the office of the VP. I want every thing the President does to be hindered so he can't screw things up any more than he has. That's enough for me.
But to take those extra seats from the party of the War (which we won years ago and have yet to win?) (which has transferred the treasure contributed by generations of working people into the hands of the few stockholders at KBR in the name of protecting the Saudi monarchy) (which has so altered the Justice Department and Justice System within the US that our children are reading civics books they can't possibly reconcile with the new ground rules) (which has passionately worked to protect the corporation from the person- in the legislature to exempt it from justice) the Democrats have to continue producing quality, clear legislation with no pork except what Republicans add, and to let Bush veto the "Save AIDS babies" bill, and the "Don't poison the babies" bill, and the "Don't burn up all the flowers" bill. Let him stand before us and hack progressive ideals to bits without the ability to hand out favors to donors or magnates.
This may be the only time in history when the high road can get us there. 1) Keep impeding the Bush agenda, 2) Defund the VP, 3) Quality, honest legislation written to make life a little easier for every human here.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
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