You shouldn't get so emotional.

If you can't take the heat, turn on the A/C.

I am not part of the "stop-dodd" movement (the phone booth is too crowded, as it is).  I have not contributed to any candidate, although I'd contribute to see a full length feature of "obama girl"  I did not lexis/nexis Dodd's statements on trusting bush and invading iraq.

I never used the word "mistake"  whether you wear Dodd colors or not is meaningless.

they voted in the middle of the nite, under the cover of darkness.  

how craven.

Shame, Senator Dodd, shame.  

Instead of standing with wes clark and gov dean, you stood with Zell Miller and the "mushroom cloud" person.

He must never go swimminng -- the yellow streak on his back must be embarrassing.

it is clear that Beltway Democrats have no real strategy for doing anything differently or even any real awareness that something different is necessary.

The sad thing is that even after so much about the Republican spin machine has been revealed (e.g. The Hunting of the President) and the Republicans have been driven to near collapse that so many Democrats continue to behave as they always have.  Not all of them, but enough of them.  It's like they never freaking learn.  The rightwing spin machine is never going to say nice things about Democrats.  They will always be weak - on terrorists, on criminals, on whatever issue can be used to scare the public.  But the best way to fight this is not to change to the Republican position (which makes it seem like they are right), but to not be weak politically.  

CD: No, I really can't . . . We had caucuses during the day, so everyone knew what was there. You had a vote at 10:00 at night, people say I didn't know what was there, then normally I can understand, but we had a caucus during the day. There was a lot of conversation about it.

So it is either that the 16 were weak, and fell once again for the weak on terror meme (double weak) or that they were somehow blackmailed.

Not hard to believe given the players.

Democratic congresspersons are either wusses or are doing a really good job of pretending to be. Doesn't matter which. Either way they'll be forever morally complicit in turning our democracy into a dictatorship. That's a given, and we don't need to keep repeating the mantra. Time to do something about it.

Ordinarily, one would prefer to know the cause of the symptoms before recommending a cure, but that might not be an option here. For one thing, different congresspersons might be driven by different motivations. Perhaps we should just cut to the cure.

During WW II my uncle served under General George Patton and was very much in awe of the guy (which didn't prevent his laughing at Patton's polished helmet-liner headgear and his pearl- or bone-handled pistol). Closest I came to Patton was George C. Scott's portrayal in the movie. Don't know whether this incident from the movie really happened, but it would definitely have been consistent with what we know of Patton's character. Asked how he was going to pull a demoralized division into fighting trim, Scott/Patton said, "I'm gonna make them more afraid of me than they are of the Germans!"

Perhaps it's time to make the congressional wusses more afraid of us than they are of Faux News and talk radio. Yes, some good things have happened since the last election. But at what cost? The Dems are providing some better healthcare and such for the passengers; they're investigating the incompetence of the crew; but, like the Titanic, our democracy is sinking from beneath our feet. So we'll have better healthcare in the brief interval before we drown. Thanks, folks!

Question:  On the Joint Resolution (H.J.Res. 114 )
Date:     October 11, 2002, 12:50 AM

Measure Title:     A joint resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq.

Mr. Dodd: --->> AYE

With "tough guys" like this who needs wimps.

The Iraq Occupation might end up defunded and ended.

Or the FISA Amendment might end up being repealed.