Another Idiotic Headline. Don't buy it. Just don't!

[Pacifist Patriot]

March 14, 2006
Democrats Beat Quick Retreat on Call to Censure President
By CARL HULSE

WASHINGTON, March 13 — Senate Democrats on Monday blocked an immediate vote on a call by one of their own to censure President Bush for his eavesdropping program.

They acted after Republicans said they were eager to pass judgment on a proposal that they portrayed as baseless and disruptive to the antiterror effort.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/14/politics/14censure.ht...

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I call bullshit. BULLSHIT!

This is as good a headline as the one last week that stated Dems had been indicted. See Top Ten Conservative Idiots if you don't know which one I mean.

There was no retreat. The first two sentences of the article tell the real story. The Republicans wanted immediate action and the Democrats blocked it.

This is either an idiot functioning as an editor or deliberate Dem bashing. Maybe both.

No accusations of cowardice here. This gives time for the discussion to continue and the issue to gain wider awareness. The Republicans wanted to bury it and the Dems didn't let them.

Shame on you if you buy into this crappy headline and heaping more shame if you haven't called your two senators to tell them to shit or get off the pot. Do they support censure or criminal activity? It's a simple multiple choice question here folks, no need to struggle for an essay answer.

[understandinglife]

1. Vote # 1.

Be The Bush Opposition - 24/7

[quiet.american]

2. Yep, I agree.

This is a tactic of Frist's that has a demonstrated pattern.

He did the same thing when Rep. Murtha called for withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

Further, the Republican ass-hats always first tinker with whatever they're calling for "immediate action" on, stripping down the original call into something so cartoonish it almost has to be voted against.

This does not excuse, though, any dearth of support for Feingold from fellow Dems.

The time is long past to step up to the plate.

[KittyWampus]

6. Remember Rangel's version of Draft? They stripped out part which would

have ensured no deferments.

[quiet.american]

11. I'd missed that one! Chickenhawk, thy name is Republican. n/t

[stepnw1f]

3. Thanks

[xultar]

4. Dems slam Feingold censure move....'Practically handed victory to WH

That is from Raw and they are on our side.

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. Sorry, but they are wrong this time.

The issue isn't dead unless we let it die. Sucks to live in a representative democracy sometimes but our representatives need to hear from us right now.

[quiet.american]

8. They don't reference where they're getting that quote from at the moment

But I'll say again, Dem response has been lackluster at best. It's so frustrating.

However, Frist pulls this "immediate vote" crap all the time, and it's probably best not to give him any ground there, either.

[xultar]

9. True. We need to give them the tools to investigate * buy working 2k6

and winning.

[unblock]

10. victory for the wh would be quick "no" vote and be done with it.

anything that delays that and keeps the issue open for further discussion and more headlines is a victory for dems.

[Just Me]

7. Damnit!!!

:grr:

[dogday]

12. Check out what Raw Story says

story pending, on front page.....

[Pacifist Patriot]

13. What I see is a pending story that doesn't link to anything yet and...

a link further down the page that takes you to the NY times story I linked above.

On the other hand we're hearing stories all over DU of Senate staffers saying the Senator has not made a decision yet.

*shrug*

[ET Awful]

14. I just sent Hulse this . . .

Why such a misleading title for your article regarding the censure motion?

The democrats did not, as you mistakenly assert "beat a hasty retreat." They blocked an immediate vote, preferring to have further discussion and review of the topic.

There is an extremely large difference between the two.

[Pacifist Patriot]

15. Thank you!

Unfortunately, reporters often have very little control over their headlines. It's the editors who come up with these gems. I hope he chews out his editor over this.

[gordianot]

16. Idiotic yes, accurate it appears that way to me.

I am sick of wimpy Democratic posturing.

[Pacifist Patriot]

17. What is wimpy about blocking what the Republicans wanted to do?

[gordianot]

20. Modern Democrats do not seem capable of planning.

Our leadership is weak. Russ Feingold asks for censure and the Democrats waffle waiting for constituent opinion to catch up. By the time they get enough phone calls, Russ Feingold (or another sacrificial goat)is left twisting while Republicans maneuver to block whatever the Democrats wanted.

So the Republican majority appears to have won again (no censure vote) and the Democrats allow themselves to appear weak (due to weak leadership). I hope the sacrificial goat turns on them.

[blm]

18. Media will maximize Dem angst and minimize positive Dem support.

They do it on every issue.

[Pacifist Patriot]

19. You can set your watch by it.

[CovertOP]

21. For yet another take

Bullshit it seems is a very large trillion dollar business. www.ipdi.org.
They sponsored a "conference". You may read about it over at Eric Blumrich's site bushflash.com
This guy really speaks to me as a kindred spirit.
"MY GOD--They have no souls....." I think he is right on the money.

[mimitabby]

22. thanks

i saw this in the paper at 6am and did a wtf? and started to read it. It didn't make
sense, so i dropped it and went to the funnies.
I believed the headline and the body of the paper didn't match...
how many others like myself walked away thinking the democrats were wussing again?!

ps I called my two senators. Shame on me for believing what i read at 6am?
well.. okay; but I came to my senses!