Reaction to Feingold's censure of Bush?

[yurbud]

Poll question: Reaction to Feingold's censure of Bush?

[WildEyedLiberal]

1. LOL @ bottom three choices

I think you need to add

"I'm Dick Cheney - shut the fuck up or I'll shoot you in the face"

as an option.

[yurbud]

3. Go fuck yourself--THEN I'll shoot you.

[SeattleRob]

2. Feingold should wait

until the constitution is completely dismantled.

[OneBlueSky]

4. I applaud Feingold for WHAT he did . . . but I've been unsure about . . .

HOW he went about it . . . until I thought it through, that is . . .

the bottom line is that, at this point, ANYONE standing up and attempting to tell the truth about BushCo has my unqualified support . . . but how Feingold went about it puzzled me -- at first . . . but I think I might have figured out his reasoning . . .

allow me to explain . . .

normally, a senator putting forward an important piece of legislation -- or a censure resolution -- would first do the necessary groundwork to line up support from his colleagues . . . then, when the resolution is introduced, a couple dozen other senators would have his back, thus lending the resolution the gravitas it deserves . . .

apparently Feingold didn't do this, and that had me scratching my head a bit . . . until I started reading the responses of other senators and Senate staff . . .

I think Russ calculated -- and probably correctly -- that trying to gin up support for this resolution in advance would be an exercise in futility -- and get him bupkus . . . most senators would advise caution, going slow, even withdrawing the resolution altogether . . . just so they wouldn't have to put their asses on the line . . .

so Russ had a choice to make: to subject himself to their namby-pamby cowardice and "sage advice", or to just damn the torpedoes and proceed full speed ahead . . . forcing THEM to play catchup with HIM . . .

which is exactly what he did . . . he introduced the resolution and put his colleagues in an extremely uncomfortable position (from their perspective), a place that they DO NOT want to be, i.e. actually taking a position on something of import . . . they've managed to avoid doing that pretty regularly, and they sure don't want to change now . . .

my response to these senators is "Tough shit! Since none of YOU are doing anything to try to hold Bush accountable, someone had to do it!" . . . and that someone was Russ Feingold . . .

so I support Russ 100% for lighting a white hot flame under their collective chickenshit asses and forcing them to either stand for the Rule of Law, or to support BushCo criminality -- the only two choices they have . . .

it's about time someone did . . .

[magellan]

5. Totally with you, OBS

Feingold did what any hero does, he stopped waiting for others and took charge. It's something I truly believe the majority of American people are waiting for -- a sign of LIFE from the Dems to match their disapproval of Bush** and the Repub Congress. By god, I hope they heard him shout!

And to those Senators who don't back censure, may you live to rue the day.

[yurbud]

6. that makes a hell of a lot of sense--now we have to see if it works

but even if Democrats DON'T line up behind him, it will be a success because we'll be reminded once again which of his colleagues are actually looking out for us.

[SofaKingLiberal]

7. Who are the two who picked number 7?

Bush did nothing that requires censure or impeachment in his entire presidency.


Come out and play. :popcorn:

[yurbud]

8. Karl Rove and Dick Cheney--they know he didn't do anything but

Jeff Gannon and coke.

[SofaKingLiberal]

9. I guess it should be no surprise.

Most of them are too cowardly to go fight in the war they support. They can't even respond and defend their position anonymously on a forum. Chickenshit chickenhawks