A tragic lack of courage

[Raven]

on the part of the Democrats in Congress. A striking vote for political expediency. A shocking sign that they are really unaware of the depth of the vote in November and the breadth of the expectations that we had for them. Lets give Bush the money, lets give him the time...all, I think, to be in some sort of a position later to have been politically correct, to be able to blame this monster for more carnage. As far as I am concerned, it's now their carnage.If the Democrats are worried that they have inherited this war, they should be because they have. They have because they have the power and they haven't used it. They have because they have settled. They have because they have no guts.

I would have thought more of them if they had proposed legislation that was doomed to failure but was the right thing to do. Legislation that set the moral compass for this out of control ship of state.

They didn't and tomorrow my group and any number of groups that were instrumental in getting our gutless congressman elected will be at work to see him defeated in 2008. You goddamned better bet on it because I'm pissed and definately feeling like it's business as usual. In this part of NH, we mean what we say and we'll be his worst nightmare.

[tularetom]

1. Sadly I fear you are correct

and that it will take a beruit-style massacre of our kids, in which a barracks is blown up and several hundred killed and wounded in one swell foop, before the Democrats wake up and discover their spines. And then only because of the furious outcry from the citizenry. In fact I believe republics facing reelection in 2008 will be more vocal than the cowardly Dems in opposing continued funding for this misguided, mismanaged debacle.

[RiverStone]

2. Our voices and votes last Nov shouted a mandate...

It was the most compelling of all the reasons American's went to the polls -that being to change direction on this damn war and DE-escalate the troops.

I'll give the DEMS credit on the Hill for the first 100 hours; good legislation was passed then. Yet beyond that, the degree of capitulation to the rethugs - on the Iraq war debate and most recently on limiting Shrub's trigger finger on Iran has been nothing less then mystifying.

Maybe the DEMS are so used to being the minority party, they can't break old habits? :shrug:

They need to stop acting like the minority party and take assertiveness training from Russ Feingold and James Webb - I'm tired of the defeatist view which declares - we don't have the votes! Well, we will never have the votes unless we try; and I'd rather go down trying on principal -then give up for political expediency.

We will eventually win the votes, because we are representing the majority will of We The People!