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...but Bush still gets what he wants because so many Republicans vote in unison as party lapdogs, and all it takes is a few Democratic defections for Bush to get his way...
Can we STOP SAYING that "The Democrats caved!", "The Democrats rolled over and gave Bush want he wanted!", "They're all the same!", etc., etc.???
As if it's not bad enough this is the way things come across in the MSM, do we have to help them out by spreading and reinforcing the same inaccurate and damaging rhetoric ourselves?
Yes, I'm disgusted the there were enough Democratic defections for Bush to get his way with warrantless wiretapping, and that even with strong Democratic opposition to this next $50 billion down the toilet for the war in Iraq, Bush will all too likely still get what he wants... BUT THAT IS STILL MAINLY THE FAULT OF REPUBLICANS!
Do the people decrying the whole Democratic Party when things don't go our way in Congress even understand how voting in Congress works? Are they more angry at Democrats for not voting in complete lock step like an army of clones than they are at the Republicans for their crass and/or stupid support for Bush?
Why are we tearing down our own people, who represent the best hope for making things better, when our anger should be directed at the majority of Republicans and a MINORITY of Democrats? We're a long, long way from the day that a majority of Democrats voted for the IWR, yet I hardly see any appreciation for the positive direction things are going.
It's frustrating not to have strong enough a majority to get the right things done, and not anywhere close enough to enough strength to override a veto, but damn it, we shouldn't be eating our own in a badly misplaced expression of anger.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd like to see a Democrat in the White House in 2008, and strong Democratic gains in Congress too. It's not going to help that cause if the misplaced anger here only adds to the popular cynical resignation that "it doesn't matter" which party you vote for.
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