Enough of the D.C. Dems By Molly Ivins

[dogday]

Mah fellow progressives, now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of the party. I don’t know about you, but I have had it with the D.C. Democrats, had it with the DLC Democrats, had it with every calculating, equivocating, triangulating, straddling, hair-splitting son of a bitch up there, and that includes Hillary Rodham Clinton.

I will not be supporting Senator Clinton because: a) she has no clear stand on the war and b) Terri Schiavo and flag-burning are not issues where you reach out to the other side and try to split the difference. You want to talk about lowering abortion rates through cooperation on sex education and contraception, fine, but don’t jack with stuff that is pure rightwing firewater.

I can’t see a damn soul in D.C. except Russ Feingold who is even worth considering for President. The rest of them seem to me so poisonously in hock to this system of legalized bribery they can’t even see straight.

Look at their reaction to this Abramoff scandal. They’re talking about “a lobby reform package.” We don’t need a lobby reform package, you dimwits, we need full public financing of campaigns, and every single one of you who spends half your time whoring after special interest contributions knows it. The Abramoff scandal is a once in a lifetime gift—a perfect lesson on what’s wrong with the system being laid out for people to see. Run with it, don’t mess around with little patches, and fix the system.

http://www.progressive.org/node/3142

Go Molly, I am with you!! Only one person for President: Russ Feingold

[Beelzebud]

1. She is right.

[nruth]

2. She is right!

This pretty much says it all! I totally agree.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. I'm disappointed

This was a no-brainer for Dems. I'm particularly ticked at senators that have stated cocerns about domestic spying and haven't signed onto this.

[dogday]

9. me too n/t

[blogslut]

4. I love that piece

Molly is pissed.

[dogday]

5. I love just about everything she writes

I discovered her at the book fair on C-SPAN where she had to moderate between O'Reilly and Frankin.. She was funny as hell.....

[Neecy]

6. Amen, sister

This piece is dead-on right and she sounds as angry as we are.

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. Well, she would be.

After all, she's been dealing with the Chimp and gang a lot longer than most of us.

[dogday]

8. True, she has had shrub's number from the start............n/t