OK. In November 2006 the voters woke up and sent a message

[burythehatchet]

The corrupt and inept Republican congress was flushed down the toilet like any other human excrement. The people voted to end the illegal invasion and occupation of the Middle East.

Our voice was heard. Unfortunately the leaders who we elected have chosen to ignore the voice and message. While they bask in the power that we have bequeathed upon them, we are left frustrated and angry because we had a deal...they broke the deal.

With the 2008 election being the next opportunity we have to speak again, I think we have to do some serious, out-of-the-box thinking. You may have any one of a number of opinions as to why the Democratic leadership chose to rip us off by not heeding our instructions. It doesn't matter what it is. What you have to ask yourself is this: Is the guy that I support for president in 2008 going to listen. DO YOU WANT THIS MADNESS TO END?

DO YOU WANT THIS MADNESS TO END?


Ask yourself this question. Now ask yourself who you think will end this nightmare.

Now ask yourself who you're supporting.

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to assure that there is no cognitive dissonance amongst the answers to the questions above.

[Contrite]

1. I thought about this alot today

After hearing Bernie Sanders on Hartmann's show. A caller asked Bernie his position on investigations into BushCo high crimes and misdemeanors. Sanders said he thought it was "important to know what the president and vice president knew and when they knew it" but then went right back to his talking points, which focused on the shrinking middle class and the need to work on "what matters to the American people", like jobs, health care, etc. Hartmann even tried to get him back onto the subject but Sanders stood firm, saying it was easy for Democrats/progressives to get "hung up on one thing" instead of the bigger bread-and-butter issues of basic survival. I thought about this remark and I wish I could have called in (it was a replay of the earlier broadcast) to explain to Sanders that this IS an issue of basic survival. To wit: how do we continue to survive as a nation, as a democratic republic, if there is NO government accountability? Yes, you are right, we did vote to end the war. We also voted to end kind of lying that got us into this mess and continues to keep us there, depleting the nation's resources and undermining our faith in our own "elected representatives". I don't know who has the answer, but so far the only one who has a real plan to get us out is Kucinich, saying the Congress needs to cut the funding.

[Clarkie1]

2. The only person who has the power to withdraw all the troops now is G.W. Bush.

Congress simply doesn't have the power, the commander in chief does.

So don't be too hard on our new Congress... let's see if they keep his feet to the fire first by doing what they can do (investigations, oversight, etc.)

Also, the American people did not vote for a "withdraw immediately" policy. If that was the Democratic policy we would not have won in November.