Senator Leahy is a useless COWARD and a DISGRACE

[cali]

He has betrayed all Vermonters forever, and nothing he's done in the past or does in the future, can EVER make up for this.

My disgust knows NO bounds. Who the fuck cares that he wrote and sponsored the Habeas Restoration Act, or the War Profiteering Prevention Act? Who cares that he's voted against supplementals, and advocates cutting all funding for Iraq?

Working to restrict U.S. sales of cluster bombs to Israel, pales by comparison to his vote on the MoveOn Resolution. It's UNFORGIVABLE.

Holding hearings that led to the resignations of Rove, Gonzo and others is NOTHING. He voted for the Cornyn Resolution.

I only wish he were up for re-election this year so that I could see his ass voted out of office!



Disclaimer: I am disappointed in his vote and emailed him to that effect.

[TwilightGardener]

1. He is totally useless, I concur. In fact, he should resign before Craig does!

[cali]

4. I know!

My outrage knows no bounds. He was complicit in restricting my constitutional right to free speech! Waahhh.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

2. are you serious or is this tongue-in-cheek?

n/t

[Kolesar]

9. Yeah, really. This is getting to be "a bit much"!

[kerry-is-my-prez]

13. Sounds like a "Colbert" bit......

n/t

[Kolesar]

22. Mmmmaybe. Surely is wound tight. Maybe that is why it is so dry

[MiniMe]

3. Write your Senator then, I wrote mine.

[rusty quoin]

5. I have a lot of respect for him.

I won't dismiss him over one vote, though I am disappointed in him.

[cali]

29. This is SATIRE.

I love and respect Senator Leahy, and i've had the great pleasure of meeting him several times. I don't like this vote, but I'm just mocking the outrage over this vote.

[rusty quoin]

34. I usually catch satire but missed this one

And I am glad, because you always have smart posts.

[Marrah_G]

6. You forgot the sarcasm thingy right?

If not I suggest having a few stiff drinks and stepping away from the computer.

[Tom Joad]

7. this ain't nothin. he will probably vote for bush's war funding as well.

[cali]

14. This was

SATIRE, Tom. Senator Leahy voted against the war and he's been voting against supplementals for it for sometime. (you know that's how the war is funded, right?) He fucking wrote the Habeas Restoration Act, the War Profiteering prevention act, legislation restricting the US sale of cluster bombs to Israel, etc., etc., etc/

[lapfog_1]

Satire doesn't come through with the written word

UNLESS its so over the top so as to lose it's bite (and become simple comedy).

I learned that the hard way here... so now, since 90% of my short posts are satire, I always include a :sarcasm: emoticon.

[cali]

37. HOW DARE YOU

suggest that this was satire???


(heh,heh)

[kerry-is-my-prez]

24. brilliant! They should give you a job writing for the Colbert show.

n/t

[Tom Joad]

36. Leahy has never criticized Israel, but did vote to ban

cluster bombs, to his credit.
I would like to see any record of him specifically saying anything critical of Israeli policy.
There is no such Senator.
Not since Fulbright. Or Percy.

[cali]

41. There was just an article about it.

I'll try and find it. Not surprisingly, you're wrong.

[Tom Joad]

46. There will no debate about funding Israel's war, that's for damn sure

sen. Pat would dissent a bit from bush's war in Iraq, may even do something about the funding, but never, never suggest a cut in funding for Israel and its wars against civilians.

[cali]

48. A bit? LOL, Tom

He's dissented both bitterly and strongly from day 1. Really, you should educate yourself. And guess what, he has suggesting cutting funding for Israel, and just recently. You really do LOVE to talk out of your nether regions.

[cali]

51. From Ha'aretz.

This wasn't the article I was looking for but here"

<snip>
Haaretz has also learned that Senator Leahy, the head of the State-Foreign Operations Appropriations subcommittee, was trying to downgrade American aid to Israel by changing the language of the bill last week.

Leahy ultimately failed when other members of the committee told him the changes he introduced were unacceptable

<snip>

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/877501.html

And this wasn't the first time. Not that I expect you'll acknowledge that you were wrong. You'll simply whine about how it really, really doesn't count and isn't enough.

[Tom Joad]

83. He has talked of reducing aid, and that is remarkable, only because it is so rare

but he has not talked of ending it.

I don't even lay the blame on Leahy. there are too few to stand up for such a policy, despite the illegality of sending military aid to israel.

We need a mass movement to demand a cut off of military aid to Israel, and all nations that do not uphold standards for human rights or non-aggression.

[paulk]

8. I hate all of them! Every one!

Fuck it!

I'm gonna.... I don't know, go cry or something!

Life sucks!


;-)

[kerry-is-my-prez]

18. You need to go to the "timeout" corner.....

These temper tantrums have got to stop.;-)

[paulk]

28. awwww......

[pampango]

10. The key must be: "What has he done for you lately?"

[mmonk]

11. Tongue in cheek I hope.

And I see that it is. He's been one of my heroes lately.

[Trisket-Bisket]

12. Well if you contacted him,

why tell me. I hope you were civil,unlike your post here.

[rudy23]

15. Leahy is becoming the Specter of the Democrats.

All bark and ZERO bite.

[cali]

19. You mean like his votes against

funding the war or his vote against the IWR? Or maybe his Restore Habeas Act, or his War Profiteering Prevention Act? How about his legislation against the sale of cluster bombs to Israel, or his advocating that all funding for the war be stopped? Hey, how about the Hearings he held that forced Gonzo and Rove to step down?

[mmonk]

40. Nope

Been working his butt off. One of the good guys.

[Mass]

16. Everything else it did does not matter! Only the last vote is important!

:sarcasm:

[Virginia Dare]

17. I'm NO LONGER A DEMOCRAT!111! I'M SERIES!!1!!...n/t

[cali]

23. LOL!

Can you believe how satire impaired so many folks are???

[Pyrzqxgl]

75. You're a Series of Democrats? Well I always say "Vote early & vote often".

I guess you figured out how to do it.

[mdmc]

20. too bad you don't have a real Dem representing you

Hillary is the woMAN. She voted with moveon :patriot:

[bryant69]

21. Aye! Well done!

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[shance]

25. Both Dems and Repubs are all owned, funded and operated by corporations folks.

That's the reality. That's what we need to change.

That means we have to stop shopping, consuming and continuing to feed the corporate machine, and stop the corporate machine from essentially enslaving us.

[cali]

45. Actually, that's not true, but keep spreading those

lies. Yes, a lot are, but all? nope.

[bdamomma]

26. he just voted YES for Reid Feingold Amendment

but just looking at the floor looks awfully empty, another defeat. and *'s war rages on, what a shame to do this to our troops and innocent iraqis.

[Swede]

27. cali,you're usually so calm and level headed,what's up?

:toast:

[cali]

30. C'mon.

I'm just poking a little fun. It's called satire.

[Swede]

50. I know.

I may not always agree with you,but you are one of the most even handed posters here.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

33. Made the mistake of not using the tongue-in-cheek emoticom.

[Tom Joad]

38. calm and level headed? now that's satire.

[Individualist]

52. Ditto

[RevolutionStartsNow]

31. It's hilarious to read the replies here from those who missed the point

Half the responders get it and the other half (disclaimer: I didn't count them) are cheering you on for dumping on a great Senator who has been a great fighter for causes that I care about.

I am mildly disappointed about the MoveOn vote, but it does seem to be just politicking and a major distraction from the real fight, which is to end the freakin' war. People need to get some perspective.

[Marrah_G]

39. I am of the opinion more then a few Du posters want the Dems to fail

They have some romantic idea that a new party will spring up and lead us all into Utopia. Unfortunately I am stuck here in reality so I will be missing the party.

[Virginia Dare]

62. The progressive rapture!...LOL!!...n/t

[Marrah_G]

66. ow ow ow ow ow ow

I just snorted diet coke!

:spank:

[BostonMa]

47. You miss the point because you can never tell whatthis poster is thinking

Ever other thread is laced with profanity and/or telling other people how to think.

When you fling poo the rest of the time, nobody assumes it\'s satire.

Especially when the poster is a caricature of herself.

Think about it.

[cali]

54. LOL,

newbie. Hate to break this to you, but there are quite a few people around here who disagree, and I'm sooo sorry your delicate sensibilities are offended by my profanity.

[Burma Jones]

32. And that Goddamned Mikulski too, that Freeper Beotch

[zulchzulu]

35. So one vote kills all of his other efforts...

Oh well...

[cali]

43. Satire n/t

I'm not a big fan of the sarcasm emoticon. It makes things too easy.

[L. Coyote]

42. Welcome to the GOP. You may not be a member, but they have you doing precisely

what they set out to accomplish. I'll send a congratulatory letter to Sen. Cornball on your behalf.

[cali]

44. Satire. n/t

[bryant69]

53. Your kind of an idiot aren't you?

I'm glad you ignored me.

Bryant

[Bluebear]

58. See how much we DO have in common, bryant?

:toast:

[Virginia Dare]

63. He's a uniter, not a divider...

that's kind of sweet you two!...:grouphug:

[Bluebear]

70. LOL, I feel all warm and fuzzy :)

[cali]

71. Yeah, but the thing is

he/she posts a lot of valuble info.

[AzDar]

49. Self-Delete. Why bother????

[L. Coyote]

55. Welcome to my Ignore list.

[cali]

56. Glad to be on it. n/t

[Marrah_G]

57. That was satire you know..

[Marrah_G]

59. There are days I wish a reality based civics test was required before posting on DU.....

Bah wrong spot. I meant this as a response to the OP.

[cali]

61. I know. Perhaps I shouldn't have posted it but you know

damn well that any reasonable post about why Senator Leahy is still one of the good guys, would have been ignored or jumped on by the hate all dem all the time brigade.

[Marrah_G]

64. Your post was fine and spot on

It's just shocking that some people on DU actually think like that. They are either clueless on how the government works OR they are Rep shills here to stir up the easily outraged segment of our population.

[Virginia Dare]

65. No, I had a post like that yesterday..

and got royally flamed. Sometimes the sark tag just isn't needed, and those who don't get it will make all of your arguments for you.

[L. Coyote]

74. That was satire you know..

Cali is not on the List, but it has grown today.

[malaise]

60. Good Post

Leahy is a good man and a hard worker. He and Conyers are responsible for all our victories today.

[cali]

67. Thanks, Mal

I hate to see us throw the proverbial baby out with the bathwater.

[lonestarnot]

68. WTF is with you?

[cali]

69. Want to clarify that?

Or not.

[Blue_In_AK]

72. Where's your sarcasm smilie, Cali? n/t

[cali]

73. I thought it was so over the top

that everyone would get it, but I guess everyone's so used to over the top, that I was wrong.

[Pyrzqxgl]

77. I'm really amazed that your nibble of sarcasm created such a stir among the thin skins.

It was clever, cute, and it shouldn't be going on this long.
Praise to Sen. Leahy (mostly)

[cali]

78. *shrug*

I thought it'd get like 5 responses. Who knows why certain things cause a stir.

[Blue_In_AK]

79. I got it...

I am rather amazed by some of the responses, though. I keep telling people they're taking themselves too seriously around here.

[high density]

81. Yeah but the sad part is

that there are some people here who would write something like that, and be serious about it!

[cali]

82. Yep.

And there are lots of them, too.

[book_worm]

76. I get it!!

:)

[Bucky]

80. Okay, you got me.

I was totally falling for it until the end of paragraph 2.

You jack ass. I'd already hit "reply" and was only reading further for more ammo to eviscerate you with.
It's kinda sad that even over the top satire can seem like a serious and misguided DUer.