To the Democratic leadership:

[Coexist]

This is going to sound critical, but it is more like a plea, so please be patient and read this as if you care.

You are blowing it. For all of us.

We are going to lose the Presidency - and most likely the SCOTUS by an even larger margin - unless you get your shit together.

Get rid of Steny Hoyer and find a Tom-Delay-like Whip, PLEASE. Herd those damn cats and tie their tails to the Yea or Nay you need. If you don't move some legislation that the American people can hold up to the light and smile at - its all over. Dick Durbin doesn't seem to be doing any better, so you might want to put his balls in a vice, too.

Yes, I know its complicated and a yahoo like me couldn't possibly understand the nuances of inside the beltway politics. But you know what - neither can my neighbors. They see results, and they like them or they don't. Right now, you haven't done jack-shit. And its not because of vetoes, its because you can't even solidify the Ds.

Withhold money, hand out favors - you know what you have to do - just do it, dammit. DO IT.

Because with Iran, Iraq, climate change and loose nukes in an ever-unstable Russia, we can't afford for you to fuck around any more. Worse than being pissed off - I have become apathetic.

I haven't attended a DEC meeting in months because I can't get excited about my party anymore. I don't know and don't care about figuring out who I am going to vote for in the primary. No one excites me - it all seems like more of the same. And my idiot party here in my state can't even find a way to get my vote to count anyway - so I guess that's a wash. AND I CAN'T MANAGE TO CARE.

Please inspire me and get something done - because if you inspire me, you can inspire this nation, and we could really use a little of that right now.

Thank you.

[Mythsaje]

1. Send it...

Not only to Congress, but in an LTTE to as many papers as you can.

Perfect.

[Coexist]

4. I sent it to Pelosi and Reid - but I don't think my "blue" language

would make the LTTE page!

[Mythsaje]

6. Change it slightly...

It would sure take less work than a lot of MY rants. LOL

[Coexist]

7. I'll try - I will let you know if anyone prints it!

Thanks for the suggestion.

[sandnsea]

2. It's HILLARY

For crying out loud look at the Dem message the newspapers have carried for 6 years. It ALWAYS matches whatever the Clintons are supporting. Everybody is doing exactly what she wants. If you don't like the Dem strategy and policy - then quit fucking supporting HILLARY.

[deutsey]

3. "Democratic leadership"? Isn't that an oxymoron? n/t

[opihimoimoi]

8. Way Way better than the GOP LOSERSHIP we got for all these years

The GOP looks like shit right now....the result of fucking up so bad they are dumping Bush hoping to get back into the thick of things.....

Tell us what good did the GOP/Bush do for us Americans?

[Coexist]

10. not much - but the American people ushered in a Democratic majority

what have they done so far that the average Joe or Jane who doesn't follow politics will think is great?

[opihimoimoi]

11. They did a lot....there was a thread not long ago and I was impressed

can't recall specifics but they got a lot done...mostly fixing the damage GOP Bush did over the past 6 years....

Go look for it...start a thread...someone will respond....

[Coexist]

12. you just proved my point

you follow politics enough to post here, you actually READ a thread that listed their accomplishments, and YOU can't list one that my non-political neighbors might be happy about.

See?! that is what sucks.

[opihimoimoi]

13. fuck it...we go vote red

[deutsey]

16. As Naomi Klein points out, the new paradigm is "Green Zone/Red Zone"

Most of us are in the Red Zone, with the very privileged few living quite nicely and securely in their private Green Zones.

I guess in that sense, many of us will be voting red.

[deutsey]

14. Right...the GOP/Bush are losing, but not because the Dems are winning

Can you see the distinction?

Tell us what good the "Democratic Leadership" did to stop the fascists over the previous 13 years?

[Le Taz Hot]

17. The GOP looks like shit??

The pResident has a 29% approval rating. The Democratic-led Congress has an 11% approval rating? WHAT does that tell us, boys and girls?

[Coexist]

19. that is what I mean - people 'hoped' when the new congress was voted in

and they don't see the 'change' they voted for. I am afraid it will cost us the next election.

[Le Taz Hot]

20. In a way its actually worse.

People feel let down by the Democrats. They had a clear mandate: Stop the War! Abolish both Patriot Acts, stop the economic bleeding, restore habeus corpus, and restore our Democracy. They've done NONE of that and been no better than the rubber stamp Republican Congress that preceded it. People have had 6 years to get used to Republicans fucking up but when you get the electorates' hopes up and they're painfully disappointed, they're actually MORE so with the Democrats.

[partylessinOhio]

5. Bravo! I am certain the Dems have set the stage for a Repug landslide

in 2008. The Dems have given the shaft to the 2006 voters and they will remember that next year.

:cry:

[opihimoimoi]

9. More like a DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE...thats how I see it...them GOOPers did squat for us

for all these years....Fuck them all....

[Perry Logan]

15. What's your problem? The Democrats in Congress have the highest unity score in over 50 years.

You really do have to stop getting your impressions from the mainstream news. They will never give the Democrats credit for anything.

With a bare majority, and a relentlessly obstructionist Republican minority, the Dems have broken historical records for fighting the Republicans.

It seems odd to find people weeping and wailing, after their party did an excellent job. Sometimes I think liberals love to bash themselves.

"President Bush's success rating in the Democratic-controlled House has fallen this year to a half-century low, and he prevailed on only 14 percent of the 76 roll call votes on which he took a clear position.

"So far this year, Democrats have backed the majority position of their caucus 91 percent of the time on average on such votes. That marks the highest Democratic unity score in 51 years."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1728952&mesg_id=1728952
http://public.cq.com/documents/cqt/news110-000002576765.html

[cali]

18. Why this is not spot on

How much do we really know about the arcane workings of the House? I'm no fan of Steny Hoyer, but I don't want to see a whip who's analogous to Delay anyway. And the dem party is far, far more diverse than the pukes ever were. And you make the error of extrapolating from how you feel. It's my belief that no whip will be able to "solidify" the dem vote in the House on issues relating to Iraq. And one more thing: If you look at vote totals on THOMAS you'd find the House Dems are far more cohesive than you think.

[Totally Committed]

21. Send it. But, be warned.... I have sent a few similar missives in the last couple of months, and

I am here to tell you:

THEY

DON'T

GIVE

A

SHIT

WHAT

ANY

OF

US

THINK

OR

WANT.

Just know that.


TC