"Left... Face!"
There has been a lot of complaining about how the Democrats caved in to the President’s demands in regards to the 120 Billion dollar Bill for Iraq, with the addendum that they’ll re-visit Iraq as an actual problem in September of this year.
Well, I’d like to say that I’m not shocked. Not at all. Most of us have known that the Dems have moved so far to the right that we might as well call them “The Off-Ramp Party”, and that they lost their spines years ago.
Here’s the thing: They have the majority, true… but only by one percent. In order to get Bills to pass to the extent that it surpasses the veto power of the President, they need to get the Republicans to vote with them… and we all know that that’s as likely to happen as Dennis Miller telling a joke that doesn’t make three obscure references to Victorian Literary figures.
Most of my friends are Republicans or Libertarians (which I like to call, “Liberals that like guns”, or, “Liberals that jerk off to the 2nd Amendment”), and even they were surprised that the Dems voted for that pork-laden Bill for the money-pit that is Iraq, and when I say “surprised”, I mean surprised in that “Hey, what the fuck?!”-kind of way.
I think that most people would agree that Iraq was the biggest, and stupidest mistake that the Bush regime could have made. Ostensibly, it would be viewed as a ballsy move, in that kind of way that the nerd walks up to the bully and punches him; but in the end, we all know that the bully at one point is going to beat the shit out of you, and the fight will be broken up by the school’s security team.
So now we are at the point in the war that we see the bully and the nerd with ice-packs on their eyes, sitting on a wooden bench outside of the principal’s office, with pissed-off looks on their faces.
So, I guess if I’m going to continue to beat the metaphorical dead horse, I’d say that America needs a principal. Badly. And since the President doesn’t like to listen to anybody other then Jesus and Karl Rove, we need to hire someone to knee-cap him. There was a phrase that I used to hear a lot as a kid that went, “You know what kid? I’m gonna take you down a peg or two.” And I think that someone needs to drag this insolent, spoiled brat of a President out on the front lawn of the White House and beat his ass in front of the cameras while shouting, “So, who’s got the veto power now, you little piece of shit?!”
I’m sorry, I guess I just went a little “Red-State” there for a minute…
Here’s the problem with Iraq: We can’t win there.
That’s it. Period. We need to admit that if it were actually a war to begin with, and not merely a regime change, invasion and occupation, it’d be over by now. I know that there are a lot of people out there that don’t like the idea of admitting defeat, but at times it makes more sense then the “Goin’ out with guns blazin’!!!” approach that the Bush Administration has subscribed to. This isn’t the Old West, folks… and there are no Cowboys with six-guns there. Only Camelboys with AK-47’s and a boner for killing infidels… and we’re the infidels.
Did the Dems fuck up on the Bill? Yes… obviously. But the big problem isn’t the Democrats, it’s the President’s posse of retards, half-wits and fuck-ups that won’t admit to badly screwing up the War in Iraq that are to be blamed here. They are the ones that go on TV and say it’s all going swimmingly over there everyday, not the Democrats.
If the Democrats are to try to stop the War, they can’t continue to do it half-assed like they have. The stump-speeches that they did last year now need to be followed through into action. We Americans are sick of this double-talking bullshit that they’ve been pulling, and if they want to keep their seats in the House and Senate two years from now, they need to do their fucking jobs, or we’re gonna shit-can ‘em.
Just ask Santorum how it feels to lose to a new guy… he has plenty of free time on his hands.
Well, I’d like to say that I’m not shocked. Not at all. Most of us have known that the Dems have moved so far to the right that we might as well call them “The Off-Ramp Party”, and that they lost their spines years ago.
Here’s the thing: They have the majority, true… but only by one percent. In order to get Bills to pass to the extent that it surpasses the veto power of the President, they need to get the Republicans to vote with them… and we all know that that’s as likely to happen as Dennis Miller telling a joke that doesn’t make three obscure references to Victorian Literary figures.
Most of my friends are Republicans or Libertarians (which I like to call, “Liberals that like guns”, or, “Liberals that jerk off to the 2nd Amendment”), and even they were surprised that the Dems voted for that pork-laden Bill for the money-pit that is Iraq, and when I say “surprised”, I mean surprised in that “Hey, what the fuck?!”-kind of way.
I think that most people would agree that Iraq was the biggest, and stupidest mistake that the Bush regime could have made. Ostensibly, it would be viewed as a ballsy move, in that kind of way that the nerd walks up to the bully and punches him; but in the end, we all know that the bully at one point is going to beat the shit out of you, and the fight will be broken up by the school’s security team.
So now we are at the point in the war that we see the bully and the nerd with ice-packs on their eyes, sitting on a wooden bench outside of the principal’s office, with pissed-off looks on their faces.
So, I guess if I’m going to continue to beat the metaphorical dead horse, I’d say that America needs a principal. Badly. And since the President doesn’t like to listen to anybody other then Jesus and Karl Rove, we need to hire someone to knee-cap him. There was a phrase that I used to hear a lot as a kid that went, “You know what kid? I’m gonna take you down a peg or two.” And I think that someone needs to drag this insolent, spoiled brat of a President out on the front lawn of the White House and beat his ass in front of the cameras while shouting, “So, who’s got the veto power now, you little piece of shit?!”
I’m sorry, I guess I just went a little “Red-State” there for a minute…
Here’s the problem with Iraq: We can’t win there.
That’s it. Period. We need to admit that if it were actually a war to begin with, and not merely a regime change, invasion and occupation, it’d be over by now. I know that there are a lot of people out there that don’t like the idea of admitting defeat, but at times it makes more sense then the “Goin’ out with guns blazin’!!!” approach that the Bush Administration has subscribed to. This isn’t the Old West, folks… and there are no Cowboys with six-guns there. Only Camelboys with AK-47’s and a boner for killing infidels… and we’re the infidels.
Did the Dems fuck up on the Bill? Yes… obviously. But the big problem isn’t the Democrats, it’s the President’s posse of retards, half-wits and fuck-ups that won’t admit to badly screwing up the War in Iraq that are to be blamed here. They are the ones that go on TV and say it’s all going swimmingly over there everyday, not the Democrats.
If the Democrats are to try to stop the War, they can’t continue to do it half-assed like they have. The stump-speeches that they did last year now need to be followed through into action. We Americans are sick of this double-talking bullshit that they’ve been pulling, and if they want to keep their seats in the House and Senate two years from now, they need to do their fucking jobs, or we’re gonna shit-can ‘em.
Just ask Santorum how it feels to lose to a new guy… he has plenty of free time on his hands.
posted by Todd Tobin at 8:55 AM
4 Comments:
Good points, but the truth of the matter is that congress doesn't need to send any war funding to the president. All they had to do was sit back and do nothing and the war would be over. They had to act proactively to continue the war and that was reprehensible.
I've narrowed my possible presidential choices to three ~ Paul, Gravel, or Kusinitch. Maybe they can't win, but at least I can listen to them without puking.
Glad you're up and running!
I agree w/godwacker - Kusinitch hasn't yet caused me to start driving into farmers' markets....
Does the Prez have a posse, or an enterage? Who's his wingman? (wingMAAAAAAAANNNN)
This war COULD end, though, because the Democrats and their simple majority control the power of the purse. They could just refuse to continue funding the war, but that would take some spine.
They'll either do it by election time in order to save their political asses, or they'll get tossed out... because the Libertarian Party isn't going to "spoil" the Republicans again in 2008 just to get sold out for socialism and pork. We campaigned on low taxes and guns last year to draw away Republican votes, but we can campaign on the war, gay marriage and legal drugs in 2008 if it comes to it.
By the way, I'm Chuck's friend Stu. He gave me the link to your blog and I've been enjoying it so far. :)
Ah, the Nebraskan has spoken... Go Huskers!
I lived in Sturgis, so I'm aware of the independent streak that runs throughout the mid-west.
The biggest problem with the Democrats right now is that the most forward thinking of their breed are violently pushed into obscurity by the "Moderates" - who are essentially Republicans wearing different colored power ties - who only speak for the portion of their constiuency that isn't part of the mainstream.
A huge chunk of the Democratic Representatives are either Moderate or Conservative, and it turns my stomach. It reminds me of the old "Dixie-Crats" of the segregation-era south... ugh.
Compromise is important, and I would never agrue otherwise, but compromise is essentially a form of surrender, and being how so many of these hypocritical sacks of fecal matter ran on shutting down the war, this just reinforces the opinion of most people that Democrats are pussies.
Hence, why I'm an actual Independent, and not someone who clings to one party over the other. At the same time, I know a bad thing when I see it, and that's why I think that the Republican Party is the anti-christ (even though I'm an Atheist, I still like irony).
In the end, you can't take away the purse if you don't truly have the power that you advertise, and the Dems don't... so that's all I've got to say on the subject.
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