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Saturday, March 18, 2006

FINE GOLD

It has taken me awhile to digest the Feingold effort to censure bushie.

Of course, I am for it.

Of course, I am dismayed at his relative lack of support from other Demos.

I stand proud of my one Senator Boxer for stepping forward. That is what she does.

But, I have been a little confused about the political wisdom.

I love the action but I worry about fallout.

But then, see, I am doing the Demo brainwash thing. Don't rock the boat. Fox News will call us on our 'anger'. That kind of shit.

And I am one of the noisy ones. Howard Dean and all.

OK

So look at this.

It makes sense to me.

Feingold: Political Play of the Week.

With the poll results (and these are the more conservative results) in hand, I can see that us rank and filers don't give a shit for comity. We want blood. And we are sick and tired of being on the wimp bus.

I like it.

Maybe Feingold deserves a second look in my early runner play book.

22 to 52 percent! Wow.

And this is just the beginning.


Comments:
I also fail to understand why censure isn't getting more play. Reasonable people can argue about whether domestic wiretapping is a good idea (provided there are unreasonable, dim-witted people around to hold up the other end of the argument), but what seems clear is that the administration did not have the right to do it and did it anyway. This means that they believe they can violate any law with impunity, as long as they decide it is a good idea. Changing the law so that they can now legally do what they did in the first place (as some in Congress have proposed) does not change this. Censure would be a tiny step in at least suggesting, meekly, hopefully without offending anyone, that the president ought to be bound by the constitution. Perhaps we can then move on to his being bound with duct tape and thrown into the Potomac...though EPA regulations may preclude this.
 
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