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have convinced them that the way to win in November is to do absolutely nothing that could be construed as divisive, partisan, progressive or even assertive. Contesting a signing statement could be considered divisive or partisan, I suppose.
They're apparently being told to avoid taking any positions that could be interpreted as obstructionist, anti-Bush, anti-Iraq occupation, anti-troops, pro-terrorism, pro-impeachment or anti-military spending.
The fact that anyone with a brain larger than a pecan could possibly believe GOP claims that this or that democrat is actually in favor of more troop deaths or supports horrendous terrorist actions indicates just how abysmally fucking low the median level of comprehension has become in the land of the free-to-be-dumber-than-dirt. But that's another subject entirely.
There are only a few reasons I can come up with for the kind of behavior we're seeing from the "opposition" party.
Complicity/Corruption -- The purpose and outcome of all significant legislative and regulatory measures is defined by and must conform to the needs of those corporations who have bought the parties and their candidates dozens of times over. Since both parties feed to bursting at the corporate trough, it's not surprising that their agendas have moved closer and closer over the years until they're now almost indistinguishable.
Cowardice -- We can discuss whether it's Stockholm Syndrome, battered women's syndrome or good old-fashioned wimpiness when faced with the GOP's endless roster of blowhard bullies. Whatever the reason, it's not good enough. If they lack the courage of their convictions, they have no business taking up a perfectly good seat that should be occupied by someone with principles and the courage to act on them. They've sold out their history, their constituents, their personal honor and dignity, their country, their conscience, their political roots and, incidentally, the Constitution and the entire body of precedent and case law that has grown up around it. But they don't seem to give much of a damn because their own reelections are all that matters and if cowering in a corner will help make that happen, great.
When you stop searching for logic or intelligence behind the Dems' behavior and understand that they're just playing their appointed roles as defined by political handlers and election strategists, things make a lot more sense. And a lot more disgusting.
And this is why I detest this particular pack of compromised democratic "leaders" above all their predecessors. They're obvious cowards and collaborators; simple as that. As a party badly in need of credibility, they had nothing to lose and much to gain by impeaching, sitting on war funding bills, cutting BushCo off at the wallet, contesting every single thing the bastards pulled and then shouting their reasons at the top of their lungs.
Instead, we get telecom immunity, no accountability for any of BushCo's made men, near unanimous passage of every single domestic repression bill that slithers its way from the white house, and a bottomless treasure chest of borrowed money to support BushCo's imperialist blood lust. And ton of strongly worded statements and formal letters of complaint.
All this only makes sense if they're all in it together, if they're all members of the same exclusive club and if they've all been completely corrupted by corporate bribery. I suggest the evidence for that view is pretty strong. Like all great cons, you'll never be able to actually prove it. But what's been happening doesn't pass the smell test unless you expand the parameters of acceptable analysis.
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