By Michael J. Smith on Friday May 25, 2007 08:17 AM
David Sirota is really, really mad at the Democrats' Iraq war sellout:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/we-gave-them-our-hearts-_b_49308.html
We Gave Them Our Hearts, They Gave Him A Blank Check... and on and on in this same vein -- Dog bites man! Oh, the humanity!It is a dark day in our nation's history. That sounds melodramatic - but it is true. Today America watched a Democratic Party kick them square in the teeth - all in order to continue the most unpopular war in a generation at the request of the most unpopular president in a generation....
David is, however, careful to establish his own respectability:
I'm not a purist nor am I a "pox on both their houses" kind of guy. I have worked to elect Democratic politicians and I supported Democratic leaders when they pushed an Iraq funding bill that included binding language to end the war.It's a strange spectacle. Here's David's indigantion revved up into the red zone, but the transmission is in neutral and as far as I can tell, David is going nowhere. When will he put the vehicle in gear, I wonder?
The best part of this HuffPo post was one of the comments, which I give in its entirety:
The Democrats' behavior all goes back to Connecticut, Nov. 2006. Had the voters of Connecticut tossed sorry ass, war tool Lieberman, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Unfortunately, the lesson learned was that the war is not a decisive issue against an incumbent in a Democractic leaning state. Therefore, Democrats aren't afraid to screw their base. They are safe to obey the moneyed interests. The supposed Democratic voters of Connecticut who supported Lieberman are responsible for this continuation of the war. They had a real chance to change the world for the better. They blew it.Harvard's responsible! Yale's responsible! Connecticut is responsible!By: BillZBubb on May 25, 2007 at 12:43am
Comments (5)
Shorter Pelosi: I negotiated this compromise before I voted against it.
Posted by VAGreen | May 25, 2007 8:57 AM
Posted on May 25, 2007 08:57
Connecticut! FUCK, YEAH!
Posted by LA Confidential Pantload | May 25, 2007 3:16 PM
Posted on May 25, 2007 15:16
It all goes back to November of...2006?!
Y'know, I have a favorite sarcastic, half-joking remark when commenting on things like the collective memory of recent history, and that is that it seems that more and more people these days don't seem to have a long-term memory that goes back any farther than the farewell episode of Friends.
Suddenly, it's not so funny anymore. Now, I just want to smack the shit out of people like that...especially those goddamn' "Nobody Died When Clinton Lied" assholes.
Posted by Mike Flugennock | May 25, 2007 8:51 PM
Posted on May 25, 2007 20:51
Bomb Connecticut! It's all their fault!
Posted by AlanSmithee | May 26, 2007 10:11 AM
Posted on May 26, 2007 10:11
Can we evacuate the anti-squirrel brigade first ?
Oh, and Sirota's an idiot. No news there.
Posted by ms_xeno | May 27, 2007 1:34 AM
Posted on May 27, 2007 01:34