Bart,
 
I enjoy your site and think you have a lot of good info and insights. I don't agree with your 
constant Dem-bashing, however. If there were a third party we could go to and vote for in 
November, I'd say good on you, but there isn't! What is our alternative to voting Democrat? 
They're our only hope (for now) to awaken from the Bush nightmare.
 
Not only that, but what exactly is it that you'd like the Dems to do? Chuck Schumer and 
Nancy Pelosi were both ripping Bush a new one today. Pelosi killed on CNN (see Daily Kos 
for transcript). Schumer is proposing breaking up the oil companies and starting to really develop 
alternate energy sources. Also, the Dems put forth hundreds of bills a year that are stomped on 
by the Repugs before even getting out of committee. The Dems have motions in the House and 
the Senate to impeach and to censure Bush, respectively. You have to remember, Bart, that the 
Dems have NO SUBPOENA POWER. They can't even hold hearings in Congress. They can't 
do ANYTHING while the Repugs control all the committees, as is their majority right. And quite 
often, unless you watch C-SPAN, you will not see them or their views represented on any talk 
show. I think you know why that is. Can you say "Fair and Balanced" "Liberal Media"?
 
Once we get Dems back in control (and, please ICB, Bush/Cheney/Rove/Rice/Rummy are 
frog-marched in orange jumpsuits), we can start getting this country back. I say public financing 
for elections and instant runoff voting would get the pink tutu Dems out of Congress for good. 
But for right now, please just quit the bashing. The last thing we want to do is buy into Repug 
talking points like "Dems are just as bad as Repugs". That just makes people feel like they have 
no alternatives and they don't vote. The majority of Americans are Democrats and when more 
people turn out (barring Diebold), Dems win. So stop promoting hopelessness and concentrate 
on getting the House and Senate back in 2006.
 
Keep swingin' Bart,
Laura in Yonkers

 

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