She will go down as one of two people who were instrumental in changing the definition of America.

Ever since she got to the Senate she has been just like this.  I would always tell my California friends how much I disliked her because she was always undermining the party.  She was always an unreliable, Lieberman like Senator,,,,even in the 90's you could count on her to enable the Republicans and disable the Democrats.

And there were 12 Democratic votes for George Bush's tax cuts in 2001.  Dianne was the only blue state Democrat who voted for Bush's first big win which has had such a devastating effect on this country. Californians in no way wanted her to vote for them, but her social circle certainly applauded her traitorous vote.

of hold-outs in sticking with her as far as this year!  But she lost me (2?) months ago on the continuation of the domestic spying issue, a second issue (my brain is mush) around the same time that I can't recall and this is just the bell of the kitchen timer - ding! yep, done.

Is having a AG, now, under this president, for a dew months, really that crucial to restoring the morale of the agency and its right-functioning??

I think not DiFi.  Let some incumbent, interim manager with some shred of respect by subordinates continue to run the day-to-day and write it off til next administration.

If Shrubya gets his peepee in a jam again, let him come to congress for the advice on the law, not some false top lawyer for the country!

count spending an unconscionable amount of City money trying to bankrupt the Mitchell Brother's Theater.

...assassinations was her Rudy Guliani moment. By that I mean, the only thing that launched him was his rhetoric at ground zero on 9/12. And that's what  her iconic moment did for her as well--her face was burned into the emotional memory banks of all Californians.

But she was a Republican lite mayor from day one. Always very pro-development at the expense of SF neighborhoods. That was the first tip-off.

Let's mount a RECALL.

The Republicans did it to Gray Davis and  got Scwharzzenenger and we can get enough signatures to do it too. Even if she beats it back, she'll be weakened and it will send a message to other incumbents: Be Responsive to your Constituents and Defend the Constitution or face a Recall.

or one of the countless assortment of psychotic cabals pulling strings in Washington is threatening her life/family?

Naw.. it all boils down to her being a real asshole. plain and simple.

money and beltway-itis.

She is now the enemy.

out of the unlikeliest people. There's a remarkable parallel between DiFi and Giuliani, that both had their careers boosted by an unspeakable tragedy.

over in their graves. She was always conservative, even as mayor of San Francisco (she was allied against them), but it's a little different when you're dealing with trash collection than when your dealing with torture.

once supported and elected Dianne Feinstein.  What a horrible mistake.  
Almost like voting for George Bush.  
Yes, almost exactly the same!

I voted for her when she ran for the mayorship of San Francisco because I liked what she stood for. I later voted for her everytime she ran for office since but I would never waste a vote for her again.  My only explanation is that the big corporate interests and lobbyists made her an offer that she couldn't refuse.

We had an emergency here at home.  One of my cats swallowed a rock (don't ask!) and it was emergency vet time.  $2500 worth of surgery later and there's a good chance he'll be fine (we won’t know till tomorrow).  Oh well - that's what the emergency credit card is for.  Pray god nothing else comes up - because that was the limit!

Anyway - I understand what you all have been saying about Feinstein's checkered senate and Mayoral records.  When Moscone and Milk were assassinated, the shock was as great as had it been the President – especially for those of my friends who were gay.  I had helped get Harvey Milk elected – I was thrilled to see America’s first openly gay politician.  As an artist, I was aware hatred still existed towards gays (gay-bashing was rare in our area, but it existed) – but we had done so much to eliminate it in the Bay Area.  Dan White’s perfidy came out of nowhere for me.  Frankly – I threw a party when the bastard committed suicide.  I’m not an advocate of the death penalty – but I thought that mans death was divine intervention.

Feinstein I saw in a very positive light; mostly due to her calm leadership following the murders.  I supported her because of that.  She seemed transformed by their deaths, chastened.  I’d had very little contact with her or her policies up until that point.  My support of Harvey Milk was more as a gay rights activist than a die-hard political wonk.  He was such a gentle man, you know.  Anyone who met him was immediately struck by how warm and kind he was.  I admired the person as much as the politics.

I’ve since lived all around the world, and all around America.  My views of Feinstein remained colored by 30 year-old memories.  When Bush was elected, I became more radicalized; and after 9/11, involvement in the political heart of our country seemed the patriotic thing to do.  So I began following all of our elected officials – Feinstein included.  And yes, I have been sorely disappointed by her votes and her attitude.  She is the anthisesis of everything Moscone and Milk stood for.  She has sold America down the river – and for money, and has been pointed out.

But still – this vote stands out for its sheer heartless cruelty.  Diane Feinstein has voted to allow Bush to get away with his crimes.  Who in their right mind doesn’t believe Mukasey wasn’t selected to make sure Bush et al is able to get away with unspeakable crimes?  Feinstein can now go join everyone else who voted for this abortion in counting their thirty pieces of silver.  And yes – both Moscone and Milk would definitely turn over in their graves!  

a couple of days ago. Though I'm not from California, I've always had tremendous respect for DiFi based on the view of her shown in "The Times of Harvey Milk. She and Schumer sure let us down this time though.