GREAT piece by William Rivers Pitt. I saw it
here, at Truthout, and everyone should take time to go and read it.
basically, Pitt argues that during Bush's SOTU next week, the Democrats should simply, as one, get up and walk out.
It is my strong belief that every single Democrat present in the House chamber for the speech should, at a predetermined moment, stand up and walk out. No yelling. No heated words. Every Democrat should simply stand silently and leave.
more....
Pitt argues for womething that we all would love to see, but that the Democrats just ca'tr seem to understand...
Understand this, congressional Democrats, and understand it well: you are not dealing merely with a body of political opponents in the GOP. You are dealing with a group of people that want you exterminated politically. The days of walking the halls of the Rayburn Building, sharing a bourbon with a colleague from the other side of the aisle, and hammering out a compromise are as dead as Julius Caesar. Collegiality is out. Mutual respect is out. They want you gone for good. Erased. Destroyed.
Pitt makes sense. Democarats are bieing compared to Osama, called soft on terror and have no power to make changes that will end the corruption that has plagued our governemtn at every level, thanks to the Republicans. We need a dramatic show, something that will wak up America...
You can stomp your feet and yell at the wall. You can put your head in your hands and weep. You can sit silently and be simply satisfied that your own job-for-life is secure, thanks to your friendly district back home, and be damned to actually doing anything of substance. In other words, you can continue to do what you've been doing since this outrageous assault on basic American democracy began.
Or you can stand up.
It takes a spine to stand up. Find yours. Get up and walk out of the State of the Union speech. Turn your backs on the blizzard of lies and empty promises that are sure to pour forth from that podium. Give it exactly what it deserves.
I don't want to copy too much here. Gop. Read for your self. Call your congressmen and Senators and suggest the same thing. Especially the leaders of the Party. It could happen and it would send a shock wave through the country.
Now is the time when all good men (and women) must come to the aid of their party.