This is my obligatory "day after" diary regarding the
Torture Bill And before I go any further, I want to start off with my obligatory "liberal" condemnation
The Senate Democrats failed to check the Rethuglicans on this atrocious legislation. When, if not now, would it be time to stop this. What, if not this, would demand the 'filibuster'. I believe that the cause and time was this and now.
Now, for my BIG caveat to this rant:
THE RETHUGLCIANS were Responsible for THIS
Like many, I have been sucking on my thumb, rocking back and forth on the floor, despondent beyond despair:
What happenned to this country and its values
I too feel that the Democrats failed on this. To pretend that they didn't is delusional. Could they have filibustered this: Simply, Yes. Politically, who knows?
But, this diary, despite my pissing and moaning over the Democrats, is not in fact about the Democrats.
It is about the Republicans.
The Republicans are Responsible for this legislation. To pretend, in Your despair, that the Democrats would have introduced this legislation, is delusional as well.
For those of Us "liberals", I can guarantee You that if the Republicans win the midterm election, things will get worse.
The only, ONLY way to slow the disintegration of the US Constitution is to vote Democratic.
Yes, You are feeling burned by the Democratic Congress over this legislation and their failure to stand up for the Constitution. But:
GET OVER IT
For Us liberals, this election isn't neccessarily about voting for Democrats, it is about voting AGAINST Republicans -- and, this election, You can only do that by voting for Your Democratic representative.
In the same way that You are pissed off at the Democratic Congress for NOT standing up against the Republicans; Your own failure to elect a Democratic Congress will be just as complicit with a US Constitution bashing Republican Congress.
There is ONLY one way to vote against the Republicans, and that is by voting Democratic.
Suck it up, and do the what we NEED to do.