Call it what you will Senator,but what you and your ConservaDems are doing is nothing less than a power grab. Power that far out weighs your numbers and positions in the Democratically controlled Senate. Now, Im not asking for rubber-stamping the President's agenda, Heaven knows we had enough of that with the last Administration, but you don't need to do the oppositions work for them. The American voters put a big Democratic majority in both houses because they were not happy with the direction the country was heading. But you Senator Bayh et al have basically told the American pubilc to fuck off. My response, FUCK YOU EVAN BAYH and the REST of THE CONSERVADEMS!!!!
I was going to add my voice to those calling for the end of the drug war as we know it by legalizing marijuana. The evidence for this position is self -evident to anyone willing to pay attention and is not in denial. So Mr. President I disagree with you here, legalization should happen and imho would generate tons of tax revenue not to mention the savings realized from ending this Prohibition that has lasted for over 100 years and was started for very racist reasons.
Coverage of the ConservaDems has been somewhat limited so far. Rachel has covered it and Jane Hamsher did as well. They have even put out their own spin on their positions. I'm not sure enough of the public has followed this as close as they should, but that may be changing.
There is a petition out there telling them to get behind the President and his HealthCare plan and not to water it down anymore. Jane has hinted that their reasons are not at all principled, but bought and paid for. (check the link above) If the American public comes to believe this, then there is a strong probability that our new majorities will be short lived. America is paying attention now, the economy has hit them in the right spot, not in the head, but in the pocketbook. This has had a much better effect than trying to get their attention by talk and reason. So to Senator Bayh et al, don't think this was the American public that has been snoozing and shopping for the last eight years, they don't have the money to shop anymore, so they aren't snoozing anymore. They are paying attention and you are in their sight and they may see you as a hinderance to overcoming their problems. That's not the side you want to be on. Any side that can be seen as being in favor of the Banks or Health Insurance Companies is not the side a politician should want to been perceived to be taking. And, imho the ConservaDems are at risk of doing just that.
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