Joshua Frank says it more calmly than I can. But we've been taken. We got them elected, now they ignore us. Call me impatient, I had enough along time ago. So has the majority of Americans:
We should have known it was coming. Even though the Democratic Party rode the antiwar wave in to Congress last November they've done little since to end the bloody war in Iraq. Just last week House Democrats met to discuss how best to halt Bush's request to send more troops into the region but couldn't come to an agreement on whether or not to put any restrictions on the administration's plea for an additional $93 billion to continue the occupation. The only way to stop the war, as Sen. Russ Feingold understands well, is to cease all funding for the ongoing tragedy. But the majority of Democrats, already preparing for the next round of elections, aren't about to step up and represent their constituents.
70% of Americans oppose the war and congress does nothing. Call me a concern troll, send me pony pictures but don't pretend you live in a reality-based world if you think they just need more time. I miss Paul Wellstone.
"We may as well call all of this what it is: a willful abandonment of ideals and purpose, which never really existed to begin with. The Democratic Party exerts the same hawkish fervor as the Republican Party. Indeed they have proven that despite the overwhelming opposition to the war nationwide they will not do a damn thing to end it."
full article here:
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