I know, you are sorely pissed off about them folding on FISA and the WAR. The Democrats have looked amateurish playing against the Evil Empire, but they have done some good things too. We bash them a lot, at least I do. I call their offices and send emails about anything I think they screwed up.
This morning I called Reid's office, Pelosi's office, the Majority Leader's office and the Majority whip. I was plenty pissed off about FISA. The Democrats got played and they should have had a delay/media strategy. The House trusted Admiral MCConnell and he screwed them over big time.
Yet, we now have a minimum wage increase, college loan rate will drop, more grants, soldiers got a raise, info about the nefarious doing of Bushco in the military have been exposed in more hearings than the Repubs held in 10 years. We have more information and we have the chance to really blow it out in 'o8.
So let's give the Dem's some thanks. They deserve it, they are going to be bashed and riduculed enough in the coming days.
Send them an email of thanks and tell them to be ready for September.
Add-on:
Look I know they screwed up on FISA, but think about this, 16 Dems voted for this crap - not the leadership. We need to be contacting these "bluedog Dems" and ask them to look at how those low-life, corrupt Repubs hold together.
Furthermore, the Dem leadership got played by the administration and their own membership. But remember, they have only been in power 7 months and the Repubs/Bushco have this game down to a science. Now instead of making their stupid asses feel worse, SEND THEM SOME CONSTRUCTIVE TIPS ON HOW TO USE THE MEDIA/HOW TO PLAY THE REPUBS. They need support right now - not bashing.
I am not a Pollyanna. I can tell you that the Democratic leadership probably voids my emails immediately because I am always sending them nasty notes, sometimes daily. I was so pissed yesterday, I could not even sleep. But use some psychology here - the Repubs know we are going to say nasty things about the Dems. Confound their corrupt asses by saying "thanks for the things you accomplished inspite of the Repubs". The minimum wage and other things aren't that great to many of us - in fact the increase is too small to really do anything. But consider, the Dems have too small a majority in the Senate to do anything and that snake, Lieberman makes sure they get embarrassed as often as he can.
I am not at all saying I don't wish the Dems had stuck it out on FISA/War but I am saying that I believe this admin is corrupt enough to stage a terrorist attack to get its way. People, we have a corrupt executive, no real majority in the Senate and Bushco has seeded the judiciary with enough of its pods to ensure a very bad time - the damn US Attorney for the Washington District refuses to take criminal contempt charges that he legally cannot refuse to take. So just back up, use a different strategy than constant complaint and face some of the realities. The Repubs know that all we do is complain and they play with our heads as much as they do the people in Congress.
And no, I am not stupid, or frightened. I just know that when I called Pelosi's office this morning to apologize for saying some seriously nasty things, I told the staffer that I realized I only called or emailed when they failed.