Six years of straight losses, after so much effort, is insupportable.  No wonder people are demoralized.

It's hard to find those issues when you are the minority -- but there has to be SOME issue that the grassroots can support and win -- before the fall campaigning season.

It's not about ideology or even pollitical strategy. it's about "what do I have to say to get the money to run for office."

If there is any interest by the Democrats in the public, it's getting Republicans to vote Democratic and appealing to them, rather than organizing minority voters to vote.

Few organizations and corporations are  giving money to people who want an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, condemn torture, want to help fix New Orleans.

Why have the Dems not been harping, harping, harping this? Why have they not used every single opportunity they have to repeat, repeat, repeat the conclusions drawn by that report? Why have they not been chastising the media for ignoring it? Why are they not rallying behind Conyers, not only on this, but on EVERYTHING he is doing?

Same applies to: 9/11 Commission Report, Katrina Report, what else we got?

Investigations? How about repeating, as an alternative "I" word: INDICTMENT.

Libby: indicted.
DeLay: indicted.
Abramoff (and others): indicted.
More? (please fillintheblank, it's so hard to keep track!)

Someone who is "indicted" is generally considered  a suspected CRIMINAL. No indictment can be handed down without sufficient EVIDENCE to indicate criminal wrongdoing (not just 'corruption', CRIMINAL wrongdoing, FELONY CRIMES).  There is enough evidence in all these cases for the Dems to simply be out there reminding the public what an INDICTMENT actually entails. Bullshit with "presumed innocence"....Indictment means criminal CHARGES have been brought against them.

Fuck the investigations and "oversight": I don't need an "investigation" to tell me that B*shCO left tens of thousands of American citizens to starve and die of thirst on their rooftops: I saw it with my OWN EYES. Whether that was technically "illegal" it was criminally negligent. And 6 months later?

Frankly, in the long run, I don't care 'how' or 'why' any of this shit happened (and I think focussing on "investigations" just beats around the [burning] B*sh to forestall any realistic assessment of just what REALITY is): it HAPPENED. On B*shCo's WATCH. I don't care whether Katrina was Brownie's "fault," or "chertoff's" fault or the chimp in chief's fault: it his happening UNDER HIS WATCH.

Same with Gitmo.
Same with Abu Ghraib.

Same with 9/11, incidentally:

Why don't we hear the words "9/11 happened on B*shCo's WATCH" 350 times over in EVERY speech any democratic 'leader' gives?

Gitmo. Bush's Watch.
Katrina. Bush's Watch.
Abu Ghraib. Bush's Watch.
9/11. Bush's Watch.
Increase in Mining accidents. Bush's Watch.
Dubai. Bush's Watch.
Abramoff. Bush's Watch.
GAO report. Bush's watch.
Dead wrong on WMD. Bush's Watch.

There were NO WMD. BushCo was "dead wrong"--whether it was their "intent" or not, they were DEAD WRONG.

It HAPPENED. Why do we need any more "proof",  any more "evidence" any more "investigations"? The one truth that cannot be denied: these things, for whatever reason, are happening on BUSH'S WATCH. Tick tick.

If the Dems would just hammer the hell out of that point: look, who the cares about the 'nitty gritty details'--we have evidence of this stuff happening, over and over and over again. Who cares about the 'who's who' of the administration? It is happening. Again and again. ON BUSH'S WATCH. Tick tick.

This is why I find the dems utterly suspect. It does not make sense that they do not follow this strategy. Something is amiss with THEM. It's just too obvious. Bush makes it too EASY, and the Dems just keep dropping the ball. Fumble, fumble, fumble.

Theoretically, after ALL THIS, that s.o.b and his whole evil cabal should be such an easy target....Have you EVER seen so many "unfortunate incidents" strung together in the course of ONE administration?

Any one of these incidents should have been enough to topple Spurious George--but ain't no one gonna be toppled if there's no one there to tackle him!

At this point, TV shows like Boston Legal and ER are doing a better job of making clear to the American people just what the hell kind of mess we are in as a country.

Again: I say--Recruit Clooney.

Spader.
Robbins.
Oprah, for christ's sake.

Sponge Bob Square pants: at least that's one character who could never be accused of getting a blow job since he has no genitals!

I would vote for ANY Hollywood figure who dares to come out and run over any Democratic candidate (w the possible exception of Feingold or Conyers, neither of whom has a chance of getting the support they need from WITHIN THE pathetic Dems party and therefore will NOT get the nomination!).

In fact,  would go out and campaign, campaign, campaign for just about ANY Hollywood celeb who comes out fighting in the way we see folks like Stewart and Colbert doing.

It's all been reduced to a Hollywood show anyway: I say kick these fucking amateurs off the stage and let's get the pros on this. I'm tired of two-bit actors. Reagan and Arnie were enough for me.

I want to see what happens when a REALLY good actor, a really successful professional actor comes out and gives it his best shot!

This year, I will be watching the Oscars for the first time. Ever.

And yes, I'm rooting for Crash.

juslilolme at Historical Footnotes