Not to investigate a known crime is obstruction of justice and derilection of duties. That is what I told Senator Durbin's office today.

Good to know though that Harkin is backing Feingold up. That's two more than we had on Monday morning.

Feingold is working his way to the top of my baddass list.

Green Grass and High Tides Forever

Might I suggest an alternative strategy?

Contact our vichy Dem Ken Salazar...part of the infamous Gang of 14...non-responsive re: the Feingold Censure Motion, an give him a little encouragement.  We could use the help.

Peace


the revolution will not be televised...

The narrative will make you strong.

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"The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern." Proverbs 29:07

If the ol' "traitor" game is the best they've got, the GOP doesn't have a hell of a lot. That's what was so brilliant about Feingold's statement, and his interviews: no emotionalism, no ranting, just facts and logic that demand responses of the same kind -- responses that the GOP is showing itself incapable of delivering.

FDR's response to progressive demands: "I agree. Now go out and make me do it."

BOP's Shaula Evans has a dare on how to deal with our "Vichycrats"

[m]y various email conversations with different friends all spontaneously came around to the same subject: how disgusted we are at the national Democrats' lemming-like desire to emulate the Vichy government of Nazi-occupied France (hence the term "Vichycrats"), in their absolute inability to oppose anything, stand up for anything, or do anything other than appease, enable, and support the Republican party.[..]

..(with a literal handful of notable exceptions) Democratic Senators left Russ Feingold hanging in the wind when he introduced a motion to censor Bush?[..]

For a refreshing outbreak of healthy democracy, go check out Crooks and Liars on Boston Legal to the Rescue, where they share a video clip from Boston Legal of actor James Spader delivering an impassioned monologue that covers WMD, to torture, Abu Ghirab, Guantanamo, and illegal wiretapping and points out the importance dissent. It's a real barnburner. Go check it out.

And my challenge to you is: I dare you to email the link to your representatives in Congress.

Send them the link and ask them: why don't you talk like this?

(my emphasis)

You know, I'm becoming a reluctant yellow dog democrat.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

It just seemed a little too snarky for the traditional media. My opinion (which is probably wrong), is that they were trying to shame the Dem senators to stand up for something, anything.

I honestly think the rank and file reporters are on our side, but can't move forward unless a story has traction. Watergate would have died in the press if congress hadn't held hearings on the matter.  Then the press and the committees fed off each other in a positive feedback loop.

--Don't ask others to do, what you are unwilling to do yourself.