Tannishblog

The Democrats are flexing their muscles in congress. By exploiting an old parlor trick, they shut out the Republican Party for two hours yesterday to force resolution of the stalled Senate Judiciary Commission inquiry into the mishandling of information leading to war. Mishandling: I like that. We dare not say they LIED, that would be, um, the truth. And truth is not what sells newspapers.

But I digress. The Democratic emails I receive are full of bluff-and-bluster verbiage of self-congratulations. But they haven’t actually accomplished anything. They’re just having a meeting to discuss the feasibility of putting a planning commission together to work out the viability of opening a dialogue with their teammates on just what to do next. Meanwhile, they have no qualms about asking for more money from “concerned Democrats” like me. Damn right I’m concerned.

I am truly concerned about the lack of substance coming from the Washingtonian Donkey Party. If they truly wanted to oust the Elephants, they need to examine how the game is played: Find a platform, stay on target, form a cohesive unit and stay on message. Any message will do that contrasts with the methods of the ruling party. Stick to your guns, people!

What Senators Schumer, Reid, and Durbin accomplished was to get their names in the papers. By Sunday all this will have blown over and the Bushoviks will stay the course. Now; if these same three senators would prepare a platform of countermeasures attuned to ending the war, balancing the budget, housing and feeding the poor, bolstering Medicaid, and reinventing the educational processes while revoking some – if not all – of the damaging environmental reversals our Favorite Shrubbery™ emplaced… That would be newsworthy – perhaps even vote-worthy.

Otherwise it’s just too little too late.