Democrats disgust me just as much as Republicans. Anybody who works with sociopaths will tell you that they have to be held accountable and they need consistent confrontation.

FTR, you should definitely run for congress.

Man, those Democrats show such leadership and finesse.

Truly the very stuff that American Government should be.

I really like Kucinich, whether he believes in aliens or not. The guy has balls.

EDIT: And a smokin wife.

Impeaching Cheney or Bush now would be politically terrible for the Democrats. They may have had a window when they came into office, they let it pass, and now it would look even more like political grandstanding than it would have before. Instead, they get to keep them in office (with the understanding that both sides will be politically neutered) and keep Bush's albatross-like approval ratings dragging down the GOP in general.

It's a grade school maneuver by Kucinich because he's trying to make noise for the primaries and score points with his base. That's all.

Oh, we all like Kucinich. It's just a matter if we keep it a secret or not.

American Politics: Style over Substance.

Sometimes we need a politician willing to grandstand. It makes people pay attention and forces them to confront issues they'd normally avoid. Feingold was grandstanding when he proposed Bush's censure, but it was a damn right thing to do.

You think people are avoiding the issue of Dick Cheney being an asshole?

Oh, and you and Subrosa's avatar pictures look like some bizarre "before and after" shots for Hunter S. Thompson Fantasy Camp.

Sure. I don't disagree with that at all. I mean, it's fine for Dennis because he's not a "party" guy anyway. He's doing what he's got to do to keep his base paying attention.

But if I were Nancy Pelosi, I would have done exactly the same thing she did. The time's got to be right for this sort of thing. At this point in the game, they'd be overplaying their hand. Maybe they wouldn't have when they got in, but right now it's beyond a stretch.

Flag!

Politicians are corrupt by nature, regardless of whether they are Democrats or Republicans. The problem is that the only impeachable offenses committed by the Bush team are things that the Dems support as well. There's no proof that the Bush administration lied about WMDs. There's only proof that they were wrong. Bill Clinton set the precedent for wire tapping, so the Dems don't want to go there under oath either. It's easier to complain about it to Oprah and the Today Show where they know they won't be called on their hypocrisies. As for the true crimes committed...selling out American's interest to big business and cheap labor and keeping us dependent on Middle Eastern oil, both parties are knee deep in those shit piles, so no one's going to talk about them either.

But I always love reading FearTheReaper's inspiring comparisons of the Bushies. Come on, "the political version of Ed Gein"? Why do I sense that Fear is one of those guys that attends protests with signs saying "Bush=Hitler" (which, by the way, is a slap in the face of every Jewish person who suffered because of the holocaust). I think that if a Republican cured cancer, FearTheReaper would find some way to spin it into an evil act.

Why is it that so many people think in black and white. Republicans bad, Democrats good...except when they aren't willing to stand up to those evil Republicans. If you really think that anyone high up in either party gives a rats ass about the rest of us, you're truly naive. But, Fear believes, like most people here seem to, that Republicans are out to eat our babies and if only the Democrats could grow a spine and stop them, the world would be saved. I'm sure that if only Hillary or Obama could become president, all the people of the world will sit around a campfire singing and holding hands, pollution will stop, homeless people will all buy houses, and American jobs lost to outsourcing and illegal immigration will return home. If you believe that, I'll show you where my leprechaun keeps his gold for a small fee.

Except that whole "Clinton obeyed the laws regarding warrantless surveillance, and Bush completely ignored them because he thinks being Commander In Chief makes him king" thing.

Probably because you wouldn't know an obvious joke if it held you down and raped you for six hours. What kind of moron takes that as a serious comment?

I have never called Bush or Cheney evil. Never. Not once.

You write here about "Black and white" while you ramble pure falsehooods. Interesting, and rather pathetic.