Barack Obama decided a month or so ago to begin taking the traditional Democratic path to the White House. It involved looking as much like a Republican as possible. They do this in order to win over the independents, who are apparently all Republicans. It’s been a fantastic way to lose, as has been demonstrated by Dukakis, Gore and Kerry. Obama’s current blunder involves his FISA vote and it is going to cost him where it hurts most: His bank account.

I will not be voting for Obama. Obviously, I’ve taken a lot of crap over the past week or so for taking this stance, but I’m just tired of this shit. There is a line, and in my opinion, Obama crossed it. I’m a liberal and I’ve sat and watched this country torn apart by complete and total douchebags for the past eight years. They have rolled back law after law, taken away right after right, and we’ve been forced to sit back and hope it all ends at some point. It is now apparent Obama is not the answer.

And don’t give me the, “You’re bailing because of ONE issue” bullshit. The Constitution is not an issue; it’s the foundation of our country. Obama is, and always has been, a centrist. I have no problems with that. As a matter of fact, I was already compromising by supporting Obama. Most of my support rose from my dislike of Hillary, but I also was encouraged by his stance against lobbyists. I expected Obama to take centrist positions on many issues, but I didn’t expect him, being a Constitutional lawyer, to vote to undermine the 4th amendment. Quite a few of us are pissed and rightfully so. This is a straw that broke the camel’s back moment for me.

As the presumptive nominee, Barack could have easily rallied his fellow Democrats to stop the FISA bill. The Democrats could not afford to stand against their nominee on such a important bill. By doing so, he would have been seen as a leader, a fighter, a savior of civil liberties and raised his political capital. He could have created an enormous gulf between himself and McCain/Bush on the issue of people’s rights – something Americans have a tendency to look upon favorably. But he didn’t. He decided this was the time to prove his right-wing credentials.

We’ve been living under the most lawless president of all time; a man who lives without rules and is not held accountable by Congress for his many illegal deeds. When we handed Congress back to the Democrats in 2006, it was with the expectation that Bush would be, at the very least, reeled in. That has not occurred, as a matter of fact, and the opposite has been the result.

So, when Obama decided to vote for the FISA bill, using the old Democratic blue print for failure, I was done. I have given him money over the past few months, but no more. After watching Bush do it for years, I have zero interest in a Democratic president who is even slightly okay with the same behavior.

And I really am not interested in Lawrence Lessig explaining to me that I am being "hysterical" or Theda Skocpol telling me that I am a "whiner." Trust me, I get it. I understand that Obama will move to the center on some issues, like his “faith based initiatives” and executing child rapists. But FISA is too far. And I get the implications of my actions. McCain may win. If he does, that will be on Obama’s head for taking the traditional route of failure in the general election. It is astounding to see the same pattern of “I will show I am strong on security by taking the most insane political position, only to be called a pussy on security anyway” taken by Obama. It’s just a loser position that Democrats seem all to excited to take.

This year, Democrats have won special elections in several Republican strong hold congressional districts. In every race FISA came up and was pushed hard by Republicans. And in every race, the Democrat stood his ground and won. These were districts Bush won by huge margins. They practically lit a runway, using bonfires, showing Obama the route to take. But he went the traditional Democratic spineless route.

Obama’s big on “telling it like it is.” He’s not going to hold back – and apparently he will do the same with votes in the Senate. So, just as he can take hard stands, Obama supporters have to accept that he lost a few votes over the past couple of weeks. And a lot of money. Comes with the territory of doing what he thinks is right, I guess.

To me, shitting on the Constitution is no different than bombing Iran or making abortion illegal. It’s that big of a deal. And I’m not alone. Most people aren’t holding back their votes, like I am. Most are just holding back their money. That’s how we send a message to today’s politician that he fucked up. And it’s not a few people, from what I am reading. When I received a call asking if I would donate more, I told them why I was no longer contributing to the campaign. The staffer then read the prepared and obviously written FISA excuse speech. It was pretty obvious I was not the first guy to explain why I won’t be donating.

The hacky retort to my position is, “You may as well vote for McCain.” No. Not voting for someone is not the same as voting for his opponent. I do, however, very much believe that things need to get worse before they get better. We need to bottom out, as it were, and Republicans are the whiskey. Obviously things will not work as they are, with one party destroying the rule of law, ripping apart the economy and stripping away our rights, while the mythical opposition party does the same, while they claim to be against the whole process. I’ve never been happier to not be a member of the Democratic Party. They truly stand for nothing and the only way to right this ship is to have it collapse on itself.

I’m sort of glad Obama pulled this FISA move now. I believe this was a massive blunder by the Obama campaign. He needs his base to be “fired up” and to work for him, hitting the streets, making phone calls and donating regularly. He lost a few of those people. Quite a few. Sure, most of them will vote for him but the enthusiasm is gone. His campaign was all about enthusiasm. Now the enthusiastic ones are spending their time trying to convince people like me to vote for him, while many others are no longer enthusiastic. They should look to his new peeps, who are farther over to the right. Way farther.

Obama will probably win. The only thing that can stop him is a terrorist attack. He's up in the polls and pollsters aren't even calling people who only have cell phones, so he's probably way up. But I'm done. For now, I will give to Strange Bedfellows, the ACLU, and nobody else.

FearTheReaper still dislikes Hillary more, so shut your face. And you can read more FTR on his blog, Stop All Monsters.

Good for you. I mean it. You survived another week and can now enjoy the fruits of your living: The Asshole Fuckface Roundup. Feel free to take a moment to pinch yourself. The Asshole Fuckface Society of Earth has been pointing out the worst of the worst for centuries. We’ve traced it as far back as Seamus McMickerson, an Irishman who lived during the 890’s. He first coined the term because Patty O’Whitey took a shit in his potato patch. True story. Now the job has been passed to me, FearTheReaper. Every week I scour the news looking for the worst of the worst. I drag them into the light and we laugh at them. It’s pure joy. So, put on your giant turtle shell body because this is going to be ugly.

My first Asshole Fuckface is an entire group of people who decided to take a big crap on a 200-year-old document this week.

Meet the Democratically controlled Congress. They are an amazing bunch of Asshole Fuckfaces. They just obliterated the 4th amendment. They voted to end the NSA spying scandal, to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, to terminate all lawsuits against the telecoms, and, worst of all, to give the president a bunch of new warrantless spying powers. Not bad for a day's work.

Hey, look! Benjamin Franklin thinks you’re a douche, Obama. I just think you’re an Asshole Fuckface.



There is no excuse for what the Democrats have done with this FISA bill. There is no excuse for Obama voting for this bill. It’s not a liberal or conservative position; it’s an American position. Voting for the FISA bill was, quite simply, un-American. And no, I won't be voting for him now. Those who voted for this bill have no valid reasons, all they can do is ridicule those of us who support the Constitution.



Next up, I can always count on Wal-Mart for some horrible Asshole Fuckfacery.

Shawnedria McGinty was shopping at her local Wal-Mart in Texas. Er. Wait. “Shawnedria McGinty?” That’s the most insane name I’ve ever seen. Okay, moving on. Shawnedria was perusing the comic book shelves when she came across a popular Mexican comic book called "Memin Pinguin." She only had one question as she looked at it…

Super question. Let’s take a look and judge for ourselves.



Hey, who's that little fella down wearing the baseball ha... Holy fucking shit! It’s the most racist comic book of all time!

Sounds perfect for Wal-Mart. Look, they understand their shopping clientele – who just happen to enjoy comic books about black people who look like monkeys. Wal-Mart recently began selling the book because the company is a giant Asshole Fuckface, but they have now pulled them off the shelves.

Next up, more racist Asshole Fuckfacery from Republicans.

Many Republicans have no idea that they are horrible, horrible racists. They just think they are being funny, but now that Obama is running for president, their heinous hijinks are coming out into the open. Take the Pemberton Republican Club of New Jersey. They have a website and they posted a hilarious statement this week.



Hey, I just threw up in my mouth a little bit! It’s funny! Get it? OJ Simpson is black. Obama is black. OJ murdered his wife and got away with it. Obama is running for president. Wait…

What Asshole Fuckface could possibly think that was something that should be put on a website? Oh, right, a Republican Asshole Fuckface. There will be so much more of this kind of shit before November…

My final Asshole Fuckface was a man on a mission.

Ahmad Suradji lives in Indonesia. His mission was simple: He wanted to gain magical powers. Now, there are several ways to gain magical powers. You can slay a dragon. You can do what I did; capture a unicorn and bugger it. Or, you can do what Ahmad did.

Uh, okay. I was with you up to a point, Ahmad. If you are killing all your customers, what’s the point of having magical powers? Kind of a big catch-22, isn’t it Ahmad?

Over the 11 years, Ahmad killed 42 women and girls. But he could FLY!

He was executed this week. So long, Asshole Fuckface!

Congrats to all of this week's Asshole Fuckfaces. You will each receive a FearTheReaper tent.

FearTheReaper is a stand up comic, writer and actor. You may read more of his nonsense at his blog, Stop All Monsters.

The current Democrats are the weakest, most spineless fucks ever to grace the halls of Congress. After months of attempting destroy the 4th amendment, it seems they have finally succeeded – and their reasoning is more disgusting than the Republicans. Democrats are destroying the Constitution to gain a few votes in swing states. At least the Republicans stand for something, as vile and sickening as it may be.

In case you hadn’t heard, the House passed a FISA bill last week. Headlines could have easily read, “George Bush Wet Dream Turns Out To Be True.” The bill gives immunity to telecom companies who broke the law and expands warrantless wiretapping. That’s exactly why Americans gave Congress back to the Dems in 2006 – so they could help Bush use the Constitution as toilet paper.

Think I’m exaggerating? Here’s what Republicans said about the bill:

Holy fucking shit. “Better deal than they even had hoped to get.” Why not just say,

Even I am shocked at how the Democrats appear to be totally spineless, completely fearful and entirely lacking principles. They embody everything the Founding Fathers were opposed to. A party like the Republicans was expected, which is why the framers created a system that would put a stop to their insane power grab. What was not expected was that the opposing party would go along to gain a few votes and to pad the bank accounts of corporations.

So, what did the Dems give up? Well, the President broke the law – apparently committing these things called “felonies.” Bush spied on our phone calls and emails without warrants because he believes he is above the law. The House voted to protect the President from prosecution, permanently block lawsuits that would have revealed what he did and at the same time, legalized the illegal spying in the past and in the future. House Democrats called it a “compromise.”

This is the kind of compromise where you don’t want to have sex with someone, so you let them fuck you in the ass. The Democratic version of “compromise” always means the Republicans get what they want. In this case, only one Republican voted against the bill. One the other hand, 105 Democrats “compromised.” They were totally bipartisan! Yeah, Washington!

Senator Russ Feingold said it best…

Well, don’t worry about that, because the Dems got their buddy telecom companies a "get out of jail free" card.



Hey, no worries. I’m sure the Founding Fathers would have been totally cool with the President opening and copying every piece of mail they received from overseas. Why would they have a problem with that? When has that kind of power ever been abused?

Here’s how this is going to work from now on: Our courts can no longer determine if the government was actually after a terrorist or innocent Americans - or opposing political parties. (You fucking retards.) Judges will actually be barred from examining the actual reasons for the spying. Judges will only be allowed to dismiss lawsuits based on spying – the Attorney General will have all the power to say whether or not the spying was "designed to prevent or detect a terrorist attack." This would be the same Attorney General who can’t figure out if waterboarding is torture – or whether or not members of the Bush White House are in contempt for refusing to testify in front of Congress. Yeah, that guy. The Dems just gave that guy all the power.

Once the Attorney General utters the secret words, judges cannot look into the issue any further. It’s pure lawlessness – like the Wild West, without those oppressive Sheriffs. Judges don’t get to actually decide whether or not the Attorney General is making a valid claim. Once he says the secret words, it’s over.

And bestest of all, the Dems did it to pick up a few seats. Right now they have a 35 seat majority in the House and they want to build that shit up to 50. So, fuck the Constitution, let’s get some Dems up in that bitch!

Phew! Thank God you made those districts competitive!

This is a fantastically moronic view of where the country is at this time. Dems made massive, nearly unparalleled pick ups in 2006 – because Americans want the Bush White House to be held in check, yet the Democratic answer is to give him everything he wants, so they won’t lose seats in the next election. They are so cowardly and stupid it is shocking. Karl Roves entire election strategy in 2006 was built upon FISA and national security, attempting to brand the Dems as weak on terrorism. And yet, the Democrats cleaned the GOPs clock. Republicans were obliterated. And apparently the Democrats learned nothing. Zip. Zero. Nada.

Democrats believe the way to show how awesome they are, is to trample on the Constitution. Trampling isn’t even the right word. This is obliteration.

And just to add a little icing on the coward cake, they took a page out of the Patriot Act handbook. House members were only given 24 hours to read the bill and decide on whether or not they should shit all over our rights. Just seems like a few years ago Democrats were complaining loudly they were only given 24 hours to read the Patriot Act before voting on it. And now they are doing it to themselves on a bill that also destroys our civil rights. Well done.

Our neo-con morons will say this bill was necessary, because we need to prevent another 9/11 before it occurs. They argue that if the telecoms aren’t given immunity, they won’t want to help us catch terrorists. Everyone seems to forget that the warrantless wiretapping program started BEFORE 9/11. I’m going to write that again, for the idiots. The warrantless wiretapping program started before 9/11. Got it, you fucking dipshit? (Not you, the idiot who believes the Bush bullshit. The coward who is willing to throw out everything this country stands for, so they can feel save in a place that will never be attacked, like Alaska.)

By the sounds of it, Dems have enough votes to overcome a Dodd/Feingold filibuster. Obama is coming in soft on this one. Previously he vowed to do all he could to stop the bill, now he is basically saying we need the bill, although he has said he will try to get the amnesty removed. Either way, if the bill passes and Obama votes for it, I will not vote for him for President. Sorry, can’t support someone who tosses away the 4th Amendment. Hello Jesse Johnson!

In the future, you will turn on the news and hear a court dismissed all the lawsuits against telecoms. You won’t know why. You won’t know what the government said to have the cases tossed. The plaintiff’s lawyers won’t know either. The judge won’t be able to say a word. No one will know. Just Bush and his boys. Ah, sweet democracy – given to you by the Democrats.

Feel free to take a look at this video of George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley (far from a liberal) as he describes what this bill does to our Constitution.

Way to go Democrats. Don’t forget to donate to the Dems this elections cycle. They know you will, because they know you fear the other side more. Too bad there really isn’t much of a difference. Oh, wait, there is. One party is full of complete and total cowards who have no principles. The other stands for what they believe in.

You can still call or email your Senator to put a stop to this bill. If you don't know what to say or write, check this shit out.

A couple of days ago I wrote an amazing article about Nancy Pelosi being unworthy of her position as Speaker of the House. Today I will address why Harry Reid is an incompetent, spineless piece of shit who is unworthy of his position as Senate Majority Leader. Grow some balls Dems and kick spineless grandpa to the curb.

On Monday, the Nevada moron will bring a new FISA bill to the floor of the Senate that will help the Bush administration get the telecom industry immunity and surveillance oversight protections. At the same time he will be taking an action that he assured concerned Democrats that he would not take. Nice work, liar.

Harry could have brought two bills to the floor. One did not give the telecom companies a free pass for illegally spying on Americans. The other, written by Jay “I got millions from the telecoms” Rockefeller (horrible nickname) and Dick Cheney (horrible monster), gives the companies immunity from civil lawsuits for committing CRIMES.

Reid has pulled a fast one by making the Senate Intelligence Committee bill the "base bill." That means to remove amnesty and increase oversight would require 60 votes, which is impossible. Reid has been telling people for weeks that he would not bring the bill to the floor as a “base bill.” Every Democratic presidential candidate and 14 Senators have demanded that the other bill be the base bill. He is a fucking liar and no better than the Bush administration for pulling such a move.

But that is not even the most disgusting aspect of this move. Reid is screwing over Chris Dodd, who put a hold on the amnesty bill. He is refusing to honor that hold. Understand that Reid honors holds for Republicans constantly, like the Emmit Till Bill, which would authorize $10-million annually over 10 years to rejuvenate prosecutions of pre-1970 civil rights murders.

Now, that bill is not important enough to override a hold. But giving the telecoms immunity from their crimes is very important.

Dodd was forced to fly back to DC on Friday to filibuster. You may be wondering why, because I just wrote that the vote would take place on Monday. Well, Harry the devious made sure the filibuster would take place over the weekend with slimy schedule maneuvers. So, Dodd will filibuster in front of an empty chamber, when reporters are gone and other Senators are enjoying their weekend. Then when the Senate returns on Monday, Harry will push for a cloture vote. This is absolutely disgusting behavior from a Democratic leader.

Understand this Democrats: Your leadership is doing everything it can to give Bush and Cheney the FISA bill they want. It gives the telecoms total immunity for criminal acts and limits oversight on an illegal program. The Democrats are putting their energy into making sure their opponents win and The Constitution is used like toilet paper.

And for those tools out there, who think this is about keeping America safer, you are shockingly naïve.

Wow, what a surprise. The Bush administration was abusing their already abusive system. How completely in character of them.

Early 2001. When was 9/11 again? Why should I believe this program was not used against political opponents? Why should companies who aided this blatantly illegal program be spared from lawsuits? But most importantly, why the fuck is the Democratic Senate Majority Leader giving aid to people who have undermined The Constitution?

What is it about November 2006 that you did not understand, Harry? The American people quite simply handed the Democrats a stunning victory so they would curb the abuses by Bush and company. You have taken that mandate and turned it into a pile of shame. Please explain to me how those on the opposite side of the aisle would be doing this in any way differently. They would not. You are a coward and possibly the most useless Majority Leader I have ever seen. Your hideous acts demoralize your base and drive people from your party. In essence, Harry, you are the Democratic Karl Rove. You and your kind are why I am not and never will be a Democrat. Although, there is a guy who would make a great Senate Majority Leader. He's the guy who is filibustering this bill: Chris Dodd. You can send Chris Dodd a bit of support here.

And feel free to call or email your Senator Democrats and let them know where you stand on the Majority Leader’s actions.

Yesterday, Democratic Senator Chris Dodd stood up to Bush, Republicans and even his own party and showed them all what leadership qualities actually look like. The Democrats were about to cave once again, this time on the FISA wiretapping bill, when Dodd placed a hold on the legislation. It is the first time any Democrat has said, “Enough is enough.” As of now, the bill is stalled.

Amazingly, the Democratic leadership had once again given in to our very unpopular president’s wishes to undermine the Constitution. The bill would have given retroactive immunity to telecommunication companies for breaking the law. Democrats were actually going to let companies and the president get away with breaking the law.

I thought the government was made up of three branches. This article in the Washington Post is a tad misleading, because it is not the government that gave a legal directive, but the White House. This sort of shitty reporting is becoming the norm, however, and it is part of the reason Bush can get away with his nightmarish policies. They also neglected to mention that Democrat Jay Rockefeller is a telecom whore and greased this bill through his committee.

There is absolutely no need to update FISA as the Patriot Act already gutted it. In 2001 Bush authorized the NSA to secretly wiretap Americans without a court order, which happened to be illegal at the time. Telecommunication companies jumped at the chance to give away private citizens records and Bush was on his way to violating the Fourth Amendment. Comcast even charged the administration $1000 for each person’s record they illegally handed over. Currently lawsuits are making their way through the courts and it is not looking good for the telecom companies.

The Democratic Congress has attempted to investigate the administrations circumvention of FISA, but the president has refused to give up any documents. And Vice President Cheney went as far as to actually block telecom companies from testifying before Congress, an act that is not even remotely legal. Now that a federal court has found the entire program to be illegal and unconstitutional, the telecom companies could be liable for damages. But we can’t have that now, can we? Those poor companies took part in a crime because a powerful person asked them to. How can you hold someone liable for something like that? If my mayor asks me to rape a lady, I do it and I shouldn’t be prosecuted for it. That is how America works. If an elected leader asks you to break the law, you do it and you get off totally free.

The Democrats gave in after blustering last week that the the telecom companies would not get immunity until they explained what criminal acts had been committed. Bush said no to the request, and the Democrats then reverted to their normal spineless selves and said, “Okay," because they are the world’s biggest pussies who wouldn’t know power if it was rammed up their anuses. (That is a double body hole sentence – 27 points)

But one man stood up yesterday and put a stop to this egregious crap: Chris Dodd.

As far as I am concerned, someone just stepped to the front of the Democrat presidential candidate line. Barack Obama can blow all the rhetoric he wants out of his mouth, but until he actually stands up and takes action I don’t give a shit or have any reason to believe what he says. We don’t need the “politics of hope” right now; we need the “politics of knock that shit off.” Hillary Clinton runs her campaign by polls and would never have the courage actually stand up for what she believes in, whatever the fuck that is. Chris Dodd showed leadership qualities today, more than any other Democratic candidate so far. Personal strength is the most attractive quality a politician can have and Dodd is looking like the man right now.

So, what does the hold accomplish? Holds are a strange thing. If a Senator wants to hold up a bill, they tell the party leader that they will object and withhold their support from a bill being brought to the floor under unanimous consent. It forces the Senator supporting the bill to follow the actual rules of the Senate, which are much more difficult. They have to make a “motion to proceed,” which requires a vote on whether or not to start debate. The objecting Senator can then filibuster the motion to proceed. At that point 60 votes would be required to stop the filibuster. In a Senate that barely has a majority, Senators generally don’t want to risk angering anyone who they may need on their side some day. It’s an “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine” situation.

If Democrats vote to end the filibuster, they are pissing off one of their own – in this case a man who is putting his career on the line for what he believes is right. And now Dodd is that guy in Tiananmen Square standing in front of the tanks. The left’s heroes, like Boxer, Feingold and Obama, did not have the balls to take this action. It is a big deal and a rare show of responsibility, courage and conviction by a politician.

And Dodd is about to get hit with a shit storm from the right. I don’t think we’ve ever seen the kind of attack we are about to witness on just one man. He will be threatened with retribution in the Senate by the right wing. His fellow lawmakers will threaten to filibuster and knock down every bill he introduces from this day forward. Fox News, the president and AM radio are going to go ape shit on the man. But Dodd did it anyway and it is important to recognize.

Dodd is a rare politician and everyone should now take a look at the man as a presidential candidate. At the very least, you can shoot him a message to thank him for doing what is right.

Update:

Majority Leader and amazing coward Harry Reid is threatening to do what he can to push the bill forward. Dodd responds:

It is a sad truth. After years of scientific study, Democrats proved beyond reasonable doubt this weekend that they are invertebrates. The good news for Democrats is that they are not alone, because 97% of all animal species live without spines. The Democrats have now joined the likes of flatworms, sea cucumbers, jellyfish, snails, insects, leeches and squid. They achieved their new status by amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by a vote of 60 to 28 in the Senate, and by 227 to 183 in the House. They made the exact changes to FISA that Bush wanted, just like the Republican controlled Congress did for 6 years. Congrats, Dems!

Seems like it was just last November when I thought the Democrats taking over Congress would mean that Bush would not be allowed to trample on the Constitution whenever he said, “Terrorists.” I guess I was wrong. The Protect America Act makes President George W. Bush's illegal wiretapping order retroactively legal, gives enormous power to Alberto Gonzalez and allows warrant-less wiretapping on your phone if you are talking to a foreign fella.

Over and over, the Democrats make it clear that they have no idea what to do with a majority. They are fucking pathetic. I am not saying every single Democrat is pathetic, just enough to ruin the country. A few, like Russ Feingold, refused to cave in to the Republican scare tactics.

Well said, Russ. It’s too bad that so many in your party are sans spines. What did the Democrats fear so much? Bush was demanding that the FISA bill be passed before Congress went on vacation, even at one point threatening to not allow Congress to take August off. (He can't actuallly do that, but he was just trying to show how little he understands the Constitution) Bush and his cronies hammered the point home: If Congress leaves without amending the FISA law and a terrorist attack occurs, it will be the Democrats fault.

No, al Qaeda is not going to take a vacation. And since al-Qaeda won’t be on vacation, we can all be thankful that we already have a FISA court that handles such situations and we don’t need to give enormous power to one branch of government. I mean, we would have been thankful, if the Democrats were not invertebrates.

These are the names of the Democratic cowards in the Senate who undermined the Constitution because they didn’t want to spend the month of August being called “weak on terrorism:”

Forty Democratic members of the House voted with the Republicans. Those who did not, were very unhappy.



Because many Democrats went along with Bush’s desires, this is where we now stand: Alberto Gonzalez, the man Democrats believe has subverted the Constitution for Bush, lied to Congress, obstructed justice, and defended torture, has now been given the power to declare who is going to be a target of warrant-less surveillance. Fucking amazing. Democrats rail against the man, hold hearing after hearing, constantly call him unfit to be Attorney General and then give him enormous power. Wonderful consistency.

At what point do the Democrats stop caving in to the Republican threats to call them names and grow some balls? How many times will they roll over and basically shit on their base? The Democrats in Congress are still living in the year 2002 and a lot has happened since then. The main change being that Bush is wildly unpopular and Americans seem to want him to be stopped from doing ANYTHING. Yet, the Democrats roll over like he is a 900 lb. gorilla. Amazing.

Our Constitution was created to keep in check any tyrannical attempt to take over our government. The Founding Fathers foresaw exactly this sort of scenario and created a framework to stop it. It is inevitable that a president would attempt this kind of power grab. In 2006, the Democrats were handed Congress – just as the Founding Fathers envisioned would occur in such a circumstance. But what they did not envision was that the Democrats would be complete cowards and fail to defend the Constitution. I now believe Democrats are now a bigger problem than Bush.

There will always be criminals, police and the courts. Crimes will always be committed and we expect the law to do its part to keep us safe. If suddenly the police and courts stopped prosecuting criminals, who would you be most upset with? It is the job of law enforcement and the courts to stop crime, just as it is the job of Congress to keep the executive branch from breaking the law. Unfortunately, the Democratic Congress is now helping Bush to break the law.

The Democrats are saying it’s not that bad because the FISA law has a 180-day sunset provision, which means in six-months it has to be approved by Congress again to continue. Wow, that’s great. But who is going to be in control of Congress in six-months? Oh, the same chickenshits. Bush will use the same argument and they will cave all over again.

The Democrats have never given us a reason to believe anything different will occur. They only do one thing: They capitulate to the president in order avoid having a vote used against them and being called weak on terrorism. But they are called weak anyway, because they don’t vote as one unified block. Just a few cross over, enough to pass the bill, leaving behind many Democrats who are then called “weak on terrorism.” It is a fantastic lose-lose situation that has been going on since 9/11. Why change it?

I have no doubt that when the Democrats return to their constituents during this break, they will be shocked at the anger over their votes on the FISA law. Then they will start talking tough. “This is the last time,” they will say. How do I know this will happen? The same scenario happened just three months ago with the Iraq war. Democrats caved in to Bush, then were surprised at the anger when they returned home on their spring vacation. When they returned to Congress, they were all piss and vinegar and ready for a fight. It resulted in the Democrats forcing the Republicans to filibuster. Oh, you tough bastards! It was meaningless gesture because the Democrats know they can stop the war tomorrow, by simply telling Bush there will be no more funding for the war. The money runs out in March, end of story. Such an action requires no vote. Republicans would be helpless. The Democrats will not take this action, however, because they are pussies.

The argument is that if the Democrats stop funding the war, then they will lose the presidential election. So, how does that go? Majority of Americans want war stopped. Democrats use their power to stop war. Americans don’t vote for Democrats. Can’t beat that logic. By not stopping the war, Democrats are making one point very clear: Their hold on power is far more important than saving American lives in a futile war, just as their hold on power is more important than protecting the Constitution.

The Republicans have no problem standing up for what they believe in. Last month, the Republicans filibustered a Democratic vote on the Iraq war. That is exactly what the Democrats did not do to stop Samuel Alito from landing his ass on the Supreme Court when they were in the minority. Why did they not do it? Because they were afraid of being labeled obstructionists. If they had courage, they would have stood up and said, “Yes, we are being obstructionists because we are fighting for what we believe in. That is why we were elected.” But they don’t. And they won’t. Because the Democrats have no spinal columns, much like earthworms.