Senate Overwhelmingly Condems MoveOn

by: Chris Bowers

Thu Sep 20, 2007 at 13:14


( - promoted by Matt Stoller)

Great, just great:

The GOP-introduced resolution condemning MoveOn just passed by a huge margin, 72-25. Roughly half the Democrats in the Senate supported it.

A couple of the more interesting votes: Jim Webb, who just yesterday was a Netroots hero, voted for it, even though the last thing he needs as a military guy is cover on something like this.

Meanwhile, Hillary -- who's been under assault by Rudy for refusing to condemn MoveOn but who's also locked in a tough Dem primary -- stood her ground and voted No.

We'll have a list of Dems who backed this thing and Dems who voted against it in a bit. Stay tuned.

At least we know who our allies are. A list of Democrats who hate you is coming up soon.

Update: Roll Call vote is up. I'll reproduce the list here soon.

Update 2: Dems who voted to condemn a specific act of political speech, and stab their allies in the back:

Baucus (D-MT), Bayh (D-IN), Cardin (D-MD), Carper (D-DE), Casey (D-PA), Conrad (D-ND), Dorgan (D-ND), Feinstein (D-CA), Johnson (D-SD), Klobuchar (D-MN), Kohl (D-WI), Landrieu (D-LA), Leahy (D-VT), Lincoln (D-AR), McCaskill (D-MO), Mikulski (D-MD), Nelson (D-FL), Nelson (D-NE), Pryor (D-AR), Salazar (D-CO), Tester (D-MT), Webb (D-VA)

I wonder what they will vote to condemn in the future. Maybe it will be one of my blog posts that Republicans don't like. Maybe it will be something someone in their family says about Bush that Ann Coulter didn't like. Let the condemnations begin!

Dems who voted nay:

Akaka (D-HI) Bingaman (D-NM), Boxer (D-CA), Brown (D-OH), Byrd (D-WV), Clinton (D-NY), Dodd (D-CT), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI), Harkin (D-IA), Inouye (D-HI), Kennedy (D-MA), Kerry (D-MA), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Levin (D-MI), Menendez (D-NJ), Murray (D-WA), Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV), Sanders (I-VT), Schumer (D-NY), Stabenow (D-MI), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wyden (D-OR)

Democrats who didn't vote:

Biden (D-DE), Cantwell (D-WA), Obama (D-IL)

Consdering that Obama voted on the Boxer amendment to the "we hate political speech from our allies" resolution, it seems quite telling that he didn't vote on this, only one hour later.

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aaargh (0.00 / 0)
This is unbelievably bad, and sets a terrible precedent.  Do the Senate Dems have any idea of what they're doing?
A: No. (4.00 / 8)
This has been another edition of easy answers ...
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Delightful (4.00 / 2)
I wish I could say I was surprised by Webb's vote, but I'm not.  I have been skeptical about him the whole time, and he's given me good reason since he took office. This vote is of no consequence, of course, but it does give us some idea of what our supposed Dems really stand for.  Apparently, many of them of them are still all to willing to cave in at the first sign of trouble.  Disgusting.  I haven't seen the roll call yet, but I'm guessing  Claire McCaskill voted the same way Webb did.  I'm even more disappointed in her, because I was a big fan when she was in local Kansas City politics. Maybe I'll be wrong about her.

I'm sure the presidential candidates all voted no, but I'm definitely interested in seeing the whole list.

embarrassing and (4.00 / 1)
pathetic
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They ALL Fucking Betray Us Every Day! (4.00 / 4)
MoveOn should wear that condemnation as a badge of honor.  This is the same Senate that can't muster the votes to insist on the military getting adequate rest and recuperation time.

Frankly, it would be an insult to MoveOn if these spineless cowards didn't condemn them.

Those who are old will remember that it was considered by many to be an insult if they were left off of Nixon's "enemies list."  Well, the country has gone very far downhill since then.  It's now an insult to be left off of the U.S. Senate's "enemies list."

"You know what they say -- those of us who fail history... doomed to repeat it in summer school." -- Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 6, Episode 3

It really is a closed club... (0.00 / 0)
...isn't it Paul?  No outsiders need apply.  No, independently thinking assistance is appreciated.  No good deed, goes unpunished.  Ha!  It was an old political operative who taught me that one, and he was right.  Dammit all.  Is there even an *outside* chance that Harry Reid allowed this vote to come up to make it plain which Dems were colluding with the GOP?  Obviously, I'm grasping for *any* plausible explanation this resolution came to the senate floor for a vote.
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Personally, Harry Reid Mystifies Me (0.00 / 0)
At first, I thought maybe it was an arcane poker strategy thing, somehow gone wrong.

But nowadays I kinda think it's got something to do with Area 51, but I'm not sure exactly what.

"You know what they say -- those of us who fail history... doomed to repeat it in summer school." -- Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 6, Episode 3

[ Parent ]
The Party of Pussies strikes again (4.00 / 1)
Seriously, will they stand for ANYTHING at all (other than AIPAC of course)?
MoveOn (4.00 / 1)
I just sent MoveOn a (necessarily) small check after reading their new Mitch McConnell ad.  If MoveOn (and the rest of us) keep socking it to them, Congress will finally catch on.
No they won't (4.00 / 1)
Hate to be the voice of doom & gloom here, but they do not give a shit about the progressives. They see us as a cash register for their campaigns, and supporters on election day.

Then when push comes to shove they show us why we REALLY need a good, strong third party based on progressive values.

[ Parent ]
Where is the condemnation of Coulter, Limbaugh, et al? (4.00 / 1)
They say/do things MUCH worse than any ad MoveOn has EVER run, and the GOP candidates not only do NOT distance themselves from these nuts, but support them wholeheartedly.

And kudos to Hillary. I am not a supporter, but this was the right move by her.

Roll call up (4.00 / 1)
Here.

Dems voting Yea:

Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Salazar (D-CO)
Tester (D-MT)
Webb (D-VA)

Dems voting NAY:

Akaka (D-HI)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Levin (D-MI)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Dems not voting:

Biden (D-DE)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)

Dems not voting? (0.00 / 0)
Where the hell was Obama on this one?

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He was in the cloak room.... (4.00 / 2)
....autographing copies of his book: 'Audacious Hope...'

Where else would he be when the time came to stand up and be counted.

Tell ya...I've not been a fan of Hillary but this vote goes a long way to changing my mind.

Obama?

'Leadership' much? 'Free speech much?' 'Speaking truth to power much? looks like Jesse Jackson was right, eh?

I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire. And the same goes for the rest of these UTTERLY STUPID CLOWNS WHO CALL THEMSELVES 'DEMOCRATS'.

Peace, Health and Prosperity for Everyone.

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I'm Truly Puzzled! (4.00 / 2)
Isn't denouncing MoveOn just the sort of bi-partisan coming together in the name of comity that his post-partisan transformational politics is supposed to be all about?

What will the children think?

"You know what they say -- those of us who fail history... doomed to repeat it in summer school." -- Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 6, Episode 3

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Voting Yes (0.00 / 0)
Bayh, Cardin, Carper, Casey, Conrad, Dorgan, Feinstein, Johnson, Klobuchar, Kohl, Landrieu, Leahy, Lieberman, Lincoln, McCaskill, Mikulski, Nelson, Nelson, Pryor, Salazar, Tester, Thune, Webb
A professional hit (4.00 / 4)
It works for the GOP, in showing that the only Iraq amendment that Harry can pass is one condemning a bunch of activists.

And it works for Senate Dems, too: any regular hates an insurgent. And, with Dems expecting easy re-elections (those of them who are up in 08), they could reasonably see Sister Souljah-ing MoveOn right as a good move to keep out intruders into their cosy circle.

(They are far more concerned to maintain their own positions in the Senate party than get a couple more extra Dem senators to beat a few filibusters.)

Where's my bill condemning the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth? (4.00 / 5)
Guess what they did was acceptable too?

God damn these people. These democrats who voted for this should be ashamed of themselves.

To The Contrary (0.00 / 0)
Since they're determined to be such wusses, we ought to demand that they pass a resolution praising the Swiftboaters, and the attack ads against Max Cleland.

I mean, if they're going to passively accept such outrageous double standards, why not "go whole hog and pay the postage," as Gurdjieff would say.

"You know what they say -- those of us who fail history... doomed to repeat it in summer school." -- Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 6, Episode 3

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Um (0.00 / 0)
That was the Boxer amendment.

John McCain opposes the GI Bill.
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Obama and Biden out of town (4.00 / 1)
according to their schedules.

Biden is scheduled to be in Iowa all day, and Obama is scheduled to be in Atlanta at 4:30.

I assume Cantwell is out of town as well.

No Excuse (4.00 / 1)
Obama voted right on the Boxer Amendment.  But he couldn't be bothered to stay and do his job and vote against this?

I guess, like Darth Cheney, he just had other priorities.

"You know what they say -- those of us who fail history... doomed to repeat it in summer school." -- Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 6, Episode 3

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Just reporting the situation. (4.00 / 2)
I'm well past the point where I feel discussions about candidates with supporters of other candidates are fruitful.

Personally I'm much, much more concerned at the number of netroots darlings (like McCaskill, Tester, and Webb - all of whom I gave money to last cycle) who voted yes on this amendment. I really got behind these people, gave money, encouraged other people to give, talked to my friends. It's disappointing.

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Actually its worse than disappointing (0.00 / 0)
I can't even find the words. It's too, too sad. And also pisses me off. It's a disgrace. It's a sucker punch. We give these people time, money, and now this?

I expected it from Casey, who let's face it, is just plain old conservative. Better than Santorum is not a very high bar. I know I've had this feeling about McCaskill, Tester, and Webb before, but its pretty hard to hear it like this.

Grrr.

(I'm directing this rant at you since we already have a little conversation going, not because I think you disagree)

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This Is Why I've Been Touting A Nationwide District-Level Strategy (0.00 / 0)
We're never going to be able to influence these people unless we're in a continuous relationship with them that is grounded in clear majoritarian principles.  That was the driving logic behind my battleground district organzing strategy.  You influence these people by drawing their attention to what the folks back home are really thinking, not what the spin machine says they're thinking.

That's why I wasn't really surprised by these votes.  It's precsiely what I would expect, given that we haven't got any ongoing relationship with them.  They are completely outside our influence.  What else would you expect?

"You know what they say -- those of us who fail history... doomed to repeat it in summer school." -- Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 6, Episode 3

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Sadly (for me) I expected more. (0.00 / 0)
I try to always vote on record, but I got suckered into believing the hype on Tester and Webb. I wouldn't trade them for Burns and Allen, but again, that's a low bar. Not as low as Santorum, but still.

I absolutely agree with your thinking on how to influence. I still agree with you about the battleground poll.

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Well They WERE A Great Improvement (4.00 / 1)
But like you said, a low bar.  Still, they could improve significantly if we had the infrastructure in place to constantly influence them.

"You know what they say -- those of us who fail history... doomed to repeat it in summer school." -- Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 6, Episode 3
[ Parent ]
points out GOP dependence and collusion with traditional media (4.00 / 3)
This was a dog whistle to the conservative base to keep them unified.  Sure, it is a shut the fuck up move against the anti-war crowd, in addition to try and blame anti-war activists for 'causing' America to lose the war.

It would be nice and useful that the Senate also put forward a resolution condemning the actions of Blackwater.  If the Senate can condemn the actions of an organization like Moveon then surely they can condemn the actions of an organization like Blackwater which has put American soldiers and diplomats under great peril.

Sorry... (4.00 / 2)
.....MoveOn doesn't line the pockets of MI Comlex tools like DiFi whereas I'm sure Blackwater is always ready with the cash.

And 'getting paid' is what it's all about for these scum who call themselves 'the representatives of the people'.

'Getting paid and nothing else.'

Peace, Health and Prosperity for Everyone.

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There's my Senator ... (4.00 / 2)
Feinstein sticking up for decorum over truth, just as she has her whole career.

Can it happen here?
sickening (4.00 / 1)
The spineless Democrats are well deserving of their 11% approval...I predict the rating to drop to single digits in the next poll.
Do these goobers not recognize that MoveOn's 3 million members primarily support them, both on the ground and financially? Arrgghhh!! Bring on the primary challenges!
 
Democrats don't have 11% approval (0.00 / 0)
Unless Democrats are the entire Congress. I would imagine things would be notably different if the entire Congress was Democrats.

John McCain opposes the GI Bill.
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rating congress (0.00 / 0)
Congress has an 11% rating; much lower now that the Dems are in charge than when the "do nothing" Repubs were the majority:

Reuters

"A paltry 11 percent rated Congress positively, beating the previous low of 14 percent in July."

The democratic base is very unhappy about a Democratic majority elected to end the War, who have accomplished nothing toward that goal in 9 months but enable Bush.

Who do you know that approves of the Dems in Congress?

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at this point .. no one (0.00 / 0)

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I'm aware of the poll (0.00 / 0)
"Congress" is not the same as "Democrats" though.

John McCain opposes the GI Bill.
[ Parent ]
True (0.00 / 0)
See Chris Bowers post on the front page:

Republicans Approve of Democratic Congress More than Democrats

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Yup (0.00 / 0)
And everytime you talk as though Democrats=Congress, you reinforce those trends.

John McCain opposes the GI Bill.
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Pat Leahy (4.00 / 5)
Fuckin Leahy.

What the flyin flock was he thinking?

Soldiers are required to do their jobs when politicians fail to do theirs.

This is just the beginning (4.00 / 5)
The coordinated demonization of MoveOn by the right is obviously only in the early stages.  It's going to ramp up from now until the elections next year and get more and more hysterical and shrill.  (What do you think's going to happen when MoveOn starts contributing money to candidates or running ads in their districts, now that the US Senate has gone on record calling them, basically, unamerican?)  So, one of the hugely important organizations involved in the 2006 victories is going to be crippled and rendered much less effective than it could be.  Even though its policy positions are pretty much mainstream across the board.  And even though it's genuinely a broad citizen-based organization.

The Democrats are so f*cking brain dead they rush to help the GOP destroy their own infrastructure.

Why Not Condemn The NAACP, The ACLU and the AFL-CIO While They're At It? (4.00 / 1)
I mean, why leave anyone out, right?  The Sierra Club, MALDEF, Southwest Voter, the whole lot of them.

And what about Erwin Chemerinski?  He may fool the folks at UCI, but the US Senate will not let him go unpunished for, well, whatever.

I'm sure that David Horowitz would be more than happy to draw up a little list.  Well, a list, anyway.  But little?  Not so much.

"You know what they say -- those of us who fail history... doomed to repeat it in summer school." -- Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 6, Episode 3

[ Parent ]
I love it (0.00 / 0)
Insulting all Democrats as brain dead but having the decency to put an asterisk in the middle of the bad word.

John McCain opposes the GI Bill.
[ Parent ]
Exactly (4.00 / 4)
I can see it now, GOP candidate ad with voiceover "Candidate John Doe is supported by MoveOn.org, an organization so out of touch with American values voters that the democratic-controlled senate voted overwhelmingly to condemn them..."

Way to go democrats you just showed America you have no fucking clue.

[ Parent ]
It won't be just MoveOn (4.00 / 1)
Why would anybody go all out for the Dems again, knowing how their beneficiaries really feel about them? Webb, Tester, and McCloskey are among those who probably wouldn't be in the Senate today if not for the millions of phone calls and on-the-ground GOTV campaigns of MoveOn, PFAW, and some unions. It just about made me throw up to cold-call for Casey from the MoveOn phone bank, but we bought into the claim that what mattered was to elect Democrats, any Democrats. Webb, Tester, and company have just proved that that's bullshit.

Never again.

[ Parent ]
No Probably About It With MoveOn (4.00 / 1)
Webb, Tester, and McCloskey are among those who probably wouldn't be in the Senate today if not for the millions of phone calls and on-the-ground GOTV campaigns of MoveOn, PFAW, and some unions.

Their races were so close, it's a given that MoveOn alone was responsible for more than their margins of victory.  (True confession time: I made calls for all three as a MoveOn volunteer.) And they just have to know that, somewhere, somehow.  It's just that we lack the means of holding them accountable in the moment.

"You know what they say -- those of us who fail history... doomed to repeat it in summer school." -- Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 6, Episode 3

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me too (0.00 / 0)
I made calls & hosted call parties for many of these conservative Dems: Webb, Tester, Schuler, McCaskil, Klobuchar, and held my nose, but I refuse to do it again.  Dems who Betray Us by voting with Republicans and refusing to take a stand are our own worst enemy.
[ Parent ]
Another Westmoreland (0.00 / 0)
Petraeus is somebody who can't do the job but has a big mouth he uses it to lie and support the powers that be.  William Westmoreland; not William Tecumseh Sherman or even George C. Marshall.  We should have been chipping away at his reputation for months instead of condemning Democrats and their allies.

Bad votes on this one.  Some very bad votes in addition to the usual crowd: Cardin, Casey, Klobuchar, Kohl, Leahy, Mikulski, and Tester.  Would Cardin, Casey, Klobuchar, Tester, Webb and McCaskill be in the Senate without the anti-war movement?  Cheers to Sherrod Brown and Sheldon Whitehouse on this one, two newbies that did not buckle.  Message to Cardin and Mikulski:  Mfume would not have buckled on this and you know it.

In tears (4.00 / 4)
Chris: If you have it in you, I could use one of your inspirational messages about how it will be worth it to hang in there with the progressives and see it through. I'm about ready to join the Weather Underground.
REASON for calling this stupid vote (0.00 / 0)
To create more BS

Tonite on Hannity, Oreilly, etc- The Dems who voted Nay called Petraeus a Traitor.

...tell the big lie and repeat it over and over until it becomes "tru"

Grim (4.00 / 1)
It's all just so damned grim.  Yet another, "I am angry, disappointed, disgusted..." email off to my Bush-Dog senator.  And, another check in the mail to MoveOn.
Let them know how you feel (4.00 / 1)
Donate to moveon here:
https://pol.moveon.o...

I recommend printing out your receipt, copying it 25 times (deleting any pertinent information) and mailing it to the Democrats who voted for this.

Let them know how you really feel.

Tell them in the letter that you made this contribution on their behalf.

I regret volunteering with MoveOn (4.00 / 1)
I spent a ridiculous number of hours before the election at MoveOn's grubby office working the phone banks. As it happened, our Senate-race time was spent primarily on getting out the vote for Webb, Tester, McCaskill, and Menendez. MoveOn and a very few other organizations including some unions and probably PFAW had the means and motivation to make millions of calls before the election. A look at the call numbers and the elections results pretty conclusively shows that the Senate would still be in Republican hands if not for the agonizing on-the-ground work of MoveOn and allies. These organizations accomplished what the Democratic Party's GOTV efforts have failed to do for decades.

Now Webb, Tester, McCaskill and a bunch of other pandering cowards have paid us back the only way they know how. I feel dirty for helping sell these pieces of shit to an unsuspecting public. I wonder who they'll get to make up for their craven incompetence next November? I sure as hell won't be me. I hope it won't be MoveOn or anybody else, either. Next November should be the chance of a lifetime for the Greens or some other decent organization. Nader was absolutely right. Let the bastards bleed.

what is finally clear to me (4.00 / 1)
When I saw this, the first thing I thought was, why did Reid let this come up for a vote?  People introduce crazy things all the time but can't only Reid decides what gets voted on and what doesn't?

Then the answer hit me. It's the right wing's continued ability to monopolize the voice of the media, like a ventriloquist with its dummy, that is making them dance to their tune.  If Reid had not called it for a vote, the right wing could have dominated the media with the fact that he didn't call it, and there would have basically been nothing we could do about it.  They have the media in their control in a way we can't even fathom.  Reid probably saw this vote as the easiest way to get past this news story.

I have been thinking about this ever since some of the observations made by Kos and others about the fact that a small "gaff" by Kerry about troops being "stuck going to Iraq" dominated the media for days, yet a gaff by Boehner about troop deaths/injuries being a "small price" to pay did not get any attention at all.  Whatever weakness the right wing might have at this point, the ability to quickly push trivial "gotcha" type storylines out and have them dominate all news coverage is not one of them. We have nothing to compare to it or that can challenge it. 

What this whole incident says to me is that until that stranglehold is broken, or until we develop enough of a counter media, our leaders WILL CONTINUE TO BE HELD HOSTAGE by their media machine.  We just plain can't compete.

And I don't mean to let the Dem Senate totally off the hook because I think there is plenty of blame to go around as to how we got into this situation, and I think they could push these memes (like the fact that the move-on ad was factual, and that the troops are the ones who first gave him that nickname) out there with some real concerted disciplined effort.  But for whatever reason they have let us get into this situation, and they don't have that discipline.

What this also says to me is that the "fight big media" effort has to become much, much higher on the progressive list of prorities if we ever hope to do anything.

That's the fundamental question. (0.00 / 0)
  HOW DID THIS THING GET TO A VOTE????

  Don't the "majority" Democrats CONTROL the agenda?

  The Republicans are whining? LET THEM!!! Eventually they'll have to find something else to talk about or risk looking REALLY ridiculous.

  Why don't the Democrats just walk out on the Mall and set themselves on fire? It would be every bit as productive fro them as this stunt today.

  I wish a lifetime of chronic, excruciating physical pain upon every senator who voted for this thing. These people are not worthy to represent us.

"We judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their actions. It is a great convenience." -- Howard Zinn

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No defense. (4.00 / 1)
Being the insider-y guy I am, I'm usually the one on this blog to put up some kind of defense of Democrats. There ain't no defense on this kind of chickenshit
back-stabbing.
This is why... (0.00 / 0)
I'm a progressive, not a Democrat.  I can't vote for these pathetic people.  Hang tight to that list of Dems who supported this stupid bill - make sure to never support them.  They don't deserve it.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. -- Martin Luther King, Jr
Dear Senator Feinstein (0.00 / 0)
Dear Senator Feinstein,

I am deeply disappointed in your vote today to condemn MoveOn.org over its newspaper ad criticizing General David Petraeus. America is presently facing immense challenges abroad and at home, while the U.S. Senate is focused on ridiculous political resolutions instead of dealing with the problems at hand. This vote never should have made it to the Senate floor. If the U.S. Senate believes that condemning unfair political ads is appropriate, then why didn't you introduce a resolution condemning the "swift boat" ads during the 2004 election, when the patriotism and honor of one of your fellow colleges was called into question?

Obviously this was a political vote, and an incredible tactical mistake on behave of all the Democrats who voted for this nonsense. As Wesley Clark said earlier today:

"It distracted attention from focusing on the failures of the policy and let the other side play a game of personal attack again.  That's a mistake.  It distracted us from the dialogue we needed."

As Democrats, it is vitally important that we break the stereotype of a "weak" and "calculating" party. We could start by not tearing apart our allies, and calling out the Republicans when they attempt to distract Americans for the serious issues at hand. I am disappointed in your lack of leadership, lack of loyalty to progressives, and willingness to jump ship when it seems politically convenient. Democrats are better than this.

Your constituent,
Ian Magruder

President, Cabrillo College Democrats

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