Merkley sworn in by the Dark Lord of the Sith
So this photo isn't the real swearing in. This is the fake photo op thing so that the family can be present in the picture. Too bad it has to be with Cheney. Bleh.
KGW has video of the actual ceremony here.
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Posted by: Bill McDonald | Jan 6, 2009 7:42:53 PM
That picture should have never been taken. Cheney should be long gone serving time in some dank prison cell. However the only real group of people that could have made that happen - the Democrats in Congress - chose to let it slide in the hopes they could strengthen there hold on power in 2008.
It worked, but at what a price. When those kids in the picture grow up they're going to have some serious questions about why Daddy was shaking hands with a war criminal. Nancy Pelosi has a lot to answer for. We all do.
The Democratic Party makes me sick. The Republicans gave us the crime - the Democrats embraced the criminals.
If America falls, historians will look back at the Election of 2006 as the year the last chance was lost - not because of the result - but because of the spineless accomplices who slithered forth from the Democratic Party and gave Dick Cheney a loving kiss.
Posted by: Zarathustra | Jan 6, 2009 9:29:28 PM
in Iodine.
Posted by: Kevin | Jan 6, 2009 9:59:02 PM
C'mon guys. Don't you see? That picture and who is in it represents the end of our national nightmare. It's a good thing!
Posted by: Bill McDonald | Jan 6, 2009 11:03:43 PM
It's unclear if what we're seeing - especially economically - is the end of our national nightmare or the end of our nation. These last two years, America needed desperately to be self-correcting yet the Dems were content with coddling President Bush and rolling over for him on everything from funding the Iraq War to torture. These were years we could not afford to waste. The Democratic leadership in Congress made a cynical gamble to bide our time, and as the trillions in debt pile up, it sure looks like it cost us, perhaps fatally as a nation. Pelosi and Reid are beyond duds because they could have been American heroes.
This picture with Cheney is a tragedy. It represents a tremendous failure of a nation's ability to hold its leaders accountable to the law - not to mention the moral failure that goes along with that.
What we needed were Congressional leaders who believed in the Constitution but not just when it's politically expedient.
What we needed were Congressional leaders willing to do the right thing even if it cost them their jobs...even if it cost them their lives.
What we got was a stinking swamp of acquiescence. As we race towards bankruptcy and a worthless dollar, it remains to be seen if our time as a nation is now running out.
Posted by: We Democrats are as over as the GOP | Jan 7, 2009 12:23:06 AM
Looks like Dennis Kucinich, fearless Progressive and true Democrat that he is, has put Democrats and Republicans, the outgoing and incoming administration alike, that the nature of our support for Israel and those politicians responsible for that support like Wyden, and we can confidently predict Merkley will be unless he decides his career depends on him hitching his political fortunes to other wagons, is is finally now on the table .
And in late breaking news, Burris has totally pwned Reid and the entire Democratic leadership, including Wyden and the man who will have "plenty to say after 1/20", who lined up with ill-advised bluster behind him:
Knowledgeable Senate officials of both parties widely predicted that the saga would end with Burris being seated. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
In politics things can change over night, but for now it sure looks like the Democratic Party as configured around the new legislative and executive leadership is already as over as the Republican Party. It is just going to take the continued economic collapse and ongoing foreign policy disasters to make it clear to us by the end of 2009 what most Oregonians and Americans elsewhere already know about themselves. The impolite victory dance by Carla and a lot of you gives rise to a sad and sickening sense of just how out of touch those who define the face of the Democratic Party are with the people of Oregon and the country.
Posted by: Bill McDonald | Jan 7, 2009 2:00:16 AM
The most annoying thing about Cheney is the stupidity of his argument about executive power. We all know why America was founded - to get past authoritarian rule with a 3-branch system of checks and balances. The obvious question is why did we bother if Cheney is right and the Founding Fathers meant us to have an all-powerful ruler after all? His argument makes no sense. I also am annoyed when the articles suggest Cheney sought total power to implement his agenda. Getting total power WAS Cheney's agenda. That's what gives him his high. The various other things including an undeniable cruel streak when it comes to shooting little birds and waterboarding detainees, are just the perks of the job. But the job was to become all powerful and he did while Pelosi and Reid cowered in the corner.
In case you think this is a demented rant, let me quote a couple of paragraphs from Maureen Dowd: "Congress, which abdicated its oversight role as the Bush crew wrecked the globe and the economy, desperately needs fresh faces and new perspectives, an infusion of class, intelligence and guts." She goes on to say the Senate was "shamefully sparse on profiles in courage during Dick Cheney’s reign of terror."
Carla's distain for Cheney makes a lot of sense, but where's the anger over her own team? Since 2006 the Democrats have shared the responsibility for some of the most disgraceful governing in American History.
Posted by: Scott J | Jan 7, 2009 7:48:02 AM
It looks like Burris is going to join him, per the news release this morning.
Wow! Having a Gov who will likely be removed for reasons of fraud naming the replacement is real CHANGE I CAN BELIEVE IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What backbone the Dems have!
What does Blago have on Obama and/or his Ch. of Staff?
Posted by: Jason | Jan 7, 2009 8:20:58 AM
Give it up already.
Bush/Cheney are out...Obama/Biden are in. You should be rejoicing.
So Merkley gets sworn in, after defeating a Republican, and all you can do is demean Cheney?
This is no different than Republicans who can't let go of their disdain for Bill Clinton. Get over it!
Posted by: Bill McDonald | Jan 7, 2009 9:50:37 AM
Criticizing Cheney is no different from the Republicans going after Clinton? You must think oral sex is a war crime and if it is you're doing it wrong.
I'd compare this more to the pass we gave Richard Nixon because we just couldn't put the country through the sight of one of our Presidents charged as a common citizen.
Well, maybe Dick Cheney - who worked for Nixon - would have stayed in the lines a little more if he saw Nixon prosecuted.
Presidents and Vice Presidents are not monarchs. They don't get to become the law.
I rejoice that the Bush administration is nearly over but we have a lot to answer for: How did these criminals stay in power so long? The only thing that's flushing them is the Constitution. What if they had showed as much regard for that part as they did for the rest of it?
Posted by: Scott J | Jan 7, 2009 10:17:23 AM
The sounds of crickets on the Blago stuff.
How expected.
Posted by: torridjoe | Jan 7, 2009 10:52:59 AM
"Wow! Having a Gov who will likely be removed for reasons of fraud naming the replacement is real CHANGE I CAN BELIEVE IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
What does Blago's fraud have to do with the person he named to take Obama's seat? There's no known connection between Burris and Blago, and under the old RULE OF LAW thing, he's still governor and has the power to appoint. What was brilliant on Blago's part was to appoint someone clean, someone the Dems didn't really want but don't have any good excuses to use to prevent him from being seated. Reid boxed the caucus in, and Blago took advantage.
What this has to do with Obama, I have no idea.
Posted by: Jeff Alworth | Jan 7, 2009 11:30:02 AM
This is no different than Republicans who can't let go of their disdain for Bill Clinton. Get over it!
Get over it? It's not even over. When Bush and his band of thieves leave the White House, I expect you'll find none of the vitriol that (still!) animates the GOP. Bush is beneath our contempt. History is already rendering a verdict from which he will never emerge. The reason the GOP continued to hate Clinton was that he was relatively successful; the more the Bush regime wore on, the more successful Clinton looked--and the more GOPpers chafed.
As for the handshake, I think it's wonderful that Merkley is getting to shake Dick's hand. It shows that in a functioning democracy, we have a peaceful transition of power. It's as if Merkley is saying, "Thanks, Dick, but we'll take it from here."
Sweet.
Posted by: Jeff Alworth | Jan 7, 2009 11:32:38 AM
The sounds of crickets on the Blago stuff.
How expected.
Oh no, Kari, Karol, Charlie, and Carla--Scott's on to us!
Posted by: Carla Axtman | Jan 7, 2009 12:03:40 PM
Uh..Blago is a douchebag.
I'm sure Saxby is jealous that I'm using his label for Blago.
Posted by: mp97303 | Jan 7, 2009 12:52:56 PM
"This is no different than Republicans who can't let go of their disdain for Bill Clinton. Get over it!"
The difference is that after January 20, 2009, I will never give Dick/Bush et al another thought the rest of my life.
Why is it that conservatives still salivate at the thought of Bubba 8 years later?
Posted by: Zarathustra | Jan 7, 2009 2:23:15 PM
Echo what We Dems tried to say.
mp, you're confusing salivation with regurgitation.
Posted by: We Democrats are as over as the GOP | Jan 7, 2009 2:32:40 PM
torridjoe proves why the people who hang out here are not only clueless, they are a total embarrassment to those who recognize the Democratic Party is badly broken:
What this has to do with Obama, I have no idea.
Well, a week ago, the man said:
"Roland Burris is a good man and a fine public servant, but the Senate Democrats made it clear weeks ago that they cannot accept an appointment made by a governor who is accused of selling this very Senate seat. I agree with their decision, and it is extremely disappointing that Governor Blagojevich has chosen to ignore it. I believe the best resolution would be for the Governor to resign his office and allow a lawful and appropriate process of succession to take place. While Governor Blagojevich is entitled to his day in court, the people of Illinois are entitled to a functioning government and major decisions free of taint and controversy."
and today he's out there double-talking:
Obama did not publicly call for Reid to seat Burris. But no one could misread the President-elect's answer this morning to a question about the former Illinois attorney general who Blagojevich has named to fill Obama's vacant seat: "I think he's a fine public servant. If he gets seated then I'm going to work with Roland Burris just like I work with all the other senators to make sure that the people of Illinois and the people of the country are served."
Translation: Seat the guy
I think it's pretty clear that has everything to do with the O's ability to lead and the arrogance of inexperienced youth like so many of you here.
And it's sad just how it looks like our new "no commenter-in-chief" may just be another empty politician since he obviously doesn't have the moral character to lead. Of course, Clinton would have been absolutely no different, which gets back to just how we have let the Democratic Party be taken over by a real low class of people of which Merkley and Wyden are prime examples.
Posted by: Zarathustra | Jan 7, 2009 2:45:25 PM
Posted by: Carla Axtman | Jan 7, 2009 12:03:40 PM
Uh..Blago is a douchebag.
I'm sure Saxby is jealous that I'm using his label for Blago.
in the "start yer own" spirit you are fond of...
Have you seen the Dickipedia? You definitely need to start hosting the Dbagipedia.
I highly recommend their Sarah Palin entry. Well, on topic, I suppose I should have cited Cheney but that seems like shooting fish in a barrel. It does have a good recap of his role in the Nixon and Ford administrations.
Posted by: Carla | Jan 7, 2009 2:51:38 PM
Zarathustra--that's brilliant!
If I get the chance to squeeze more hours out of the day, I may just have to do that. LOL
Posted by: marcus | Jan 7, 2009 3:31:42 PM
I hope Cheney washed his hands after that...as an Oregonian I'm so embarrassed for our state for sending a complete joke of a candidate like Merkley to the Senate. With the deep bench Dems have in this state, so many qualified individuals to choose from, the fact that we are stuck with this ass clown for the next 6 years is an abomination. Wake me up in 6 years when Jeff gets sent packing back to his slumlord operation...if you're not embarrassed by this guy, you're not paying attention.
Posted by: Carla | Jan 7, 2009 3:46:46 PM
What utter bullshit, Marcus.
Speaking of embarrassed, you should be by that comment.
Posted by: Marcus | Jan 7, 2009 6:30:15 PM
Wow Carla, very well reasoned response. Not that anyone expects much from you. I don't mean to crush the dreams of an aspiring fake journalist such as yourself, but I think it's time you find a real job and stop soiling the internet with your garbage. Do you honestly believe that Jeff Merkley is qualified to serve as a US Senator? Seriously? Come on, even you are smarter than that. Rather than hitching your wagon to every and any sworn flag burning, union whore liberal who appears on the ballot, try putting some thought into what it means to serve in the Congress and what kind of candidates really can and will represent not just our state but our nation as well. There is a long list of qualified Democrats and Republicans who could serve our state with distinction in the US Senate and you and I both know Merkley ain't on that list. We'd be better off leaving the seat vacant. Get over this guy, he's a one and done mistake...there's not many certainties on politics..but that's one of them.
Posted by: Carla Axtman | Jan 7, 2009 7:10:46 PM
Marcus:
You're still spewing bullshit. If you would like positive comments in reaction to what you post, try a different tack.
Or be consistent. But expect to be called on it.
Posted by: Bill Bodden | Jan 7, 2009 8:58:10 PM
I rejoice that the Bush administration is nearly over but we have a lot to answer for: How did these criminals stay in power so long? The only thing that's flushing them is the Constitution. What if they had showed as much regard for that part as they did for the rest of it?
If you were paying attention you would have noticed that the Constitution was trashed during the entire Bush presidency - not only by Bush and his administration but also by both parties in Congress and the American voters who voted these hypocrites back in office after they reneged on their oaths to uphold the Constitution.
Posted by: kari chisholm | Jan 8, 2009 8:07:07 AM
You know who's not in that photo?
Gordon Smith.
In other words, one of the guys who didn't hold Bush and Cheney accountable is now gone. (Dont forget, he called the war "criminal" and did nothing to end it.)
Posted by: We Democrats are as done as the GOP | Jan 8, 2009 8:16:33 AM
But expect to be called on it.
Carla, you obviously think you are quite talented and are entitled to render summary opinions. (Frankly, thereby proving the truth of the dictum it is better to say nothing and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt, but I digress.) Why don't you demonstrate your superiority to us by providing us with your perceptive views on this story: Obama has little breathing room with Gaza mess: analysts.
Do you denounce Ron Wyden, a senator for 12 years now, for the major responsibility he bears for putting Obama in this mess by not demanding the over his career, and certainly in the last two weeks, demanding that the U.S. "impose limits on Israel instead of taking cues from it" as one analyst says, and by denouncing U.S. behavior towards Israel as "harming American interests and endangering people in the Middle East.".
Do you denounce Jeff Merkley, a guy I'll remind you had to have Schumer's DSCC run most of his media (and then said it wasn't his fault they were running negative ads in one of the debates) and to get Wyden to finally, reluctantly speak up for him to win, and who said in his victory speech "This transformation continues with the victory in this seat which puts 57 seats in a working majority that can work with Barack Obama to put this nation back on track.” and how he is part of a "transformational change for America" for his utter silence as this carnage has unfolded?
Or do you argue that Merkley's moral leadership is contingent on the oath of office like Obama? Do you criticize Obama for going a long way to put himself in this mess by his silence, dramatically worsening as one analyst describes it: "a backdrop of incredible bitterness and anger against Israel and, by implication, the United States."
As I said you obviously have an incredibly high opinion of yourself and your talent Carla. I'll just bet a lot of people here want to know just what have to say in your defense as an apologist and in defense of Merkley, Wyden, and Obama about all this. So why don't you oblige us?
And by the way do you defend or condemn Israel for the what is being widely reported that Israel blocked ambulances from reaching people in Gaza for over three days and shot and killed an aid worker during their supposed cease 3-hour cease fire..
Posted by: Carla | Jan 8, 2009 8:25:17 AM
Carla, you obviously think you are quite talented and are entitled to render summary opinions.
I think most everybody has opinions. You can choose to give mine weight or not.
Posted by: Kevin | Jan 8, 2009 10:16:19 AM
Posted by: We Democrats are as done as the GOP | Jan 8, 2009 8:16:33 AM
I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that only an utter fool would presume to publically question the talent of another writer using, in part, a 73 word run-on sentence followed by a 107 word (!!!!!) run-on sentence.
To have it rebutted by it's target with a mere 15 words broken into two cohesive sentences just underscores the multiple ironies of having glibly quoted Socrates. "It is better to say nothing and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
Posted by: Zarathustra | Jan 8, 2009 10:36:17 AM
Posted by: Kevin | Jan 8, 2009 10:16:19 AM
Posted by: We Democrats are as done as the GOP | Jan 8, 2009 8:16:33 AM
I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that only an utter fool would presume to publically question the talent of another writer using, in part, a 73 word run-on sentence followed by a 107 word (!!!!!) run-on sentence.
awww...you just dismissed Husserl's entire preface to "The Phenomenology". Perhaps the exception that proves the rule, though I would call Husserl an utter fool. I don't believe WeThe's credentials are as solid.
Posted by: Jiang | Jan 8, 2009 10:58:30 AM
having glibly quoted Socrates.
As long as we're splitting philosophical hairs, there's no such thing. You mean Plato?
Or, in a tone you feel comfortable with, "How do you expect We Democrats are as done as the GOP to take seriously a journalistic challenge with logic that I last saw on the Hotlips Pizza menu"? They seem to be under the similar impression that one can quote Socrates.
It's the name, We Democrats are as done as the GOP, isn't it? Now you know what it feels like seeing "progressive" in the title tag.
Posted by: Sappy McSaperstein | Jan 8, 2009 11:03:09 AM
This photo makes me very proud to be an American.
Despite the (extremely) wide policy rift between Jeff Merkley and Dick Cheney, here we see -- just as we have seen time and time again (almost) without fail -- an image of a peaceful transition of power.
That's too rare in the world.
Posted by: Kevin | Jan 8, 2009 11:21:14 AM
As long as we're splitting philosophical hairs, there's no such thing. You mean Plato?
Exactly, Jiang. Thus part of the "multiple" ironies I mentioned...
:-)
Posted by: We Democrats are as over as the GOP | Jan 8, 2009 11:25:34 AM
And of course Kevin provides a perfect example of the empty exultation of form over substance that characterizes a certain segment of Oregon (not really so) "progressive Democrats". Of course, I make no excuses for typos that mar what was posted, they are just typos.
Carla provides a prime example of the Wyden/Merkley/Obama "no comment" strategy. In typical fashion she also builds it around an empty snark, a tactic widely adopted by hipsters and hipster wannabes in the NW and across the nation. She and Kevin apparently don't quite realize that folks might notice that she and he ran away from actually stating an opinion at all.
Meanwhile, Merkley, Wyden and Obama stand by, their muteness making them complicit along with Carla and Kevin in the immoral and indefensible, as the U.N., the Red Cross, and the Vatican denounce the barbarity. As Naomi Klein demonstrates in a commentary that is remarkable even by the standards of "The Nation", we are on the cusp of a historic re-alignment by the true progressives and Democrats, and away from the pretenders like Merkley, Wyden, and those they count as supporters in places like Blue Oregon.
Posted by: Kevin | Jan 8, 2009 11:39:29 AM
Posted by: We Democrats are as over as the GOP | Jan 8, 2009 11:25:34 AM
You are just determined to prove yourself a fool, aren't you.
...their muteness making them complicit along with Carla and Kevin in the immoral and indefensible...
Show me anyone in the Oregon blogosphere who has written as many posts critical of what Israel is doing in Gaza as I have.
Posted by: Bill Bodden | Jan 8, 2009 11:44:16 AM
Just Foreign Policy announced there could be a senate resolution (written by AIPAC) on support for Israel's aggression against Gaza (not that the resolution will put it in those terms) today. It's a good bet that Wyden will vote for it. Merkley remains to be seen, but if Chuck Schumer has been leaning on him then it will be another good bet Merkley will make the Oregon vote unanimous.
Posted by: Carla | Jan 8, 2009 12:24:05 PM
Meanwhile, Merkley, Wyden and Obama stand by, their muteness making them complicit along with Carla and Kevin in the immoral and indefensible, as the U.N., the Red Cross, and the Vatican denounce the barbarity.
Okay...so basically I'm an immoral idiot complicit in barbarous bloodshed and injustice because I write about Oregon politics and issues?
Umm...over the top much?
Posted by: Ms Mel Harmon | Jan 8, 2009 12:49:05 PM
Carla,
You're looking for logic/sense in all the wrong places.
Nice post, by the way.
Posted by: We Democrats are as over as the GOP | Jan 8, 2009 2:11:59 PM
No Carla, attempting to divert attention from your shallowness won't work. You are complicit because you were asked to express your opinion on the political behavior of two Oregon politicians you hyped, and instead of answering the question, you respond with excuses and snarky comments.
And Kevin, despite the juvenile level of form over substance you demonstrate you operate at, it doesn't matter what else you may have written. You have spoken here of your enthusiasm for Merkley and the question was whether your enthusiasm extends to his silence in the face of this barbarity.
Ms Mel Harmon, the same question to you: Are you too complicit in the savagery or do you denounce Merkley's, Wyden's, and Obama's failure as elected Democratic leaders to speak out against it?
To all three of you: Do you support what Bill Bodden references here, the the resolution that Democrats in the Congress will be sponsoring. It's a "Yes" or "No" question you can answer directly. And will you be fulfilling your responsibility as a citizen to call your Oregon representatives you say you choose to confine your interest to Carla to express your opinion? That's also a "Yes" or "No" question. Just as the only vote Merkley and Wyden will have is "Yes" or "No".
The more you people behave as you do, the more it reflects poorly on you. I encourage you to demonstrate to the rest of the readership exactly what is wrong with the people who define the Democratic Party here in Oregon as we look forward to Wyden's re-election run in 2010.
Posted by: Carla Axtman | Jan 8, 2009 3:10:42 PM
No Carla, attempting to divert attention from your shallowness won't work. You are complicit because you were asked to express your opinion on the political behavior of two Oregon politicians you hyped, and instead of answering the question, you respond with excuses and snarky comments.
No. I was asked to respond to loaded statements and questions--which I'm not going to do. If that makes me shallow..then color me so. I feel no special need to kowtow to bullies who name-call.
I don't take you seriously, "We are Dem..". I've seen nothing in comments from you here that warrants a sober response.
Posted by: Karol | Jan 8, 2009 3:39:07 PM
Blago. Humm.
Well, I'll tell you how I really feel. He's on tape doing some squirrely stuff. But, I'm a lover of my country and I know there is a line written some where that says innocent until proven guilty. Without having been indicted or tried, Blago has every right to appoint the person of his choice. No one as far as I can tell has a right to stop him. Blowharding on TV does not a conviction make.
Posted by: We Democrats are as over as the GOP | Jan 8, 2009 3:42:08 PM
Carla you obviously have heard a lot of empty cliches that you pull out when you think they fit. You are, as I said, a prime example of the kind of empty intellect that exults form over substance.
The questions are clear. You only want to try to deceive people into believing they "loaded" because they are moral questions with unambiguous portent (and probably in the past you've been able to talk your way out with empty assertions like this because of the kind of people you choose to try to gain stature with).
Either you support Merkley and Wyden's silence on what Israel has been doing, or you don't support their silence. You know you will be judged based on those answers because they go to the questions of morality and values, and possibly loose social status with a group of people with whom you want to have status.
You can ignore me all you want and everyone including me could care less. But you can't ignore the reality that there is an open question out there about the quality of your character that you create because you don't answer. You think this is about "you", when really is about how you like those you associate with represent a set of political values.
You are exhibit #1 why, as I said, we as Democrats are as over as the GOP. With any luck, in the 2010 election we are going to see real change in the form of a voting majority of people as disaffected by this kind of behavior by Democratic partisans as they are by the behavior of Republican partisans, and who put their energy, money, and votes behind candidates who represent them. All we have to do to build that coalition is keep asking the question as I've done here whether our values are really being represented by the people who claim to represent us now and the people like you who defend them with studied refusals to answer.
Posted by: Zarathustra | Jan 8, 2009 5:24:37 PM
You are exhibit #1 why, as I said, we as Democrats are as over as the GOP.
Even if true, it's the writing that counts, no? I think WeThe's basically sound logic suffers from an attempt to create politico-cartoon surrogates for the convenient placement of aggression. Just my silly advice, but I'd give that a rest. Like I say, you'll find support for the logic if you stick to behavior and not straw men and women.
Everyone understands anger; that's progressive. Harry, Joel, Jiang, Kevin, myself- we're all pretty angry dudes. It would be nice if that energy were more applied to sharpening our steely barbs.
Posted by: Kevin | Jan 8, 2009 5:26:48 PM
Wow - a 55 word run-on sentence followed by a 47 word run-on sentence. I would have expected more substantive progress from someone so full of themself as to publically question the "talent" of a writer. But progress it is, however slight.
Might I suggest changing your handle to "the little engine who could."
Keep chugging away, little engine. One of these days you'll make it to the top of the hill. We're all cheering you on!!
Posted by: We as Democrats are as over as the GOP | Jan 8, 2009 5:36:11 PM
Just keeping to the point that it is the silence of Merkley and Wyden that is the issue, pointing out that their defenders refuse to either condone or condemn the silence of those they defend is neither bullying, insults, or a straw-man argument. We are talking about behavior for all the world to see, and commenting on that is hardly dishonorable.
In the meantime, let's recall we are talking here about the local face of moral paralysis. Although the cliche "think globally, act locally" is shopworn, this is exactly the kind of situation in which the truth behind that cliche lies.
Posted by: We Democrats are as over as the GOP | Jan 8, 2009 6:15:54 PM
For those who haven't seen it, read Ron Wyden's statement released late today and judge for yourself. He speaks for you and your values to the world if you don't speak for yourself.
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Posted by: Frank | Jan 6, 2009 6:59:26 PM
Which one of these two will still be in government in February?
That is change I can believe in! :)