Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post, December 10, 2007
“Mostly quiet acquiescence, if not outright support.”
That is how, according to the Washington Post, officials present characterized the reaction of lawmakers, including Democrats such as Nancy Pelosi and Jane Harman, when they were briefed in 2002 about waterboarding and other severe interrogation techniques being employed by the CIA.
But it could just as well be the slogan of the Democrats for much of the last six-plus years — especially on Iraq.
It’s no wonder Democrats have already decided to capitulate on the war funding bill coming before Congress next week. As recently as three weeks ago, Speaker Pelosi said there would be no more votes on Iraq funding this year (she said the same thing — both about no votes this year and no votes in ’08 without a withdrawal date — when I interviewed her in October), and last month Sen. Chuck Schumer thundered, “The days of a free lunch are over.”
Well, over in the same way that U.S. state-sanctioned torture is over. Which is to say, not so much.
The Democrats in power are Republican enablers. Like a Limbaugh wife they know they have a secure future (in 2008). If I was a greedy bastard and wealthy I’d probably be a Bush supporter. Aren’t most of our politicians in DC wealthy? Do greedy bastards profess to be caring and compassionate to get votes? A tenent of my religion is to believe in the proven and real. Prove it by making some change now. If they expect me to hold my nose and try not to puke while I vote for them they are mistaken. I’d rather vote for Ron Paul.
Comment by DC Madman — December 17, 2007 @ 10:57 pm