Democrats Making a Stand?

[negatifzeo]

There was an earlier post on here discussing Harry Reid shutting down the senate. Why now? Where were the democrats back in the months leading up to the war? It seemed so obvious to anyone that bothered to read into the issue at that time that Bush was lying about his reasons for going to war. First, he said the object was "regime change". Then he realized that reason alone wasn't going to be enough, so he started this whole WMD thing. But the inspectors said Iraq didn't have any, so what did they do? They took the inspectors out of there. It was so obvious! So why did all these democrats vote for the war? Were they too busy sucking corporate dick at the time to do a little research? And by a little, I mean like 30 minutes' worth. Well, supposedly this (http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/005940.php) is the reason they are bringing up the issue so late in the game. Well, whatever. The fact that these democrats voted for the war says one of two things, neither of which are good. Either the democrats wanted the war from the beginning for some reason unknown to the public, or they were afraid that due to the political climate at the time, a no vote would hurt them. I don't buy this claim of ignorance, that they were misled. Yes, everyone was misled, but if a citizen with the internet can see through the bullshit and a senator can't, we're in deep trouble. So basically, democrats suck. They are the lesser of the two evils, and this whole thing is purely for political gain. It also shows that the two-party system has to go. And it shows one more thing: That despite all the corruption and bullshit, when the public speaks up, we can still make a difference.

[Smith Comma John]

i don't know if all democrats suck. but i do think most of them where more concerned about their political careers than the future welfare of our country, which is lame. i sincerely hope that democrats aren't as closely tied to corporations as republicans are.

fortunately, it is becoming more and more apparant that the reason to go to war was not to find wmd's, etc. but to control iraqi oil fields and set up a permanent middle-east military base.

[negatifzeo]

Don't forget to pump billions more into the military industrial complex! I don't think all democrats are like that, but there are a lot of them that are, unfortunately.

[Smith Comma John]

there are a lot of weak democrats too, ones that won't stand up for their party ideals. tom daschle, joe lieberman, max baucus. that's all i can think of actually, but i'm sure there are more.