I was a dutiful registered Maryland Democrat until January. I still support many Democrats, particularly the ones that think for themselves and stand up to their own party machinery at the risk of being politically/socially exiled by their fellow party members.As for the hypocrites and sell-outs, that’s another thing entirely. Right now I can only conclude that most leading Democratic incumbents are either drunk on their own power, in an all-out panic about the global economy, or both. The almost trillion-dollar “stimulus” package (full title: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) is bewildering and massive, and the Dem leadership machinery seems insistent on ramming it through both chambers with a minimum of debate or compromise.
The full text is here on the HR website. Personally, if I want to read 647 pages of inscrutable text, give me Faulkner or Joyce instead. I think I need to look to independent academic / think tank types for insightful interpretation of this behemoth and its potential consequences.
How funny is it that Pelosi is co-sponsoring this bill with a Rep. “Obey” (D-Wisc.)?!
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This just in (~12:30-1:15 p.m. EST):
WaPo says Tom Daschle (D-SD) just withdrew from the vetting process to become HHS Secretary over the whole six-figures-owed-in-back-taxes fiasco.
Apparently some Dems do care about accountability and integrity, or at least the appearance of it.
Okay, enough of this political nonsense. This here ain’t no dailykos.
Not the dailykos? Thank $DEITY for small favors!
You are right though, a lot of the present fooforaw in the House and Senate pretty much do look like a herd of liberals trying to make up for lost time through the inelegant means of stampeding over a cliff.
And it really is important, as the folks in the Senate have the decency to stand up and say, to sort out what is a Stimulus Package from what is a Spending Bill. We can take up the Spending Bills later.
I like your $DEITY notation.
What deities, if any, do pagans have, I wonder? Perhaps you will share these and related mysteries in your blog.
I take it that pagans have somewhat diverse beliefs and practices.
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