And Now To The Bickering
Nov 8th, 2006 at 12:21 pm by Susie
Now of course there will have to be attempts to compromise, attempts to work with Republicans, but the Republicans will simply rebuff them or deal with us in bad faith. What I’m going [to be] watching is which Democrats believe in date rape bipartisanship and which ones believe in trying to work together, and failing that, actually work to govern.
Hoyer and Murtha are going at each other on this point. Murtha’s got a little pork problem, but Hoyer too much wants to be liked by his abusive Republican boyfriends. And of course, Rahm Emanuel is going full bore against us, and was doing so behind the scenes prior to the election. What a shocker. I’m already hearing the ‘Democrats need to be Republicans’ line with the ‘Democrats need to work with a President who won’t work with them.’
The notion that this election saw conservative Democrats as the big winners is a lie. And how do we know it’s a lie? Well because White House Press Secretary Tony Snow is bragging about it.
What was the biggest concern expressed in the exit polls? Corruption. Hey guys, that means people want accountability for the bad guys, not handholding and peace talks.
They want politicians to do the right thing, and barring that, they want them punished when they do the wrong thing.
Love what Josh Marshall says here.
I have called both of emmanuel’s offices (dccc and in the House) and let that weasel have it, pointing out reid’s youtube at kos, giving the netroots credit for the election; dean’s congratulations, and everyone else’s.
Also, I pointed out that Rahm’s favored candidates lost, and ours won. So he can shove that Blue Dog talk up his puckered starfish.
I wish more Democrats were like you, Brendan.