Political malaise

[The Tower]

While things are looking brighter, it still doesn't help that there is a least another year of suffering with this current Congress. I am very hopeful that the republicans will lose control of the House (and, as a dreamer, why not the Senate). I'm sooooooooooooooooooo sick of this government.

I read this on Democratic Underground and I would say that I was surprised at the gall of this Congress, but sadly, I am not surprised...

"And with polls now showing that 49% of registered voters DeLay's district would vote for an unnamed Democrat compared to 36% who would still vote for DeLay, it looks like Hammertime may be finally drawing to a close...

...unless Dennis Hastert can help it, that is! Last week it was revealed that the Speaker of the House is in the process of pulling a little "DeLay tactic" of his own - according to the Boston Globe:


Hastert has scheduled the first House session of 2006 for Jan. 31 - after a holiday break of more than a month, and two weeks after senators are due to return to Washington. The late start gives DeLay, a Texas Republican, a greater amount of time with which to dispose of the charges, as new leadership elections could not occur until the House is back in session.

So if you weren't sure about the priorities of House Republicans before, perhaps this will give you a clue. With the victims of Hurricane Katrina still in desperate need of federal assistance, with the war in Iraq taking the lives of American soldiers on a daily basis, with big American oil companies refusing to provide relief to low-income familes who face huge heating oil bills this year, Dennis Hastert has decided to put off doing the people's business for a few weeks so that Tom DeLay can try to wrap up his criminal trial.

Congratulations, Republicans. I think you're almost touching the bottom of the barrel. "