Cindy Sheehan arrested before SOTU

[dissention]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

well, then, she should have just solidly SAT and NOT CLAPPED every time the audience engaged in gratuitous back slapping via applause. HOW OBSCENE.

You had to love how the Dems jumped to their feet as quickly as the Republicans to applaud the Boy King every time with huge smiles plastered across their faces, ready to slap him on the back for a job well done.

Here's an idea: start purging your party of every Pink Tutu Democrat and install real Dems. Next time a Pink Tutu Dem is being opposed by someone with actual values, vote for the one with the values. Or is that a bad idea because *gasp* the one with values...might...actually...lose? All 50 of the Iraq war vets running as Democrats need to be elected, not the scum that are in office now.

This Government, from top to bottom makes me sick. We need more citizen activists. Its time the sheep woke up, and saw the wolves in sheep's clothing that have been running this show..........

I agree. But that would require thought. The American public doesn't have it in them.

[dissention]

From my imaginary wife:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ariann...-_b_14888.html
The Democratic Response: My Worst Fears Realized
Arianna Huffington

All my worst fears about the Democratic response to the State of the Union address being given by Virginia Gov Kaine were realized tonight when he completely failed to take on the president on his greatest vulnerability -- the war in Iraq. “Second guessing is not a strategy,” Bush said -- but Kaine didn’t even bother to second-guess.

Instead, he told us “together, we can do better” (I swear he did!) and that “our greatest need is to heal our partisan wounds.” Now if I can only figure out how to heal these fresh wounds on my wrists, we’ll be fine. At least, together we’ll be fine.

While Kaine was droning on, I closed my eyes and imagined Jack Murtha giving the response, someone with the authority to do much more than second guess -- to offer an alternative strategy on Iraq and the war on terror, as opposed to Kaine’s program of “service and competent management.” And I thought “competence” had gone out of vogue with Michael Dukakis.

As for the Kaine bromide, “common sense solutions to common problems” -- who came up with that one? Fire them immediately. Please.

[stargazer99]

Originally Posted by dissention

From my imaginary wife:

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by dissention

. . . I agree. But that would require thought. The American public doesn't have it in them.

Interestingly, at least half of them do and sadly they are all for W and his religious craziness. I mean those people have a big enough backbone. Sadly, the D's play to the middle, which is really all they can do to get elected. I know you disagree with that statement, but Kerry almost won by playing to the middle and some think he did win but the fraud came into play. So, implying the middle is unwinnable turf is incorrect.

To me, the far more interesting argument is how can the D's entice a truly "liberal" and winnable candidate. I suggest they cannot because the country hates abortion at will and gays asserting any rights - and the D candidate I assert must support those two positions, which means the American public will not elect them. Once again, the D's have no one to blame but themsleves for letting the religious zealots frame the issue this way. Ditto for the war in Iraq.

[SomeKindaMother]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Kerry almost won by playing to the middle and some think he did win but the fraud came into play. So, implying the middle is unwinnable turf is incorrect.

I do agree with that, as I have always been a middle of the road Democrat in the past. But the worse things get, the further left I'm heading. I was, and still am, upset about the filibuster not happening and as far as I'm concerned every Democrat that voted against the filibuster and then had the nerve to vote against Alito is a hypocrite. I guess my point is that the Democratic leaders need to recognize that we (the constituants) are ready for someone to start standing up for us. Rattle the cage, rock the boat....get someone to notice how crappy things are going!

I *want* to be middle of the road, but I don't want to be steamrolled by a government that continually proves that it cares nothing about me. So I guess I'll have to jump one way or another if I want to tip the scales. And I'm disappointed that the Democrats weren't up it yet at such an important time.

As far as Mrs. Sheehan, I also think she should have been allowed in, as the Republican's wife should. (I also wondered if she wasn't a set up....but who knows.) If I were the powers that be, though, I don't think I'd have trusted Ms. Sheehan to behave.

Kelly