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Harry Reid: Weak-Sauce Democrat

I’ve given Speaker Pelosi a bit of grief but she’s not the only “powerful” Democrat who’s content to stand by and let our country slowly get raped to death. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is also content to let our country succumb to forces of corruption and the perversion of our laws.

Here’s the story: Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-VA) is a telecom buttboy who has placed a provision in the FISA bill that would give telecoms retroactive immunity for helping the government’s warrantless wiretapping program. If this isn’t buying our government, I don’t know what is. Contributions to Jay Rockefeller from Verizon totaled $23,500 in March 2007 and contributions from AT&T totaled $19,350. Previously, Rockefeller had barely received any money from either of these companies or any telecoms.

Senator and Presidential Candidate Chris Dodd (D-CT) proposed to place a “hold” on the bill and filibuster if necessary. Dodd’s really stepped up and why he lacks attention of the mainstream media, he’s proved to me that he’s a serious candidate and worthy of consideration.

But along comes Harry Reid who apparently will disregard the honored tradition of respecting holds and bring the bill to the floor (and certain passage because God forbid the Democrats actually use their majority to stop injustice). If he does this, if he does not back Dodd and stnad up to this administrations and major corporations that are using their power to steal our right to privacy, then the Democrats are completely fucked in both houses and our supposed majority means nothing. We couldn’t override Bush’s veto in the House so millions of children will have to get sick and die.

The Democrats have been in power for almost a year and have yet to score a major victory over a President who has an approval rating in free-fall. The Republicans always carry themselves as the party of strength whereas Dems are the part of weakness. But if the Democrats can’t do anything to protect us and change the direction of this country when the American people have given them the request to do so, then their weakness stems not from Republican spin but because they have truly earned the title through their own cowardice.

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