I'm ashamed to be a member of the Democratic Party

Their cowering and fear in the wake of Feingold's call for censure of the president (the least the Senate should do) makes me dispair of all hope that the Senate will provide any oversight for the law breakers installed in the White House, and for any hope that the invertebrates will reclaim the majority in the Fall. Sayeth the Rude Pundit,

Democrats are makin' one huge miscalculation in staying away from Feingold's motion for censure. They are being played by the Republicans, who are scared shitless that they'll be forced to go on record, with a vote, that they support the illegal activities of the White House. So they are lashing out, calling Feingold a "traitor" and double dog daring Democrats to support him. Looking at how loudly the Republicans are screaming. As the Democratic Leadership Council's Marshall Wittman said, "The Republicans couldn't contain their glee over an attempt to censure the president for being overly zealous in defending the country against al-Qaeda." The DLC are a bunch of tools, idiots for whom triangulation is resistance. And they're wrong about the Republican huffing and puffing. It's a Rovean bluff. Call that fucker. Back Feingold and the public will follow you to 2006 and 2008 because you actually said enough is, indeed, enough.

Ironically, yesterday I received in the mail a letter from former Senator Edwards (whom I genuinely, and generally, admire), appealing to me to contribute to the DNC's Senate Campaign. Madame Cura suggested I make the check out to the Spinal Research Foundation.