Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Monday, January 5, 2009

Thanks, Howard. Now Get Lost.

That seems to be the attitude of the Democratic party towards Dr. Howard Dean, the current chairman of the party, as he is being rather unceremoniously replaced by Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine.

If there is a single person who can be credited with the Democrats going into the majority in both houses of the Congress (other than Chimpy), it is Dean. Dean dropped the long-time strategy of only taking on the party of Hoover where the pundits thought that Democrats had a reasonable chance of winning. Instead, wherever a candidate arose, Dean tried to help them, in what he called the "50 state strategy". Dean did not insist on purity; if the candidate called himself or herself a "Deomocrat," that was enough for him.

Dean took on the Hooverites everywhere. There are Democrats in the House and Senate today who would have never elected if the old guard had still been in charge at the DNC. There seems to be little understanding, let alone gratitude, on the part of much of the party towards Dean. Which is a bloody shame.

If the Democrats go back to the old way of doing business, they will lose their majority in Congress within six years. But, on the other hand, with people such as Harry "Oh, Please Don't Filibuster, We'll Do What You Want" Reid as majority leader in the Senate, it won't matter all that much.

1 comment:

Hope said...

Howard Dean is my hero. He stood up for me when no one else bothered. I love this man!