The state of politics in America, 2007(via hilzoy):
“People say to me, ‘Well, what about the 30-second spots?’ ” said Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, referring to attack ads. He is pushing a bill to restore habeas corpus.
Who in god’s name worries about negative TV ads as a consequence of restoring one of the bedrocks of western civilization? The rest of the article is written proof that huge portions of the Democrats in Congress are complete opportunists who believe in nothing above their own worthless careers as rubber-stamping hacks. These people would vote for concentration camps if the polling went the right way
No one should be naive enough to believe that political considerations don’t influence the actions of Congressmen, but to literally stand for nothing? We might as well do away with the entire concept of a constitutional republic – its only advantages to the mob-rule of direct democracy are the inviolate rules and principles enshrined in the constitution, and the belief that legislators can make more informed, level-headed decisions than the hoi polloi. The Democrats are proving that neither of these are still applicable
I can almost muster more respect for the Republicans – they at least have the guts to ride their idiotic, failed policies down into flaming defeat. The Democrats would rather adopt the failed policies of the other side under the shockingly stupid belief that America put them in office to continue the methodical destruction of this country’s every founding principle
