the author has raised a good point. In 06 even Rove admitted the amount of corruption-Foley, Haggard, Abramoff was underestimated to the midterms (by him and the GOP).

SO R U LISTENING DEMS?

If not, you should be.

The Feinsteins, Schumers, Reids, Hoyers sellouts of the Democratic party make it look equally as bad, equally as corrupt.

In a few years when we look back on this war and all of those complicit in getting us in-I suspect will get thier due justice. Does not matter to me if they are GOPers or Dems.

I think many Dems think they can skate under the radar for a few years and retire to a nice little country house and all will be forgotten.

But I can tell ya Ms. Feinstein, for me and the 70% opposed to this war, opposed to torture, opposed to having our civil rights stomped on, opposed to lobbyist corruption....we've got our shit-list held tightly in our minds- and YOU'RE ON IT.

Think you can retire quietly in a yr or so?...YOU WON'T BE FORGOTTEN.

WE WON'T MAKE THE MISTAKES OF IRAN/CONTRA AGAIN-by letting the guilty go free.

YEP you're on the mental list of corrupt Dems.-and rather than think of the cost to the Democratic Party-you're thinking of covering your own ass.

The dingbat card won't cut it anymore-the public knows you're corrupt.

I suspect the corruption card is going to be brought up again during this Presidential election-yours (Feinsten) is one of the names that will be a drag on the Dems going into it to.

So corrupt DLC-you're on notice:

either you stop covering the GW/Blue Dogs' asses or get used to losing.

In a few years, you may be gone-but we loyal antiwar,pro-civil rights Dems will make sure you're not forgotten.

It's a great day to be a 3rd Party, perhaps even 4th!

open an investigation into corruption.

After all, it was Murtha who was smeared while the leadership post between him and Hoyer was going on.

Gee wonder who was responsible for that? AIPAC ya think?

From what I remember-Murtha was raked over the coals for hiring a brother for a post-yet look at the partisan-Hatch Act-violating corruption of the GOP and Dems like Difi, Hoyer, and others-it looks like tiddly-winks compared to the shit thy're doing.

You've got more than enough evidence to open an investigation into them and "conflict of interest" and profiteering" even RICO violations. We also already know how much $ they get from telecoms-which looks like a bought vote (Rockefeller, Clinton, Difi, Reid)-so investigate them already.

States should be able to investigate those whose interests these jerks "claim" to represent-to bad thier votes constitute a "conflict of interest" to those voters.

I N V E S T I G A T E.

RMP-Thanks for your service.

RMP you made me realize that rather than just blogging-I need to be more active. I plan to do that soon.

Even more than that-this Thanksgiving-I'm going to have some serious discussion with my parents and anyone else gathered around the table. I'm 44 (NOT a Boomer)-and have parents in thier 70s. I can remember my bridge-playing,gated community living,garden-club,never worked full-time mom making comments about Kerry-that the reason she would not vote for him (with wrinkled nose) "she just didn't like his hair".

seriously.

She said this.

My mother even sent me a piece of spam from one of her Rt.-wing female friends about Barack Obamas' name (Osama).

I went O F F-and replied to every name that was on the email list about how prejudiced this was.

Unfortunately, I live in the South-where much of this ignorant/indiffence is prominent(especially by women).

Boomers want to get angry over comments pointing any blame of this war and others-yet it is this complete obliviousness to finding actual facts that make this group want to put thier hands over their ears.

My mom (and many southern women) will use the argument that politics is just too "ugly" for them.

What they mean is-"just tell us what we want to hear-that's what we're brainwashed to think."

I know I'm stubborn, and very interested in politics-I know there are those who don't share the same views.

At this point in time and history, I don't plan on taking that as any sort of excuse.

The stakes are too high for our country right now.

I'm not willing to give up more of my civil rights.

Not willing to shift the debts of this war on my daughters' shoulders.

Not willing to see more Americans die needlessly.

Not willing to see oil companies continue to gouge the public.

Poor mom-she has no clue what she is in for this Thanksgiving-if I have to de-program though-that's what I'll do.