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"Jebbie, I'll have to disagree with a lot of what you said, although explaining exactly why would take more time than I've got here."
. . . just because I've already been avoiding work for hours. (I didn't mean it like: "It would take a million years to respond because what you said was so asinine.")
Steve IS an awesome, intense bulldog.
But what do you suggest we do about all of this? Vote Claire MacCaskill and Jim Webb out of office?
I'm serious. The Dems think they can assault the Constitution with impunity -- and they're correct, just as Tony Blair was correct to think that he could get away with ignoring the will of the electorate, and even majorities within his own party, by aligning himself with Bush, because there was no palatable alternative to his government (the Conservatives being worse than Blair in almost every sense, and the Liberal Democratic Party, for reasons I've never been able to grasp, not being a credible challenger).
I write letters to my representative and senator. I complain, and forward articles to, my friends. I donate to the ACLU when I can. None of that seems likely to have much impact.
The Dems continue to sell off our most treasured and hard-won rights -- and sell cheap, no less. And they'll win landslide majorities next year -- probably with my votes.
Again: what do you suggest?
