Letters to the Editor
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One of her few good moves...
You're C-span Book-tv forum with CATO made me a big fan of yours. Had Congress one inch of your willingness to stand your ground, we'd be ....well, probably exactly where we are now in one form or another with this group of Congressional insiders cooking their own books.
The weakened elders of the Senate, like Feinstein and Reid, aside from all the facts you've correctly cited, are just plain anti-progressive -because they're just too old and just want to stick to there dried toast every morning.
Warner proved my meaning when he double-crossed Senator Webb on the Iraq vote.
Does anyone really believe he would have voted the same way if he stayed in the Senate?
But I have another, concurring reason for the failure of the Senate's inability to act responsibly lately, and I'd like your opinion:
One bright moment in Feinstein's career, that I wholeheartedly applauded, happened last summer.
After Israel's dump of over 400,000 cluster bomblet's during the last three days of the Lebanon/Israeli war, the Senator sponsored legislation to place a moratorium on the use of cluster bombs, only in civilian areas. She had the majority of the world backing her, including the Red Cross.
A handful of Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, joined with all of the Republicans to vote against her.
First, I hope this haunts Clinton into the ground, but secondly, it's almost this same group of Democrats, give or take a few, repeatedly crossing over to join with the right.
When those Democrats support hard line extremist positions, they get a free pass from the media.
While we, the people, who fight them, are now considered and labeled insurgents, by them. And it gets the attention, instead.
And so, Syria gets bombed while everyone just munches away on their toast. And a half a dozen other disputes are ready to blow....while Congress more jam.
Are we now governed by some new bi-partisan 'global constitution, that American citizens aren't aware of?
We American 'insurgents' have the right to know.