Too bad the post is another one of those "make you want to tear your hair out" observations...

No comment from me on just how mind-bogglingly AWFUL are the fr!ckin' Dems. Scratch that - Congress.

My first reaction to your article is simply this. One of the reasons it is Congress’ responsibility to check the executive is (as is also the case for declaring war), they are the branch of Government with the closest contact with their local constituents. So not only are they doing the country as a whole a disservice by not holding BushCo accountable but they are directly screwing their constituents out of proper representation in Washington.

And what about the Senate Intelligence report on the use and misuse of intelligence which drove us into the unnecessary war with Iraq which is bankrupting the country? When Rockefeller took over from Roberts, there was supposed to be progress in determining the method and extent to which we were lied into a war. One would hope that the report would be finished before the same techniques are used to drag us into another unnecessary disastrous war.

Gee, it's a shame we don't have any Senators running for President, because this would be a great way to show how they lead, show their respect for the American people, and show what they can do...

Peter Welch, the freshman representative from my state of Vermont, made it clear last spring that he supported impeachment, but only after the hard work of investigations.

This is from an article in the Vermont Guardian:

“My hat is off to the citizen activists in Vermont for bringing their case to the Legislature; they are representative of the proud tradition we have in Vermont to speaking out,” said Welch. “People are expressing broad outrage about this president’s handling of the war, his treatment of civil liberties, and the use of bogus intelligence, and there is a lot of common ground here on holding the president and vice president accountable. The major question is the best way to make that happen.”

Welch said the current investigations on everything from the war to the firing of U.S. attorneys are potentially the beginning of further action, not the end. He said the current probes into the Bush administration are akin to the congressional investigations into the Nixon administration.

“Those investigations weren’t the end, but the beginning of the end and brought out the facts that led to articles of impeachment,” said Welch. “It didn’t begin with filing articles of impeachment. My fundamental concern is ending this war.”

We can see how well that's all working out!

From all those pussy Democrats who've given me shit for the past eight years for voting for Ralph Nader.

I've said all along that there's not a damn bit of difference between the two parties. If the Democrats' capitulation to Bush for the past seven-plus years, even now that they have control of the House and Senate, doesn't prove there's no difference, I don't know what does!

The latest news is that Cheney/Bush have been caught in more than 900 lies about Iraq and still Pelosi won't impeach the motherfuckers.

I've given up waiting for another Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman or Jack or Bobby Kennedy to lead the Democrats out of the wilderness.

I'm voting strictly third party this time around. The only candidate I intend to give money is Cindy Sheehan. She probably won't win, but for now, all I want is to see Pelosi and as many Democrats as possible lose.

If they're not willing to stand up for me and the majority of Americans, they don't deserve to hold office.

Nobody is going to buck executive privilege when it's clear to all parties that the USAs serve at the pleasure of the President. Pelosi and Reid are actually smart to avoid the going forth of pit-yorkies in pursuit of elephants. The only result would be that Congress damages their already pitiful reputation.

Last week I sent emails to senators to stand firm for the constitution starting by opposing telcom immunity.

The web based forms have pull down menu of topic areas. None of them had "constitution", or "rule of law" as a topic for comments. I suggested to them that they add this topic.

Once again the democrats are complicit in the Bush attack on the constitution. As Glenn points out, the lead should be taken by the presidential candidates. The three main democaratic candidates are attorneys so they should understand what is at stake.

John Edwards should continue to set the agenda of the primary debate by taking a stand on telcom immunity and subpoenas and force the other candidates to do their job in the Senate to block the Bush administration crimes.

From all those pussy Democrats who've given me shit for the past eight years for voting for Ralph Nader.

I've said all along that there's not a damn bit of difference between the two parties.

Al Gore spoke out forcefully against the invasion of Iraq from the beginning. One can never know for sure, but that's some pretty compelling evidence that there would have been no Iraq War under a Gore administration.

You think Iraq War v. No Iraq War constitutes "not a damn bit of difference"?

He also was one of the most aggressive and eloquent voices against Bush's executive power abuses, more or less from the beginning.

I was thinking about this as I was getting ready for work this morning. (I listen to c-span sometimes while getting ready) I wonder what would happen if I were to et a congressional subpoena, and refused to go because I have citiznens immunity. Would the same thing happen(nothing)? Or would I be arrested and held in contempt of congress until I testified.

There has been so much ink spent on the horse race aspect of the presidential campaign this year, yet not many news outlets are covering what to me is the most important issue, Who will be willing to undo the Bush administrations overreaching and abuses of power? Who will be willing to hold them accountable so that this never happens again?