Two Friedmans from now, when Bush is contemplating Baker II after The One Last Push bs, the Democrats will be entangled deeper into Bush’s Iraq folly, just like the Emanuels and the Clintons want.

My guess would be that the voters will not be as kind in 2008 to the Democrats as they were last week. Kerry stuff all over again. Oh well, what’s a few hundred thousand more dead Iraqis to the Democratic neocons.

God, you’re an idiot. Did you not see how the House Democrats just elected an anti-war Speaker?

The Democrats are not about to start pushing to get us deeper into Iraq just because they decided to elect a Majority Leader who opposes immediate withdrawal when the only other option was very, very ethically tainted.

My guess would be that the voters will not be as kind in 2008 to the Democrats as they were last week. Kerry stuff all over again. Oh well, what’s a few hundred thousand more dead Iraqis to the Democratic neocons.

I am beginning to suspect that Jack Murtha’s “ethicial troubles” are like Howard Dean’s “scream” — a media artifact. Take a wisp of innuendo, whip it into a big glob of cotton candy, and let the talking heads feed on it and speak it, like gods, into reality.

Less ornate version: I can’t stand Andrea Mitchell.

jus catching up on ol threads. LindaR, if you are reading this, *beautiful* phrase. Lovely picture.

Not that Murtha didn’t get it. Shucks that he had skeletons in his closet that interferred.

But we won on honesty, and that’s just the way it is in 2006…

Christy….

Howie indicated that Hoyer wanted to come here as a special guest — but only if no one was allowed to call him a “shill” or whatever.

First off, I hope you haven’t committed to Hoyer, especially under “special” rules. I’d be really disappointed to see this blog trading our right to express our opinion for “access” to Democratic Party bigwigs.

Hoyer is the personification of what is wrong with modern politics (in both parties.) He’s a K-Street shill — collecting money from lobbyists and doling it out to other congresscritters campaign funds — with the obvious but unstated quid pro quo of votes for cash. Hoyer’s primary agenda is the aggegration of personal power, not serving his constitutents or advancing the agenda of the Democratic Party, and he accomplishes that goal by being the middleman between K-Street and Democratic congresscritters. He’s as “anti-progressive” as it gets, in other words.

Murtha may be “corrupt”, but he’s old school corrupt — his “corruption” is in service to his constituents, and isn’t about gaining personal power. I can respect a blue collar guy like murtha skirting the ethical line in order to keep jobs in his rust belt district, Hoyer, on the other hand, deserves no respect, because he’s simply in it for the power and influence.

House Progressive Caucus plus Net Roots = XDCCCX

I’m confused.