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IOKIYAR.

From the WaPo, this pretty much sums it up:

"They are prepared to jeopardize funding for troops at war," Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) said Thursday evening. "If Democrats did that, there would be cries of treason."

Two things: 1) Why aren't there cries of treason?
2) Why are the Democrats so much worse at spinning their blunders than the Republicans?

Seriously, Durbin is absolutely right about this. This would be a minor mass media explosion if the roles were reversed. And how is it that, even still, in the face of a bill that could potentially give millions of people much-needed healthcare, we still have people like Nelson throwing minor tantrums over abortion? At the very least, Feingold (D-Wis.) puts aside his personal disagreement with a Pentagon spending bill to block the filibuster, but too many other Dems are refusing to follow this good example. I know we've come a long way into understanding why the left seems to collapse in on itself whenever it should be powerful and dictating the agenda (see: George Lakoff's Don't Think of an Elephant for starters), I'm just wondering what else it'll take besides a mandate rewarding one of the most well-run presidential campaigns in history.

Regardless, the meat of the article is a demonstration of something I've always maintained: Republicans are like the Sith. Fear, anger, hatred, and deceit are their weapons, and they wield them well.


Addendum: And here's the exciting conclusion.