The Hackett situation will hurt the Democratic Party [View All]

[x-g.o.p.er]

I like Hackett, alot. As an active duty guy, I think guys like Hackett are essential for the future of this party, and what the Dem leadership did to him will only reverberate throughout the party, all the way down to the grass roots level.

They fucked him, and they were going to smear him if he didn't back out. Harry Reid's office was prepared to call him a war criminal, when he served with honor. That's beyond every level of fucked up I've heard in a long time.

I thought what the Republicans did to Kerry was shameful, what happened to Max Cleeland was reprehensible, but because it was done by Chickenhawk Republicans, I could see it coming a mile away.

But for the Senate Minority Leader to do this to an up and coming star in the party? And a lot of people on this board are seemingly okay with it?

Unbelieveable. And embarrassing.

http://motherjones.com/news/update/2006/02/hackett_drops_out.html