Reply #8: welshie, you make good points ...... [View All]

[Stinky The Clown]

..... and I gave this thread a nom.

I see things just a tad different from you, however. I don't think anyone's specifically trying to stifle dissent. Actually, what I think is going on is that we all see the polls. We all see how very, very close we are to getting a majority in Congress ..... in both houses. We also alls ee the slime that's flowing in earnest from the other side. This will be a fight. A serious fight. The midterms are almost always about the partisan bases. We need - deperately - every vote we can get. (I don't want to get into a side discussion about the security of our votes - that's well discussed elsewhere).

This latest insult to our country wrought by a well planned and well organized RW machine. This bill thathas us all up in arms was planned to happen exactly when it did. It was for several purposes. It was to excite their base. It was to hang the Dems with a 'weak on terror' label ....... and it was planned to rip us apart at the very moment we need unity.

I think your take on things .... straight party now and then the internal stuggle for control of our side in advance of 2008 is exactly right. We simply can NOT afford to loose even one seat that isn't countered by two pick-ups.

So much more to say, but I need to get ready to catch a flight ......