The D&C and the County GOP
Matt Stoller over at OpenLeft is cautiously optimistic that congressional Dems are finally starting to take a stand against Bush’s surveilling Americans (sorta):
It’s amusing to watch the Senate Democrats and House Democrats creatively figure out how to stand up for something. The Republican Party leadership is basically a gang of criminals, and dealing with a culture of intense bad faith is psychologically difficult. That said, these people have been kicked in the head enough times that they should know what’s coming.
As I see bits of clarity emerge from the D&C’s Editorial page, amidst all the well-meaning “can’t we all just get along?” you usually see, I want to rewrite the above paragraph to say:
It’s amusing to watch the D&C Ed Board creatively figure out how to stand up for something. The Monroe County Republican Party leadership is basically a gang of criminals, and dealing with a culture of intense bad faith is psychologically difficult. That said, these people have been kicked in the head enough times that they should know what’s coming.
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