Note To Democrats: Courage Leads To Victory

Yesterday turned out to be a fantastic day. So many times we've watched as our so-called leaders have done anything but lead. We've been left in shock wondering how they can still be cowed by a a pathetic excuse for a man who has a 24% approval rating and has been discredited over and over again.

We've been horrified as they've endorsed torture by supporting Mukasey, refused to put the weight of the law behind their subpoenas, etc. and so forth.

Well, Chris Dodd stood up and showed what can be accomplished when we, the real silent majority, fight for what is right. Dodd was fantastic, and those who stood right behind him, from Senator Feingold to Senator Kennedy to The Young Turks to blogs across the land showed that yes, just as you would have thought, you really can best a faux-cowboy who's about as popular as amoebic dysentery.

Amazing, isn't it?

Comments

[anney]

04:01 PM on 12/19/2007

Well, Senator Dodd may have gained a victory over a faux-cowboy who's about as popular as amoebic dysentery, but he was also fighting the wrangler guarding the cattle, Harry Reid. He got both with one lasso.

[JimR]

11:57 AM on 12/19/2007

Hear, hear! And bravo for Dodd. How about showing some spine, Democrats?

[SamEllison]

07:52 PM on 12/18/2007

Thank you Sen Dodd and Happy Holidays to you.
We will not forget.

[cynara]

03:23 PM on 12/18/2007

I hope that this reflects in a jump in the polls for Dodd, encouraging the other Democratic Candidates and the Democratic Congressional leaders to grow spines to compete with Dodd. But judging from the extreme lack of mainstream news coverage, I doubt it...

[Unsui]

03:18 PM on 12/18/2007

Both this guy and Russ Fiengold have been walking the walk and talking the talk since it became obvious to all but the most myopic Americans, and practically all of the Beltway insiders (press and politicos especially), that this administration was no friend or defender of the constitution. Still, he is merely a blip on the screen in the Democratic race for the nomination...I think Democrats, liberals and progressives are as easily manipulated by the corporate press as the fundamentalists are by their Jerry Falwell's or whoever. Everybody is so proud of Dodd all of a sudden, but I ask: where the hell have you been, and what are you going to do now? Will this notoriety lead to a bounce in the polls, or a rush of fund raising for the guy who is actually standing up for the progressive ideals we all spout on this website? I ain't holding my breath...

[LeftRight]

03:17 PM on 12/18/2007

Once in a while....

[hopeless277]

02:52 PM on 12/18/2007

It is doubtful at this time that the Democratic leadership WANTS victory. To me it looks like they are covering for Bush. They may be involved up to their armpits in Bush's criminal gang for all I know. One thing is certain though, they are not on the side of the American people. I fear that corporate cash has finally made it's way into Democratic coffers and the piper wants his pay. This time though, the pipers are leading the rats INTO the city and not out of it.