Nasty Little Man

Stop the Hillary Express, Get on Board with Russ

Ouch.

As a good lefty, I don't trust David Brooks of the NY Times, but as a card-carrying member of the Stop Hillary campaign, I don't mind his column from Sunday, which is about the ports deal and hits the very reason why I'm not on board with the presumed Democratic front runner:

Clinton didn't seem to mind when officials of the United Arab Emirates kicked in up to a million dollars into her husband's presidential library. She didn't seem alarmed when Dubai poured at least $450,000 into her family bank accounts through her husband's speaking business. She didn't object when the Clinton administration approved a deal for a Chinese government firm to run the Port of Long Beach. But when the Dubai ports deal set off Know-Nothing mobs, she made sure she had the biggest pitchfork.
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It also shows Clinton doesn't understand her political weaknesses. First, nobody, not even among her friends, is totally sure she actually believes in anything, or whether she just coldly calculates political advantage.

This all comes in the shadow of Senator Feingold's introduction of a censure resolution against President Bush, and the Democrats, once again, running and hiding from their oath to defend the Constitution:

Wisconsin Sen. Russell Feingold accused fellow Democrats on Tuesday of cowering rather than joining him on trying to censure
President Bush over domestic spying.

"Democrats run and hide" when the administration invokes the war on terrorism, Feingold told reporters.

Yesterday at the Rally for Equality at the state capitol in Harrisburg, Rep. Dan Frankel (D-Pittsburgh) downplayed how "courageous" it is to stand up for the Constitution. Whatever adjective you use, we need people like Senator Feingold and Rep. Frankel to stand up for what's right and to stand up for the Constitution.

posted by Kinder Gentler Little Man @ 10:15 AM