WTF Is It Now?!?

"One of Iraq's cabinet ministers suggested Bush and Hussein duel with pistols. Bush is from Texas. He'd like that. A game of Scrabble is what would scare him." - Leno


DOGGIES IN TUTUS
Protesters jeer Gephardt in Kennedy Park, God bless 'em.

As U.S. House Democratic Leader Richard 'Fluffy' Gephardt stepped away from the crowd Sunday in Kennedy Park, the crowd followed. It was not the crowd that showed up to support Democrat Mike Michaud in his run for the House, it was the crowd unhappy with members of Congress, especially Gephardt.

“Gephardt, Gephardt has no spine! He just follows Bush’s line,” the crowd loudly repeated, holding signs and banging drums, standing a few feet away from the high-ranking Democrat. The age of protesters ranged from college students to middle-aged parents to white-haired seniors.

The protesters were angry that Gephardt and other congressional leaders signed off on a resolution giving Bush the authority to use military action against Iraq. That resolution is expected to be taken up in Congress this week.

Protesters angrily said agreeing to the resolution is not how Democrats should behave.

“Things that are central to many of us in the Democratic Party, he just signed off on it,” Chuck Lidz said of Gephardt before the rally. “He’s put a lot of pressure on fellow Democrats who tried to raise questions about the war. In Democratic Party politics we try to do things internationally, with the cooperation of our allies. Bush is not doing that, and Gephardt just signed off on that.”

Bates sophomore Nathan Harrington agreed. “They’re supposed to be the opposition party but they don’t oppose,” he said.

"What the hell is wrong with the Democrats?" businessman Haywood Jablowmie asked. "When are they going to start listening to us, instead of spinelessly humping Bush's leg every chance they get? For petessake, I may as well just write my damn dog's name on the ballot this November."