WTF Is It Now?!?

Democrats need a lot more than just a message
Yeah, they need a huge swinging sack, for crying out loud. Pussies.

As midterm election years go, 2006 should be a sweet one for Democrats. Instead of seizing this opportunity to reclaim control of Congress, however, Democrats are pathetically wringing their hands and babbling about not having a message.

Can't come up with a message? Are they blind and deaf - or just political cowards?

Here's the message: The country is in a mess because of Republican policies and incompetence. Most Americans have soured on the Iraq war and the president who started it. They are disgusted with ethics rot on Capitol Hill exposed by the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal that has Republicans running for the hills. And they have little confidence in the competence of the Bush-Cheney administration when it comes to waging war, protecting the homefront against terrorists, responding to a hurricane disaster or reining in runaway spending....

Democrats also have rarely missed a chance to criticize Bush for conducting warrantless domestic surveillance. But when Sen. Russ Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, last week introduced a resolution to censure (not impeach) the president for illegal wiretapping, he was treated as an embarrassment to his party. His fellow Democrats wanted no part of his effort to hold Bush accountable.

Forget about a message. A lot of voters are wondering on what big issue, if any, are Democrats willing to stand up to George W. Bush?

- from an editorial in the St Pete Times.