Democrats, Stand Up for America!

Democrats, stand up for America! Rep. Murtha is leading the way, giving you permission. What are you waiting for? A Republican invitation? C'mon.

So many opportunities to hammer Republicans are being missed. Democrats need their own version of "the hammer".

For instance, Rep. Nussle (R-Iowa) stood on the house floor the other night and said that government has no business making private decisions for its citizens. Really? Then I guess that Rep. Nussle believes that government has no business making personal reproductive decisions for American women, either. We can all breathe a collective sigh of relief.

But where are the comments from Democrats? Are Democrats so afraid to even broach the subject of abortion that they'll pass up a golden opportunity like this, to see Republicans' pants all in a tussle, scrambling for their spin doctors?

Grow some balls, boys and girls. If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch, or, in other words, you can't pee like a puppy.

And why haven't we heard any response from Democrats regarding Hastert's speech? Nancy Pelosi stood on the House floor and read two letters from Catholic Charities and the American Council of Churches, stating that "budgets are moral documents", beseeching the House not to pass stringent budget cuts aimed at the nation's poor, including cuts to Food Stamps, Student Aid, Housing, etc.

In response, Republican Hastert got up and said that the House couldn't be held hostage by "religious morality", that they had a job to do and the people that elected them expected them to do it.

WAIT a minute. Here we have a Republican administration that's ALL about "religious morality" when it comes to abortion and gay marriage, we have a Republican president that wears his religion on his sleeve, and the Speaker of the House blatantly speaks out AGAINST "religious morality"?

Which one is it? Republicans can't pick and choose when to be sufficiently moral. They either are, or they aren't. (Put your hands down, we all know the answer to that!)

But WHERE are our Democrats? Why haven't they pointed this out?

Folks, this is the stuff that confuses the hell out of the electorate, and they need to be confused. They need to learn the truth about the Republicans they've elected. They need to learn about the hyprocricy and the lies. Who else is going to point this out to them?

Granted, not many people are up at 3 am watching the House of Representatives duke it out. And most people are too busy watching CSI and Survivor during prime time. But what's the excuse of all the Democrats in the House that sat there and listened to these diatribes?

And BTW, I have to say that it's becoming much more fun to watch the House of Representatives these days. I think they must all be watching British Parliamentary proceedings quite a bit lately, because the House is much more animated than it used to be, complete with hooting, hollering, and of course, Nussle strutting around like the peacock that he is. (Where on earth did Iowans dig him up?)

So, when it comes to Rep. Murta, someone for whom I have profound and deep respect for having the courage and integrity to stand up and say to this administration and the American people, "It's time to go," we should all be supportive. I called his office in Washington, D.C. shortly after I saw his televised speech, to thank him. You could hear the glow in his staff's voice as she thanked ME for calling.

We should all be calling Rep. Murtha. This isn't some liberal, folks. This is a guy that fought in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars (and yes, Vietnam was a war, not a "conflict"), has two purple hearts, and moreover, has the ear of Pentagon generals. If Murtha got up and said what he did, you'd better believe that this is what the Pentagon is thinking, too.

So what the HELL is wrong with our House Democrats for not following Murtha's lead?

Can they really be that clueless?

And again, talk about missed opportunities. Here you have House Republicans deriding Murtha and Democrats in general for advocating withdrawal, or at least, a timetable, saying that it demoralizes the troops.

Well, gee, I don't know, but if I were a soldier over in Iraq, and my President and Vice-President advocated for torturing prisoners, I'd be crapping my pants and hoping that I wouldn't be captured by the insurgents. Talk about demoralizing!

WHERE ARE THE DEMOCRATS? I really wanna know.