[Rhodes22-list] Politics - chicken

[Robert Skinner]

Herb Parsons wrote:
> ...
> What you REALLY have is a deep resentment that in spite of what you see
> as a dangerous man, you couldn't muster the wherewithall to defeat him.
> So, how about producing some real concrete facts, or just admitting that
> it's just your left-wing propaganda.

Herb - 

Bush has been very happy to risk the country over 
and over again in the political equivalent of a 
teenager's game of chicken.  Time after time, he 
has shown himself willing to destroy our economy 
if he doesn't get his way.  Now he is succeeding, 
despite some YouTube propaganda.

What the Democrats have is a collection of 
congressmen and senators who decided to put the 
country's needs ahead of their own preferences.  
In the process, they allowed many things to 
become law that are repugnant to a civilized 
people.  (Yes, torture is uncivilized!)

They have witnessed, accepted, and presided over 
the trashing of the social contract embodied in 
our constitution and bill of rights, voiding the 
mandate that put them in office.

This willingness to back down in the face of 
superior bullheadedness and corporate bribes has 
fueled youth's disgust with "establishment" 
lawmakers of every stripe.

What a revolting development!  The people who 
will put the older generation into retirement 
homes (read: jails for the unproductive) are 
making themselves heard and seen.

To paraphrase that reprehensible mayor of 
Washington, DC:  "Get used to it, oldster."

/Robert (a young oldster)