To the Editor:
For the last six years our Congress has been in the control of Republicans. This has resulted in the most shameful and incompentent group of legislators at least since the "do-nothing" Republican congress of 1948.
Unfortunately, there is not enough room in a Letter to the Editor to list all the ugly things that have happened in the 109th Congress. Late night votes, closed rules so amendments to bills could not be offered, a Congress where little or no debate has been offered on anything.
Probably the most important duty of our Congress is oversight of the Executive branch of government. How many subpoenas have been issued to the White House since Bush has been president? Zero. Nothing to investigate there. Missing WMD, manipulation of intelligence, mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners, the response to Katrina, illegal wiretaps, Cheney's energy task force, hiding true cost of Medicare Part D drug plan, politicizing science, going to war without a plan, etc. Nope, nothing to investigate there. Look over there, gay marriage!
Ironically, the lack of oversight of the Executive branch by Republicans has probably hurt Bush more than it has helped him.
How about the number of days our Congressmen have spent at work? The 2nd session of the House of Representatives is scheduled to meet for 99 days, 9 fewer days than the "do-nothing" House in 1948. This may actually be good since they seem to screw up what little they do.
Vote for a Republican? Not hardly. Especially seat-warming, rubber-stamp John Sweeney.
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3 comments:
Succinctly put. Congress as well as all the other President's men seem to believe the old public relations saw, "If you say something often enough, in the right venues and with enough conviction, public perception will turn bullshit into truth."
I'll go along with you on white house subpeona's - that means the top dogs have to answer more questions, right?
The rest of it? I'd prefer a "Do Nothing" congress to either party being in power.
Yeah, it's not like the government has a job to do...like govern.
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