Talk about misallocated disgust. In the same week as failing to restore habeas corpus. In the same week as failing to bring real relief to the soldiers and their families, they pass this with 72 votes?! The whole business of the Senate has moved into Monty Python territory. Black, surreal humor seems the only sane response. I was going to write a thing trying to understand how its’ possible that this foolish, discredited,
failed president can still control the war narrative. But what’s the point? It’s getting to be pretty funny, really.
To whom do they think a vote like this caters? Is it really public opinion they care about? Do these senators, especially the Democrats, really think this will help to improve their 11% approval rating? They can’t be that stupid, can they? If so, the cluelessness is beyond astonishing anymore. It’s in its own category of over the top. Perhaps a better explanation is that they see public opinion as toothless in way I described it the other day. Perhaps it’s someone else’s opinion they care about– people with teeth.
And what’s with Pat Leahy? Maybe he’s finally given up and determined that if he can’t beat the militarists, he might as well join them.
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