tom_thinks

So, I'm watching alot of C-Span today. It seems I really enjoy getting myself all pissed off, because I've been watching it all day. It started this morning with the Senate confirmation hearings for Alberto "Torture is Cool With Me" Gonzalez, then C-Span switched over to cover the certification of the Electoral Vote. What angers me most about these two events, is that regardless of what arguments are brought forth, the outcome will be the same. As I listen to Nancy Pelosi describe the unequal access to the polls in Ohio and elsewhere, I am hopeful that this challenge will draw attention to those issues, but I know that the Congress will not even consider throwing out the vote from Ohio. Pelosi even clearly announced more than once in her speech that George Bush is the president. While I realize that Bush managed to win this election, its still really depressing to hear. After a brief break to perform work-related duties, I'm back. Dennis Kucinich is letting them have it and so are a whole bunch of Democrats. Where were you in 2000? All we needed was one Senator back then and how different the world would be. But anyhow there's nothing to be done about that now. Candice Miller (R-Mich) is on message with all the Republcans, anyone who makes any objection is a conspiracy theorist and a sore loser. "Get over it," I heard from one of Florida's Republican representatives. Well I'm not gonna 'get over it.' I'm still pissed. We've got to do something to stop election fraud and make the vote fair. Would the outcome be the same if the election was fair?
Cynthia McKinney is on now. I'm so glad she's back in Congress, that put a little smile on my face today.

Back to Gonzalez; It seems like there's really no way that Republicans would go against Bush and that's it. We're going to have a man that has been George Bush's lapdog for most of his career, who believes that the President has the authority not to follow laws passed by Congress if he decides it to be unconstitutional, totally ignoring the third branch of government, the judiciary. He believes the President can authorize torture and he will soon be our chief law enforcement officer.

Will the newfound enthusiasm of progressive grassroots organizing be enough to counter the inevitable damage that will be done by Bush and his cronies? Obviously there's a lot to do and today it seems more a monumental task then ever.