Crossing the political picket line.
November 10th, 2007 5:22 pm by Kelly GarbatoVia Democrats.com:
Harry Reid Confirms Mukasey in “Midnight Massacre”
At midnight on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid betrayed the Constitution and the American people by holding a quick vote to confirm Michael Mukasey despite his refusal to admit waterboarding is torture. And thanks to excellent reporting by Greg Sargent of Talking Points Memo, we now know why.
The vote was 53-40, with six Democrats joining every single Republican – Evan Bayh, Tom Carper, Dianne Feinstein, Mary Landrieu, Ben Nelson, and Chuck Schumer. (Schumer ignored urgent calls and emails from thousands of his constituents, and his staff refused to meet with activists outside his office.) The four Senate Democrats running for President, who were all opposed, were out campaigning – but Reid refused to delay the vote to give them time to return. If he had, there could have been 44 votes for a filibuster to block Mukasey’s confirmation.
Reid rushed the vote because he cut a deal with Republicans to avoid delays on the $459 Defense Appropriations bill (not including Iraq funds), so Bush couldn’t attack Democrats during the upcoming battle over Iraq funds. In effect, Reid sold the Constitution to the neocons for a talking point.
There is only one way to send a message of outrage that Schumer and Reid will hear, and that is by refusing to contribute to the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee (DSCC), which Reid controls and Schumer chairs.
Join the Democratic Donor Strike Against DSCC and DCCC
www.democrats.com/donor-strike-2007
Smashing idea. I’m in.*
* Not that I’ve ever donated to a political campaign in all my life, but still. It’s the though that counts, right?
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