Bill Sali, "Mr. No"

Not content with his record of
ten live rattlesnakes suspended from
his teeth, J.B. goes for eleven.

Meet Bill Sali, our incredible, unbelievable, consistently negative Congressman who has to be known as "Mr. No." He votes no on everything. Even when he votes yes he is actually voting against something. Go to the Idaho County Democratic Party web site where Sali's votes are recorded. I counted 46 votes where he voted no, always in conjunction with a small minority. One (1) vote only was "yes." The yes vote was to eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (thus it was actually another no vote). This has to be the strangest voting record ever seen in the House -just no on everything. I gather Sali doesn't like anything, no matter what it is. It makes me wonder if he even likes our state, nation, or even humanity. It should be obvious that anyone who votes like this is genuinely useless, if not somehow mentally challenged. Let us not make the same mistake again. Vote for Larry Grant who actually wants to do something positive for our state and nation.

I haven't figured out exactly what happened today when Kucinich brought up the issue of the impeachment of Dick the Slimy. I gather the Democrats, chicken to the core as usual, wanted to immediately table it (so as to just avoid it entirely). Republicans, who initially were voting also to table it, at the last minute reversed their votes in an attempt to embarrass Pelosi. I believe, however, it was tabled in such a way that Kucinich could bring it up again (which he should do). History is not going to look kindly on those who defended a major war criminal who had, at the time, a 9% favorable rating and a vast majority clammering for his impeachment. Kucinich also has made it clear that if he can get this going on Cheney he will also try to impeach Bush. Go Dennis!

As Schumer and Feinstein caved in to Bush (as usual) the Mukasey nomination will now go forward on an 11 to 9 vote from the committee. Thus it's not yet a done deal. But it no doubt will be as the Democrats seem unable, or at least unwilling to stand up to Bush (even though Bush's ratings are deeply in the tank, so to speak). As I have said before, I do not understand this and I wonder if history will ever be able to explain it. On the face of it, it is simply preposterous.

It certainly doesn't pay to be a Democrat, a female, and a front-runner in this race for the nomination. Now the Press is emphasizing that Hillary made a mistake during the last debate and is losing ground in the polls. I don't think she even made a mistake but even if she did it was more in the nature of a molehill than a mountain. Compare her performance on the campaign with Bush's, where his very being was a mistake and there was a laugh every minute: "is our children learning," and etc. Hillary seems to be maintaining her large lead in spite of the attempts to exaggerate her presumed misstep. It appears to me she has a great deal of support from women. I can't help but wonder, from what I know of our still racist society, if these same women will vote for a black woman as first lady. If Obama should somehow win I sincerely hope they would but I cannot completely erase the doubt in the back of my mind and what goes on in the privacy of the voting booth does not give one's true feelings away.

LKBIQ:
"The whites carry the greed disease...They need to be cured, but they don't usually mind their disease, or even recognize it, because it's all they know and their leaders encourage them in it, and many of them are beyond help."
Buffy Sainte-Marie