Give me a fucking break

Where does one begin with a Washington Post headline that is ridiculous, an article even more ridiculous, and self-serving quotes from a bunch of fucking enablers?

Well, right here, I guess, with an article entitled "Key Setbacks Dim Luster of Democrats' Year."

Handed control of Congress last year after making promises to end the war in Iraq, restore fiscal discipline in Washington and check President Bush's powers, Democrats instead closed the first session of the 110th Congress yesterday with House votes that sent Bush $70 billion in war funding, with no strings attached, and a $50 billion alternative-minimum-tax measure that shattered their pledge not to add to the federal budget deficit.

"I'm not going to let a lot of hard work go unnoticed, but I'm not going to hand out party hats, either," said House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel (Ill.).

On Iraq, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said yesterday: "Nobody is more disappointed with the fact that we couldn't change that than I am." But Pelosi was not about to accept Republican assertions that her first year as speaker has been unsuccessful, saying: "Almost everything we've done has been historic."

Unable to garner enough votes from their own party, House Democratic leaders had to turn to Republicans to win passage of a $555 billion domestic spending bill after the Senate appended $70 billion to it for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The war funding passed 272 to 142, with Democrats voting 141 to 78 against it.

At the risk of stating the obvious, the primary reason the Democrats were unable to effect change is because so-called "leaders" like Emanuel and Pelosi caved in at every turn! How dare they claim disappointment when they know full well -- or should know -- that they had numerous opportunities to make a real difference, from ending the illegal war in Iraq to FISA and SCHIP. Why not just keep passing things and make Drunky McStagger keep vetoing them? When he vetoed SCHIP, he just looked petty and hateful (which, of course, he is) ... so what's wrong with making him dig his own political grave? Instead, facing a lame duck president of the opposing party, the Democrats repeatedly gave him what he wanted.

It's fucking idiotic. What's that line about insanity? It's doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. How can we get congressional Democrats to understand that Drunky and the Republicans won't play fair?! Never have, never will. The bullshit about "let's all get along" has gone on far too long. Nancy and Rahm and Harry and Pete Stark and the rest of those DLC bootlickers need to shut the fuck up and get to work being, you know, a real opposition party, instead of the D-FUCKED Caucus they are now.

All I want for Christmas is my country back.