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January 13, 2007

Its been so long since we had oversight that no one remembers what its like

Now that the Dems actually get to do stuff like say, OVERSIGHT, its making things uncomfy in some circles of the Executive Branch.

So uncomfy in fact that the Republicans are rallying all of their media to pounce. They seem to be directing their angst at a couple of the more outspoken women in the Democratic Party.

As the post below this one indicates, they went after Nancy Pelosi in a hail mary move of epic stupidity.

During a hearing on Thursday, Senator Barbara Boxer said the following to Secretary Rice:

“Who pays the price? I’m not going to pay a personal price. My kids are too old and my grandchild is too young. You’re not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with an immediate family. So who pays the price? The American military and their families. And I just want to bring us back to that fact.”

This prompted Rice to run sniveling to the New York Times that Boxer had set feminism back.

I had no idea that stating matters of fact about the war in Iraq were such a blow to feminism.

Boxer's point to Rice is completely valid. Neither of them will feel the loss of a child to the civil war in Iraq. Boxer is trying to show Rice how important it is to have empathy for families who will.

Far be it for Republicans to actually give a shit about the pain experienced by families who lose loved ones in Iraq, eh?

This escalation of the Iraq Civil War has the potential to impact me. If a draft is instituted and US involvement in the war continues just a year past Bush's term, my son will be old enough to be drafted.

Don't think that doesn't scare the crap out of me.

Of course, the moment they institute a draft for this mess--that's when I think the American people may just take up arms and overrun the Executive Branch and kick Bush's sorry ass out altogether.

Either that or they'll be an American family exodus out of this country of people who won't allow their children to be involuntarily slaughtered for this President.

Posted by Carla at January 13, 2007 08:40 AM