Our Government--Chickenhawks vs. Chickenhearts

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Glenn Greenwald weighs in on the incredible shrinking Democratic party as exemplified by people like Kevin Drum re: the Feingold censure resolution.

Rather than copying/pasting passages, I'll just suggest reading Greenwald's post...and I'll repeat what I wrote yesterday: the fact that no one's demonstrated any difficulties in obtaining a FISA warrant--and the dearth of fluent Arabic speakers in the United States' government--means any Team Bush excuse about "only going after the terrorists" is is a big old pile of fetid hogshit. The decision to embark on such a program is purely a power grab, and a power grab designed to undercut basic democratic principles. I mean, geez--look at the, well, fetid piles of hogshit in power: not ONE of them can claim any fealty to the democratic process. To them, it's a mere obstacle to overcome in their zeal to accumulate political and economic power. Greed is their muse.

And, sadly, on the other side of the aisle, we've got lukewarm mush on soggy milquetoast. Good god: after witnessing the pathetic Shrubian response to Hurricane Katrina--not to mention their equally pathetic "plan" for "victory" in Iraq--it should've been evident that Team Bush consists of folks who find tying their shoelaces a "challange" (and successful tying of shoelaces "Mission Accomplished"). Instead, they chicken out and run (The Rude Pundit hit it dead-on today when he wrote, "Feingold must be stunned, like a soldier leading his machine gun-toting men into battle who then run screaming away from the rock-throwing enemy."

So, in honor of those who run screaming away, Senator Reid, I offer the following:

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Brave Sir Robin ran away,
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Bravely ran away, away
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When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely
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turned his tail and fled
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Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about
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And gallantly, he chickened out
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Bravely taking to his feet
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He beat a very brave retreat
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Bravest of the brave, Sir Robin

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He is packing it in and packing it up
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And sneaking away and buggering up
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And chickening out and pissing off home,
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Yes, bravely he is throwing in the sponge

(mp3 featuring the first stanza only here)