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In reply to the discussion: Suggestion, perhaps Dennis Kucinich run in senate or house primaries in Washington state? [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)to support this secret deal. I asked you how they could support something they knew nothing about, because I know that UNBELIEVABLY our Reps were under a GAG ORDER, are you seriously NOT seeing the problem here, to NOT talk to the American people about what was being done without their KNOWLEDGE.
I asked how on earth constituents could possible be supporting something they KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
You just confirmed that what you assumed was favorable to this terrible assault on our RIGHTS as citizens of this country, was no such thing.
Because INCREDIBLY our Reps were NOT ALLOWED TO REPRESENT US.
Do you seriously NOT have a problem with this?
WE DID HAVE A PROBLEM with it when Bush tried it back in 2007. Do you remember what happened to HIS attempt to Fast Track HIS Trade Bill?
There seems to have been an attack of amnesia here regarding the last time this was tried, and the OUTRAGE over Bush DARING to try to Fast Track a Bill without the people's Reps being able to change it, add amendments etc.
Am I the only one who not only remembers what was at the time a HUGE issue on Dem forums, but remembers the ARGUMENTS put forth by Dems who succeeded in stopping him??
How sad, and I was naive enough to think at that time that we opposed Bush's attempt to do this because it was simply WRONG. Now I see that our party was not taking a principled stand against what was certainly wrong, but for some, it was simply partisan political situational ethics. What a learning process this has been. I was so naive to believe that we really were the good guys.