Comment about Daschle from the book "Attack Poodles"

[liveoaktx]

Elected Democrats didn't suit up for offense until they felt the floorboards beneath their feet rock with the anger and frustration of Democrat voters, tired of hearing Tom Daschle and other Senate leaders using guidance-counselor language to lace-trim their defeatism. Again and again Daschle was *disappointed* in the president's actions or the Republicans' latest humiliation of a Democrat caucus and when he wasn't *disappointed", he was *deeply disappointed*, *troubled*, and yes *saddened*. His face sagged like the doleful countenance of a Dust Bowl farmer. It wasn't until Mary Landrieu scored a surprise upset in the 2002 Louisianna Senate runoff, winning reelection to the Senate by running against Bush policies and Howard Dean's campaign sizzled, that the Beltway brainos realized that, unlike them, registered Democrats weren't disappointed, concerned, troubled, bothered, saddened and sunkin in malaise; they were truly, madly, deeply, mightily, righteously, scalp-huntingly pissed off. The Dems heeded the howl of the wolfhound and began acting like an opposition party again, filibustering some of the ideological dregs Bush insisted on trying to shovel onto the higher courts. Senator Ted Kennedy, the attack poodle's favorite poster boy of incontinent liberalism, a walking editorial cartoon, with his red bulbous nose and gut snowballing over his low-slung belt, lost weight and regained stature, something like his old magnificent self again. Those who ignored the cry of the wolfhound, like presidential candidate Joe Lieberman, found themselves discarded by the side of the road like a tin can.
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This is an excellent book read.

[joeybee12]

1. I love it already! It's true, the Dems in DC took a long time to

wake up to the incredible anger people are feeling. Kerry seemed to have lost the righteous anger for a while, but it's back, and hopefully not too late!

[Jade Fox]

2. I'm just reading "Poodles".....

I'm a big fan of Wolcott's (check out his blog). He skewers them like no other. I
jumped to the end of the book to read his take on Peggy Noonan: What a wack
job she is!

[liveoaktx]

3. I laughed my head off on the chapter on Chris Matthews

I like this quote "Chris Matthews once said that the purpose in booking liberals was so they could have sand kicked in their faces by muscle-bound conversatives (never mind that the conservatives doing the kicking resembled beach balls more than Charles Atlas). Tired of taking their daily whuppings, liberals began eating their spinach and building up their girly biceps. "

[Doctor_J]

4. I think I will read this

it seems to echo my sentiments. Do you think now that Daschlw wishes that when Cheney asked him not to investigate 9/11, he'd told Cheney, "Go fuck yourself, Dick!"?