[litany_of_lies]

The fact that he's a lame duck means he shouldn't give a rip about what may happen. Look at Clinton's Pardongate, Davis's Appointmentgate, and OH Gov. Dick Celeste's Female Prisonergate (back in 1990).

Big diff between Ds and Rs. The Ds theme is "we do what we want-bleep you." The Rs theme "is everybody OK with what I'm doing? Am I offending anyone? Will anyone not like me?"

[Don Joe]

Big diff between Ds and Rs. The Ds theme is "we do what we want-bleep you." The Rs theme "is everybody OK with what I'm doing? Am I offending anyone? Will anyone not like me?"

True, except that they don't include their own base in the general "anyone" population.

They'll pander to those who'll never vote for 'em, while they screw their supporters six ways to sunday.

They're pretty smug with that "well who are they gonna vote for anyway" crap when questioned about offending their constituents. Traditionally, this behavior has been pretty much restricted to gun control and abortion, but I guess we can now add euthanasia to the list of "where they gonna go?" issues.

My answer is "nowhere". That's where I'll go -- on election day.

I've had my fill of getting the bum's rush from "my" party.