The Senate, Rush Limbaugh, and Phony Votes

Okay, I hadn't intended to write about this, but it's a hot topic, so here's my two cents...

Rush Limbaugh made some comment last week about 'phony soldiers' opposing the war and everyone started freaking out. Democratic congressional leaders saw an opportunity to have their 'MoveOn/Betrayus' moment and started pontificating. An anti-Rush vote was planned.

I think that this was disgusting. The larger problem with the anti-MoveOn vote was that the Senate shouldn't be wasting time debating trivial nonsense and 'condemning' people they don't like for political reasons. And so how did the Democrats respond to the GOP's smallness and immaturity? Did they tell Americans that the GOP would rather discuss non-issues instead of trying to end the war? No. They responded with a bullshit revenge vote on a man whose dribble is best ignored. And then they allocated more funds for the war, despite all polling data showing what voters want is for Congress to do the opposite.

Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.