Louisiana Democrats Launch Petition to Defund David Vitter

Why stop with ACORN?

We, the undersigned, hereby call on the U.S. Congress to immediately* pass the following resolution to defund David Vitter:

RESOLUTION

Prohibiting the use of federal funds to support David Vitter

Whereas David Vitter has admitted engaging in criminal activity while in public office;

Whereas David Vitter has used taxpayer-funded government facilities to engage in criminal activity;

Whereas David Vitter has been the subject of repeated criminal and civil investigations by federal and local law enforcement;

Whereas David Vitter is currently ranked 85th in effectiveness in the U.S. Senate and has no significant legislative accomplishments;

Whereas David Vitter appears driven more by a desire to score political points than enact legislation that would benefit the people of Louisiana;

Whereas Louisiana taxpayers should not be forced to fund David Vitter’s criminal activity or partisan political grandstanding;

Resolved, that it is the sense of the U.S Congress that all federal funding of David Vitter should be prohibited.

(via Hannah Blog)

Pity and Loathing in the Senate

With all the Cloture Votes that have failed in the Senate this year you would think the Republicans have always been stalwart supporters of the Minority in the august body. Nothing like getting your ass kicked in an election to have a Come-to-Jesus understanding of the Senate Rules and their inherent value. Apparently the Republicans have found Nuclear Non-Proliferation just about the time they went back into the minority. Let's take a trip back about three years ago.

Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS): “[Filibustering] is wrong. It’s not supportable under the Constitution. And if they insist on persisting with these filibusters, I’m perfectly prepared to blow the place up.”

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spokesman: “Senator McConnell always has and continues to fully support the use of what has become known as the ‘[nuclear]’ option in order to restore the norms and traditions of the Senate.”

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX): “I support the [nuclear] option, I support a rule change, I support elimination of the unconstitutional filibuster by any legal means.”

These phony hypocrites deserve no respect. None. Truly.