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David Sirota is a political journalist and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist at Creators Syndicate. David writes about political corruption, globalization and working-class economic issues often ignored by both of America's political parties.
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May 24, 2007 1:24 PM
Mr. Smith, If You Are There, Your Nation Needs You
I encourage everyone to watch this clip from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and then ask yourselves: Where is our Mr. Smith? House Democrats are on the verge of handing President Bush a blank check to continue the war on the very day a New York Times poll shows that 82 percent of Americans want Congress to insist on conditions for war funding and more Americans believe our nation is on the wrong track than ever recorded. Senators Leahy, Kerry, Dodd, Sanders and Feingold have come forward telling us they are going to vote against the blank check - but the real question is clear: Will any of them will match their rhetoric with action, do what Mr. Smith did, go to the wall, and pull an old school filibuster to stop this disgusting atrocity that defies the will of the American people?
Mr. Smith, if you are there in the Senate, your nation needs you right now.
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I have asked Sherrod Brown to be that Senator
I hope at least one of them steps up but I doubt it.
That said the rank and file now realize they've been conned by their party and are out for blood, this is a good thing. The problem is blogs like Dkos aren't doing squat to organize this anger and make it useful, Markos is just playing games and side stepping the whole mess.
We need a Huey Long to rattle cages in D.C. not a pack of useless bloodless nit nats likes Markos and Arianna who don't give a rats ass.
BTW Huffpost is still putting out vanity posts by the bucketful by celeb bloggers. At least we now know where Arianna's true loyalties lay, its not with the people given her censoring of those posting in McDermott's blog and her ignoring the Iraq war sell-out.
So much for being brave, eh Arianna?
We voters must be sure that the folks we send to Washington are honest and courageous enough to buck the deeply corrupt system that exists today. Jim Hansen, a Democrat from Idaho, ran for Congress last year and, if elected, would have been one of those "Mr. Smith" types we are all so hungry for in this nation.
A clean campaigner, Jim wouldn't take more than $100 in campaign contributions from individuals and refused any and all PAC money. That gave him the freedom to say exactly what he thinks, and people responded by the thousands.
Activists from all over the state are urging Jim to run again to build on the deep base of good will and conviction he created. We need more good candidates like Jim Hansen with the compassion and guts to make Washington truly responsive to us regular citizens again.
We voters must be sure that the folks we send to Washington are honest and courageous enough to buck the deeply corrupt political system that exists today. Jim Hansen, a Democrat from Idaho, ran for Congress last year and, if elected, would have been one of those "Mr. Smith" types we are all so hungry for in this nation.
A clean campaigner, Jim wouldn't take more than $100 in campaign contributions from individuals and refused any and all PAC money. That gave him the freedom to say exactly what he thinks, and people responded by the thousands.
Activists from all over the state are urging him to run again to build on the deep base of good will and conviction he created. We need more candidates like Jim Hansen with the compassion and guts to make Washington truly responsive to us regular citizens again.
We voters must be sure that the folks we send to Washington are honest and courageous enough to buck the deeply corrupt political system that exists today. Jim Hansen, a Democrat from Idaho, ran for Congress last year and, if elected, would have been one of those "Mr. Smith" types we are all so hungry for in this country.
A clean campaigner, Jim wouldn't take more than $100 in campaign contributions from individuals and refused any and all PAC money. That gave him the freedom to say exactly what he thinks, and people responded by the thousands.
Activists from all over Idaho are urging him to run again to build on the deep base of good will and conviction he created. We need more candidates like Jim Hansen with the compassion and guts to make Washington truly responsive to us regular citizens again.
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