5. Alienation of Association. When asked to follow certain laws that cover suspects GB and DC, DC claimed he was not member of that branch of the family after all, and therefore did not have to follow said laws. DC's accomplice, GB, subsequently backed DC's alibi. DC continues to maintain this position, continues to violate said laws and rules and continues to refuse to communicate with victims regarding this ongoing abuse.
The result of all the above abuse of congress and the constitution by this administration has rendered Congress cowed, confused and afraid to act in it's own interest or that of the family as a whole. The remaining Stepford Republicans continue making excuses for their abusive leaders, while Democrats fain action through procedural, “non-binding,” symbolic legislation.
What do we need to do in order to empower these poor, pathetic battered representatives of the people? Are they afraid to act because they no longer feel safe in their own houses? Must we set up a safe house for them somewhere somewhere on Capitol Hill where their batterers can't get at them?
Are members of congress so far gone that we need some kind of national intervention? Do “we the people” need to descend on Washington en mass, drag these legislative basket cases out of their offices one at time and give them the “remember us,” lecture?
Wait! Come to think of it we don't have to go to Washington to intervene after all. Because they are coming to us this August. They'll be back in their home districts (at least when not playing golf or raising money) and that's the perfect time for us to let them know that, if they stand up to their abusers, we'll stand with them.
And, if they won't then we won't be there for them come November 2008.
What do we need to do in order to empower these poor, pathetic battered representatives of the people? Are they afraid to act because they no longer feel safe in their own houses? Must we set up a safe house for them somewhere somewhere on Capitol Hill where their batterers can't get at them?
Wait! Come to think of it we don't have to go to Washington to intervene after all. Because they are coming to us this August. They'll be back in their home districts (at least when not playing golf or raising money) and that's the perfect time for us to let them know that, if they stand up to their abusers, we'll stand with them.
And, if they won't then we won't be there for them come November 2008.
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