My caption: Leaving the Senate floor today, Harry, Dick, and Chuck do their best Reservoir Dogs-style strut after whipping some well-deserved Republican ass.
(The real caption:
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., right, leaves the Senate floor accompanied by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., left, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., after his speech on the Senate floor, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005, invoking Rule 21. Democrats forced the Republican-controlled Senate into an unusual closed session Tuesday, questioning intelligence that President Bush used in the run-up to the war in Iraq and accusing Republicans of ignoring the issue. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
Maryscott O'Connor has a transcript of what she's calling the "Yippee-Ki-Yay, Motherfuckers" (her words, not mine!) speech by Harry Reid. By calling for a closed session to discuss cooked intelligence for the Iraq War and the Plame scandal, Reid and the Democrats shut down the Senate until the Republicans agreed to a real, bipartisan investigation with teeth, and served notice that we will not be silenced. At DailyKos, Hunter has a great analyis of the implications of this maneouver.
It's fun to hear Billy whine:
"Never have I been slapped in the face with such an affront to the leadership of this grand institution."
Well, lucky for you, Mr. Frist, you won't have to be part of the "leadership" much longer. Maybe then you can start your video-diagnosis business you've always dreamed of.
Today was a day in which Democrats stood up and took control of the debate. I hope we'll be seeing MUCH more of this new, tough spirit in the weeks and months to come. Folks, make no mistake-- the 2006 election season began today. (Actually, yesterday, when Bush nominated Alito without consulting the Dems. This is payback.)
Posted by smit2174 at November 1, 2005 10:01 PM | TrackBack
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