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The Senate's Rejection of the Coburn Amendments...

...proves to me that the American system of Constitutional government is utterly fucking doomed.

Imagine this:

A natural catastrophe of unprecedented proportions strikes a large metropolitan area of the United States. More than a thousand are dead; hundreds of thousands are homeless; millions are directly affected; billions of dollars are estimated in damage. A junior Senator has offered amendments to a recent spending bill that would redirect hundreds of millions of dollars from five "earmarks" to go towards rebuilding devastated infastructure.

What do you think the Senate reaction is? Bipartisan support or a razor-thin bitter fight to the end?

How about bipartisan opposition?

I've been fairly convinced of this for some time, but reading the reactions of conservatives to the 86-13 and 82-15 "no" votes are just hilarious in their myopia, ignorance, and wasted hope. If I have time later today, I'll compile a list of the hysteria.

Posted by drizzten on October 21, 2005 10:09 AM |

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Not exactly shocking, but I still find it disheartening.

Posted by: billy-jay | October 24, 2005 08:39 AM

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