Thirty pieces of silver

Twenty-four Democrats saw fit to thumb their nose at everything our party stands for when they voted for a Farm Bill that not only cut $21 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program at a time when the economy is still reeling, but also handed out billions of dollars in corporate welfare.  Two of those Democrats, Dave Loebsack of Iowa and Cheri Bustos saw fit today to whine about the inability of the Farm Bill to pass.

While both said they didn't care for the cuts to SNAP (what the fuck? what could be worth voting for the bill then?) and Loebsack tried to give himself cover by reporting that he'd co-sponsored an amendment to restore the amount of the SNAP cuts (Loebsack isn't an idiot and knows that his amendment had about as much chance of passing the republican House as I do of whistling "Dixie" out my ass), they said they were doing it in the best interests of their constituents.

Which is complete and total horseshit. 

Loebsack makes mention that he considers it inexcusable that the Farm Bill didn't pass--no, what is inexcusable is that either he or Bustos as Democrats voted for it at all (Christ, I watched MSNBC last night and they were breaking out the champagne and party hats over its failure to pass) when the bill showed such a complete and total disregard for those in need, which is a core principle of all that our party stands for.

The plain truth is that what Loebsack and Bustos are both bemoaning is not the loss of the best interests of their constituents, but the best interests of their corporate benefactors in Agribusiness.

We can do better than both of them.

Peace,
emaycee