Were my daughter not a political reporter in Iowa, I probably wouldn't be as familiar with Sen. Tom Harkin as I am. Over the past couple of years I've become quite an admirer, especially since Sen. Harkin remains an unabashed Liberal despite not residing in somewhat safer territory like the Northeast or the West Coast. After today's votes saving the country from economic calamity, I was reminded of something Sen. Harkin said a couple of weeks back: "Chaos. Confusion. Tear the system down and that's the way minorities tend to take over."
For all President Obama's faults, for all the Democratic Party's faults, I think we can all be thankful for their stand in favor of democracy over the past couple of weeks, and for not giving in to the Tea Party and the 20% of Americans who live in a bizarroworld where because you believe it, everybody else should have to suffer the consequences regardless of its worth or danger or existence in reality.
The republican party got exactly what it should have got for holding a gun to the heads of the American people and trying to hold our economic well-being hostage: fucking nothing.
Peace,
emaycee
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