In how many jobs would the performance of Democratic leaders be acceptable?

From impeachment, to ending the Iraq War, to prevent the Iran War, the Democratic leadership in Congress has made at best half-hearted efforts toward representing the public, without using every procedural and investigative option at their disposal, and at worst have fallen all over themselves to enable Bush as in the case of ramping up for the Iran War and funding the Iraq War.

Imagine someone in other professions applying the same kind of effort and getting the same results as Democratic leaders like Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and Rahm Emanuel.

How long would you continue to employ them?


What would happen to a cop if he applied the same level of effort to a murder investigation?

He tells the grieving family that the victim was in a dangerous neighborhood, which is why he was killed, but neither gives more details nor asks for them. He tells the family they are lucky he's the cop and not the murderer. When pressed, the cop reluctantly investigates some, but when a suspect starts to emerge, he apologizes to the suspect and suggests the law should be changed to make murder legal.


Or a lawyer.

A prosecutor never speaks during the trial for the murder of your loved one except to make lunch arrangements with the defense counsel and try to line up a job with the accused or at least get campaign donations from him. During a break, you stick your head in another trial and notice the prosecutor is objecting and even demanding a mistrial for lesser misconduct than you have seen from the defendant's counsel in your trial. You go back and talk to the prosecutor in your case, and he starts to object on peripheral issues but says a mistrial is "off the table" even though the defense is clearly winning over the jury.


or a judge.

You are a judge in the trial like the one above. The prosecution has put forward compelling evidence beyond a reasonable doubt and the jury has decided to convict the defendant. You rebuke the jury, set aside their verdict, release the defendant, and apologize to him because murder happens to be illegal at the moment, but you hope that will change soon.

or a doctor.

A doctor discovers a cancerous tumor in your abdomen. Instead of removing it, he redirects blood vessels to it. Doing some research on your own, you discover this ''treatment'' will lead to the tumor growing faster, and that removal, chemotherapy, and radiation are the usual treatments. When you confront your doctor with this, he gets offended and asks who has more experience in dealing with cancer, him or you. Meanwhile, the tumor grows to the size of a basketball.

Or an exterminator.

You notice cockroaches. You call the exterminator. When he arrives, he sprays insecticide on your children, and then takes some food out of your fridge and puts it down where the cockroaches can find it. When they come out, he makes sure they all get enough to eat and sets up a little cockroach playground for them. You try to stomp on the cockroaches, and he grabs your foot to stop you.

and so on.

they just make half-hearted gestures toward progressive social issues instead of conservative ones--but still take care of business.

It's that simple.

He takes a look at your car and says repairing it is "off the table"
When you object, he poke holes in the tires and smashes the wind sheild.
When you ask how much for the repairs he say "just sign the check and I'll fill in the amount later!"

a long, long, informercial for endless war.

I know that MSM is nothing more than a propaganda tool for the neocons, and I inform friends who were unaware, backing up what I say with evidence.
:)

grandfather to mess with the internet, and my 60ish dad thinks his files are gone when I close one of his folders.

Most are pretty savvy about the 'net.

Not so tech savvy, but very much 'net savvy.

It's like watching a neighbor's house being looted by thugs. You call the cops and they come by and watch the looting in progress. The thugs then begin to vandalize what they can't steal.

You ask them why they're not doing anything and they say, "That's the owners' problem." You explain that the owners are a frail old couple on a fixed income and are not capable of physically expelling the thugs or replacing stolen items and repairing the malicious damage. The owners arrive and the thugs begin to beat them.

The cops say "Oh that's too bad. Maybe they shouldn't have had such nice stuff and left it alone like that. I have to go arrest some protestors now."

You have an affliction, say a bald patch. You go to the revival meeting and meet the faith healer. He looks you over and sees that you are possessed by horrible demons. He COMMANDS THEM OUT IN THE NAME OF JEEEEEZUS!!!, slaps you on the forehead and you fall to the floor. When you get home, you notice that not a single thing has changed.

Yes, I think I've found something that the Democratic leaders would be good at!

How about concentration camps for DU's. Tspe for blabber mouths. Maybe a civic lesson as to what can be done and what cannot. Grow the hell up

It was hard to understand your point.

I don't know where you got concentration camps from or what "DU's" are.

I'm grown up, and I know that representatives are elected and then re-elected or not based on satisfaction of constituents.

and the establishment ushered him back in the back door?

the whole of the electorate.