Kudos to Russ Feingold for standing up to Arlen Specter in the Senate on the farcical attempt to approve and ultimately pass an amendment to the Constitution that would ban same-sex marriage (oh, but Arlen is such a progressive Republican, isn’t he? And he’s opposed to the amendment but he wants to bring it to a floor vote anyway even though it has little chance of passing? Senator, why don’t you show some ACTUAL BALLS and try pointing out the sheer stupidity of this exercise?)To me, this whole matter should be left to the states to decide, and if the Republican party has a scintilla of integrity, they would feel the same way since they preach “states rights” about virtually everything else all the time.
And speaking of Wisconsin politicians, am I the only one who finds it a bit odd that a Republican congressman from that state appears to be the point person on the whole debate regarding another attempt at pandering to the Repug “base,” and I would of course be talking about the proposed immigration “reforms” chiefly affecting the southwest area of the country? I know Sensenbrenner is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and this falls into his purview, but it seems strange to me that some other Repug who would be affected more directly, like Kyl of Arizona or Cornyn of Texas, isn’t being featured in this also (not that I give a rat’s ass about good Repug strategy – I’d prefer to see them fall on their collective faces, actually – but it’s just a thought).
One final thought regarding Senator Specter: I should point out to you, Arlen, that we ALL, in different ways, are “protectors” of the Constitution. If somehow that basic fact of life concerning our government has escaped you, then you should resign immediately.
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