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Rachel Maddow made a rare daytime appearance on MSNBC Wednesday, sitting down with Ezra Klein, who was filling in for Alex Wagner, to talk about the possibility of a Congressional vote to authorize airstrikes against ISIS in Syria. Referring a report from The Hill quoting unnamed aides on the Left who dont want Congress to vote on the issue, Maddow diagnosed a severe case of Democratic wuss-itude.
The Hill quoted anonymous sources, who said it would be politically stupid for Obama to put Democratic Congress members in the position of having to vote for military action in Syria or Iraq. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), who been pushing for vote, said, The notion of, Well, we dont want to cast a hard vote before a midterm because it might be unpopular, thats the job we volunteered for.
Maddow imitated Congress position on the matter, saying, Please let us keep complaining from the peanut gallery and throwing stuff. Please dont actually make us be the decision makers on this, which the Constitution says we ought to be.
On The Hill piece specifically, Maddow added, Its one of the biggest outbreaks of Democratic wuss-itude weve seen I think, in the press, in a long time. I understand why nobody put their names on those quotes. Its sort of obscene. While she said Americans are wary of being baited into a war, which I think ISIS is clearly trying to do, at the same time she said the public is violently disgusted by ISIS. I dont think anybody can say with clarity what the political consequences of a vote to authorize those airstrikes or not, and at a human level its a sort of disgusting calculation to be making, Maddow added. To talk about political consequences now is just unclear first of all, and its gross.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/maddow-calls-out-democratic-wuss-itude-on-airstrikes-against-isis/
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Has there ever been a more useless Congress?
wyldwolf
(43,867 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)and I'm an older person. I'm heartsick everytime they are given a pass, and it happens a lot here. Congress is never to blame for anything apparently. This congress has established such a low bar for itself that breathing is rewarded. We are at the point that showing up for work is considered stellar performance.
Mike Daniels
(5,842 posts)I really don't see things changing unless a party gets full control of the presidency and a significant majority of parts of Congress in the future.
Does anyone really expect a majority Democratic Congress to work with a Republican POTUS after the clusterfu*k we've been dealing with for the past 6 years?
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)and vote it down.