Our Republic needs more and better Democrats. Americans have decided that the conservative government of George W. Bush needs to be forcefully opposed.

Yet, most of the Democratic Party leadership has managed to ignore the mandate for change which the public gave to them. These cowards capitulate pointlessly to a loathed President and allow a criminally corrupted Republican Party to continue to call the shots in Washington.

Their continued failure to fight, truly fight for liberal principles will result in worse anger at their betrayal, worse apathy in our Democratic process, and another 8 years of Republican corruption.

For this reason, I've decided to document their atrocities. In 1776 I said, "Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way." In 2008 we don't need anymore followers. Lead boldly, or, for the sake of our great Nation, please get the hell out of the way.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

William Jefferson

Zack Space: Who Are You Trying To Impress?

Submitted by Abijah Adams on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 23:24.

Congressman Zack Space from Dover Ohio is one of the worst.

He was already on notice from constituents when he voted to continue funding the Iraq escalation and for when he voted with Bush on the FISA rewrite - giving Bush the authority to keep spying on American citizens.

Then for no good reason, he became the exception that proves the rule. The rule was: unlike the GOP who hypocritically defend some of the most blatently corrupt members of their fraternity — no democrat defended Representative William Jefferson - you know, that goon who was caught with bribe money in his freezer.

Zack is feebly acting as an apologist for the Louisiana Congressman who had all that hard, COLD cash in his freezer.

Rep. Space changes position on Jefferson resignation
Per the Columbus Dispatch:

Rep. Zack Space (D-Ohio) has not joined several of his freshman colleagues calling on indicted Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) to step down, even though he called for Jefferson’s resignation as a House candidate.

As a candidate in May 2006, Space said: “Bill Jefferson and Bob Ney are the poster children for Washington’s culture of corruption that is costing American families. I urge both to resign their seats in Congress so we can begin a new day and a new way of doing things.”

But yesterday, Space told the Dispatch that ”I do not believe that we have legal standing to force Mr. Jefferson to resign at this moment.”

Zack, Here’s your hint: The Constitution, Art.I Sec. 5: Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members...

That’s why no Congressperson or Senator have been impeached — they’ve just been voted out by a simple majority of the house they sit in — not the supermajority of both houses required by impeachment.

Read up on it, Zack, and while you’re at it, get on the right side of this issue.

His own local blog lays into him in a post that belongs here on Lead or Get out of the Way.

The problem with Congress right now is that the Democrats aren’t acting like a majority party. In particular, they continually capitulate to the Bush administration over two issues, Iraq and the Patriot Act (FISA). These capitulations are in a large part due to a lack of party discipline. There is a large conservative Democratic voting block in the House which consistently votes like moderate Republicans and against party leadership.

The Iraq War is not popular in your district, Space. Spying on Americans is not popular in your district. Corruption, or grasping for apologies to corruption is not popular in your district.

If you think that voting the wrong way on these issues is going to to keep Republicans from running against you, you're a moron. If you think these votes are going to impress anyone into supporting you over a Republican, you're a moron. Who are you trying to impress?

Oppose Bush's agenda, you Democrat. It's your damn job.