If you answered 60, I have another question for you. How was George W. Bush able to pass so many bills the Democratic Party supposedly opposed when the Republicans had fewer than 60 seats in the Senate? Bush got Senate approval for the following:
- Invading Iraq.
- Tax cuts for the wealthy.
- Immunity for companies that helped the government read people's emails and listen to their phone calls.
- No Child Left Behind.
The Democratic Party claims to be against all four of the measures I listed. If they had done what the Republicans are doing now to the Democrats' health care proposal, none of those measures would have passed. The fact that all four of those measures passed tells me the Democrats in the Senate supported Bush's policies.
If you answered 51, where are the bills for the causes the Democratic Party supposedly supports? Where's the Employee Free Choice Act? I thought the Democrats were the party for working families. Where's the funding cutoff for the Iraq War? The Democrats took control of Congress in the 2006 election by promising to end the Iraq War. They have a President who says he's opposed the Iraq War from the beginning. Why are they still funding it? Where are the environmental bills? Where are the education bills? I thought the Democrats were the party that cared about the environment and education.
The Democrats' actions the past nine years should send a clear message to their base: union workers, environmentalists, African-Americans, feminists, and anti-war activists. The Democrats are not on your side. They went along with Bush and have done nothing you wanted. They take your money and your vote for granted, then they abandon you. Stop enabling them. Stop supporting them.
