July 18, 2003
A case in point.
Jim Capozzola finds the events today in the House Ways and Means Committee "unbelievable." I can only say: No, it's not.
Didn't I just blog about this?
If you've spend the last couple of days under a rock, read the Washington Post article about it, "House Democrats Storm Out of Ways and Means Committee."
This kind of crap is exactly what I expect from the DeLay House. These ultraconservative bastards think that they now have total control and can walk all over anyone in their way. The real news here, though, is that the Democrats are no longer lying down for it. Today Nancy Pelosi introduced a resolution in the full House protesting this nastiness; Leah at Atrios' Eschaton has the scoop. Naturally it provoked a furor, which is all to the good, since this will draw public attention to the antics of the Republicans. Like most things that live under rocks, they can't stand the light.
Finally, Billmon has covered this in his inimitable way, in "Freedonia Rules." The scary bit, though, is the update at the end. While we aren't the Weimar Republic, the House certainly isn't the Reichstag and the stakes are a lot lower this time, the parallel is chillingly close. Fortunately, though, DeLay just thinks he's Hitler.