Hall of shame

Here are the Democrats who voted against the filibuster yesterday:

Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dorgan(D-ND)
Inouye (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)

Our problem is we have no party discipline. The Republicans would never have broken ranks like that. The Republicans needed 60 votes to prevent a the filibuster. What they got was 72. That is simply shameful. If all 19 Democrats above had demonstrated a little party loyalty, the Republicans would have had only 53 votes and then we would have seen a real fight to keep Alito off the Supreme Court. As it is, you can kiss your freedoms good-bye. Alito is the man who does not support a woman's right to privacy on reproductive matters, who believes it's fine to strip search a 10 year old girl, who supports big corporations over the rights of the little person, and, worst of all, who supports that odious doctrine known as the "unitary executive" which essentially gives dictatorial powers to the president. Yesterday was a sad, sad day for the Republic. In fact, many on the internet are saying that, as of Jan. 30, 2006, the Republic is no more.

UPDATE: I just got off the phone with the Democratic Party. I cancelled my monthly pledge saying that the Democrats are going to have to show some spine if they want to keep their base loyal and energized. I'm not giving one more dime to the party until the people representing us learn how to fight. If keeping Alito off the Supreme Court is not worth fighting for, I don't know what is.