The Democratic Congress has failed


	The Democratic Congress has failed

ratilfar

1-26-2008 12:43 PM

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congress, law, constitution, right, wrong, justice, democrats, republicans, cowards

ratilfar says:

It has abandoned its Constitutional obligations to feed from the breadcrumbs of a faltering White House. As power begets power, injustice begets injustice.

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