Douchebags on Parade

As I watched the GOP troop withdrawal resolution stunt unfolding last night, it hit me just how disfunctional and pointless congress has become in the last several years. Certainly we must be witnessing some sort of peak (god, I hope so) in the levels of partisan bullshitting that has been passing for representation. What should be happening right now, and prompted by Murtha's resolution, is a debate. The public needs for this debate to take place. We need a vigorous discussion about the merits of troop withdrawal vs. continued indefinite deployment in Iraq. But this debate can't take place because congress doesn't opperate that way anymore apparently. Our legislative branch has deteriorated into a partisan mosh pit where the two parties to try to out maneuver and out spin eachother. Politcs, not governing, is the number one priority for our Representatives and Senators. As a result, issues aren't debated and voted upon based on their merits, they're simply political 2 x 4's used to bludgeon the hell out of "the opposition".
Last night's troop withdrawal resolution introduced in the House couldn't be a better example of how lame and repugnant congress has become. Was Murtha's resolution debated on it's merits? Hell no. An alternative, cynical bullshit resolution was voted upon instead, simply for the purpose of trying to squeeze the Democrats into an uncomfortable political position. Hey, fuck the troops, fuck the public (who are doing the paying and the dying), fuck you all! We're busy politicking here.