Here is a list of democrats who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. They voted to reverse Lawrence v. Texas, and re-establish the sodomy laws. They voted to reverse Romer v. Evans, and allow states to constitutionally place gay and lesbian Americans in second class citizenship status. Remember their names. They are the democrats, who sold out America, who, by voting against the filibuster of Alito, gave the American dream to the haters of democracy on a silver platter:

Arkansas:

Lincoln
Pryor

Colorado:

Salazar

Connecticut:

Lieberman

Delaware:

Carper

Florida:

Nelson

Hawaii:

Akaka
Inouye

Iowa:

Harkin

Louisiana:

Landrieu

Montana:

Baucus

Nebraska:

Nelson

New Mexico:

Bingaman

North Dakota:

Conrad
Dorgan

South Dakota:

Johnson

Washington:

Cantwell

West Virginia:

Byrd
Rockefeller

Wisconsin:

Kohl

Later on this week, some of these will vote against confirmation, and then try to claim that it was a vote against Alito. No. The only vote that mattered, was the vote for or against the filibuster. That was their only way to prevent Altio from sitting on the court and they knew it. By voting ‘yes’ to close debate, they voted to seat Alito, knowing that he will be the vote to finally overturn Roe, and once again reestablish sodomy laws, and make gay Americans, women and other minorities second class citizens…if even that. That is what these democrats voted for.

Over at Kos, diarist Maryscott OConnor has this to say:

Frankly, right now I’d like nothing better than to torpedo the entire lot of them. Just dump them like so much worthless, leaden, VICHY MOTHERFUCKING BALLAST.

I got nothin’, folks. Don’t look over here if you want comfort or a nice, uplifting LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY speech.

I’M DONE WITH THEM. They are DEAD to me.

Yeah. CANTWELL and BYRD and LANDRIEU and BINGAMAN and every last motherfucking one of them, I’m DONE with them.

I’m registering Independent tomorrow. You’re welcome to join me.

If it weren’t for the fact that both my democratic senators voted for the filibuster I’d probably do the same. But I reckon for now I’ll remain a democrat, if for no other reason then I get to vent at all the party telemarketers who call asking for money and support.

In Washington state, some yahoo is organizing a petition drive to establish a Cincinnati article 12 style law to forbid the enactment of laws that protect gay and lesbian people from discrimination. An Alito court could, and probably will at some point, reverse Romer v. Evans, and allow such a thing to become part of the state constitution. For gay and lesbian Americans, and for other minorities as well, it’ll be the 1950s all over again. But the Bush republicans want to push America back even further, back into the 1800s, to a time when the only people who had rights were the rich and the powerful.

This is what I was most afraid of, in a Bush second term. And it’s not over. He’ll likely get another one on the court. And who knows, maybe even one after that. And now they know the democrats will lay down and just let it happen. People are saying the answer to all this is to get more democrats elected. But…why? They had the power to stop this and they wouldn’t use it. And point of fact, when they were in the majority they allowed Scalia and Thomas to sit on the court. Who can really say with a straight face that if they were in the majority in the senate, that Altio wouldn’t be placed on the supreme court anyway, and Bush given essentially free reign to put a knife in the American dream?

Elect a democratic president, you say? They may not nominate batshit crazy right wingers to the court, but anyone they do nominate will be blocked by the republicans unless they are. And capital hill democrats won’t fight for their president’s nominees like the republicans fight for theirs…they just won’t. We’re in a loose-loose situation until the democrats either grow a spine, or new blood comes into the party that is willing to get in the republican’s faces and fight like hell for America. Republicans fight and democrats won’t and until that changes the worst is still yet to come.