On CNN later, Grayson said words that were like finding water after a decade in the desert:
"I'm not the one who should apologize, they should apologize to America." He added, "Democrats have to have guts. And now we have to have the guts to take the majority that the American people gave to us and do something with it. And what we have to do is solve people's problems."
We despair that too many Democratic senators (andBlue Dog House Representatives)not only don't have the courage of their convictions; they may not have any convictions other than getting campaign contributions from Big Money and Big Corporations. But Grayson stood up for the people of America over the corporations and corporate media in putting the facts, not the fictions, on the table -- and not backing down.
Add to that an unexpected and fesitybroadside against FOX on the official White House blog, and it was quite a day. The blog entry was detailed and referred to statements by FOX as "lies."
Oh, happy days, at least for one day.
Just wait until Harry Reid shambles up to microphone and does his usual capitulation statement -- as if he were the minority party instead of the one with 60 votes -- and we'll be back to our usual despair that the Dems will ever return to the needs of the people instead of being co-opted by the Rethugs and Big Money.
But for one inspirational day, we felt the joy and triumph of Dems showing some spine.
Americans like people who fight for them, not ones who back down whenever the bully enters the school yard.
The Dems should remember that. It was a glory to behold on Wednesday, especially after the Baucus Finance Committee sell-out the day before.
Can we have a three-peat this week, please?
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