At Last, Embracing Obstructionism 
Hell, yes, we're obstructionists. And proud of it.
Of course, Democrats have spent timid years struggling to duck this very label. But NOW - I say, NOW - is the time for the party to embrace "obstructionism," ask this term to the prom and marry it. With polls showing the majority of Americans think the country is "on the wrong track," it's time to flat-out say:
It's our constitutional duty to obstruct bad laws and bad policies that damage our country and its people.
Stop the bleeding. Stop the train. Obstruct. Obstruct. Obstruct.
Obstructing croneyism is a good thing.
Obstructing Supreme Court nominees with extreme views more suitable to the 18th century than the 21st is a good thing.
Obstructing the legalization and practice of torture is a good thing.
Obstructing war profiteers is a good thing.
Obstructing the repeal of worker rights and our civil liberties is a good thing.
Obstructing laws and policies that ruin our environment is a good thing.
The "checks" in our revered "checks and balances" of government comes down to this: it is mandated that one branch obstruct any other branch that over-reaches and shoves harmful rot down the throats of Americans. Enough already. We're gagging here.
Obstructing the current administration is not just sensible - it's a duty. It's our only protection against a creeping executive branch that would have the Founding Fathers, fresh from their experience with their own King George, turning in their graves.
So get out the placards, ramp up the rhetoric, print out the bumper stickers. The rumble's on.
Hell, yes, we're obstructionists. And proud of it.
KEYWORDS: Obstructionism, Democrats, Harry Reid
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