The country lost another great legislator with the passing of Robert Byrd this week, but fortunately there remain a few dedicated individuals whose first priority remains the average citizen and not the corporate one:
Dennis Kucinich on the giant fraud being perpetrated on this country called the Afghanistan War:
(and similarly here at the Huffington Post)
Bernie Sanders on Republican stonewalling on unemployment benefits while demanding the end of the estate tax, which benefits only the wealthiest of Americans:
Russ Feingold on the gutting of the Wall Street reform legislation:
It’s reassuring that for every Scott Brown, Mitch McConnell, Michelle Bachmann or Joe Barton there is still someone who can cut through the bullshit. It’s disappointing that these men are so few in the halls of power, and more disappointing still that the man in the White House does not stand with them.
