 | I just love it when they eat their own. |
SACRAMENTO—A move to censure Sen. Dianne Feinstein, in part for voting to confirm Michael Mukasey as attorney general, fizzled late Saturday at a state Democratic Party executive board meeting in Anaheim.
State party Chairman Art Torres said the motion, sponsored by left-leaning activists, was excessive and would divide the party at a crucial time just before the 2008 race for the White House. "It is not deserving of a censure," he said. "Send your letters to her, send your petitions to her. Let her know how you feel about these issues. But to censure, which to me means condemnation, we're feeding right into the Republicans' hands."
| Can we censure her for her using the DoD to deliver insider deals to her family? |
Feinstein was one of six Democrats in the Senate to vote for Mukasey's confirmation last week, despite his refusal to say whether waterboarding, an interrogation practice designed to make subjects feel as though they are drowning, amounted to torture.
 Activists also are angry at Feinstein for casting a pivotal vote in the confirmation of Judge Leslie Southwick to a federal appeals court in New Orleans. His critics say he was insensitive toward black people and gays as a state appeals court judge in Mississippi. Feinstein defended the Southwick vote last month in a speech on the Senate floor, saying that while she agreed he had made mistakes in some cases, they did not "define his views."
With the censure, activists were seeking to put the party on record as being disappointed in Feinstein "for ignoring Democratic principles and falling so far below the standard of what we expect of our elected officials."
| Now there's an insult: below what even these cretins expect? |
Rick Jacobs, founder of the Courage Campaign, one of the groups that sponsored the resolution, said he was satisfied that they'd made their point. "We will be watching to make sure she votes in ways that make sense. And if not, we'll be back," he said.
| I sure hope so. Pass the popcorn! |
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