I’m sure he was trying to act on the talking point, that the bigots who listen to talk radio and “stir things up” aren’t relevant in his decision making process. That might have gone better if he hadn’t been so goddam ignorant about the bill, but one thing was clear from his vote yesterday, he’s a fucking coward too.

– The fact that they try to characterize someone saying “represent me in the following matter or I will not vote or contribute money to you” as intimidation rather than a citizen communicating with their representative is hilarious.

– The implied ultra sensitivity that some phone calls, faxes, and emails can rattle some of the most powerful members of the most powerful country in the world. As silly as when the Dems tried to sell a scenario where Clinton, the President of the fucking United States, was a powerless pawn in a chubby interns diabolical sexual machinations.

Voinovich: Oh, Godfather, I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what to do.
Don Corleone: [shouts] You can act like a man!
[he slaps Voinovich]
Don Corleone: What’s the matter with you. Is this how you turned out? A Washington finocchio that cries like a woman.

Yeah, he’s a putz, isn’t he?