Democrat Senators Are Blocking Good Government

I will admit I am getting weary of the United States Senate, Max Cleland and Zell Miller included. The Democrats have a one vote margin in the Senate, and they have decided to hold up everything the government needs to do in the high hope they might win both the Senate and House in November, and thus be able to totally stymie the programs put forward by President Bush and the Republicans.

The House has passed a passel of bills this year, and the Senate is holding them hostage. President Bush has nominated Federal judges, which is his job, and the Senate, whose only duty is to confirm them or deny them confirmation, has refused to even have committee hearings on most of them. The Democrats say they will not confirm conservative judges, and apparently are willing to see a crisis develop in our national judicial system rather than approve Bush appointees. Tom Daschle and his Senate Democrats have obviously decided they are willing to see our judicial system collapse if they can't have their way. That alone is ridiculous.

But now comes Senator Robert Byrd and he has decided he is going to block passage of President Bush's Homeland Security program. Now, why would he do that? Because he says he doesn't want the President to be able to sign that bill September because he believes that might give the Republicans a political talking point. Now, you would think all kinds of Democrat Senators would immediately go public and say the time has come for bipartisan support for America's war on terrorism. And I've got to ask: where is Senator Miller? Where is Max Cleland? Are our Senators representing the people back home by blocking the Homeland Security bill, or are they representing the Democrat National Committee? I'm tired of the Democrat roadblock in the Senate.

This is Gordon Sawyer, and may the wind always be at your back.