Tora! Tora! Tora!

The Loyal Opposition welcomes you.

11/2 changed everything. Those of us who belong to what has been termed "the reality based community" naturally had to realize the reality that "those other people" weren't going away. This detour wasn't a fluke--in fact, it wasn't a detour at all. Suddenly, our nation wasn't just taking a circuitous route through Bizarroworld on the way to Peace and Prosperity. Those folks in the driver's seat had decided to park the car, stay a while, and hit the White Castle. And a whole lot of people seem to welcome that. Well, let Loyal Opposition tell you, dear reader---you eat more than 5 of those sliders and you're gonna get one heck of a stomachache down the line. Loyal Opposition sees itself as the voice in the back that says "Hey! White Castle sucks!" and starts pounding the back of the seat.

Because let's face it. It's even more the Republican's ball field now. The Dems have enough for fillibuster, but don't have the strength in numbers that they had to pose an effective obstruction. Even when the Senate was damn near evenly split, the Dems didn't use their power effectively. They just rolled over for Porter Goss, for instance. Now, you could say "But Loyal Opposition, surely if the Dems had fought it, they would have been pegged as not being serious enough about our security!" Loyal Opposition says "Shut up, fool. You're missing the point. Here is a man who, by his own admission, wouldnt have the qualifications to have been hired to work as an AGENT in the CIA. Furthermore, Porter Goss' record in Congress and his public statements reveal him to be more skilled in partisan hackery than analysis and administration. The only administration he's interested in is the Bush administration." That's the case that could have been made, and should have been made. THEY are the party not serious about national security.

But that is what a loyal opposition would have said. The loyal opposition does not take half measures and hug President Bush for photo-ops. The loyal opposition gives voice to those 49 million who said "Yeah, Bush? Rather drink a can of toilet cleanser." The remaining Dems have the opportunity now to be the true loyal opposition---they have nothing else to lose, and much to gain. It's slash and burn time, folks. We have to make them eat their liver. And that is what Loyal Opposition wants to do. To be an unrelenting polemic. Trying to appeal to self-interest did not work. But perhaps throwing things at them will--after all, the 51 percent have shown intimidation works well with them. It's better than Loyal Opposition's first plan, which was to change registration to the Republican Party and move to Oklahoma, finding work as a sniper for hire for anti-abortion groups.

That is where Loyal Opposition stands. More to follow.