Cowardice, in general terms, is the perceived failure to demonstrate sufficient robustness in the face of a challenging situation. … wikipedia

I’m not even sure where to begin here. I’m just going to go stream of consciousness. A hit and run is when someone operating a motor vehicle hits a pedestrian with his car, and then flees the scene. The hit and run driver may have intended to hit the pedestrian, or it may have been accidental. But what unites all hit and run drivers is their cowardice; their fear of being held to account, of being made to stand in judgment for what they have done.

So too does our political class, exhibit much the same traits. Except with the political class the hit is almost always intentional. It’s just that most hits don’t get noticed. They’re narrowly focuses hits, designed to harm one unfavored group to support a crony. Most people don’t even notice it happening. And so when re-election time rolls around, the politician is not made to answer for anything he has done. The people vote to re-elect because he’s that nice, familiar, handsome face they’ve known for so long.

It’s only when the politician tries a hit on EVERYONE that the people wake up, take notice, and realize what’s been going on. It is then that scrutiny is applied to the politician, and that the people realize what rotten, thieving scumbags their elected class is filled with. It is then that they are motivated to pass judgment upon, to condemn, to send packing their elected leaders.

And of course, it is precisely at such a time, that the coward announces his retirement.

With the passage of the stimulus package, the purchase of General Motors, the attempted takeover of our health care industry, today’s political class has attempted the equivalent of not hitting a single pedestrian crossing the street, but plowing through a schoolyard full of playing children. They know they’ve been spotted behind the wheel, and that their constituents thirst justice. But they choose to drive off into the sunset. They dare not stand in judgment for what they have wrought.

And so it is time to call the cowards out, one by one, and pronounce judgment upon them here, in the public square of the Internet. For if we are denied the opportunity to show them the door, then the least we can do is verbally tar and feather the bastards while they happily show themselves the door.

Chris Dodd, CT

You, sir, are a thieving corrupt scumbag who is more responsible for our current economic predicament than anyone else on this list. That you, of all people, should choose not to run for re-election is an act of cowardice in the extreme. And to think you thought you were presidential material… I AM CALLING YOU OUT AS A COWARD!

Byron Dorgan, ND

YOU ARE A SPINELESS SNIVELING COWARD!!! THAT SENATE HEALTHCARE BILL IS ALL YOURS! RUN FOR RE-ELECTION AND ANSWER FOR WHAT YOU’VE DONE!!!

Roland Burris, IL

YOU’RE NOT A REAL SENATOR!!! YOU’RE A SEAT WARMER, BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP YOU FROM VOTING FOR THAT ATROCITY OF A HEALTH CARE BILL!!! STAND FORTH AND BE JUDGED, YOU COWARD!!!!!

Ted Kaufman/Beau Biden, DE

YOU TWO DISGUST ME!!! KAUFMAN, YOU TOO ARE A SEAT WARMER, YOU LOSER!!! AND BIDEN, YOU DECIDED TO NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION BEFORE YOU WERE EVEN ELECTED!!! THAT’S A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF COWARDICE!!! STAND FORTH AND BE JUDGED ON THE HEALTHCARE ATROCITY THE TWO OF YOU SUPPORT!!!

Evan Bayh, IN

YOU ARE A DANDY BOY COWARD!!! YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE YOU’RE GOOD LOOKING LIKE JOHN EDWARDS!!! WELL YOU’RE A COWARD LIKE HIM TOO!!! STAND FORTH AND BE JUDGED ON THE HEALTHCARE BILL YOU WEASELLY FRIGGING COWARD!!!

William Delahunt, MA, Venezuela

YOU FUCKING DISGUSTING SCUMBAG, PALLING AROUND WITH THAT THUG IN VENEZUELA (PELOSI’S WORDS, NOT MINE)!!! YOU’RE SCARED SHITLESS NOW THAT SCOTT BROWN GOT ELECTED, AND YOU SHOULD BE!!! YOU SUED YOUR WAY INTO “WINNING” YOUR FIRST CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY, YOU VACATION IN SWINGER’S RESORTS, AND YOU LET MURDERERS LOOSE SO THEY COULD KILL AGAIN! EVERYONE IS WATCHING NOW, AND THEY KNOW WHAT KIND OF A SCUMBAG YOU ARE, SO STAND FORTH AND BE JUDGED, YOU COWARD!!!!!

Patrick “Patches” Kennedy, RI

YOU DRUNK FUCKING DOUCHEBAG!!! HOW DARE YOU CALL SCOTT BROWN’S ELECTION A JOKE!!! THE ONLY JOKE I SEE IS YOU EVER HAVING BEEN TREATED SERIOUSLY AS A HUMAN BEING, LET ALONE A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES!!! YOU TOO, ARE SCARED OF SCOTT BROWN, AS WELL YOU SHOULD BE! STAND FORTH AND BE JUDGED YOU SLIMY ALCOHOLIC COWARD!!!!!

Bart Gordon, TN

YOU, SIR, ARE A GOOFY LOOKING COWARD!!!

John Tanner, TN

COWARD!!!

Brian Baird, WA

YOU MAY HAVE BEEN GIVEN A PASS ON VOTING FOR THE HEALTHCARE BILL BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU SHOULDN’T BE JUDGED, YOU COWARD!!!

Dennis Moore, KS

WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS??? IT’S REPRESENTATIVE DENIS MOORE, YOU COWARD!!!

Diane Watson, CA

COWARD!!!

Vic Snyder, AR

YOU LOOK LIKE ROB ENDERLE OR SOME SLEAZY USED CAR SALESMAN!!! YOU ARE A COWARD!!!

Marion Berry, AR

HEALTH PROBLEMS MY ASS!!! TELL IT TO BOB BYRD!!! THE ONLY HEALTH PROBLEM YOU HAVE IS THAT STUPID HEALTHCARE BILL YOUR PARTY LEADERSHIP WANTS YOU TO PASS, YOU COWARD!!!

Wow, am I angry or what? I actually think this commenter at Gateway Pundit hit the nail on the head:

They are trying to make the anti-incumbent sentiment dissipate. Cant let the message be lost, “no matter what democrat it is, they suck!!”

Sing it loud, brother!

UPDATE: Forgot to mention, I’m already taking bets on whether or not Obama is a coward…

UPDATE 2: Apparently, Mikulski is next.

UPDATE 3: Now it’s Stupak and maybe Barney Frank. Cowards all.

Tags: Barack Obama, Barbara Mikulski, Barney Frank, Bart Gordon, Bart Stupak, Beau Biden, Brian Baird, Byron Dorgan, Chris Dodd, Cowardice, Cowards, Dennis Moore, Diane Watson, Evan Bayh, John Tanner, Marion Berry, Patches Kennedy, Roland Burris, Ted Kaufman, Vic Snyder, William Delahunt

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