While you and I both would probably agree that pigs wallowing in mud may be a little bit dirty and we may think it is gross, pigs love wallowing in it. In fact, for pigs, it is a necessity.

The reason I say this is because I just finished reading Glenn’s piece titled Democrats’ strategy: Strength through bowing:”

Historians writing about the Bush era were given a great gift yesterday — an iconic headline that explains so much of what has happened in this country over the last seven years: Their rationale for doing that is that it prevents the Republicans from depicting them as “weak,” because nothing exudes strength like bowing. Here’s more evidence of the brilliance of the Democratic strategy to show how “strong” and “tough” they are by bowing to Bush and all of his demands, from this morning’s New York Times article by Eric Lichtblau…

At some point, it might be useful to decide if they are actually bowing at all, and that they, in fact, might actually support the things many of you all view as betrayals. There really is no other reason for their behavior- no one is this weak (when was the last time Pelosi faced a primary challenge from a credible opponent to the RIGHT of her?). No one is this incapable and unwilling of saying no to the least popular President of the modern era. Why do they keep passing stuff like AUMF? Why will this piece of crap bill, agitating for a blockade of Iran (an act of war, mind you), most likely pass? Why is the Department of Homeland Security seizing people’s electronic devices, rifling through their personal belongings and private information without any reason and without so much as a peep out of Congress?

At some point, it might be useful to recognize that where you and I see a wet pile of mud, Congress sees a cool and refreshing bath. There is no other explanation.