Snowe and Collins are not moderates and I hate them!

(cross posted at The Alna Erratic)

To my fellow Mainers and other New Englanders:

Yes! A BuzzFlash editorial finally puts into words my hatred of Snowe, Collins, and Chafee. I am so tired of genuflecting at the altar of their "moderation" and "courageous votes." They are sitting in our seats, people! They put DeLay and Frist into power. They campaigned for Bush. They voted for the bankruptcy bill. They confirmed Abu Gonzales. So they're not frothing at the mouth like most of the Senate... they're still Republicans, and that's bad, okay?

Here's BuzzFlash:

When you have a one-party national government, you aren't voting for an individual candidate anymore - even if they were independent - which these three aren't really. You are voting for Bill Frist, Mitch McConnell, and Rick Santorum - the top three Republicans in the senate leadership. And they all report to the White House. You are enabling a Biblical Supreme Court. You are helping wreak havoc on foreign affairs. ... These are not moderates; they are just people who want to keep their jobs - even if it's within a morally bankrupt party that's bankrupting America and democracy.

They're tainted and morally bankrupt. Get them out. Let's get behind Tom Allen or Steven Rowe or anyone else with the courage to challenge Snowe in 2006. Give them your money, your time, whatever you can spare. Believe it can happen: we will take those seats back.