Did I Vote?

Yes I did.

Did I vote Democrat? Hell no!

I voted Peace and Freedom Party across the board. And I'll tell you why.

As much as I deplore a government run by Republicans, I can't imagine there will be much change with the Democrats now running the House and possibly the Senate. Case in point, Nancy Pelosi and her pledge not to pursue impeachment on 60 Minutes several weeks ago.

While I congratulate my Democrat readers out there on their victory, I will be holding your candidates' feet to the fire now that they control Congress.

I found an article in the SF Bay Guardian that got my blood boiling on this issue....

Pelosi's perplexing pledge
Democrats must pursue impeachment if they want the moral authority they'll need to fix the nation's biggest problems
BY JOHN NICHOLS

.....Pelosi, the House Democratic leader who may well surf a wave of voter resentment against the Bush administration and Republican misrule into the speaker's office after the votes are counted Nov. 7, bluntly declared that it would not be the purpose of a Democratic House to restore the rule of law, despite the fact that more than three dozen members of her own caucus are calling for an inquiry into possibly impeachable offenses by the administration, led by Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, who is in line to become chair of the Judiciary Committee if the Democrats retake the House.

"Impeachment is off the table," Pelosi declared.

"And that’s a pledge?" asked CBS’s Lesley Stahl.

"Well, it’s a pledge in the — yes, I mean, it’s a pledge," Pelosi responded. "Of course it is. It is a waste of time."

A waste of time?

Not in the eyes of the American people. A majority of those surveyed last fall in a national poll by Ipsos Public Affairs, the firm that measures public opinion on behalf of the Associated Press, agreed with the statement "If President Bush did not tell the truth about his reasons for going to war with Iraq, Congress should consider holding him accountable by impeaching him."......
Full story here.

While many may see my tactic as "throwing away my vote", I view it more in terms of using my vote to support a party that more accurately represents me.

I cannot vote for a party that refuses to stand up to this tyrannical administration. Period. Sorry, but there aren't nearly enough Feingolds and Conyers in the Democratic Party.