if they only had a backbone

In the wizard of Oz, the lion, scarecrow, and tin man all sought out the wizard to find a part of their anatomy which was missing or lacking. They perilously walked the yellow line argued with the reluctant wizard and in the end found their courage, brain and heart. Poor Dorothy just had to awaken from a bad dream.

Too bad finding parts of the body is only made easy in movies.

I am wondering when the Democratic leadership is going to find their backbone. You know the piece of anatomy where people actually stand for their values. Or fight for moral and ethical purpose. Or understand good should triumph over evil and the best way to make that happen is press hard against the wall feet planted firmly in the sand, and saying what you mean and meaning what you say.

Seems the majority party in the Congress can't make the bills they want to make into law happen. Seems they preferred to be bullied and bully whacked by lies, fabrications unethical behavior of the Republican party. Seems the Democratic leadership fears the mob rule, unintelligence, lack of any truth and goon tactics the Republican leadership manufactures and manufactures.

Oh people like Senator Barbara Boxer (D) of California go on the Rachel Maddow show, pursing her lips, making giggle sounds and shaking her head in great dismay telling how awful those bad Republicans are. But not once has she said the same words she uses as a T.V. talking head to once chastise her peer group of phonies on the Senate floor.

Then we have Harry Reed, who you might ask? You know the Harry Reed (D) Senator of Nevada who is the Majority leader in the Senate. Oh he does a whole bunch of head shaking also, and whispers in his quiet Mormon voice, that the Democrats are going to change things in the Senate.

And to this date has stalled any vote on health care reform, not once outed his Republican lie mongers on all the willfully wrong innuendo and misleading information they have placed forth on behalf of Pharmo-conglomerates and Health Care Big Business types.

And our Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi always picks out the perfect outfits, including matching pearls and bracelet to point an accusing finger to the evil doers, but quite never names names nor bothers on the floor of the House to call their bluff. She seems to simply enjoy being called that "woman from the Bay area." (You know the one T.V. idiot Glenn Beck said he wanted to poison or Joe, who is really not a plumber Plumber wants to take behind the shed and beat up.)

Can someone call Gelenda the Good Witch and ask her to move her bubble to the D.C. area. Then cruise onto the Capitol Building and ask everyone there to click their heels three times. I am sure asking many of the Senators to find a pair of ruby slippers would be easy, most of them could ask their mistresses to lend them a pair.

You might think, finally finding the the majority of votes in both the House and Senate, the Democrats could find their backbone and make real CHANGE.