It appears the out of touch NRSC has decided to 'go there' by once again attacking Sen. Kerry, this time for doing the right thing and supporting the candidate of his (and the majority of Democrats) choice for the Democratic nomination, at the same time attempting to take down Barack Obama for actually listening and responding to what the American people have to say, and as an added bonus insulting the intelligence of a huge swath of the voting public.

The substance of the NRSC video is that John Kerry is somehow wrong for supporting a candidate who said that Americans are bitter because of the pain we've suffered at the hands of this administration. So, what's the truth? On Lou Dobbs' website the other day, he posted a push-poll that pushed back. I don't think Lou expected 67% of Americans to proclaim that they are 'bitter and angry' when the poll was clearly looking for 'independent and proud'. But they did.

So, I ask the NRSC, who is out of touch with the American people? Who doesn't understand that Americans ARE bitter after the beating we've taken at the hands of this miserable Republican administration? I'm not going to name names, but their initials are NRSC.

I said the other day I would revisit every Republican filibuster in the 110th if the NRSC put up another lame attack, and they did, so I will. I'm just not sure if I want to post them one at a time, or just let loose with the whole rotten first session at once. I'll have to think about that. For now, let's start with this especially egregious item from July, 2007. It's the Webb amendment, wherein the Republicans decided against giving our weary troops a little relief between deployments.

REPUBLICAN FAILURE #1 -- THE FILIBUSTER OF THE WEBB AMENDMENT

The following is a statement by Senator Jim Webb following a 56-member vote in favor of his amendment to ensure responsible troop deployment cycles, four votes short of the threshold necessary to receive a final up-or-down vote:

“A clear majority of the Senate—56 Members – sent a strong message today in favor of ensuring responsible deployment cycles for our men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. I regret that we did not reach the 60-vote margin that would have allowed this amendment to prevail. It was offered in the spirit of bipartisanship. It was offered with the intention of protecting the well-being of our troops.

“A Republican filibuster kept this amendment from passing by an up-or-down vote. Americans are tired of this kind of posturing. The troops and their families don’t want to hear about political, procedural maneuvers. What they really care about are results. They are looking for concrete actions that will protect the well-being of our men and women in uniform.

“The question on this amendment is not whether you support this war or whether you do not. It is not whether you want to wait until July or September to see where one particular set of bench marks or summaries might be taking us. The question is this: more than four years into ground operations in Iraq, we owe stability, and a reasonable cycle of deployment, to the men and women who are carrying our nation’s burden. That is the question. And that was the purpose of this amendment.”

The Senate Republicans filibustered the Webb amendment. This is just one example of how the 'support our troops' Republicans simply don't. There are others, including the administration's insistence on keeping them in his ill-conceived war in Iraq, but this was a pretty straight forward amendment which attempted to give our fighting men and women a chance to spend time with their families and have some well deserved R&R.

And the Republicans blocked it. Maybe the NRSC should make a video to try to defend that.

I know some of you may be thinking, "Who cares about the ineffectual jerks at the NRSC and their silly videos? Let it go, Faith." You have a point, of course. I know they're going to use baseless attack ads, because, to borrow a quote from JK, "They don't have a record to run on, they have a record to run away from." I just think they deserve another look.

Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of the Republican obstruction of S.3, the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007, 'A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fair prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.' That's a pretty bitter pill for our seniors to swallow, and I think it's blockage deserves a bit more attention.

I'm sure folks are much more outraged at the fact that Senate Republicans blocked an attempt to help the elderly with their prescriptions than that Sen. Kerry supports someone who has the audacity to tell the truth to the American people. Don't you think?