Senate confirms Hayden as CIA director

In a file photo CIA nominee Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden testifies on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 18, 2006 at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. After hearing assurances he will be independent of the Pentagon, the Senate on Friday, May 26, 2006, easily confirmed Gen. Michael Hayden, a career Air Force man, to head the CIA. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

Well, I'm not surprised here. From Yahoo News:

WASHINGTON - After hearing assurances he will be independent of the
Pentagon, the Senate on Friday easily confirmed Gen. Michael Hayden, a career Air Force man, to head the CIA.

Hayden, a four-star general, currently is the top deputy to National Intelligence Director John Negroponte.

Hayden, 61, would be the first active-duty or retired military officer to run the spy agency in 25 years. He was approved by a vote of 78-15.

It appears that the castrated Democratic Party rolled over and died again for the Republicans. And the American public has pretty much lost their civil rights, now that this Gestapo spy has taken control of the CIA. When will the Democrats ever stand up for anything? When will the Democrats ever start pushing back against this fascist dictatorship that is being created by the Republican Party? After the November midterm elections? Will that be when they win control of Congress from the Republicans--if they can even win control of Congress from the Republicans? In order to win control of Congress from the Republicans, the Democrats have got to start standing up in opposition to these extreme Republican policies. They have got to start offering an alternative vision to allow the American voters a choice--the only choice now is to stay with the Republicans with their terrorist fears and assurances that by destroying American civil rights and liberties, the Republicans will make them feel "safe." Or will the American public decide to go with the treasonous, traitorous Democrats, who will surrender to the terrorists? That is the choice that is being defined by the Republicans, and has been accepted by the mainstream news media. The Democratic Party is even accepting the Republican's defining image of their party by not offering a vision of their own.

Is this how the Democrats expect to win an election?