Here come the Dems in disarray pieces

[LymphocyteLover]

I have no doubt the media couldn't WAIT to write these.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/02/democrats-divided-iran-trump

Democrats thrown into disarray as US offensive on Iran creates cracks

As Republicans celebrated the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with praise for Donald Trump’s decisive action, Democrats faced their own divisions and a reckoning over how to present a united front.

Most were quick to condemn the US president for sidelining Congress to launch an illegal and unconstitutional war and demanded a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain his military onslaught.

But some in the party also felt obliged to acknowledge the authoritarian Khamenei’s death as a positive development and demonstrate their support for US troops. A small band of centrist Democrats have even threatened to scupper a war powers resolution if it comes to the floor.

“President Trump has been willing to do what’s right and necessary to produce real peace in the region,” tweeted John Fetterman, a Democratic senator for Pennsylvania and staunch supporter of Israel, declaring himself a “hard no” on a war powers vote and posting an image of the ayatollah with the provocative statement: “Let’s see who grieves for that garbage.”

[Walleye]

1. They should stop expecting us to behave like Republicans and fall in line

[efhmc]

4. Well said.

[DFW]

2. Where is Polly Gottawhine?

Or whatever her name was. She was pushing that line big time several years ago on here.

[LymphocyteLover]

5. That was her username? I don't remember her. How was she pushing it exactly? Like the media does?

[DFW]

8. No, she never posted. Her dad posted her articles that were published somewhere

That wasn’t her real name, either. I remember I modified it slightly because all she did was whine about Democrats were doing wrong, and it got tiresome.

[LuvLoogie]

3. Fetterman is MAGA

100%

[LymphocyteLover]

6. In terms of his statements, yes

but he still votes mostly Dem and is in the Dem caucus. He's a weird one. I don't know why we always have to have one or two of these freaks.

[GiqueCee]

7. I wish we could...

... ban the use of the word, "disarray" from political commentary.

And as for the Trojan Horse in a Hoodie from Pennsylvania's comment, “Let’s see who grieves for that garbage.” Well, he wasn't a very nice fellow, to be sure, but, given your remarks in support of the Dark Side, esteem for you among those on the Enlightened Side has waned considerably. With that in mind, perhaps you should be a little more circumspect in what you say on Pox News.

[DFW]

9. There was an article in one of the online blogs several years ago

Its title was “Democrats in Disarray”

It stuck like epoxy.

[GiqueCee]

11. Well, even a little disarray...

... is better than the mindless lockstep that typifies Der Republican Party. At least we still have the ability to think for ourselves, and to modify our positions when provided with new information. Amirite?

[Celerity]

10. Tom Suozzi, a New York Democrat who co-chairs the Problem Solvers caucus, wrote on X: "I agree with the President's

objectives that Iran can never be allowed to obtain nuclear capabilities.” Henry Cuellar of Texas said the threat posed by Iran was “real and longstanding”.

And not all Democrats are lining up behind a war powers rebuke. In the House of Representatives, Josh Gottheimer applauded the administration’s “decisive action” to defend American interests and allies. Greg Landsman argued that the US “is destroying Iran’s missiles and bombs to stop them from taking more lives”, and said he would oppose a resolution that he fears would amount to abandoning Israel.

Congressman Jared Moskowitz rehearsed Tehran’s long record of sponsoring violence across the region and insisted the focus must now be on shaping what comes next rather than relitigating what has already happened. There may be enough defections to block a war powers resolution, although a few libertarian Republicans could join those in favor. The split also exposes a deeper unease within Democratic ranks over how robustly to confront Iran and how far to go in backing Israeli military action.

There are also political traps as Republicans accuse them of lacking patriotism and ignoring the Iranian diaspora who have taken to the streets to celebrate Khamenei’s downfall. The discomfort is embodied by Senator Mark Kelly, a former combat pilot and potential 2028 presidential contender. Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, Kelly was asked if he agrees with Lindsey Graham, a hawkish Republican senator, that the world is now safer because the supreme leader of Iran is dead. Kelly replied: “Well, I agree with that part. I mean, it’s a good thing that the supreme leader is gone and some of the folks around him.”