Election 2010: Teabaggin' the Ds & Rs

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I think you are actually delusional. And that makes anyone legitimately arguing with you on the substance of any topic, insane.

TM

sounds like you have what it takes to be a Dem congressional whip

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by sgtclub

Are you saying you beat your wife on Tuesdays or Wednesdays?

Speaking of Tuesday wife-beaters, is anyone surprised that the first battle the Republicans are picking is on tax cuts for the wealthy, and that they are explicitly stating they are unwilling to compromise and are shutting down all other business in the Senate?

And as to Wednesday wife-beaters, anyone catch McCain, whose been calling on everyone to wait for the Pentagon to weigh in before addressing DADT, now saying that it's not about the Pentagon, the Defense Secretary, or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, he wants to hear from the head of each service? While he was at it, he falsely said that Gates had never served...

Aren't any of you ashamed of these guys?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

sounds like you have what it takes to be a Dem congressional whip

Sounds like you should be committed.

TM

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Speaking of Tuesday wife-beaters, is anyone surprised that the first battle the Republicans are picking is on tax cuts for the wealthy, and that they are explicitly stating they are unwilling to compromise and are shutting down all other business in the Senate?

And as to Wednesday wife-beaters, anyone catch McCain, whose been calling on everyone to wait for the Pentagon to weigh in before addressing DADT, now saying that it's not about the Pentagon, the Defense Secretary, or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, he wants to hear from the head of each service? While he was at it, he falsely said that Gates had never served...

Aren't any of you ashamed of these guys?

didn't the Senate just pass a food safety bill?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

Not Obama, but Reid could have allowed amendments and got one vote (Snowe) for DREAM.

And DADT.

I've been calling Hutchison's office for two days about DREAM, and I can't get through. She was an original co-signer of DREAM three or four years ago, and there's a slim hope that she may remember that once upon a time, she was a moderate Republican. I'd think she'd be pissed as hell at the tea party types after the gubenatorial primary, but apparently not.

Still, I'm glad so many people are calling, and I think there's quite a bit of lobbying going on. I know that the three UT campuses on the border are very interested in making DREAM happen.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Speaking of Tuesday wife-beaters, is anyone surprised that the first battle the Republicans are picking is on tax cuts for the wealthy, and that they are explicitly stating they are unwilling to compromise and are shutting down all other business in the Senate?

And as to Wednesday wife-beaters, anyone catch McCain, whose been calling on everyone to wait for the Pentagon to weigh in before addressing DADT, now saying that it's not about the Pentagon, the Defense Secretary, or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, he wants to hear from the head of each service? While he was at it, he falsely said that Gates had never served...

Aren't any of you ashamed of these guys?

It saddens me that John McCain doesn't have faith in the military's ability to integrate. I think they have a pretty good track record, myself. But I never served, so what good is my opinion?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

It saddens me that John McCain doesn't have faith in the military's ability to integrate. I think they have a pretty good track record, myself. But I never served, so what good is my opinion?

Ty would tell you to hate the game, not the playa.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

It saddens me that John McCain doesn't have faith in the military's ability to integrate. I think they have a pretty good track record, myself. But I never served, so what good is my opinion?

Apparently he is also the arbiter of who has served, and not everyone in uniform counts when he wants a military opinion. Certainly, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs doesn't count.

Either that, or he was thinking all Defense Secretaries from the Bush administration did not serve, and forgot that one did.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

didn't the Senate just pass a food safety bill?

The letter came from McConnell this morning:

"[W]e write to inform you that we will not agree to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to any legislative item until the Senate has acted to fund the government and we have prevented the tax increase that is currently awaiting all American taxpayers," the letter reads. "With little time left in this Congressional session, legislative scheduling should be focused on these critical priorities. While there are other items that might ultimately be worthy of the Senate's attention, we cannot agree to prioritize any matters above the critical issues of funding the government and preventing a job-killing tax hike."

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Adder

He said private meeting.

So it only counts as a "move to the center" if Democrats are excluded? That sounds like Washington.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by sgtclub

Do you not see how objections to the devaluation of our currency and the potential inflationary effects are legitimate concerns?

But you were talking about the national debt.

Frankly, although I understand the arguments on both sides, I do not have enough knowledge to form a real opinion on the issue.

Fair enough.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by sgtclub

Frankly, I do not have enough knowledge to form a real opinion on the issue. Nor does 99.999999% of the world's population, and the remaining % are merely guessing.

new board motto?

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

didn't the Senate just pass a food safety bill?

Unconstitutionally, so it will be blocked.

ETA - and that appears to be a good thing - http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/lame-...n-food-safety/

ETA 2 - and it appears from the Roll Call article that Reid fucked up on this before, didn't learn his lesson, so they wasted all those days of the lame-duck session because he sucks donkey dick.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

That, my friends, is the Iran Air headquarters, built by Israeli engineers prior to the Islamic Revolution.

TM

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

So it only counts as a "move to the center" if Democrats are excluded? That sounds like Washington.

Actually, he seems to be saying it only counts if only the minority leader was there.