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 Offline sooz06
PostPosted: 01/29/10 9:05 am • # 1 
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Hehehe ~ the steamroller wannabes are meeting the steel wall ~ Sooz


By Igor Volsky at 2:30 pm
Obama Reprimands GOP: Stop Saying ‘This Guy's Doing All Kinds Of Crazy Stuff…To Destroy America'

This afternoon, during a conciliatory visit with the House Republicans, President Obama suggested that the party's bitter political attacks prevented any possibility of negotiation or compromise on health care reform. “If you were to listen to the debate, and frankly how some of you went after this bill, you'd think that this was some Bolshevik plot,â€
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 Offline grampatom
PostPosted: 01/29/10 9:17 am • # 2 
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Gotta give the man credit, he tells it like it is.
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PostPosted: 01/29/10 9:35 am • # 3 
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Yeah, but the righties don't hear the same words.
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 01/29/10 9:42 am • # 4 
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hahaha. good stuff. he is amazingly objective about the sausage making.
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Sidartha
PostPosted: 01/29/10 9:44 am • # 5 
They got so used to speaking in tongues, they've forgotten how to speak and understand English.
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 Offline oskar576
PostPosted: 01/29/10 9:52 am • # 6 
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Dontcha mean Murrican?
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Sidartha
PostPosted: 01/29/10 9:57 am • # 7 
No... it's more like "Babble On"
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 Offline oskar576
PostPosted: 01/29/10 10:01 am • # 8 
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Babble On is in Mess O'Potamia.
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PostPosted: 01/30/10 4:32 am • # 9 
I hope this means he's going to stop with the "Mr. Nice Guy" and start pushing his agenda in earnest.


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 Offline oskar576
PostPosted: 01/30/10 5:31 am • # 10 
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I doubt it. So far, the rhetoric has been far more impressive than the progress.
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 01/30/10 5:32 am • # 11 
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oskar576 wrote:
I doubt it. So far, the rhetoric has been far more impressive than the progress.

it is hard to progress when 70% of your legislation gets filibustered.
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gopqed
PostPosted: 01/30/10 5:36 am • # 12 

70%?

If there are have been any filibusters since Franken was seated, it's because members of the Democratic caucus are filibustering.
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 Offline oskar576
PostPosted: 01/30/10 5:38 am • # 13 
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Yes, well it seems that he and his appointees are spending more time plugging holes in the dykes they built. Heck, even the areas where the administration clearly has the regulatory power and authority they've managed to screw the pooch.
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 01/30/10 5:40 am • # 14 
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gopqed wrote:

70%?

yes, 70%
http://www.nytimes.com/20...nion/21krugman.html?_r=1

If there are have been any filibusters since Franken was seated, it's because members of the Democratic caucus are filibustering.

the majority has no reason to filibuster, gop.  drink your coffee and try again.
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PostPosted: 01/30/10 5:45 am • # 15 
The Republicans have no ability to filibuster by themselves.  They would need Democratic caucus members to filibuster along with them.
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 01/30/10 5:55 am • # 16 
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gopqed wrote:
The Republicans have no ability to filibuster by themselves.  They would need Democratic caucus members to filibuster along with them.

thanks for the civics lesson.

you will note in my original post on this subject that i never mentioned party.  so, i take it we are now in agreement?
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gopqed wrote:
The Republicans have no ability to filibuster by themselves.  They would need Democratic caucus members to filibuster along with them.

The Rs have the capability of filibustering by themselves NOW ~

Sooz

  
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 01/30/10 6:01 am • # 18 
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sooz08 wrote:
gopqed wrote:
The Republicans have no ability to filibuster by themselves.  They would need Democratic caucus members to filibuster along with them.

The Rs have the capability of filibustering by themselves NOW ~

Sooz

  
correct.  and is there ANY REASON to suspect that the number will NOT be 70%?
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gopqed
PostPosted: 01/30/10 6:14 am • # 19 
sooz08 wrote:
gopqed wrote:
The Republicans have no ability to filibuster by themselves.  They would need Democratic caucus members to filibuster along with them.

The Rs have the capability of filibustering by themselves NOW ~

Sooz

  

Not yet.  Image
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 Offline sooz06
PostPosted: 01/30/10 6:20 am • # 20 
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gopqed wrote:
sooz08 wrote:
gopqed wrote:
The Republicans have no ability to filibuster by themselves.  They would need Democratic caucus members to filibuster along with them.

The Rs have the capability of filibustering by themselves NOW ~

Sooz

  

Not yet.  Image


I thought Brown has been seated ~ no?

Sooz
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 Offline oskar576
PostPosted: 01/30/10 6:22 am • # 21 
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Keep him standing in the corner. [img]/domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif[/img]
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gopqed
PostPosted: 01/30/10 6:25 am • # 22 
I thought Brown has been seated ~ no?

Not yet - the vote hasn't been certified.
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 01/30/10 6:48 am • # 23 
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gopqed wrote:
I thought Brown has been seated ~ no?

Not yet - the vote hasn't been certified.

so - what do you think of 40 Republicans voting against PAYGO, gop?
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 Offline oskar576
PostPosted: 01/30/10 6:56 am • # 24 
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Weren't many Repubs for PAYGO before they were against it?
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 Offline sooz06
PostPosted: 01/30/10 7:02 am • # 25 
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oskar576 wrote:
Weren't many Repubs for PAYGO before they were against it?

Yes, oskar ~ see John's Republicans all vote against pay-as-you-go thread ~

Sooz
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