Some In Congress Start To Whine About Being Put On The Spot

[kpete]

TOUGH!!!

Your seat in Congress comes with special responsibilities.
Now go justify your $174k paycheck and make a tough call.

more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/31/member-of-congress-berates-obama-for-consulting-congress-on-syria/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/01/1235327/-Some-In-Congress-Start-To-Whine-About-Being-Put-On-The-Spot

[NYC_SKP]

1. For the 7,231st time, I have to say Fuck You Congress.

Small wonder your approval ratings are in the toilet.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[SummerSnow]

3. Congress: " why don't the president..

just attack without us...so we can impeach him damnit"

[quadrature]

6. that is partly true.. none of what Obama is suggesting

needs Congressional approval

[JDPriestly]

17. That is debatable if you read Section 8, Article I of the Constitution, and if you understand

and believe in the concept of the separation of powers and checks and balances.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_the_Laws

[quadrature]

22. in 1999, Clinton bombed Serbia, without

Congress approving.
(no UNSC, btw)

[Billy Love]

34. NATO request to intervene..

Not UNSC.

And Clinton didn't have any Americans killed in action. Only one helicopter accident during the entire conflict.

[kelliekat44]

29. Without an imminent threat to US it would be unlawful attack. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I echo your sentiments, my dear kpete!

K&R

[Jefferson23]

5. Do your damn job. n/t

[avaistheone1]

25. My sentiments precisely.

What a bunch of babies.

[DearAbby]

7. Y'all remember how to vote

or do you just vote on things you know not having a hair's chance of passing...just playing party politics?

[Liberal Veteran]

8. But they'd probably be fine with flying in for another useless repeal Obamacare vote.

[Cha]

23. Exactly. They wouldn't be able to pack their bags fast enough.

[wandy]

9. Now wait a moment here. Isn't that how it's supposed to work............

Tanj their ain't no justest...

First ya gots republcans complaining that Obama is doing nothing.
Then they complain that if he dose something without congress they will impeach.
Now they're whining that Obama did the right thing and they have to do their jobs.

republicans, they'd bitch if you hung them with a new rope!

I sure hope President Obama follows through on this one as the republicans have been asking for that new rope for some time now.

I cheer on the civil war amongst the republican menace.

[Scuba]

32. Great post, thanks.

[The Blue Flower]

10. I'm surprised it took them this long

No more bloviating. Time to have a real debate and do your jobs. I think the President has handled this very well. Assad knows that if his people are gassed again, we pull the trigger, so they're protected at least from that. And the toxic gas bags have to go on the record now. President O won't be the punching bag for those who want to politicize the crisis.

[surrealAmerican]

11. Peter King (R-N.Y.)

I figured it would be one of the usual suspects.

Are there others speaking out too, or is he their spokesman?

[madrchsod]

12. good idea..put them on the spot

[Snake Plissken]

13. The people who voted for me expect me to do my job, what fucking nerve

Yeah as if I'm going to suddenly start working ... don't hold your breath

[littlewolf]

14. K & R

[City Lights]

15. Pathetic.

Why am I not surprised to see that Petey King is one of the whiners?

[Skittles]

16. a sure sign they know they've been trumped

[Kablooie]

18. And if Obama attacked without consulting them he would be impeached.

You know that's what King and others would push for.

Essentially he's complaining that Obama isn't giving him an opportunity to impeach the president.

[Phlem]

19. K&R!

-p

[oldandhappy]

20. gosh wow

You mean you want us to work? We need more time off to consider this!! Syria is not one of our red states is it??

[bearssoapbox]

21. They're pissing and whining because they might have to take some responsibility.

That, and no matter how they vote, it's something(their vote) that they won't be able to hold President Obama 100% responsible for.

What is really pissing them off is that they might have to agree, vote and pass something that President Obama proposes without obstructing it for 6-12 months or longer.

It will be interesting to see what some of them do while trying not to upset their overseers. (Fox News, Koch Brothers, etc.)

It will also be interesting to see how the repubs that attended this meeting on Jan. 20, 2009 vote.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/08/1098434/-Eric-Cantor-Paul-Ryan-Kevin-McCarthy-Plot-To-Sabotage-US-Economy-with-Frank-Luntz

From the article;

The Guest List:
Frank Luntz - GOP Minister of Propaganda
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA),
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX),
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX),
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI)
Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA),
Sen. Jim DeMint (SC-R),
Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ-R),
Sen. Tom Coburn (OK-R),
Sen. John Ensign (NV-R) and
Sen. Bob Corker (TN-R).

Non-lawmakers present Newt Gingrich

"During the four hour meeting:
The senior GOP members plotted to bring Congress to a standstill regardless how much it would hurt the American Economy by pledging to obstruct and block President Obama on all legislation."

You can almost hear them squirming.

[mick063]

24. Rubber stamping legislation written by corporate attorneys is easy

They have to actually make a decision now.

[MADem]

26. Yep... hardy har har, the basstids have to work for a living...for a change! nt

[Judi Lynn]

27. Good. Whine on. Music to our ears. Didn't ja think you need to stand for something?

You can't outfox all the voters all the time, jerks.

[CakeGrrl]

28. Tough, whiners.

Proof that it's always easy to sit on the sidelines and criticize.

Now that they actually have to put up or shut up after publicly demanding that the President consult them? Just desserts for the overpaid do-nothings.

[kelliekat44]

30. Bush asked for Congressional approval on Iraq..no comlaints from GOP then. Remember Barbara Lee? nt

[B Calm]

31. I thought Boehner wanted to be put on the spot.

[Nye Bevan]

33. Much more fun to vote to repeal Obamacare for the 39th time (nt)