Repubs say the sit-in is "disrespectful."

[Atman]

But defaulting on the U.S. debt and shutting down the government is perfectly fine.

[cali]

1. Good. Keep acting like the dicks you are, repukes.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

35. These Repukes never fail to show you what assholes they are ... with that pig vomit tRump leading the way.

[Vinca]

2. Going on vacation before trying to solve the problem is disrespectful.

I hope the GOP congress people travel on airplanes containing people who somehow avoided the security checkpoint. If they can buy a gun, they ought to be able to get on a plane.

[HereSince1628]

3. Yes, all confrontation between rivals descends into the rhetoric of chauvinism

The absence of that would be more unusual and could possible be indicative of bipartisan agreement

[greymattermom]

4. What do they think president trump would do to them?

Fired and not paid. Shoddy work.

[csziggy]

5. Disrespectful was when Issa turned the mic off for Rep. Elijah Cummings

Issa shuts down his own IRS hearing
03/05/14 12:08 PM—Updated 03/05/14 12:41 PM

By Steve Benen

The first time House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) tried to hear testimony from Lois Lerner, the former head of the IRS’ tax exempt division, she asserted her Fifth Amendment rights, as expected. Today, Issa brought Lerner back, knowing she wouldn’t testify, but wanting to put on a little election-year show for the cameras anyway.

But as the above video makes clear, the interesting development wasn’t Lerner’s decision not to testify, which everyone already knew would happen, but the heated confrontation between Issa and the committee’s ranking member, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).

For about 15 minutes, Issa, already well aware of the fact that Lerner wouldn’t answer his questions, strutted for the cameras, pushing his favorite talking points about the discredited scandal.

When he was done, Issa decided to abruptly end the hearing. When Cummings sought an opportunity to speak, Issa invited everyone in attendance to leave. When Cummings proceeded anyway, Issa cut off the power to the congressman’s microphone.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/issa-shuts-down-his-own-irs-hearing

The Republicans have shown over and over that they are afraid to hold discussions about important topics. If they don't want to think about a subject, they just shut down any venue where discussion might occur.

Republicans are the definition of "disrespectful."

[baldguy]

6. "Disrespectful" is watching 30,000 people being slaughtered every year & doing nothing to stop it.

[JNelson6563]

7. To which I say: Go fuck yourselves

Because that's good enough for Dick Cheney on the Senate floor.

[KansDem]

33. I'd forgotten about that!

Cheney Dismisses Critic With Obscenity
Clash With Leahy About Halliburton
By Helen Dewar and Dana Milbank
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, June 25, 2004; Page A04
A brief argument between Vice President Cheney and a senior Democratic senator led Cheney to utter a big-time obscenity on the Senate floor this week.

On Tuesday, Cheney, serving in his role as president of the Senate, appeared in the chamber for a photo session. A chance meeting with Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (Vt.), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, became an argument about Cheney's ties to Halliburton Co., an international energy services corporation, and President Bush's judicial nominees. The exchange ended when Cheney offered some crass advice.

"Fuck yourself," said the man who is a heartbeat from the presidency.

Leahy's spokesman, David Carle, yesterday confirmed the brief but fierce exchange. "The vice president seemed to be taking personally the criticism that Senator Leahy and others have leveled against Halliburton's sole-source contracts in Iraq," Carle said.
As it happens, the exchange occurred on the same day the Senate passed legislation described as the "Defense of Decency Act" by 99 to 1.

Cheney's office did not deny that the phrase was uttered. His spokesman, Kevin S. Kellems, would say only that this language is not typical of the vice presidential vocabulary. "Reserving the right to revise and extend my remarks, that doesn't sound like language the vice president would use," Kellems said, "but there was a frank exchange of views."

--more--
WP

Thanks for the reminder!

[bucolic_frolic]

8. What's the GOP afraid of?

Suppressing votes and refusing to listen to the American people

[BlueMTexpat]

9. Their own behavior

is obscene.

[Orrex]

10. Heh.

The House of Representatives is a beautiful and spacious hall, of semicircular shape, supported by handsome pillars... Did I see in this public body an assemblage of men, bound together in the sacred names of Liberty and Freedom, and so asserting the chaste dignity of those twin goddesses, in all their discussions, as to exalt at once the Eternal Principles to which their names are given, and their own character and the character of their countrymen, in the admiring eyes of the whole world? ... It was not a month, since this same body had sat calmly by, and heard a man, one of themselves, with oaths which beggars in their drink reject, threaten to cut another’s throat from ear to ear. There he sat, among them; not crushed by the general feeling of the assembly, but as good a man as any.

Charles Dickens: American Notes, chapter 9

The good old days.

[TNNurse]

11. Not doing the job for which you were elected

and are still being paid is pretty disrespectful.

[Nitram]

12. But they didn't think it was disrespectful to your out "You lie!" at the SOTU address?

The GOP needs a session with Miss Manners.

[narnian60]

31. Man, that STILL pisses me off.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

36. Me too.

[Cryptoad]

13. Nah,,,

Disrespectful is when u holler out loud in the middle of the SOU and call the President a Liar!

[Equinox Moon]

15. The list is long repubs....

--- hearings for Supreme Court justice & multiple other judge appointments by Pres. Obama
--- I was going to write a list and realized it was toooooooo looooong to waist my time on it

[mountain grammy]

16. The GOP is the party of disrespect and death!

Assholes, every last one of them!

[Jester Messiah]

17. The repubs deserve no respect.

If they want some, they can try earning some. Seems more likely they'll continue to cower in fear of the big scary NRA.

[ck4829]

18. This is applied thoughts and prayers, every lawmaker who says that after one of these shootings

should be a part of it.

[mcar]

19. Hypocritical a-holes

[Cosmocat]

20. jackasses

truly,at their core.

Bizarrely wrong on nearly every issue, but the next time they give an inch on something will be the first time.

I just can't fathom how anyone can vote for them.

[mcar]

21. Me neither

[blackspade]

22. Disrespectful....

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

23. They're clueless as ever

[ReRe]

24. Their saying that...

... proves that they don't know the meaning of the word. There's only one Party that is disrespectful to the victims and family members of victims of all these mass shootings. That would be the NRA Republican Party. The War monger Republican Party. The Party of cold hearted sociopaths.

[ejbr]

32. +1 n/t

[NewJeffCT]

25. But, 49 dead in a nightclub is a-ok?

26 dead at Sandy Hook elementary school is ok?

[Silver_Witch]

26. Sometimes disrespect is required!!!

Kudos to thjthjos sitting on the floor! Finally we made being heard!

[sendero]

27. Respect is earned not given..

.... and Republicans in particular have not earned much lately.

[Else You Are Mad]

28. Shutting down the whole federal government

Is much more disrespectful. Now, which one of the parties shut down the federal government...?

[kairos12]

29. I remember them cheering the Brooks Brothers Riot in Miami.

[Atman]

30. They WERE the Brooks Brothers riot.

Just another part of the whole Bush selection scam. Laws are meaningless to these privileged assholes.

[ejbr]

34. People are dying

because of their inaction. Do they think we give any fucks at this point?

[11 Bravo]

37. They wanted to say "uppity", but that poll-tested poorly.

[Atman]

38. I hope they're enjoying their much-needed vacation.

It's very stressful doing absolutely NOTHING for a couple months every year, while getting paid a six-figure salary.

[Xyzse]

39. Such is the case when people are demonstrating against them, being the "Establishment".

Disrespectful is what they call those who protest about injustice, when they do not wish to deal with the issue at hand.

I will leave it at that, as many do not seem to be able to look at the mirror as they applaud behavior that is more or less equal to what they have deplored prior.

[AwakeAtLast]

40. NOT HOLDING SC NOM HEARINGS IS DISRESPECTFUL!!!

Sorry, not yelling at you, but dammit, I didn't think their hypocrisy could get any worse.

Lesson learned: there is no rock too low for them to crawl under.

I probably already knew that, but the reminder was a bit harsh.

[Greybnk48]

41. "Liar!"

But they're ok with Joe Wilson, or Cheney telling Senator Leahy "Go f**k yourself" on the Senate floor.

Yep, Democrats are soooo disrespectful compared to Repukes.

[smirkymonkey]

42. They are in no position to call anybody disrespectful.

Assholes!

[spanone]

43. congress doesn't respect the President enough to allow him a supreme court justice vote

fuck them and their 'outrage'

[raven mad]

44. Well, yeah -

We disrespect Repukes, Repuke cowardice, Repukes whose entire campaigns are designed to create fear, Repukes who couldn't stand up to the NRA if their children's lives depended on it, Repukes who will not respect a woman making her own choices about her body..........

Heck, I could go on for hours.

Damn right - go DEMS! Disrespect these assholes some more!!