fat slob haley barbour perpetuates the lie about Obama's veto proof senate.

[Gabi Hayes]

he just said it again! while I was looking up the real story

chuck todd, of course, is too ignorant, or too bought, to know what really happened:

http://sandiegofreepress.org/2012/09/the-myth-of-the-filibuster-proof-democratic-senate/

out of those two years, they actually had a 60 seat count for about 72 days!

that's cause al franken wasn't sworn in til july 09, and ted kennedy missed 261 our of 270 votes because he was the living dead

it's all in the article above

watch for this bullshit meme to be repeated over and over and over, without so much as a fare thee well by the simpering likes of Todd

the linkgist:

Remember that Minnesota Senatorial election in 2008? The one that pitted former SNL writer/cast member and Air America Radio host Al Franken against Republican incumbent Norm Coleman? That race dragged on forever, resulting in several challenges and recounts until the Minnesota Supreme Court finally concluded on June 30th, 2009, that Franken was indeed the winner. Franken wasn’t sworn into office until July 7th, 2009, a full six months after the 111th Congress had taken charge.

And it wasn’t even that easy. Even had Franken been seated at the beginning of the legislative session, the Democrats still would only have had a 59-41 seat edge. It wasn’t until late April of 2009 that Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter defected from the Republican Party to caucus with the Democrats. Without Franken, the Dems only had 58 votes.

But even that’s not entirely accurate, and the Dems didn’t have a consistent, reliable 58 votes. Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy was terminally ill with a brain tumor, and could only muster up the energy to vote on selected legislation. His presence could not be counted on, and thus his vote in the Senate could not be counted on. During the first year of the Obama presidency, due to his illness Kennedy missed 261 out of a possible 270 votes in the Senate, denying the Democrats the 60th vote necessary to break a filibuster. In March of 2009, he stopped voting altogether. It wasn’t until Kennedy passed away in late August, 2009, and an interim successor was named on September 24th, 2009, that the Democrats actually had 60 votes.

And even then the 60 vote supermajority was tenuous at best. At the time, then 91 year old Robert Byrd from West Virginia was in frail health. During the last 6 months of 2009, Byrd missed 128 of a possible 183 votes in the Senate. Byrd passed away on June 28, 2010 at the age of 92.

[Gabi Hayes]

1. crickets?

again, watch for the BS about this socalled veto proof senate to be spewed wide and far as long as the Trumpcare horrorshow is onstage

[Wellstone ruled]

2. What a POS.

Talk about a sore Loser.

[Gabi Hayes]

3. loathed him for more than 20 years......

so many of them are corpulent, oozing pussbuckets....loathsome in both appearance and smug, condescending manner

probably because they know almost every media outlet which they infest demurs to even their most outrageous propaganda. woebetide the fool who dares question the veracity of anything they spew

[Wellstone ruled]

5. This Sucker gave us Bush.

Understand he is one very dirty person.

[gratuitous]

4. Is that Barbour's excuse for present Republican incompetence?

Sorry Haley, but the present inability of your party to govern really isn't affected by whatever fever dreams of 2009 you're having.

[Gabi Hayes]

6. when is the last time you saw anyone from the party of personal responsibility....

take responsibility when they fuck up?

they simply don't live in reality, just like their idiotic fanboys

[malaise]

7. He sure crawled out suddenly

35% polling must cost big bucks

[mythology]

8. Because his weight factors into this why?

[Gabi Hayes]

10. why not? was weighting for one of these

who the F cares?

lighten up, Francis.

your fragile concern is duly noted

how does ''morbidly obese'' do for you?

[loyalsister]

16. The point is what does that information add?

I know a person is racist when a mention of interactions or observations mention the other person's race or ethnicity when it has nothing to do with what is being communicated.

[Gabi Hayes]

17. fine...you made your point. I love you

will you marry me?

[loyalsister]

14. There is still some socially accepted bigotry

When it is directed toward people who are obese or overweight, it is ableism. Even progressives are comfortable ridiculing imperfect bodies and minds.

[Kingofalldems]

9. There was a DUer named yeoman who brought that up

multiple times. He's been shown the door thankfully. It's a repub talking point.

[Gabi Hayes]

11. thanks! I urge you all resolutely to come here and keep a running tab of how many times

you see/hear/read this fatuous trope as long as the trumpcare deal lasts

all they have is intimidation, mendacity, and misdirection

anything else will happily be added to the list

[OnDoutside]

12. I saw that. He is such a loathsome scumbag.

[Gabi Hayes]

13. amazing how they have an unending supply, isn't it?

to be fair, which dems are similarly repellent in both aspect and demeanor?

don't much care for Axelrod, but he's not in the same county as these cretes

[OnDoutside]

15. Barbour is old school sly, snide, scumbag, with that knowing smug grin after he has sent his

goons to give you a beating.