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In reply to the discussion: Sen. Schatz: Regular people don't care whether we pass something with 51 or 60 votes. [View all]calimary
(81,197 posts)18. Uh-HUH!!! The only thing the regular people understand is "Pass. Or Fail."
It's either/or. NOTHING in between. And NOBODY does "fine points" or middle-ground or wiggle-room or "yes, but..." anymore.
As that old one-liner would say, in a case like this - "Is you IS? Or is you AIN'T?"
As the Ken Kesey crowd would have said - "are you ON the bus, or OFF the bus?"
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Sen. Schatz: Regular people don't care whether we pass something with 51 or 60 votes. [View all]
Nevilledog
Jan 2021
OP
Yes! The only way to calm the current calamity is to give people what they need to survive
lisa58
Jan 2021
#6
AND, make damn sure they know it was President Biden and the Democrats they have to thank!
Ligyron
Jan 2021
#26
3 of our 4 at risk Senators (AZ, NH, and GA) are in Rethug trifecta states (meaning they control
Celerity
Jan 2021
#34
+1, for me this will be the ... ***THIRD*** ... economic mess after a 3rd RepubliQan prez
uponit7771
Jan 2021
#29
Don't you just love it when a relatively unknown Senator or Rep. absolutely nails it with....
EarnestPutz
Jan 2021
#15
And to all those "regular people" who do care, don't take the stimulus and send the money back
Cozmo
Jan 2021
#17
He's right. Unless you're a Democrat with gerrymanded disporportional representation in Congress.
marble falls
Feb 2021
#44