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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:14 PM Original message |
Little has made me as cynical as the Dems approval of Gates |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hold off on those feelings in until 1-07 |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Or when we get new Dem members with some spine |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. I had alot of hope for a fresh start |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. when Kerry said that.... |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Why do you not ask Feingold or Harkin why they voted for him. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I guess I will call Wyden tomorrow |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Voting for him gives the Dems plenty of room to operate down the road - |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. or........... |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. The only Senators who voted no were Bunning and Santorum |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Keeping powder dry |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I agree it's been repeated too often... |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Of course Kerry, in particular, is in on it |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 12:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. are you being sarcastic? |
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Tactical Progressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 10:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
46. Yeah, Republicans like to look forward, not backward |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think the Dems are just admitting reality |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. okay.. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Why? |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 12:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. really? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Because he has no reason to |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. I crossed that line a while ago |
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spindrifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm sick of the compromise that has become the signature |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. Bush is on a leash now. I don't think Gates is going to matter. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. okay. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 03:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
50. Why do you keep singling him out? |
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gr8dane_daddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
17. Look at it this way....did you want Dems as did |
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bobbie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
20. Yup, business as usual. There is only one party, tho' thats tough to accept |
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knowledgeispwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
21. Be Realistic |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 02:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. well, there ya go |
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AJ9000 (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. The failure to really fight Alito or the MCA didn't prepare you for this? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
24. Voting for him removes the obstructionist charge |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
25. Gates is a temporary nominee. Be concerned with the lifetime ones. (nt) |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
26. The DEMS need to lay low until January |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
27. I was far more disappointed with other things |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
28. Apparently some of us have been cynical a bit longer.... |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
29. I'll give them a pass because of this: |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 01:19 AM Response to Reply #29 |
49. Carlysle is driving the bus now. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
30. Get over it |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 03:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
54. No, let's attack Kerry instead |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
32. this is what stands out |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I agree |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 10:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. No, not a huge contradiction! |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 03:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
51. deleted |
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ripple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
33. Just look at who opposed him... |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. You may have something here |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 03:21 AM Response to Reply #33 |
52. They're better than all our Senate Dems obviously! |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. I hear you, it's beyond cynicism for many of us. n/t |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
38. I suspect we were sold down the river in this last election |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. From here on out |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
41. Not blocking Alito was far worse |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
42. They're politicians. What do you expect? And Kerry's a politician's politician. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-08-06 03:23 AM Response to Reply #42 |
53. Wow, you're trashing Kerry again |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. Great post, you are not alone |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 11:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. I just had an insight |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-07-06 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
45. It was either gonna be Gates or someone worse. (nt) |
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