McCain WILL Commit Hari-Kari....

[Virginia Dare]

yes, he will, the political kind....folks he wasn't kidding.

What Democrats would do (Harold Meyerson)...

-snip-

In the House, the Democrats have made clear that there's a first tier of legislation they mean to bring to a vote almost immediately after the new Congress convenes. It includes raising the minimum wage, repealing the Medicare legislation that forbids the government from negotiating with drug companies for lower prices, replenishing student loan programs, funding stem cell research and implementing those recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission that have thus far languished.

-snip-

Should the Democrats win the Senate, Republicans will have to calculate the risks of filibustering such mom-and-apple-pie measures. These bills will also pose a conundrum for conservatives such as John McCain, whose presidential aspirations have not been clouded by having to vote on these issues.

Should they make it through both houses, many of these measures will face a presidential veto. George W. Bush has already vetoed stem cell legislation, and he has staunchly opposed raising the minimum wage since the day he entered politics. What will congressional Republicans do if they're confronted with a series of vetoes of popular legislation? How large will the lame duck president loom in their calculations?


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/17/AR2006101701094.html

[shadowknows69]

1. Can we start a fund

to buy him a ritual Katana. It can be reused by any republican that needs it.

[Kagemusha]

2. For the linguistic record

It would be spelt "hara-kiri" (lit. "stomach-cutting") though the more properly used word is actually "seppuku" (lit. "disembowlment"). But US cultural absorption of the concept didn't exactly carry that nuance over.

Not like this really matters but, just saying, since I can...

[Virginia Dare]

5. Thanks for the correction, typical bozo American mistake...n/t

[Kagemusha]

7. It's not personal, it's a deeply ingrained cultural "fact"

Just saw a good opportunity to publicize the facts.

[originalpckelly]

3. I wonder if he'll spike the kool aid like Jim Jones?

We might just get a couple more to do it.

[marylanddem]

6. Now THAT's what I call a vision!

[Hippo_Tron]

4. Can we talk about this on November 8th

We need to focus on actually winning the house, not on what we will do once we have.

[MrCoffee]

8. political kind my ass...don't let him weasel out of the real deal!

[SpreadItAround]

9. I saw this response somewhere else...

"Suicide is a little extreme, I think he should say that he would lock himself in a prison camp with no right to challenge his detainment and get waterboarded should the Democrats win."

[michaelwb]

10. Bah!

Yet another politician making a campaign promise he doesn't intend to keep!

[zbdent]

11. Nah, it will be like any other Republican (public) campaign promise

(not including those handshake deals with billionaires) ...

It will be forgotten once the polls are closed ...

[dkofos]

12. Good for him

Hope we win

[BlueStater]

13. His arrogance will be the death of him

We've all noticed how arrogant and cocky that bastard has been getting lately. It won't be long before he takes a page from his mentor, the Chimp, and does something really stupid.