***Official Senate Filibuster Thread #14***

[SeattleGirl]

#13 here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1364661&mesg_id=1364661

[Swamp Rat]

1. McCain is kookoo

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[SeattleGirl]

5. No kidding!

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[Gelliebeans]

6. but for crying out loud

don't ask him to don any sweaters. :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

14. Especially those GAY sweaters!

[Gelliebeans]

23. Can you believe that?

The guy has a temper tantrum over a fucking sweater.

[SeattleGirl]

27. I know.

But hey, gives us a good glimpse of his real feelings on the issue of gay rights, huh?

[Gelliebeans]

40. I just can't believe people

actually assign sexual orientation to an inanimate object.

[SeattleGirl]

44. Well, when you get freaked out about something, you will grasp at

any available straw.

[Gelliebeans]

2. and we continue on the flip side

;)

[SeattleGirl]

3. Kick to alert the all-nighters.

[Bluebear]

4. He reminds me of the crazy professor teaching the "Time Warp" in Rocky Horror

Put down the pointer, John.

[SeattleGirl]

8. Let's do the Time Warp again!

But let's have McCain sit it out this time.

[Gelliebeans]

12. true dat.

[mile18blister]

30. "It's just a jump to the left..."

Yea, jump up on the desk and do it Johnny.

Skip the pelvic thrust instructions, please.

Don't know how much longer this Left Coaster can hang on....

[Tatiana]

7. McCain is no Al Gore. His professor gimmick is really falling flat. n/t

[cboy4]

9. Whenever he says, "my friends," that's when the lying jolts

into overdrive.

[cboy4]

16. Boy does she look exhausted! n/t

[Swamp Rat]

10. It's the rest of the OIL PRODUCING WORLD!

Right John???

[SeattleGirl]

11. Hil's up now.

[Bluebear]

13. Hillary has a nightgown on :)

[SeattleGirl]

17. LOL! I was actually thinking of kitchen curtains!

[cboy4]

19. At least she's not dressed like a hooker

[Bluebear]

22. Mrs. Vitter's dressmaker is closed for the night

[Lasher]

25. Hee hee, you're right

Wonder if she has on slippers that look like little bunnies?

[some guy]

15. was that his wife calling?

He just hung up on her.

[radfringe]

96. not wife

canceled standing appointment with escort service...

[Tatiana]

18. HILLARY! (Looking tired). n/t

[Bluebear]

20. Jesus, she's going to keel over, get her some coffee lol

[Tatiana]

28. Double shot of expresso for her!

But I must say, I find this look strangely appealing on her. She seems pretty guileless and honest right now.

[Bluebear]

34. When she speaks in front of a crowd she gets very intense

Your observation is right, this is a more intimate, less staged sound to her.

[Tatiana]

57. I agree. I like her better when she's just herself. n/t

[SeattleGirl]

21. Gawd, but Hil looks awful! Tiredness does not become her. Of course,

it's not very flattering to me either.

[Bluebear]

24. Hey, I'm no oil painting right now LOL

[SeattleGirl]

26. I bet they are all befuddled right now.

[Lasher]

32. Aren't they doing this in shifts?

[SeattleGirl]

87. I think they probably are.

I hear they brought cots in so members could take naps.

[cboy4]

29. Your one-liners are too, too much!!

:spray:

[SeattleGirl]

33. Careful of the keyboard, cboy4!

[cboy4]

39. Yea, I know. I only wish Skinner allowed us to expense replacements!

;)

[SeattleGirl]

42. Well, at the same time that DU is growing, Skinner has called for

expense reductions. :rofl:

[cboy4]

46. Yup, but has more money than McCain!!

boo-hahahahaha ;)

[SeattleGirl]

52. Bwahahahahaha!

:rofl:

[Bluebear]

38. =)

[cui bono]

43. Everything's about oil isn't it?

[Bluebear]

48. lol

[radfringe]

103. not oil - it's about being able to buy cheap rugs n/t

[Maddy McCall]

31. Hillary, you should have taken off your bathrobe before speaking.

Sexist, I know, but what in hell is that collar thing she's wearing?

[Tatiana]

35. I've got a yellow "duster" that looks very similar to what she's wearing. n/t

[Maddy McCall]

50. That's what it looks like...a duster.

:eek:

[cui bono]

54. When they said be swift she thought they said swiffer.

[SeattleGirl]

36. Rrrrruffles have Rrrrrrridges!

OMG, but I'm tired!

I'm still seeing kitchen curtains, though! :rofl:

[Maddy McCall]

45. I'm seeing a tie-died duster or something similar...

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

49. LOL, Maddie!

:hi:

[Lasher]

55. Corn or carrots?

[Bluebear]

37. See:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1364860&mesg_id=1364881

riiiiight

[Maddy McCall]

41. Great minds and all that.

Riiight.

:)

[Bluebear]

47. Maybe we're both wrong, it's a boa

[Gelliebeans]

56. oo la la

so chic for 4 am in DC.

[Maddy McCall]

60. I think you may be riiiiight.

[Tatiana]

51. Oh Hillary, why are you blaming the Iraqi (puppet) government.?

Put the blame where it belongs... on this administration for invading Iraq in the first place.

[SeattleGirl]

63. Thanks for saying that, Tatiana. I've always wondered why we continue

to blame the Iraqi government when they didn't ASK us to intervene.

I do think we need to clean up the mess we created, but when I hear people insisting that the Iraqi's need to step up to the plate, I think, hey, who the hell asked them to play ball in the first place?

WE DID.

But, we never listened to them.

[Tatiana]

75. "When the Iraqi people stand up, the troops will stand down." It's all a scam.

U.S. forces cannot fix this mess; no way, no how. We are too hated and too polarizing. We have committed too many atrocities.

The U.N. will have to send a contingent to clean up our mess.

[SeattleGirl]

80. I absolutely agree with you, Tatiana.

We fucked up big time in Iraq, and there is no way, right now, that we can effectively clean it up.

[pnwmom]

66. Because the issue is how to get OUT. If the Iraqi government

doesn't have the will to work with the other factions for peace, then we don't belong there supporting it.

[Tatiana]

84. It would be difficult for ANY "democratic" government to function in that environment.

There is a reason quasi-stability in that area was due to a brutal dictatorship.

[pnwmom]

127. That's right. Biden may be correct that the only solution

may turn out to be partition.

[Tatiana]

128. I think Biden may be correct, as well. n/t

[Bluebear]

53. OK this gang is fun, too bad we weren't together over cocktails :)

[Gelliebeans]

61. I'll drive but I doubt

I will get past the California desert before morning ;)

[Maddy McCall]

71. I could dig that...

if we could immediately launch into the populist attraction of the movie Crash vs Brokeback as presented in a community college sociology class, circa 2006.

:p

[Bluebear]

78. LOLOLOL

[mile18blister]

58. Reid is a genius!!!

Gitmo sleep-deprivation techniques. A few more hours and the entire Senate will vote for anything.

[Tatiana]

64. Hey... you may be on to something! n/t

[SeattleGirl]

65. Oooh, nice observation.

[Hippo_Tron]

59. I actually like Hillary's outfit...

Although I'm still trying to figure out what exactly it is.

[cui bono]

62. it's this:

[SeattleGirl]

69. Bwahahahaha! Damn, but I'm tired. I will never be able to use

my Swiffer duster again without thinking of this!

[Lasher]

70. At first I thought something was attacking her.

Too many scary movies I guess.

[Maddy McCall]

73. LOL!

:thumbsup:

[Tatiana]

79. I can't stop laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[cboy4]

67. ...

:spray:

[Bluebear]

68. Wardrobe by Joanne Worley

[SeattleGirl]

72. Damn it, stop it! I'm crazy tired, and these remarks are sending me over

the edge!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Gelliebeans]

74. OMG I loved her!

or love her (is she still alive?) She played on the gameshow circuit

[cboy4]

77. That looks like Mrs. Vitter from her news conference.

OMFG hahahahaha

[Bluebear]

85. Fashion equation

PLUS



EQUALS

[cboy4]

99. And this is the gun she'll use to shoot off his junk:

[Swamp Rat]

106. LOL!!

:D

[Gelliebeans]

88. Wasn't that a weird dress she wore?

I was thinking to myself before I saw Alison Stewart (in for KO tonight) talk about the appropriateness of her attire.

[Maddy McCall]

82. With consulatation by:

[SeattleGirl]

86. ROFLMAO!!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Hippo_Tron]

130. Again, I think those 70's fashions are cool...

Just a bit weird to be wearing them in the US Senate in this decade.

[oldgrowth]

76. Tuned in to Ray Taliaferro and the span

http://www.kgoam810.com/listenlive.asp

[cui bono]

81. At least she left the glasses in her purse

[SeattleGirl]

83. Ack!!!! My eyes! My eyes!!

:scared:

[SeattleGirl]

89. Not next week, not next month, but today.

Damn straight, Hil!

[cui bono]

91. Oh, are we listening to her now?

I missed my cue.

:rofl:

[Gelliebeans]

94. *snarf

[SeattleGirl]

98. Careful not to choke on that pretzel!

:rofl: :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

95. Bwahahahaha!

I'm tired; that's my excuse. :rofl:

[cui bono]

102. Me too. I was going to try to go on my road trip by 9am...

but it's past 1:30 and I still have to do a load of laundry and clean the kitchen and pack, not to mention sleep.

I blame you SeattleGirl. ;)

[SeattleGirl]

109. Blame ME???? But, but, mistakes were made! And I claim executive

privilege! It was Clinton! It's Clinton's fault, I tell ya!!!! :rofl:

[Horse with no Name]

90. Honestly I don't give a flip if they are tired

They have a job, they have insurance...by God it's time they acted a little bit grateful to their employers for putting up with less than stellar job performances lately.

[SeattleGirl]

92. Amen, Horse!

Amen.

[cboy4]

105. Oh boy, the substitute teacher has arrived to restore order to the

thread and spoil our fun.

JUST KIDDING!!!


You know we love you. ;)

[Horse with no Name]

110. You better watch yourself or I am going to get my ruler

and spank you.

[cboy4]

116. hehehehe

[cboy4]

115. Boy is he a capivating public speaker

:boring: :boring: :boring:

[Swamp Rat]

114. Damn straight!

Time to REALLY EARN their money for a change!

[Tatiana]

93. "IRAN!"

**Kicks back shot**

[Gelliebeans]

97. You know Norm,

we can have them turn off the A/C so you can sweat it out.

[SeattleGirl]

100. Oh, yeah!

[Tatiana]

101. Norm trying to play both sides of the coin.

I can't wait for Franken to take him out.

And, pray tell, what concerns did you raise Mr. Coleman?

[SeattleGirl]

104. Oh my! Is he a "concern troll"????

[Gelliebeans]

113. Those are the most annoying

I would much prefer the ones that do a drive by.

[SeattleGirl]

119. Me too.

[Gelliebeans]

108. To be honest Norm

has been waffling ever since the Scotsman kicked his ass in that hearing back in 2004.

[cui bono]

107. I'd rather listen to Norm from Cheers.

:toast:

[SeattleGirl]

112. Norm!!!!!

So would I, and I don't even LIKE Cheers!

[cui bono]

121. LOL

[Tatiana]

111. "Give this strategy a chance to work."

There is no "new" strategy. The "surge" is simply more of Bush's "stay the course." I wish we would make this point more often. We aren't doing anything differently, only throwing more American targets into the mix.

[SeattleGirl]

117. We've given it 5 fucking years.

I think that's more than long enough.

Hey George! Hey Repukes!

IT.

AIN'T.

WORKIN'!!!!

Got it?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

120. Or as Bush recently said on the Charlie Rose show, in true Bushism form

"Give my chance a plan"

[cui bono]

125. lmao!!! did he really say that?

:rofl:

It's so true and accurate.

[Horse with no Name]

124. The more wood you throw on a fire, the longer it burns

The more soldiers you throw on a war, the longer it goes.
That is all the surge was. Buying time.
I guess the appropriate question is WHY are we buying time?
Until all the warships are in place?
Seems funny to me that we are stacking warships in July, Iraqi parliament is leaving in August, yet we will "reevaluate" in September.
I've long ago given up on believing in coincidences.
"I" believe we are going to start a war with Iran at the end of August and THAT is the reason the Iraqi parliament is leaving town.

[Gelliebeans]

118. Admit it Norm

your finger isn't in the wind...it is somewhere else. :evilgrin:

[Hissyspit]

122. Good morning, folks. I feel like James Stewart in "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington"

Well, not quite. I'm usually up this late anyway lately. Coleman sounds a bit hoarse, though.

[SeattleGirl]

123. THREAD #15 HERE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1365016

[razzleberry]

129. is video of this on C-Span? .n/t

[Tatiana]

126. Listening to these Senators, I am amazed. They are all giving us lessons on Iraq.

And the Middle East. Iraq. Iran. Hezbollah. Jamas. Al Qaeda. Joran. Egypt. Sunnis. Shiites. Kurds.

They even have maps and visual aids.

So since Coleman and McCain and Sessions are such experts, how come they couldn't predict invading Iraq would result in civil war and sectarian violence? Why wouldn't they listen to military personnel who advised them they would need way more troops than they sent? Why in the hell would they sanction Bush's war policy, when it was inevitable that what's going on now would happen?