*********OFFICIAL SENATE THREAD 20 ****************

[bdamomma]

Here is thread 19

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1365838

KICK

[trashcanistanista]

1. Before I get started, thank you to all on the

night shift for keeping these threads going, it is greatly appreciated!

edited for can't spell until I've had my coffee

[MrMickeysMom]

6. Understood... I ws up untol 4 AM

I'm gonna visit the thread at least untol this 11:00 AM vote, or something else happens.

[harun]

What vote is at 11 AM?

[MrMickeysMom]

25. I believed it was a vote for cloture... someone confirm this to check me...

[Solly Mack]

2. It is optional, jerk...we invaded for lies and trumped up evidence

so our being in Iraq has always been optional

[bdamomma]

4. who is up talking now. ?

[Solly Mack]

7. Cornyn

[MrMickeysMom]

11. John Cornyn the thug from Texas

Fear and fear again!

[MrMickeysMom]

3. Thanks, alyce douglas!

John Cornyn is repeating what all the other fear mongers have said.

Lame argument!

FUD!

[bdamomma]

9. no problem!!!

Cornyn another sleazy repig.

[Wednesdays]

5. WTF??

Can anyone make sense of his argument?? :wtf:

[Solly Mack]

10. he just compared Iraq to ending slavery in America

However, I'm not claiming he made any sense

[MrMickeysMom]

14. Well - John should have a family history of feeling comfortable with slavery

in one form or another.

These Republicans are BRAIN DEAD

[Wednesdays]

15. Weird analogies abound...

He asked something like, "How can pull the troops out when we can't even get our own Social Security right?"

[blondeatlast]

19. Yilkes--would you please post that here as well?

And give my little thread a mercy kick?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1366337

Thanks.

Edit: I suppose a link would be helpful! :rofl:

[Solly Mack]

he wouldn't know his ass from a hole in the ground

[ticapnews]

8. Does anyone have a GOP headcount?

We need 10. Last I knew we had three:
Snowe
Smith
Hagel

[Jack Bone]

22. I just called my Sen. Mr. Lugar...got the answering machine

left a message asking him to support Levin-Reed...

[ticapnews]

12. Cornyn's pants are on fire!

And his nose is getting awfully long...

[harun]

17. I can't even understand him, is he even forming sentences.

All I hear is Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda, Enemies, War, Al-Qaeda, blah blah.

[bdamomma]

13. those sleazy repigs were probably arm twisting last nite/early a.m.

for certain senators not to come over to our side.

[comtec]

20. To be fair both sides do it

the difference is the dem's don't threated families and mean it!

[Solly Mack]

16. That man is seriously stupid

[MrMickeysMom]

18. "War is an interactive affair" ???? I don't think it interacts

...with theh likes of the American people YOU know..

Fear, fear, fear,

Al Qaeda Al Qaeda Al Qaeda

FUCK YOU, John... interactively!

Does everyone notice how Anbar province is the example these assholes keep using?

[MrMickeysMom]

21. Dick Durbin's up!

[blondeatlast]

23. And I'm heading for the tube--see you in an hour! nt

[bdamomma]

24. Yes!!

[harun]

26. Durbin is kickin Repug butt (n/t)

[MrMickeysMom]

27. Mr. Obama! 1 minute

[harun]

28. Obama in the HOUSE !!! (oops, I mean Senate)

[MrMickeysMom]

32. I hope he's not taking a defense posture from the comments made

... about the Senate trying to call the shots.

The dog, as they say, will not hunt!

[Cameron27]

31. Did he just give up his full time to speak?

I don't understand what just happened.

[MrMickeysMom]

35. He'll come back, he ws to have spoken at 6 AM, but delayed...

[Cameron27]

38. Thanks, I thought he was just submitting

a written statement.

[Solly Mack]

29. Oh NO...sorry....but Congress has its share of people who harm America

and that means they are not "patriots"

[blogslut]

30. not enuff Obama!

grrr

[comtec]

34. How long was he on?

sorry can't stream, im dependent on the kindness of Duers :)

[blogslut]

54. a minute

and he entered a written statement into the record.

You can't stream at all? Not even a radio stream? C-Span has a radio stream too.

[comtec]

69. company policy

and i don't want to push my luck until I get a contract! LOL :)
I usually just DL what i want to listen to (Rachel maddow and sometimes randy since morning sedition is gone :cry: )

[Bodhi BloodWave]

77. What did you expect him to do tho?

He was supposed to have spoken at an earlier time but the backlog of others delayed him so he did not have a chance.

About the only thing he could have done was totally disregard the rules and make some noise et al(and everybody knows what both the reps and media would play that), so instead he got his views added into the log and stated some things in short

[blogslut]

83. I'm not mad, I'm just dissappointed

I love listening to him speak.

[Bodhi BloodWave]

107. i'll agree that

its usually quite nice to listen to him speak as he tends to speak calmly, logically and with a fair dose of common sense.

Sounded a little bit like anger tho so i had to make sure :pals:

I do look forward to them finishing with this tho, i want to sleep but refuse to go to sleep until its done since i've watched from the start(just not been posting on here)

[blogslut]

110. I fell asleep listening

Woke up a couple hours ago. I missed John Kerry. I probably missed a lot of great stuff. Oh well. I'm am just so proud of this brilliant move by Harry Reid.

[Bodhi BloodWave]

118. hehe

I'll likely be sick from the amount of apple tea i've been drinking to stay awake

Hopefully you have slept well tho, and yes you missed a number of great things(and yes, it was a brilliant move)

[MiniMe]

33. How do you know when you are a CSPAN junkie?

When you recognize the voices of the Senators

[Jack Bone]

36. LOL!!

[MrMickeysMom]

37. You are so right!

wb, MiniMe

I believe you started the thread last night.

[MiniMe]

40. Yup, I started the "official" threads so we could keep everything together

Thanks for the wb. And thanks to everybody who kept these threads going

[MrMickeysMom]

39. Hey, I just recognized old man McCain before looking at his sorry ass!

[halobeam]

43. that qualifies me....

:rofl:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

66. true dat.

:spray:

[Solly Mack]

41. "not change course UNTIL September"

Get what the republicans are doing?

They will say they waited until they had information from the "generals on the ground"...so they aren't "cut and runners"...they gave "it time to work"...unlike the Democrats...

[Jack Bone]

51. 28 days of Iraqi Parliament sessions..

until the generals come back w/ their advice....13 days left in July..then 15 in September...the whole month of August, the Iraqi Parliament will be on vacation...so in 28 days the Iraqi's have to accomplish something that they haven't done in 4 years....yeah right!!

[bdamomma]

78. the only change will be more dead soldiers and civlians

and I do not trust Petreaus at all.

[Solly Mack]

80. true....but watch how they spin it in September

[me b zola]

129. And Dems should counter with...

Dems should counter with the names and faces of every GI that dies between now and Sept. and statistics from the same time period of GIs who recieved serious injury.

[Wednesdays]

42. McCain: this whole thing has been staged for the press

Yeah, that damn librul press...

[halobeam]

44. Why is Biden speaking after the vote on this?

doesn't make sense to me.

[Skidmore]

46. So is that campaign speech he's giving.

Who the hell wrote that overwrought bit of dramatic rhetoric? He must have fired his speechwriter too.

[MrMickeysMom]

50. Well... ya see, he's outta money... Desparately staying the course!

[Skidmore]

53. I'm waiting for him to get that crazed grin on his face and try that lame

line he used in that one debate about pursuing Osama to the gates of hell.

[MrMickeysMom]

58. I'm sure it's coming any minute

[ljm2002]

49. Yes, and it's a sop to "antiwar activists"...

...that son-of-a-bitch!!!!!

Never mind that a clear majority of voters want us to get out of Iraq, he calls all of us "antiwar activists" in order to dismiss and minimize the wishes of the majority of the population.

[ticapnews]

75. Anti war activists...aka 70% of the American people.

[bdamomma]

81. they love finding a scapegoats huh?

oh, god, what a stupid remark, yea right blame the activists.

[blogslut]

45. Oh McCain

Condescention doesn't suit you, you tiny heartless man.

[halobeam]

48. he REALLY is "out there" isn't he!!!

[MrMickeysMom]

47. J'Had!!! Al Qaeda! Staging for the masses! That's McCain

Go fuck y ourself, Joh McCain....

[Cameron27]

52. I hope to God they remove you from office McCain,

[Solly Mack]

55. Give it up, McCrutch. You're a loser...nothing but

[MrMickeysMom]

56. We're already unsatisfied with your failure.

Retire.. now, John.

You know absolutely nothing. We're not your fucking children.

I'm betting the peole of AZ want you gone as badly as I do.

[crappyjazz]

57. McCain doesn't think listening to Americans

is important ...

Guess what McCain? they probably don't think listening to YOU is important either

[blondeatlast]

70. Huh? Was my Senator speaking?

:evilgrin:

[Wednesdays]

59. "I can't endanger the people I represent..."

Those people wouldn't be CEOs of Halliburton, Exxon, Conoco, etc...would they? Nahh...

[Solly Mack]

60. I'm certain McCrutch is full of shit

[halobeam]

61. so full, he's oozing

[comtec]

63. After THAT all nighter?

Wouldn't you be?
god his pampers must be over ... nevermind...

[Solly Mack]

67. Oh, I'm sure he knew where to borrow a clean one

[Solly Mack]

62. Oh please..like you're not counting on being dead before history judges you

Coward

[zanne]

74. Don't worry, solly Mack....

Only the good die young.

[Cameron27]

64. Schumer

give them hell over cut and run Chuck!

[ticapnews]

65. Go Schumer

Cut and Run is the ultimate soundbite

[Jack Bone]

68. Chuck's still wearing that wonderful tie!!

:thumbsup: :applause:

[ticapnews]

71. When Bush has to withdraw the troops, will Republicans accuse him of cut and run?

Good question...

[Solly Mack]

73. No..they'll say he waited to listen to the generals and that he gave it time

and that he is basing his decision on facts....

that's how they'll excuse it

[Wednesdays]

72. Reed is on for 3 minutes

nt

[Wednesdays]

76. Reed: "After 4 years of occupation and no progress...

how do they think a few more weeks would make a difference?"

[bdamomma]

90. Yes, that is my Senator!!!

just more dead soldiers and civilians Senator Reed.

[MrMickeysMom]

79. You go, now Carl Levin

Both barrels, please

[Wednesdays]

82. Levin: these are THEIR political mistakes!

He's on fire...

[MrMickeysMom]

84. You ARE the fucking twilite zone, Mr. McConnel

I fucking hate this motherfucking liar.

[halobeam]

86. ooo he makes me cuss OUT LOUD

[MrMickeysMom]

87. Like THAT means alot.. quoting LIEberman!

[Solly Mack]

85. McCONnell up..and as usual.....the shit flows across the floor

[Solly Mack]

89. Dude...anyone quoting Lieberman as a sign of something good

is in serious need of a brain

[MrMickeysMom]

92. You can't understand, Mitch

Because you have no soul to engage with your facsist brain.

[Solly Mack]

96. I don't want to understand him...ever

but I would like to put him in a cage and study him....

[MiniMe]

88. McConnell praising Lieberman

:puke: :puke:

[bdamomma]

94. sleaze and more sleaze

it's really sickening isn't it?

[VP505]

91. Good Grief

now we have Bitch McConnell kissing LieBerputz ass, blah, blah blah thank you LieBerputz, blah, blah, blah.:puke:

[blogslut]

93. So, is the cloture vote still gonna happen @ 11AM ET?

????

[Jack Bone]

99. it'll be a few minutes after 11am..est

[blogslut]

108. thnx

:)

[comtec]

101. oh god i hope so!

its nearly 5pm here, which makes it nearly 11am in DC.
I just want this to end. We know how it will probably end. There is nothing, NOTHING this congress has done for 12 LOOONNNGGGGG gop-hateful-controlled years that surprises me anymore. The dems, love them as i do, have really no will anyway. I want, WANT to believe that this can pass, go on, and cause the * W.H. a huge pain in the ass, but it's probably going to die on the floor in 9 minutes. may god forgive us, we are about to loose what little liberty we had.

-A tired patriot in exile -but not as tired as many on this board right now.

[gauguin57]

95. I tried to follow along last night, but my Comcast cable system puts baseball on C-Span 2 sometimes.

Can you believe it? I'm trying to watch Democracy in Action -- see what the Senate is doing in my name -- and Comcast doesn't have another lame sports channel where they can put a baseball game -- so sometimes they just pre-empt C-Span 2 and put the freaking ballgame on. Like last night.
Makes me NUTS!!!!!

Oh, and I still have dialup, so watching online is difficult.

[comtec]

104. ZIE REICH WING STRIKES AGAIN!

IIRC komkast is a very RW owned company, as you obviously noticed.
try the audio stream on Cspan 2. low BW and you still get the important bits :)

[marmar]

97. If you gave McConnell an enema....

He'd weigh about 11 ounces.

[blondeatlast]

98. Argh--McConnell. Just who ARE our "allies" anyway, Mitchie? nt

[Solly Mack]

100. the invasion of Iraq was a failure from the word "invade"

[blondeatlast]

103. Ain't that the damn truth. nt

[bdamomma]

105. yea, and we will be paying for years to come.

they/we need to get this a$$hole of pResident out on his a$$.

[MrMickeysMom]

102. Harry Reid... PLEEEEEEEZE given Hell!

[comtec]

106. OK.. streaming the last 10 minutes

10 minutes won't get me in too much trouble.
it's the end of the day, and nothing gets done after 5 here in Europe anyway ;)

-A naughty patriot in exile

[blogslut]

111. Well, don't get in trubble

But I'm glad you're watching.

[comtec]

120. just listening

less BW useage that way :)

[ticapnews]

109. Did McConnell talk about "gags and giggles"?

So that's how Republicans spend the hours during a filibuster about ending a bloody occupation that is costing $10,000,000,000 a month and is destroying the men and women of our armed forces...

That's an interesting insight into the Republican caucus.

[bdamomma]

112. they are despicable men, and they do not care about those troops.

and Iraqi people.

[LSK]

113. Reid calls for a prayer before the vote

:rofl:

[LSK]

114. new thread?

[IChing]

117. Vote is going on a good time to do it

:)

[LSK]

119. nevermind

[Bonobo]

115. Here's the Prayer that puts the lie to our claim of religious freedom

Why the hell do we pray in our Congress anyway? WTF?

If we saw the Iranians do it, we would have no problem labelling them as "whack jobs"...

[Jack Bone]

116. wow...that prayer was powerfull...

O8)

[comtec]

121. is/can anyone kepe a runnign tally? :)

im impatient lol

[Jack Bone]

123. it's not gonna pass..

Lugar...no....you tool!!

[Deb]

124. Tried but couldn't hear the votes

We'll have to wait, I'm not expecting the 60 needed.

[bdamomma]

122. NEW THREAD UP

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1367230

[shireen]

125. cannot access new thread nt

[Wednesdays]

126. Votes

So far--

Yea: 52


Nay: 32



Don't know who hasn't yet voted. :shrug:

[ticapnews]

127. Both NH Senators voted No

Help Sununu see the error of his ways by going to:
http://www.stevemarchand.com/

[EVDebs]

128. Is this the Senate website to follow the vote count ?

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00251