|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:46 PM Original message |
We Are Being Gamed! Feingold's "Censure" Motion |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hard to say. Is this cover for something or someone? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Nothing so glamorous |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Attacking Feingold for taking action won't help convince other Senators to take action. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Action? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Feingold is not the enemy |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Bullshit |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Who was the lone vote against the Patriot Act and the first to call for a timetable to withdrawal? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I second that, pstans. Convincing and right to the point. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Once again. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Where is your post criticising the other 99 Senators? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Right here |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
49. BINGO. YEt-----an endorcement by ANY Senator carries much weight. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
38. This is no more the right action than running off a cliff is. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. Were you really expecting more?? After all, he is a politician first. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I expect him to uphold his oath |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Maybe you should send him a copy of the oath he took. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. and how is he supposed to do that? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I see |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Interesting... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Strange that it is interesting |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
81. I saw new Dem Senator Sheldon Whitehorse who's a pitbull on the Judiciary Committee |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. For some years now I have admired Russell Feingold. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I guess that makes you part of the problem! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Or part of the process by which solutions are found. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. However you want to look at, it is still a problem to me. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Then, if you are a Wisconsin citizen, and dislike him, vote for someone else. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. I'm not. But if I were I wouldn't. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Nor would anybody here force you to. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Baseless? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Some of us pay fairly close attention to matters, yes. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. Please, then. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Your posts today require no deep look. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. How mature |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. For having trouble posting, you seem to be quite the adept at the |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Oh, now I'm a liar? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. There's no integrity to question. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Really? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I'm responding to your thread here. Not someone else's. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Then please. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. This isn't Burger King, buddy. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Okay... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. You present false choices. The polls are not at all consistent in |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ProgressiveFool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
83. Correction: he is concerned with how History will see Bush |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. If anyone is interested in Senator Feingold's actual positions in the |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. You are not alone in your admiration for the man |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I'm with ya. And twelve sounds closer to it than one. He's a good soul. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. Feingold standing up for the Constitution |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Feingold standing up for Feingold |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I believe that Feingold is missing the mark. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Any gesture that does not satisfy your requirement is useless? Not so. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Interesting metaphore |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. The allusion is to the Bush administration in its sand castle. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. OK I've read you rant on about Feingold on this thread (which was a cut and paste from your blog- |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
72. It is an easy list - here you go: |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. how is he not doing these things already? he's asking for Censure |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
man4allcats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
34. Apparently there IS a way to IMPEACH without waiting |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Thank you |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
75. all that does |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
40. gee whiz, let`s throw |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. Yeah we know you want impeachment, but that power rest with the house. So don't poo |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. You think censure is the Senate's best possible effort? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. Well all you had to offer in your OP was impeachment, Russ can't do that |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
44. Thanks for using the word urgency |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Alizaryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
45. IMO I don't see anything that |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
47. The Senate doesn't start impeachment proceedings, the House does |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. I am not throwing Feingold under any bus. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
53. As you know, it's the House that impeaches, the Senate serves as a jury of 100. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
54. Oh! We're being gamed! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I pick Door No. 3. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. It still sounds like we're being swept under the rug n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #54 |
71. Oh, opps I fell for it. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #71 |
79. Why don't you look |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
60. I find this post extremely offensive. Russ Feingold is doing everything |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. I agree. Hit the... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
61. Just out of curiosity.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #61 |
78. My Senators |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
67. dupe |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
68. 1. Impeachment starts in the House. 2. Russ Feingold is one of the best Senators we have. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JacquesMolay (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
70. Maybe censure with conditions .... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Tell that to our soldiers |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
74. Man, some of you are gooood |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 07:14 AM Response to Reply #74 |
80. I'd suggest you head over to FR, where TRUE unmitigated hero worship has been occurring since Dec |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
82. does anyone feel if the Congress balks at censure, impeachment |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Wed Apr 24th 2024, 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC