"I think if you kick a Republican in the heart, you're going to break your toe"

[cynatnite]

Republicans accused the Democrats of rushing through a 465-page health bill without giving them adequate opportunity to review its contents. They refused to agree to a customary waiver of the reading of the bill. When a clerk began reading the bill and missed the word "a," Republicans objected and asked that she read the bill correctly. She started over. She began Thursday afternoon and was still at it Friday afternoon when the committee adjourned without even voting on the bill.

The partisan rancor began early in the members' opening statements when Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said: "I think if you kick a Republican in the heart, you're going to break your toe."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/ap_on_go_co/children_s_insurance

:rofl:

[rasputin1952]

1. Like the R's never rammed a Bill down throats when they were in

charge....Hmmm..."Patriot Act" ring a bell? Amazing how fast that was put together, and no time to read the contents...PNAC at it's worst...x(

[aquart]

6. So WTF didn't WE demand a reading of the full bill?

We might have actually found out what was in it.

[rasputin1952]

8. There were calls to take time to read the entire Bill, but they were

derided as "unpatriotic" and the old saw, "not enough time, we need to protect America now!"

It was a WH driven mess, from the PNAC crowd. I can't see how they came up w/900+ pages of drivel in such a short period of time, but the GOP majority derided everyone who said they'd like to look it over first, made them look complicit to terrorism and the Taliban...it was ugly to see, and even uglier when it actually passed. It was the Classic congressional screw up when things go quickly through w/o debate and no oversight.

[zonmoy]

2. kind of hard to hurt your foot kicking something that doesn't exist.

repukes don't have hearts.

[mmonk]

4. Yep.

The whole premise is wrong.

[BlooInBloo]

3. It's because their hearts of chock full of compassion.

[EVDebs]

5. In SF the "banker's heart" has been removed and you really will break your toe if you kick it !

"Bank of America Building
Architectural Site, Financial District

The 52-story building of polished red granite and marble takes up nearly an entire downtown block. A massive, abstract, black-granite sculpture designed by the Japanese artist Masayuki Nagare commands the corner of the complex at Kearny and California streets. The work has been dubbed the Banker's Heart by local wags."

http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=san_francisco@137&cur_section=sig&property_id=400460

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. kick 'em anywhere else and you just splatter shit everywhere...

[LeftishBrit]

9. Sounds about right!

[spanone]

10. Obstructionists....the media seems to have lost this word in their vocabulary.

guess that only applies to dems