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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:32 AM Original message |
Republicans filibuster three bills yesterday. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. not good, but still important to get their roadblocks on the record. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. Democrats need to start making the Republicans do the 30 hour talk with EACH one of these. If |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Yeah. Shrugging and saying that they don't have the votes... |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. Could they revise the filibuster with an up or down vote? |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'd love to see that same determination on our side |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. This pisses me off. I've got two of the hardest working |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Everybody thinks theirs is the best |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Bernie Sander and Pat Leahy |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. They get outmaneuvered |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Then they need to get to work |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Gee, I think they have been working at that |
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terip64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Did you read the articles? |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. nuke em |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. These are the same bastards who wanted to kill the filibuster |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. and Newt tred to get rid of Dept of Education---THEN we got NCLB |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. Isn't that ironic? When the dems should have fillibustered things |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. First of all we'd need a vp |
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Trekologer (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. Funny... |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. You know .... |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. But there's lots of bipartisanship... |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Yes.. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. There was never any filibuster |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
13. If the corporate news media were fair about it, Repubs would be painted as obstructionists. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. and the last Congress was the Do Nothing Congress which never really caught in either. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
15. But they won't have any dry powder! |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. GMTA! nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. You really have to hand it to them.. They put their money where their mouths are |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. True |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
19. You have to give them credit |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. they also never look back, ---just make lemonade out of lemons |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
23. REC |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
29. And the Dems refused to filibuster these goons during the 109th |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:27 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. actually, the dems did filibuster |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. That's my point but technically I was wrong |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
31. funny, haven't heard the word 'obstructionists' . guess that applies to democrats |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. It helps when you own MSM and have them spinning |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
32. If a tree falls in the forest, and it's not on TV, did it make a sound? |
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f the letter (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
38. If there's a single thing in the Constitution that really _really_ matters, |
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