What is with the Republicans' obsession

[Proud Liberal Dem]

with "going back to the drawing board" or "starting over with a clean sheet of paper"?

:wtf:

Like with HCR, financial reform was being carefully negotiated between Republicans and Democrats alike to produce a final BIPARTISAN bill and now the Republicans seem to be backing out of negotiations on financial reform, stomping their feet, and declaring that we need to "go back to the drawing board". If all the Republicans want (as they claim) is for some *reasonable* changes to be made to the bill so that they can support it (which they never will), then WHY do we need to START ALL OVER??? Does this line poll well for them or something? Most people don't get to "go back to the drawing board" whenever changes need to be made to something. Does Congress need to "start all over" every time somebody wants something changed/tweaked now????

:wtf:

The Republicans have turned Congress into a freaking joke with their constant sideshow antics.
:banghead:

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Because blank paper is the only thing most of them can understand.

Anything with words or numbers really bends their minds.

[KingFlorez]

2. It's dressing up obstructionism

Saying "let's go back to the drawing board" makes it look like they actually want to do something, but they have no intention of doing anything.

[MrModerate]

3. Solid achievements by a democratic Congress scare them silly . . .

Which is not to say that they aren't silly all the time anyway.

[MadMaddie]

4. The other excuse they use is the legislation is moving too fast

[Xipe Totec]

5. Could We Start Again Please?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ACM-4mbpuQ

[jwirr]

6. Simple delay tactics.

[applegrove]

7. They want no government. They will accept nothing that is 'liberal'. That is why

every bit of legislation (proposed or current) has to be wiped out.

[Historic NY]

8. do over, do over...just another way to stall, delay, obfuscate

[Lint Head]

9. Because a blank sheet of paper is white. The longer they stare

at a white sheet of paper the longer they don't have to look at anything black.

[BlueCaliDem]

10. They're the gatekeepers of pro-corporate America

... and the status quo at minimum. They've got theirs so who cares if others are suffering? Too bad, right? Should've been born into a family with lots of connections and if you weren't, tough.

Taxpayers are sheep for their corporate benefactors. In turn, they get a lot of moolah for their campaign coffers to keep the status quo going. They're simply in government to pass the buck - literally and figuratively - and corporate media is there to make sure this doesn't change.

[theoldman]

11. I do not recall a bill backed by Republicans that reformed anything

related to the economy. Reform means to add controls and this is not what Republicans want. How are you going to cheat people if you have any reform.

[havocmom]

12. They want the 'clean sheet of paper' to be a nullification of the past 2 elections

They want a do-over because they lost.

I truly believe it boils down to that.

But, perhaps they are reaching the 'negotiation' stage of the five stages of grief? The rank and file wingers are stuck in the anger stage.

[gratuitous]

13. Four-year-olds often want a do-over

No difference at all, really.

[ashling]

14. When they wanted to do HCR in increments

I had the idea of a political cartoon in which the Democrats and Republicans submitted the idea to Solomon. This is the roughidea I had, but I never got it any farther than this:



Solomon says: We'll cut the legislative baby into increments

Republican: Go for it

Dem: But that will kill the entire measure!

In the final, the one pleading was going to be the dem.

at the bottom I was going to have two Israelite gaurds dragging the elephant away

[tomm2thumbs]

15. their brain has a cache the size of a floppy disk - single density

they can't handle too much without becoming useless and needing a reformat

[Proud Liberal Dem]

16. Does this play well with the public?

The Dems should be ridiculing the Repubs mercilessly about their obsession with "starting over" and I certainly hope their ad-makers are taking note for the upcoming midterms. I can't believe that these kind of tactics make the Repubs look more attractive to the average voter and the oh-so-cherished "independents". This is the kind of BS that we're apparently going to have to deal with for as long as there are Republicans in Congress? We definitely need to devise some kind of comeback/long-term strategy for this.
What really kills me is that it seems like there are NO *sane* Republicans left to work with. You see flashes of clarity from people like Snowe, Collins, Grassley, Lugar, Graham, Corker, et. al but before you know it, they get whipped right back into supporting the party (hard-)line preventing anything from moving forward. The Republicans just can't put ANYTHING above party anymore- just to see President Obama and the Democrats fail. They've really become more like a cult than a political party. How/why will Dems get punished for doing nothing (or not getting as much done) when having to deal with antics like these on a daily basis now?

[TwilightGardener]

17. "Starting over" = no accomplishments for Democrats.

[PufPuf23]

18. Legislating is far more about "winning" or

"losing" than about the actual content now.

The GOP would rather harm the country than have the Democratic party pass legislation (and "win").

The crazy (carrying guns at political rallies) is getting unbelievably out of hand and unbelievably allowed.

Imagine the response by authorities, if one came to an anti-war or anti-free trade/globalization or pro-gay/women/minority rights demonstration armed.

Ironic, as the GOP fights policy content in legislation that has tended to be to the right of Nixon and to favor vested interests over the general public good.

Unfortunate in that the GOP clowns have some success and are media supported in general.

[WeDidIt]

19. It's a delaying tactic

IF they go back to a clean sheet pof paper, no bill will come up for a vote prior to the election.