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Thu Dec-09-10 06:42 PM
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Reid voted YES on the defense bill, so we can assume the bill is dead as is. |
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Thu Dec-09-10 06:47 PM
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Edited on Thu Dec-09-10 06:48 PM by ProSense
it becomes a separate bill, maybe? Still, why was today such a circus? Root Canal'd! Lincoln Misses DADT Vote In Dentist Chair
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Thu Dec-09-10 07:08 PM
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5. It does seem weird that Reid rushed it to the floor as he did |
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I wonder if there is any way he can know which Senators are available - as it is not uncommon to leave. It did seem that he should not have been surprised on Manchin, as he is conservative enough to be a question - and thus should be questioned and lobbied.
Given that it was very close - with Lincoln there it would have been 58 - if Manchin was persuadable, that would have put intense pressure on Brown - who said he would vote for it - and was lavishly praised by MA papers for that.
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Thu Dec-09-10 06:47 PM
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2. I thought Lieberman and Collins are bringing it back |
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Thu Dec-09-10 06:49 PM
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3. Now there's a team! Holy Christ. Lieberman and Collins. The Senate is totally useless. nt |
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Thu Dec-09-10 07:02 PM
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4. Liebermann is usually pretty good on social issues |
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He pretty much is awful though.
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Thu Dec-09-10 07:11 PM
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7. I don't trust him on this. He is working for McCain and Palin, his dear friends. |
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This is one big act by him to try to get votes when he runs in CT again.
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Thu Dec-09-10 07:13 PM
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8. Check his "non-warmongering" voting record. Ending DADT is consistent with that side of Liebermann |
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(at least let me have a little hope, LOL)
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Thu Dec-09-10 07:18 PM
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10. Please keep hoping. I gave up on that ($^@!&#/) republican in 2008. |
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Thu Dec-09-10 07:08 PM
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6. Yes. This bill is dead. Their bill is the new version. (nt) |
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Thu Dec-09-10 07:17 PM
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9. Well they fucked that up. Nice job. |
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I know Susan Collins pulls this kind of shit for attention so Senators will beg for her vote, and Manchin has showed himself to be a dick the second he got elected, but the WTF was up with Murkowski who said she'd support it? I guess she's a liar.
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Thu Dec-09-10 07:19 PM
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11. All the republicans and are liars. It looks like Manchin is no better than the teabagger he ran |
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Thu Dec-09-10 07:26 PM
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12. No, Manchin is better than the teabagger... |
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..just not by that much.
It was basically a conservative (Manchin) versus a batshit insane teabagger (Raese).
Sometimes we are just going to have to accept that to get a vote for our leadership in the House and Senate will mean significantly sacrificing political purity.
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