I’m trying to remember something that we passed under Bush that was this good

[alberg]

"House Republicans had little to complain about. They secured a slew of elements in the legislation that would’ve been difficult even under a Republican president.

“I’m trying to remember something that we passed under Bush that was this good,” one senior House Republican aide said."



Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46531_Page3.html

[xchrom]

1. i love amusing irony -- and this has that. nt

[alberg]

2. Laughing through the tears.

[Lucky 13]

3. excuse me for a moment...

:puke:


And that's how you know it's a shitty deal.

[Pholus]

4. I'm loving the bipartisanship. Course, they're still saying he's divisive nasty and mean.

But maybe the next capitulation will change that.

[alberg]

6. and the one after that, and the next one .............

[fasttense]

5. bush2.0, I bet you didn't expect that when you voted for Obama. n/t

[alberg]

10. I was on the mall Inauguration Day. I still can't believe what's happened in the last 2 years.

[leveymg]

7. The Patriot Act and The Iraq War resolution.

[alberg]

8. Has the Patriot Act been repealed?

[leveymg]

9. No, but it was almost as "good."

[alberg]

11. ?

[leveymg]

14. Had your irony meter checked, lately?

You know, it's next to the Check Engine light on the dashboard.

[alberg]

15. Confusion's page flies out the door .....

[leveymg]

16. Haiku?

[alberg]

17. You follow, find yourself at war

[leveymg]

18. Rarely follow. Follow whom?

Not sure I'm following you . . .

[bullwinkle428]

12. To paraphrase Barbara Bush, bipartisanship appears to be working out

VERY WELL for the Republicans!

[HopeHoops]

13. I passed a lot of gas while the shrub was in the White House - that's better than anything he signed