Posted on 01/30/2006 6:17:45 PM PST by dukeman
The left-wing moonbats have been pounding their keyboards and telephone buttons since around January 27th in a fevered attempt to block the Alito confirmation. They’re pulling out all the stops, and their hair, in the effort. Their emotional roller coaster ride include fear, hatred, conspiracy paranoia, and fatalism. What do you do when your world is closing in around you and you’re gasping for air? Here are the DU moonbats in their own words:
Onlooker (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-26-06 08:33 PM>br> Original message
Seems to me we desperately need something new about Alito
For those Senators who have announced that they would not support a filibuster and those who are truly undecided, someone, somewhere needs to find something new about Alito that's unpleasant, unflattering, or even scandalous. It's the only way to give the cowardly senators cover. I know someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows Alito's sister, who is supposedly an even more right-wing lawyer that her brother. Who knows, maybe she's so scary that it would make Alito seem even worse.
Is there any kind of research those of us who live near big universities or who use computers could do? If anyone has any ideas on how to try to find something new, please post it.
rzemanfl Thu Jan-26-06 08:39 PM
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3. Read somewhere he lied about his grandfather. Don't
remember where. Big help, right? Sorry, but I have to stealth surf at the salt mine.
seabeyond Thu Jan-26-06 08:41 PM
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4. we had people ready to walk from party without filibuster, and now we dont have enough on the man????
if we dont have enough on the man, why were so many emailing and calling senators to filibuster?
yankeedem Thu Jan-26-06 08:45 PM>br> Response to Original message
10. Only dead girl/live boy would stop him now
Thanks "moderate" Dems!
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rucky Fri Jan-27-06 01:33 AM
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Does anyone else get the feeling this is all a big act?
This Senator won't filibuster, that one's not making any decisions yet. Sources say so-and-so isn't on board the filibuster. A good friend told me in a mass email that an intern in Senator Fuzzlenut's office said to call Senator Bigglesworth. Then at the 11th hour, Senator Blankety-Blank launches a final push for a filibuster.
I'd like to think this is all a big "poker game," you know, not letting the opposition (or the constituents) know what they're up to. But come on, the GOP already stated what they'd do with the "nuc-e-lar option." They're prepared, and a surprise filibuster won't shake them.
My gut is leading me to believe that this "are-we or aren't we?" drama is being set up to the keep the party base from up-and revolting when next week comes and the fili doesn't run. Would it be a stretch to guess that the Dems (and Repubs) in the Senate have been talking to each other about this, and have pretty much known what they'd be doing even before the Alito hearing started? If our 44 haven't at least been planning amongst themselves, we have a serious unity problem that will not lead us through the next 3 years of hell. If they are unified, then why the big show?
Meanwhile we're working hard to stop this conformation, and a few key Senators are leading a push in what's sort of a good cop/bad cop act, so in the end, when we lose another battle, they can all throw up our arms and say "we tried, but we just didn't have enough votes." Then we can take our frustrations out on the 2 or 3 "DINOS" whose seats are safe anyway. We've seen this pattern before on key votes in both houses. Another line they like to use is, "the public support of the constituents was just not there." That's a nice and unverifiable way to shift blame.
I still hope the filibuster happens, it just seems like there's something ingenuous about the mixed messages we're getting from our Senators. It tells me this deal - like most other deals - was already settled in the back-room.
Can you blame me for being so cynical about this?
rwenos Fri Jan-27-06 01:36 AM
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1. Sure It's An Act
The Semate Dem's are looking rather feeble. No one can articulate a message. No one can do anything but carp.
Where are all the giants?
FreedomAngel82 Fri Jan-27-06 01:44 AM
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6. I've been wondering too
Why else is Frist trying to hurry up and get this through the Senate? I think more is going on behind the scenes than we think. Remember what happened when Reid closed the Senate. It came out of nowhere because Frist would have stopped them. So maybe they have a plan in case and are seeing what we're wanting them to do. I hope we don't get this fool on the court. He can't be there.
chimpymustgo Fri Jan-27-06 02:30 AM
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11. This is why I'm awake at frigging 2:30 am EST. This has been in my gut all day long. The back and forth. The in and out. Who's zooming who.
I'll keep calling, and fighting. But if this comes down ugly on Monday, it's over for me.
SoCalDemGrrl Fri Jan-27-06 02:35 AM
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13. Maybe the Dems are playing a great poker hand....
with the sons of bitches Repubs, it's wise not to tip your hand too early.... hope we will all be suprised on Monday....... Frist may wish he never called for a cloture vote..
Fingers crossed and KEEP THOSE CALLS AND LETTERS COMING!!!!!
in_cog_ni_to Fri Jan-27-06 07:39 AM
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22. I just watched The National Press Club, The Democrat's State of the Union luncheon from yesterday, Thursday and Dick Durbin said that you have to be able to count. HIS job is to count the Senators who would support a filibuster and he didn't count enough to support it. He said it was still a possibility, but HIGHLY UNLIKELY. They have discussed this for weeks in their Dem caucus and just didn't have the support for it. As usual, the Democrats wanted to tell US, the base, to F*** OFF.
SO, in light of Durbin's statement yesterday, I'd have to say we're being PLAYED like a fiddle. I'm willing to wait to see how this plays out, but I suspect I know already what will happen.
On the other hand, this may be a poker play by the Dems and they aren't showing their hand? I just don't know anymore. It's possible they want to blindside the repukes. They may actually have the the support, but don't want the repukes to know? Durbin is a pretty straight forward guy. If he says there's not support, I tend to believe him. Then again, his remarks could be part of the plan. I don't know what to believe.
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Leftchick Wed Jan-25-06 07:19 PM
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I am Ready to Leave the USA. Any Suggestions of Where to Live?
I would love to go to Canada but it seems we may be too old by the time we are able to leave in about two years. I am also considering Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico but any civilized non-fascist country will do. Please, any suggestions, help and/or links are greatly appreciated.
I am hoping for no "stay and fight" or "coward" responses. I have two young boys who deserve to have a real future. That is not going to happen in this country.
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mopaul Tue Jan-24-06 05:38 PM
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Why aren't more Americans Extremely Alarmed?
Are we the only ones on the edge of panic? Why are so few people interested in voting or what's happeining to their country? Why do most folks not even realize the danger we are all in?
Please join me in my lonely panic.
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cali Thu Jan-26-06 03:16 PM
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Check In Here If You're Still Sane
and find the attacks on Senator Byrd and Nelson beyond the pale, if you're not surprised by Lieberman voting against Alito, because you know enough about him to realize that he's actually fairly liberal on most domestic issues including choice. Check in if you understand that Roe is still protected by a slim majority on the court.
Yes, I wanted the dems to filibuster. I thought it was a risky enterprise that probably wouldn't work, and could be damaging, but I thought it was worth it for the opportunity to bring the dangers Alito presents, to the public. I'm deeply disturbed by the thought of Alito on the court. I'm also disturbed by the venom being spewed by some around these parts. It's really ugly. And it's ignorant. For those of you posting some of this invective, try being less reactionary and more reflective. And a little less passionate intensity might help too.
"The worst are filled with passionate intensity, while the best lack all conviction."
I know exactly what Yeats meant.
sparosnare Thu Jan-26-06 03:22 PM
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2. Emotions are running high right now.
I understand that you're venting, but it's probably not a good idea to write a post like this. Besides, Kerry may still filibuster. Don't throw in the towel just yet.
Neecy Thu Jan-26-06 03:23 PM
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3. I think valid criticism is fine...
Byrd's vote outraged me, given his lip service to the Constitution, but I *do* think that the klan remarks are beyond the pale.
If you think today is bad, wait until the vote itself. I don't think we've really seen anger yet.
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Dr.Phool Fri Jan-27-06 06:13 PM
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Sorry Senator Byrd. You sure picked the wrong day. Up yours!!
I've been out all day collecting signature cards for my friend and congressional candidate, John Russell. I'm tired, and just wanted to get the mail, have a cocktail and relax, because we'll be back getting cards tomorrow and Sunday too.
I noticed I had a letter from you in the mail. What could this be?
A goddamned fundraising letter for your campaign! The day after you announced that you were going to support Alito!!! Had I received this letter earlier in the week, I would have sent you a check. But I would have stopped payment on it yesterday. What I will do however is use your post-paid envelope, and send my reply to you. UP YOURS!
I've always enjoyed your eloquent speeches on the Senate floor. But now they ring hollow. Just maybe, you've finally become too addled with age or dementia to think clearly. Maybe it's time to hang it up. With the deaths of all the coal miners in your state this week, you're going to vote to approve a fascist to the SCOTUS, who believes they have no recourse for their deaths.
And take me off your mailing list for the future. You'll save a lot of postage.
On Par Fri Jan-27-06 06:22 PM
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8. Disappointed - Absolutely. Shocked - No.
Why not? Byrd comes from a state of Bible thumpers and gun toters. They've voted Republican in the past two Nat'l elections and he needs to curry favor. So, no, I'm not shocked, I just realize he's catering to his base where they believe that everything can be solved by either more Jesus or more guns.
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DoYouEverWonder Sat Jan-14-06 08:48 AM
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If Samual Alito is confirmed for the Supreme Court
it will be the final nail in the coffin of our democracy. The USA will soon be turned into a military state.
This is what is coming when BushCo solidifies their control of all three branches of government. This is why the stakes are so high.
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benburch Thu Jan-26-06 10:35 AM
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When do we abandon the political process?
Serious question here;
At what point do we rebel against the removal of the Democratic elements of our government?
At what point does sending faxes and hoisting signs become futile?
At what point do we become a nation of Refuseniks, and begin the destruction of the Republican Dictatorship by;
• Quitting,
• Striking,
• Calling out sick,
• Slowing down,
• Misfiling,
• Freecycling,
• Boycotting,
• Refusing to spend money.
• Refusing to watch television,
• And generally being individual obstructions to the smooth running of the fascist state?
Folks, we have to HURT them.
Our opposition is the monied class.
We are the working class.
They cannot exist without our cooperation.
DESTROY THEM.
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bertha katzenengel Fri Jan-27-06 05:17 PM
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this has been a miserable f***ing day
i woke with the headache from the bowels of hell
i barfed up my lunch in three parts and have just now begun to settle down - thank f*** all
my boss is an absolutely miser-f***ing-able communicator
nothing give me joy, there is nothing to look forward to, i just don't f***king care about s*** right now
no replies necessary, this was a just a venting rant
we'll see if it does me any good by the time i get home
/rant
edit: and another thing: DU GD/GD-Alito are almost as f***ed up as my day was. someone get in there with some raid & lysol. i've been skipping the front page as fast as possible because i don't even want to see the angry, judgemental thread titles
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LiberalAndProud Mon Jan-30-06 10:38 AM
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I need a hug.
Lobbying a solid Dem here today to beg for one more phone call to Hagel & Nelson. The response, "It won't make any difference."
My reply, "It won't if you do nothing for sure."
Did he pick up the phone? No! Do you have to be a defeatist to be a Democrat?
: end rant :
debbierlus Mon Jan-30-06 10:48 AM
Response to Reply #7
8. Keep calling - We can keep calling!
Don't let one defeatist get you down!
They are a dime a dozen.
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Armstead Mon Jan-30-06 12:47 PM
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BREAKING-- "Gang of 14 to fight against filibuster
According to CNN, the so-called "Gang of 14" will meet to block a filibuster this afternoon.
So if there are any halfway sane Democrats on that group, they need to be contacted fast.
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benburch Mon Jan-30-06 01:19 PM
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We are going to win this one if we keep up the pressure! We have turned the tide, and the GOP is losing.
The meeting of the "Gang of 14" is simply the meeting they agreed upon if a filibuster became an issue, and will decide whether the gang will stick together and allow the filibuster without the nuclear option or not. This does not decide cloture, but rather is about the nuclear option. (Which the GOP does not now have the balls to pull off anyway.)
We will defeat Alito!
Keep calling!
Keep FAXing!
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debbierlus Mon Jan-30-06 01:04 PM
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WE MUST VISUALIZE VICTORY - CALL, FAX, BELIEVE
NO NEGATIVITY
NONE
NOT A WORD OF DEFEAT OR EVEN A MAYBE
VISUALIZE SUCCESS
AND, ACT!
Quote of the day:
"Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown." H. Ross Perot
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RGBolen Mon Jan-30-06 01:03 PM
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OK, last ditch and very controversial
I have thought about this idea for years, mainly back when we had a GOP controlled Senate and a Democratic House. The constitution originally gave the Senate the power to "advise and consent" and confirm judicial nominees as well as confirm cabinet appointments. But the 13th amendment to the document gives all citizens "equal protection" under the law.
To have "equal protection" the "advise and consent" and power to confirm should be as close to equal as can be. This is not the case, California has around 36 million people and has 2 elected official to "advise and consent" and has two votes toward confirming or not confirming whereas Wyoming with around 500,000 people also has two elected officials for the same. If there is to be equal protection then the interpretation of the laws have to reflect the consent of the people through their elected representatives as equally as can be done.
………
A true last ditch effort to stop Alito and change the way things are done would be for someone today to file a lawsuit in California claiming that their right to equal protection under the law is being violated by the current process and ask the judge to grant an injunction prevented the US Senate from voting on Alito and other federal judges confirmations and set a date for a hearing on the violation of civil rights.
This is of course a huge legal and constitutional proposal and a few paragraphs does not lay out the entire argument. I only wanted to post the general idea and arguments without having to write a complete legal document.
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samhsarah Mon Jan-30-06 12:42 PM
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IMPORTANT: Any Italian-Americans out there?
I SWEAR to you this is true, no matter how freaking ridiculous it may seem...
I just spoke to a very active Democrat in NJ (no names) who just got off a conference call with Lautenberg. Apparently, Menendez feels he needs to support Alito because that's what the Italian-Americans in NJ want. I am one of those Italian-Americans, (from NJ, but my husband is stationed in FL, so I am registered to vote in FL) and if this wasn't as serious as it is, I would almost be tempted to laugh. Please contact these 2 Senators. This is insane.
YOY Mon Jan-30-06 01:04 PM
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5. Alito gives hard working Italian Americans a bad name
almost as much as every mob-flick I've ever seen...but far less entertaining.
Alito and anyone else who thinks him a proper Italian American can kiss my liberal-off-white-dago ass.
samhsarah Mon Jan-30-06 01:07 PM
Response to Reply #5
6. My Nonno came here from Italy through Ellis Island....
If he was still alive, he would call Alito out for what he is...a fascist pig.
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Wordie Mon Jan-30-06 12:35 PM
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MONDAY FILIBUSTER GAMEPLAN: URGE ABSTINENCE! FAST FAX/email w/ one click!
URGE THESE SENATORS TO EITHER SUPPORT THE FILIBUSTER OR ABSTAIN FROM THE CLOTURE VOTE
(Great approach I found at a blog, Vichy Democrats)
Today, we need to focus on those key Senators. In addition to calling their offices, we're also going to target their re-election campaign HQs. (A great idea thought up by ...Bob Fertik!) Finally, we're going to hammer away at a simple, but politically powerful, message.
Our theme today is: Lead, Follow, Or Get Out of the Way. In political terms, that's:
EITHER SUPPORT THE FILIBUSTER OR ABSTAIN FROM THE CLOTURE VOTE, BUT DON'T GET IN OUR WAY.
Now they like abstinence!
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DeepModem Mom Mon Jan-30-06 12:34 PM
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Dear Lord on High, please don't let DU slow down today. Please cast your spirit on the DU server and keep it running quickly and smoothly, so we can work against the forces of darkness here on Earth, and help guide thy servants, the Democratic, Independent, and moderate Republican Senators, to see the path of light and stand with courage to filibuster the nomination of Samuel Alito.
mcscajun Mon Jan-30-06 01:03 PM
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9. There's a prayer even this atheist can get behind.
AMEN!
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DemInDistress Mon Jan-30-06 12:11 PM
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are my replies being blocked or just doesn't anyone like me?
Maybe I'm paranoid,maybe I don't come across well but at least someone please tell me, can you hear me?
Thanks all...
No replies were made.
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kentuck Mon Jan-30-06 10:46 AM
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The champagne is on ice !
They are ready to pop the corks! Senator Kennedy mentioned this in his remarks. This is a great political victory for the right-wingers. I cannot believe there is even one Democrat going along with their parade and celebration.
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Amaryllis Mon Jan-30-06 01:52 PM
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DON'T lie about your residency! They all have caller ID and know if
you are calling from out out of state. My senator's office told me that a year or so ago. If they get a bunch of calls from people lying about their zip code, it lessens our chances of having an impact.
seabeyond Mon Jan-30-06 01:53 PM
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2. too late. too many already promote this, want this, they want to embrace this part of repug action...... to win
i personally cannot do it nor do i like it, but i will imagine you will have a strong majority here that dont stand with you on this
just a guess
Vash the Stampede Mon Jan-30-06 01:56 PM
Response to Reply #2
4. That would be the dumbest thing imaginable.
And yet I don't doubt for a minute that you're right.
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CottonBear Mon Jan-30-06 01:41 PM
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Senator Saxby "Sack of S***" Chambliss of Georgia is bloviating now.
As a Georgian, let me express my extreme disgust with this sorry excuse for a human being.
I apologize on behalf of all Georgia Democrats and progressives for our state (with the help of Diebold and Democratic Secretary of State Cathy Cox of Georgia) having elevated this chickenhawk piece of s*** to the United States Senate.
edit: Chambliss is the coward who smeared Max Cleland by comparing him to Hussein and Bin Laden.
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fooj Mon Jan-30-06 01:39 PM
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I think we should phone these Repub Senators and ask them
exactly WHAT PART OF THE US CONSTITUTION and THE RULE OF LAW are they having trouble understanding? I think that we should let them know that their vote will be their legacy.
peace.
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debbierlus Mon Jan-30-06 02:28 PM
Original message
Courage people - this is getting very nerve racking!
Positive thoughts and energy
I can't take this much longer!
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debbierlus Mon Jan-30-06 02:26 PM
Original message
LAUTENBERG IS ON - OH GOD!
HELP US ALL!
C-SPAN
HOPE HE WILL DO THE RIGHT THING
in_cog_ni_to Mon Jan-30-06 02:27 PM
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2. Sounds like he's going to vote NO!!!!
Please G-d!!!!
Wheezy Mon Jan-30-06 02:28 PM
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5. gulp.
fingers crossed.
Maggie_May Mon Jan-30-06 02:33 PM
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21. He's going to vote NO!!!
he heard us shout!
samhsarah Mon Jan-30-06 02:33 PM
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22. He sounds pretty heated about "right to choose" being "settled law"
Go Frankie!!!! Now for that filibuster.....
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Nimrod2005 Mon Jan-30-06 02:31 PM
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Senator Lincoln Chafee of RI? is the only GOP who wants to got to heaven
when he dies? he is voting with the good guys?
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QuettaKid Mon Jan-30-06 02:25 PM
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WHO DO I NEED TO CALL NOW AT 2:30 E.S.T. ? ! ? !
Who should we be focusing our efforts on at this late hour?
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BigBearJohn Sun Jan-29-06 07:07 PM
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Mr. Kerry
goes to Washington [Photoshop of Kerry’s head on actor Jimmy Stewart’s body as he filibusters in the U.S. Senate]
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helderheid Mon Jan-30-06 02:56 PM
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I've got chills, DU!
I have never felt so hopeful - I think this is going to happen!!
FILIBUSTER!!!
kineta Mon Jan-30-06 02:58 PM
Response to Original message
3. and i pledge $50 to each of my Wa State senators immediately
if they filibuster. (and no $ ever if they don't)
drm604 Mon Jan-30-06 03:02 PM
Response to Reply #3
8. Be careful.
I think that's called bribery.
tatertop Mon Jan-30-06 03:00 PM
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7. Heart be still!
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Hissyspit Mon Jan-30-06 02:54 PM
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Extremist right-wingers, this is just the beginning.
Right-wingers, wingnuts, freepers, caught off guard by the groundswell of grass-roots and rank-and-file support for action against the Alito nomination, support for filibuster?
This is just the beginning. Americans are pissed. A lot of them.
No matter WHAT happens with the nomination - whether there is a filibuster, whatever happens with the cloture vote, if Alito gets on the court or not, if he gets rejected and we get another bad nominee - no matter what happens: People are ANGRY. Americans are figuring out that they need to start fighting back and they are getting organized, using the Internet since the "mainstream" corporate media is, for the most part, failing them.
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burythehatchet Mon Jan-30-06 03:10 PM
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I am SICK of the word ALITO
Just hearing the name is making my stomach turn...especially when it spews from a Repubelican senator's mouth.
I hurl in disgust. FILIBUSTER!
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LiberalAndProud Mon Jan-30-06 03:21 PM
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I am a middle-aged lady in the Middle of Nebraska START THE REVOLUTION!
BE VISIBLE. We are HERE! We will not be ignored.
The giant is beginning to WAKE UP. AMERICA IS WAKING UP!!!
I AM AN AMERICAN!
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debbierlus Mon Jan-30-06 03:53 PM
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I AM SO NERVOUS - EIGHT MINUTES TO GO
Ever hear that Johnny Cash song ....
Five more minutes to go....
I can hear the buzzards....I can see the sky..........
ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH
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NYC Liberal Mon Jan-30-06 04:47 PM THIS IS IT!!! QUORUM CALL IS OVER!!
NYC Liberal
THIS IS THE VOTE!!!!!
DainBramaged Mon Jan-30-06 04:48 PM
Response to Original message
1. Did Lanreau and Rockefeller vote YES?
benevolent dictator Mon Jan-30-06 04:49 PM
Response to Reply #1
3. WTF?!
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SteppingRazor Mon Jan-30-06 04:55 PM
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We're done. (GOD DAMN MOTHERF***ING S*** GOD DAMN!!) We've lost Rockefeller, Bill Nelson, and half a dozen others, and picked up no Republicans.
We've lost.
yankeedem Mon Jan-30-06 04:57 PM
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3. The Joementum is over
Joe Libermann voted for cloture. SOB.
Pharaoh Mon Jan-30-06 05:00 PM
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5. THE BASTARDS!
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NYC Liberal Mon Jan-30-06 04:57 PM
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F*** YOU LIEBERMAN!!!!!
Not that we expected different!!!
Justitia Mon Jan-30-06 04:57 PM
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2. F***ING ***HOLE! To think he was our VP Candidate! He should rot!
The Backlash Cometh Mon Jan-30-06 04:58 PM
Response to Reply #2
4. I'm beginning to believe that was a set up too.
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MsUSA Mon Jan-30-06 05:04 PM
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Guess, I'm gonna take a little break from here.....
whew, just tired, just sick of it all. I don't want to even count how many times I've lived through these votes to just be disappointed.
kath Mon Jan-30-06 05:06 PM
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1. I need a break too.
Also considering changing my reg. to Independent - may do this tomorrow to send a message.
thecrow Mon Jan-30-06 05:12 PM
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4. Maybe we sshould extablish an "Independant Underground"
Oh. God. Not.Alito....
This is so sad
Gabi Hayes Mon Jan-30-06 05:19 PM
Response to Reply #5
I am very happy I got my passport renewed last year
I'm going to be making some serious inquiries about possible new homes, as well as re-learning my high school FRENCH! I have a friend who's got a place in S. France, and I'm definitely going to check it out this summer
I can't even express my disgust for those cowards in the Senate
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LeftNYC Mon Jan-30-06 05:18 PM
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This CSPAN feed is making me sick
watching these yokels clowning around with each other. Probably planning on dinner and cigars and cognac. Assholes. The DLC can kiss my ass. Lieberman, Salazar kiss my ass. We will continue to remind you what you've done. The phone calls and emails will not stop. Remember what happened when the Unitary Executive fascist leader of America steps up to declare that abortions are illegal and ten year olds are allowed to be strip searched wherever and whenever. Remember this when our the nazi party starts making laws allowing them to tap your phones. Remember who it was that tried to fight, you traitorous bastards...
LSparkle Mon Jan-30-06 05:21 PM
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3. Prepare to kiss the ring of King AssHat George ...
This Scalito slimeball is a f***ing ROYALIST ... Why doesn't he move to a MONARCHY/DICTATORSHIP?
CottonBear Mon Jan-30-06 05:21 PM
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4. What is happeneing? I can't tell on the computer screen.
Has the vote been tallied or posted? I'm at work and keep having to take calls and speak with my boss.
LeftNYC Mon Jan-30-06 05:23 PM
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10. Whats happening is
Lieberman- "Hey Frist, where you going for dinner. Me and Nelson of Florida want to come along"
Frist - "Bring Nelson of Nebraska too and I'll bring Saxy. We'll get a couple of strippers, some coke, and booze"
Liberman chortling "Frist, have you been listening to my calls. Snarf Snarf-How do you know I love strippers"
Frist - "Isnt it great when we work in a bipartisan way to f*** the American people?"
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Pharaoh Mon Jan-30-06 05:08 PM
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I AM F***ING PISSED!
Time to start drinking heavily,
It's Nazi time in America!
LSparkle Mon Jan-30-06 05:11 PM
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3. I'm with you there ... I'm leaving the "reality-based community" in favor
of DRINKING LIBERALLY ...
DearAbby Mon Jan-30-06 05:14 PM
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7. I am numb...welcome to the Fascists states of America
What has happened to our country?
Nutmegger Mon Jan-30-06 05:23 PM
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11. I can't believe this is happening...
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 05:14 PM
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I just got queasy.
It occurred to me that Little Boots will be smirking, jerking, and giggling tomorrow night at the SOTU.
Talismom (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 05:15 PM
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1. I'm not watching. I'm banging a frying pan with a big metal spoon!
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 05:04 PM
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Are they deliberately slapping us "radicals" down with this vote?
Sending us a message to toe the line? Telling us to siddown and shaddap? Informing us our calls, faxes and letters have been, are, and always will be meaningless to them?
Talismom (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 05:04 PM
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1. Me too. It's 2000 and 2004 all over again, and this time there's not question that it was members of our own party that sold out.
ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 05:05 PM
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5. F*** it. I'm going to bed.
When I get up, I'm going to light a candle and say a prayer for my civil rights.
Then, I'm going to go from moderate compromiser to hard-line leftist.
After that, I'm going take my country back.
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Dave Sund (931 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 05:22 PM
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It Feels Like 11/2 Again.
I've got that sick feeling that came when Ohio was called for Bush and we all knew it was over. I'm growing increasingly upset with Democrats who don't seem to care that they are screwing this country in the name of so called bipartisanship. I'm a Nebraska Democrat, so I understand why people like Nelson have to compromise sometimes -- they're in a difficult position. But at the same time -- if you're not going to stand with us on this, when will you stand with us?
I've had it with them. Nelson has my vote in 2006, because he's still a hell of a lot better than Pete Ricketts, the corporate pig who tries to play himself off as a simple Nebraskan with "values." But that's as far as my support goes. I'm certainly not going to feel too good if Nelson wins and the Democrats don't make gains -- but I'd feel a hell of a lot worse if he lost and they didn't.
Greeby (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 05:23 PM
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1. And to complete the sense of deja vu Malloy's show will probably start with The End by The Doors
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MrsGrumpy (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 05:15 PM
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I just hugged my daughter close to my heart, went into the bathroom
and cried my eyes out. Good night Democracy.
(1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 05:20 PM
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2. goodbye to legal abortion. get out the knitting needles.
bush still has to go (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 05:57 PM
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16. Buy up those metal coat hangers
They're going to be in short supply REAL soon
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They're all bought and paid for, and we remain on the outside, tapping on the window. Too bad nobody is going to open up the door.
I'm numb.
Keep reading. They get loonier.
Working class ... or the slacker-in-the-office-who-gets-nothing-done class? Take a look at this, do you have someone in your office like this:
"At what point do we become a nation of Refuseniks, and begin the destruction of the Republican Dictatorship by;
• Quitting,
• Striking,
• Calling out sick,
• Slowing down,
• Misfiling,
• Freecycling,
• Boycotting,
• Refusing to spend money.
• Refusing to watch television,
• And generally being individual obstructions to the smooth running of the fascist state?"
What, and miss "Will and Grace" and "The West Wing"? That's too much to sacrifice for liberal principles.
laylah (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 08:41 PM
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Let me preface this
with I DO have a mind of my own; however, there are times I depend on others more informed to help me understand (that is why I am a contributing member to DU). That said, WHERE IS WILL PITT and what is he thinking about this fiasco?
[No reply whatsoever.]
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Buddyblazon (807 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 03:50 PM
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Dear Sen Salazar,
I live in Denver. When campaign time came around last year, I was so excited. It was the first campaign that I became so active. I felt like putting more Democrats in office here in Colorado was of the utmost importance.
I am not a wealthy man. Although educated, my job is blue collar. Every cent is important to our budget in my household. And because of that...so is my time.
That's why, after spending WEEKS of MY spare time phonebanking and canvassing neighborhood after neighborhood for you, I am so upset. I can pick up more work at anytime. Yet I passed on it to help YOU get in office. And ask your aides at your office. The ones that talked to me today can tell you that I'm so angry, I'm on the verge of tears.
You f****ing owe me. I worked my ass off for you...and you spit in my face. If I wanted a Republican in office, I would've devoted my time to them.
Grow a set of balls and SHUT THEM DOWN!!!
Signed,
Buddyblazon
alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 03:53 PM
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2. Awful
You sound like a raving lunatic..."You f***ing owe me"????
That'll be filed in the kook drawer for sure. Tone it down.
Buddyblazon (807 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 03:57 PM
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4. I didn't mail it...
And absolutely not. I WILL NOT TONE IT DOWN! I have every right to be a raving lunatic. After months of him NOT doing what we here in CO voted him for, I just realized that I was hornswoggled.
That man received nearly a hundred hours of my FREE time! I am sick and tired of "friendly dems".
Enough is enough. Everytime he came through the office, I'd stop and smile in awe. Just like the rest of us suckers. What an idealistic idiot I was.
Well screw him...and if you don't like it...screw you too.
Buddyblazon (807 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:18 PM
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9. Would this be better?
My Dearest Senator,
As I spent much of my alloted recreation/work time devoted to your inspiring endeavor during the last campaign, I humbly (and mildly and little milquetoast-like) request that you support the good ol' fashioned right to a lenghty debate.
I am so excited to see you stand side by side the other elected Democrats to support the lengthy tradition of the filibuster.
Hoo-raw good sir...hoo-raw.
Signed,
Another limp-dick milque-toast mother****er built in your likeness,
Buddyblazon
alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-31-06 08:44 AM
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11. So much for a reasonable medium
Only fanatics think like you, sir. If it's not "F*** YOU YOU DESPICABLE BASTARD!!!!!!" then it's "Your humble servant, etc." Those are your only two options, in your mind. I wonder if anyone ever listens to you at all. Your strategy is a failure, that's for sure.
CrispyQGirl (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 04:35 PM
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10. I sent a similar letter last year after the bankruptcy bill passed, & after he confirmed Rice & voted for some other really bad legislation. I sent it to them in one of their postage paid contribution envelopes & told him basically the same thing. No response, but they did take me off their mailing list.
Send the letter. F*** Salazar. F***ing dino.
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Xenotime (419 posts) Tue Jan-31-06 12:05 PM
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So...How did this happen?
How is it this hick was able to ruin our country, human rights, reproductive rights and our future? We are smarter than this. But yet we can't seem to beat any of *'s efforts. WHAT THE F*** IS WRONG??!!!?
yibbehobba (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-31-06 12:07 PM
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1. Well, we've sorta... lost a lot of elections...
A lot.
1620rock (187 posts) Tue Jan-31-06 12:09 PM
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3. We did not lose. They were stolen!
Not_So_Right_Wing (51 posts) Tue Jan-31-06 12:14 PM
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5. Exactly!
How can we compete when the elections are not fair...? Tons of headlines about some political mischief involved our party slashing tires, but barely a peep about the obvious stealing of the election in Ohio!
yibbehobba (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-31-06 12:16 PM
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8. And with that kind of thinking...
...why even bother running? Why are you even on this site? Why even post on issues other than election "reform?" You can yell "stolen!" all day. It doesn't make it true, and it doesn't change the fact that we lost. I tire of baseless nonsense.
blm (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-31-06 12:12 PM
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4. The table was set when GOPcronies bought control of broadcast media in 80s and 90s.
This has been a well-planned move by the fascists who first took over the Republican party and then the country.
cybildisobedience (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-31-06 12:35 PM
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9. Broken record alert!
Media
electronic voting machines
End of story.
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(184 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 09:29 PM
Original message
American Pie (song) - Lyrics - rewritten: The Day Democracy Died
A long, long time ago,
I can still remember
How that freedom used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my way,
Then I could make some people say
Well, we had freedom for a while
But January made me shiver,
With every vote the dem’s delivered
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I remember that I cried
When we lost, even though we tried
But something hurt me deep inside
The day Democracy died
*Chorus*
So bye, bye Miss America, why?
Drove my dollars to my party, but my party denied
And them Dino boys were drinking the koolaide
Singing this was the day Democracy died
Did you write the book of shame
And do you know that you’re to blame
If the Constitution tells you so?
Now, do you believe what our Forefather’s said?
Can our country be morally dead?
And can you teach us how to hide real low?
Well, we know that you’re in bed with Bush
‘Cause we saw you kissin’ him on his tush
You both kicked Uncle Sam
Man, I’ll keep doin’ what I can
I was a lonely teenage fightin’ back
With a petition and a pen of black
But I knew that I was out of luck
When I found out about you smucks (sic) [shmucks]
The day Democracy died
I started singing
Bye, bye Miss America, why?
Drove my dollars to my party, but my party denied
And them Dino boys were drinking the koolaide
Singing this was the day Democracy died
[I think you get the idea, so I'll spare you]
LOL! And both going off the air, btw.
Insert sarcasm here: Let's invalidate the entire constitution!!! Wyoming has too much say in National Politics!!
In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny, "what a maroon."
Yes, at one level it's laughable. At another, very sobering: There are people out there who would destroy our Constitution, our country, our freedoms and our entire way of life for the sake of their own power.
I agree! Let Cindy Be Cindy!
I wish I had the money to buy air time on the SOTU speech.
My ad would go like this:
Open on an exterior shot of my pretty poor, very multicultural neighborhood.
DISSOLVE to me sitting here. I turn to the camera.
"Hello, I'm DW. I'm talking here from a part of my city where few liberals are ever found, but where this Republican LIVES. I also work in one of the nation's most liberal cities, in a social services job funded by private institutions and some small government funding. Something like 90% of our funds come from evil rich people.
"I mention this to point out that I live with liberal hypocrisy every single day of my life. I hear the talk about compassion, yet I don't see them coming around here. I hear the talk about evil rich people, yet I see the donated money of evil rich people feeding the poor and caring for the sick. Mostly, though, I feel the hatred towards the President and his agenda.
"There have been screams, shouts, cries and whines from liberals that our country is all over, and they want out.
"My message to those people:
"Give up.
"Throw in the towel.
"You lost.
"Revel in despair.
"I say this because I hear your words, see your lack of action, and realize you are the most full of $#^@ people I have encountered in my 40 years on Earth. All you do IS complain, so why not turn over a new leaf? I'd say commit yourselves to the poor, but you'd prefer to suck off the welfare teat and go on the internet all day and bitch than actually get off your asses and get jobs, even jobs with huge pay cuts like I willingly took to live up to my personal beliefs.
"So I won't suggest walking the talk, because you are incapable of that. Or else you'd be doing it.
"My suggested course of action?
"Live up to just ONE of your promises...and leave."
Now remember, *I* wasn't the one to first suggest you go, YOU said you should. And I'm just here to assure you that you made the right choice. You're right, the religious right is taking over. I'm an agnostic and have never had one problem from Christians, but that's just me. Also, Bush is a Fascist, even though you couldn't be reading this if he were. And yes, he's wiretapping innocent Americans...except, as the ACLU would tell you, your beloved ACLU, ALL people who are arrested are innocent, until PROVEN guilty, right? Did you forget that? Seems like you have.
"But you folks seem to have forgotten a lot of things. Like your own promises, endlessly repeated like a brat constantly threatening to run away if he doesn't get that new toy or that ice cream. The rest of us are sick of hearing it, but unlike you we're not lashing out, we're being constructive. I am, at least."
(pointing)
"There's the border. You can find it by either following the line of people who've just illegally entered, or the much more massive line of your fellows leaving Bush's Nazi regime, though his is the first such dictatorship that LETS people leave. But I'm sure you and your fellow migrants will have lots of time to work out the inconsistencies in your philosophy. You're all so much smarter than us fools who are being left behind to take care of those who love this country.
"It was nice talking to you, a lot nicer than having to listen to you. Have a good trip, but please, spare us another long-winded attack on the country so many of us love. You'll need that hot air to protest in the wonderful South American "democracy" where there will be so much money for social services, or the Middle East, China, or India where the homosexuals among you will have SO many more civil rights than they have here, or, alternately, in Canada, where you'll need all that hot air to stay warm.
"Whatever your choice, good luck living up to your own endlessly repeated promises. Don't say goodbye. Just live up to your own words just this once and get the **** out.
"Thank you and good night."
Oh gosh. Glad I wasn't drinking coffee!
Those commies are in lockdown over there. I'm guessing things are even wilder now than last night.
I love it. Those losers just can't deal with being in the minority.
Yeah, I liked that "moral victory" thread, too!
DU-- the gift that keeps on giving!
Great, great ad!
I don't think many of them ever watched Mr. Robinson's show..."it's a lovely day in the neighborhood!"
By the way, in response to #8 of the script by the DUers where he says "and everyone thinks the answer to everything is more of Jesus" well, I DO and HE IS! THAT IS the TRUE MEANING OF IS, by the way...
We are going to win this one if we keep up the pressure! We have turned the tide, and the GOP is losing.
Bump to read later, but honestly. Does Benburch read what he writes? This is almost as funny as the yahoo calling for God to bless the DU server so it doesn't slow down.
I think the new name for DU is Meaningless Gestures 'R Us!
Yes, there are all sorts of telltale nuggets buried in these DU posts. And, I'm with you 200% on what the world needs more of! :-)
Dear Grumpygreg,
We ARE your overlords!
Someone set you up the dim!
No chance survive make your time.
politicaholic (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-30-06 08:46 PM
Original message
Fetish night at the Senate...
Tonight we saw a few democrats shed their suits, ties, and skirts for ball gags and leather zipper masks.
Ahhh yes Senator, to face your worst fears and lose your relationships across the isle (along with money for that Muskrat Museum and the glittered Disco Bridge you've been planning) can be worse than anything you've seen on Fear Factor or it's sister show Desperate Housewives (which, out of the two, I've only puked watching the later).
Once your tenure is done and your republican handlers have unlatched your fur lined leather dog collars you will be free to go back to your state and cut the ribbon to the Senator Gimp Memorial Hotdog Cart. But know this, you will not go home to a school being named after you, because no school in their right minds would change their name to "Maria Cantwell Elementary, Home of the Fighting Weasels".
Good luck in the private sector in the years to come. I hope you lost weight when you aborted your integrity because that's the last abortion we'll see for a long time.
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MassDemm (965 posts) Mon Jan-30-06 08:30 PM
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How about this?
For the rest of this WEEK we call these suckers, day in and day out and don't stop until next Monday.
Think they'll get the friggin hint about how po'd their base is?
We call like we were calling this last week and don't stop.
Call each and every one of them, tell them how disappointed and angry you are over the cloture vote. How you will give no money.
If we do this we may get our point across.
But we need to have a concerted effort. Maybe some of those other sites that had the emails and phone #'s would give space for the next week.
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-31-06 05:00 PM
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So how many of us have gotten "the lecture" in the past 24 hrs?
Last night, I was glued to GD Alito like everyone else. My partner had already gone to bed and I was listening to Mike Malloy and surfing DU, when I heard her call from the bedroom, "Honey, I'm worried about you." "Uh-oh", I thought, "Here we go". She hadn't given me "the lecture" in months.
I walked into the bedroom and she started telling me how all this political stuff "just sort of seeps out of you." To my knowledge, I hadn't yelled or cried or kvetched or anything. Apparently this kind of disappointment and hushed rage acts like a sort of film that gets into your pores and changes you from the inside out. Her demand was simple. "You must find some good news tomorrow. Anything. Fluffy kittens saved from doom, penguins playing bingo, SOMETHING GOOD ON DU.
Well, any thoughts?
helderheid (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-31-06 05:02 PM
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2. I had something similar... my husband said
"Ok, this has got to stop!" when my 5 year old and 3 year old decided to play "Democrats" yesterday. This was after chanting at C-Span "No on cloture, yes filibuster!"
LSparkle (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-31-06 05:04 PM
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7. I've given it to myself ... time to give all of this up My heart can't take LOSING any more. But I feel ADDICTED to politics and I can't give it up now ... It's like when a drug stops making you feel good but you keep doing it because you just can't stop.
TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-31-06 05:27 PM
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23. I get a lot of heat from my husband and kids about the time I spend on DU. They are all liberals but tell me DU is a cesspool of negativity.
I dunno. I think it is kind of endearing.
MJDuncan1982 (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-31-06 05:43 PM
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25. Got that lecture once and blew up so much she knows to keep her mouth shut on the subject
They may have slipped over the edge this evening on DU. The moderators are denying access to all those but registered users. This last happened in the wee hours of the '04 election night.
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