Posted on 12/22/2010 5:57:38 PM PST by Kaslin
At the beginning of 2009, the choice before Democrats who controlled the 111th Congress was whether they would enact historic legislation, even at the risk of their majority, or whether they would play it safe.
They gave the safe option a pass, with two results: This will go down as the most productive Congress since the 89th, which was even more Democratic because of Lyndon Johnson's 1964 landslide. And 52 Democratic House incumbents, most elected in 2006 or 2008, lost their seats.
The departing Democrats are, as one in their ranks put it, "Obama's Orphans." So many of them cast vote after vote for the president's program. They were then left at the side of the road while history moved by.
During the recent campaign, these loyalists were accused of being "out of touch," and they certainly were out of sync with the prevailing mood of those who chose to vote this year. But this accusation begs an important question: To whom did these members owe their real loyalty?
Instead of yielding to the feelings of the moment, they kept faith with those who supported them precisely because of their promises to change the direction of the country. And change the country they did.
Say what you will about the new health care law. It was a response to (how easily we forget) a widely held sentiment that our health system was broken, that too many of us lacked coverage or feared we might lose it. The final product was a start in addressing these anxieties.
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They behaved just like the cadre of an occupying army.
IMHO
I blame McConnell and the rest of the NRSC. If he had any sense of honor, he would deny any of the senators that voted for all this crap, and will be there for the next Congress, any seat in any committee. Of course he won’t. He’s as big a coward as the rest of the rinos.
They will be celebrating the rehabilitation of their savior & the sick delights of their tyranny for years.
You said it
Right you are.
The vanguard of progressive thought, bringing
enlightenment to the unwashed masses, through
the dedicated actions of the leading cadres.
So many of them cast vote after vote for the president’s program. They were then left at the side of the road while history moved by.
It’s called being on the ash heap of history, E.J.
You can’t say they weren’t productive. This congress did more damage to this country than most any other time in our history.
Are there ways to challenge the bills that passed during the ‘lame duck’ based on the 20th Amendment? I’ve heard Michele Bachmann speak of this on the radio.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentieth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Snip from the article regarding the history of the amendment:
“a lame duck Congress or administration had neither the time nor the mandate to tackle problems. Where as the incoming administration or Congress would have both the time, and a fresh electoral mandate, to examine and address the problems that the nation faced. These problems very likely would have been at the center of the debate of the just completed election cycle.”
There, Fixed.
“Productive” as in bloody yellow mucus....
The MEME is being set up
The 111th was “productive” and the 112th IS not productive.
It is a democrate collective middle finger to the USA.
Productive as in producing the agenda to ‘fundamentally transform America’.
It’s the end of the world as we know it.
There will be consequences for all this destructive behavior.
Total and ultimate loss of confidence. Prepare accordingly.
The 111th was “productive” and the 112th IS not productive.
It is a democrate collective middle finger to the USA.
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F The Jackwagon Party.
The Rats are shovel-ready for the dust bin of history.
“They behaved just like children.”
Personally, I like adolsescent, psychotic punks.
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