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Harry Reid and Senate Dems Hypocritically Embrace Nuclear Option To Kill Filibusters
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| November 28, 2012
Posted on 11/28/2012 8:44:28 AM PST by raptor22
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To: Bitsy
"Lord, please rid of us of that little weasel and all the rest of the demons from hell in the Senate!" Let's see - 28 senators over 70 years of age - 18 or so of them Democrats - 30 Republican governors in red states - Governors get to replace dead senators - maybe the Lord has a better plan than Dingy Harry Reid?
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posted on
11/28/2012 9:19:10 AM PST
by
FroggyTheGremlim
(2012 elections: American Coup d'etat!)
To: raptor22
Congress: Changing the filibuster rule come January has suddenly become a top priority for Senate Democrats who want to help their re-elected president complete his fundamental transformation destruction of America.Fix'd
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posted on
11/28/2012 9:29:35 AM PST
by
mykroar
(BAD-ANON: One Game At A Time)
To: eCSMaster
Let's see - 28 senators over 70 years of age - 18 or so of them Democrats - 30 Republican governors in red states - Governors get to replace dead senatorsSo what? If the situation arises, the Democrats will demand that a Democratic senator be replaced with another Democrat, and the Republican Governors will graciously submit to that demand.
To: driftdiver
The gun ban has nothing to do with this topic. A treaty will need the same number of votes regardless what rules Reid changes.
obama can’t get 67 votes for that treaty. It’ll never happen. Even some dems wouldn’t vote for it.
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posted on
11/28/2012 9:56:49 AM PST
by
Sporke
(USS Iowa BB-61)
To: Sporke
obama cant get 67 votes for that treaty. Itll never happen. Even some dems wouldnt vote for it.
Right! And Hitler would never try to exterminate the Jews.
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posted on
11/28/2012 10:07:14 AM PST
by
sport
To: littleharbour
With the continued "leadership"/sarc of bonerhead in the House, it will be a miracle if the guppies don't lose the House in 2014...
Probably would guarantee our o_lord and o_savior 3rd and 4th terms...
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posted on
11/28/2012 10:14:06 AM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
To: Sporke
Treaties require two-thirds of the Senators present which is not necessarily 67 votes.
Anything which gives demonrats in the Senate more power is pertinent.
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posted on
11/28/2012 10:25:30 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: eCSMaster
maybe the Lord has a better plan than Dingy Harry Reid?
Lets hope soon!!!
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posted on
11/28/2012 10:26:39 AM PST
by
Bitsy
To: raptor22
GOP= "Party of Stupid"
DEMOCRATS = Party of double-standards and lies
blasted Democratic-led efforts to reform the filibuster, something the Democrats once vehemently opposed but which Majority Leader Harry Reid has promised to bring up in the next Congress
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posted on
11/28/2012 10:55:38 AM PST
by
TheBattman
(Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
To: SuperLuminal
in 4 years, elections will be irrelevant (nearly are today). Obummer's vision for American will include either himself in perpetual rulership (like his buddy in Egypt is trying to set up), or arrange things so that only the Leftists have the opportunity (kind of like Russia today... Putin is still in control, even though he isn't "the man").
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posted on
11/28/2012 11:02:29 AM PST
by
TheBattman
(Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
To: raptor22
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posted on
11/28/2012 1:11:00 PM PST
by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: TheBattman; littleharbour
Seems to me that the era of change via the ballot box is over...We are at least a decade into the "thousand years" we were warned about by Ronald Reagan...
The Americans did nothing of consequence to stop it...In fact, more than 50% of the serfs are delighted by the crushing tyranny being welded permanently around our collective necks.
From the vaunted "class of 94" to the 2010 class of so-called conservatives, the usual fetal position and lots of thumb-sucking are the only results...Pravda has it right this time...Communism has triumphed after all...
Hmmm...Time for change with the "other" box???
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posted on
11/28/2012 2:10:44 PM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
To: pabianice
Reid is counting on the fact that the Republicans will continue to play by the remaining rules.
But ... the Senate functions by “unanimus consent”. If only a few Republicans had the balls, they could shut down the Senate permanently.
For example: Require every bill to be read completely before every vote. Put a hold on every bill, every nomination. Require the minutes of the previous day to be read completely. Submit multiple amendments to the minutes of the previous day. Raise points of order for everything under the sun. Make a motion to adjourn every 5 minutes - a motion to adjourn is always in order.
If Reid wants to go nuclear, go nuclear.
To: Mack the knife
A nice dream. With a few exceptions, Republicans are weeping cowards. They will never oppose Obama and Reid in any meaningful way. I hope this extinguishes them before 2016.
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posted on
11/29/2012 1:30:22 PM PST
by
pabianice
(washington, dc ..)
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