Safe flight home, and thanks for your/others' efforts.
At least y'all got to get outta the house for awhile huh ?
Posted on 02/11/2009 4:02:05 PM PST by markomalley
U.S. Senate Republicans are not planning to try and use procedural maneuvers to delay passage of a proposed $789 billion economic stimulus bill, the party's leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, said on Wednesday.
McConnell said there was a widespread feeling in the minority party that they "ought to vote and move on." He spoke after congressional negotiators said they had reached a deal on the massive package of spending and tax cuts to try and rescue the flailing economy.
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However, THIS IS NOT THE TIME!
If there is any way in which this can be stopped, it must be STOPPED.
Let's flood his offices! Not only his DC office, but ALL of them!!
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It’s over. Now watch and see how many GOP senators cross over and vote for this “improved” bill.
Vote out all of these bums.
He was against it before he was for it! Rush is right.
Well, this certainly doesn’t seem to jibe with Rush’s commentary today. Doesn’t seem like there is any fight left. Do we have to wait for these dinosaurs to die? I’d kinda like to be around to see the payback, but with crap like this, I’m guessing my children and grandchildren might see the Resurrection, if it comes to pass................
It'll be dead country walking.
Part of me wants them to pass this garbage, have it fail and take back our country. I’m so fed up with the whole lot of them.
I’m kinda with you —— pessimistic-——itchin’ for a fight because I’m old....I’m just clinging to straws now hoping something might work out for my children and grandchildren....
>> It’s over. Now watch and see how many GOP senators cross over and vote for this “improved” bill.
I sure hope the number is no greater than three (preferably zero).
U.S. Senate Republicans are not planning to try and use procedural maneuvers to delay passage of a proposed $789 billion economic stimulus bill
That's not news. Senate republicans didn't do half of what they could have to delay getting the bill this far. Unanimous agreement to shorten time between passing cloture and voting on the bill; absence of objection to taking a vote on the bill, etc. Virtually zero procedural opposition.
I agree with your assessment. The most important part is to maintain party discipline. When it goes south, make sure that there is no way that the GOP can be tarred in ANY WAY with it. It's going to pass one way or the other.
And when, but not if, we get back in power...do whatever needs to be done to ensure socialism can NEVER get back in power!
(I'm actually thinking about lowering my tax bracket and becoming a social studies teacher...work to change a few skulls full of mush for the next generation)
Mitch is a poor leader and spokesperson. He exudes what is lacking in the GOP. He is stiff, like he has a permanent corn cob up the o holio and is a poor communicator. A walking corpse just doesn’t get folks on board.
He can’t even hold it together now. It is going to take a whole lotta different acting pubbies to compete with the RATs.
Of course he won’t. He will bend over grab his ankles and let them vote. The American people are with the GOP on this.
Remember the scene from Mars Attacks when the martians went to address congress?
The republican party isn’t going to get back in power, billions to acorn will see to that.
He's comfortably elite, and believes that federal government is a force for good.
So tell me, what is Mitch supposed to do, they had the 3 RINOS on TV, between them an IQ of 100 would have been generous, and they made it clear that they intended to F*** America regardless.
How sad.
Kick those members out of the party.
Prediction: When Porkulus fails to stimulate the economy, Zero will call for an even bigger stimulus package. (Zero has already said that FDR didn’t spend enough to break the Great Depression!) At least a few of our brain-damaged, Kool-aid guzzling Congresscritters will breathlessly support Zero’s request and file the Porkulus II (or Porkulus Maximus) bill. This I predict by the end of this year, if not sooner ... before the end of summer!
But then the crystal ball goes dark. All I can smell is sulphur ... and hot metal ... but no images come through.
Anybody know why that is ...?
Agree ... First remove their committee assignments, then oust them if that didn’t do it. No point in carrying the extra baggage nor siphoning money from the others.
I fear no one has the balls to actually do it.
What I want to know is, WHERE is the money coming from right now? Are they simply printing it, or in the case of electronic funds, just adding zeros to the balance? Or are they borrowing it from China or Saudi Arabia or someone? I’m afraid I don’t understand the mechanics of this cash transfusion.
Seems like the movie, “No Country for Old Men” may have some truth to the title.
You wanna vote? Let's have a vote!
Mitch is supposed to be raising hades! Heaping a ton of whoopass on Sphincter, Collins, and Snowe! He should be doing anything and everything to STOP this POS bill!
For goodness sakes, these people just suck shinola!
In the last century before WWII Germans did this --- their citizens ended up burning the paper to keep warm......
No country for ‘moderate’ old men.
I was actually thinking about the rationing of health care that is in this porkulus spending bill.
Way to stand up for your constituents, you coward!
Howdy everyone! Just have a minute. I’m in between flights at the Dallas airport. Looks like we need to continue calling and emailing. Need to contact all senators, especially McConnell. This is unacceptable. If our elected Republican representatives are not going to fight for our freedom, then what the hell good are they? Let them have it right between the eyes!!
If they don’t want to fight they need to GO HOME!!!
Steele could be raising hell with no consequences, and saying quietly to the RINOs, you vote for, your funds from the RNC are disappeared, permanently. That's what the donks do, they cut off party support. That way, no one is the wiser until they are gone.
That's why I said, I doubt anybody has the balls to take decisive action.
The American people gave Obama the job by a pretty comfortable margin, they elected 58 Democrats to the Senate and a clear majority to the House.
They have their say once every 2 years, this is what they said they wanted.
Any polls against the this or that stimulus are bogus. The poll that counted was last Nov 4th.
Amen Brother!!
“— Mitch is a poor leader and spokesperson. —
He’s comfortably elite, and believes that federal government is a force for good.”
Absolutely. The same Leadership thieves who robbed the Treasury over the past 8 years should have been expunged from their Leadership positions.
I screamed it and screamed it. McConnell will roll over like the dog that he is. We needed new blood.
Now it’s too late.
They will take absolutely no retaliation on the Liberal 3 that sold us out...because they gave great cover for these Statists.
Take them off their Committe positions NOW.
Two words...
B. S.
I'm with you.
The insurance companies will love being able to say the 'Government' won't okay a procedure. Takes the liability off them and the medical community at large.
Unless, of course, the government finds a way to reward the trial lawyers.
I'm sure a lot of people who know just how bad Social Security is will also be pleased at being able to use dead people to backstop the problems there.
Life sucks.
Safe flight home, and thanks for your/others' efforts.
At least y'all got to get outta the house for awhile huh ?
Somebody cue up the Slim Whitman quick!
Getting old was suppose to lead to the “Golden Years”. Now it’s leading to a “Golden Shower” compliments of my own government (state and fed).
McConnell and his wife are perennial Washington insiders. He forgot about the peoples interests a long time ago.
Not bogus...moot would be more accurate.
“Way to stand up for your constituents, you coward! “
Oh come on. Mitch did everything he could have done. To try and use procedural stuff now
1. Won’t work
2. Makes the Repubs look bad
Better to let the damn thing pass and then blame everything on it later.
But Mitch better make sure that the 3 rats are punished and that no other Repubs jump ship.
We have been flooding email, phone and fax lines. They are not listening to us. By the time we are able to get anyone to actually listen to us it will be illegal for us to speak up. Heil Hitler.... I mean hope and change!
McConnell does not seem to know how to play hardball.
All November 4 proved was the warp-10 stupidity of the American electorate.
I can’t imagine that anyone is that politically stupid!
What could they possibly say they were thinking if they vote for this bill now. It would negate anything they tried to stand for.
I refuse to believe they would do that but then I’ve been disappointed every hour on the hour since the beast got elected.
That won’t happen....but it will still pass.
My mail to Mitch:
Mr. McConnell,
With regard to the following quote,
“U.S. Senate Republicans are not planning to try and use procedural maneuvers to delay passage of a proposed $789 billion economic stimulus bill, the party’s leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, said on Wednesday.
McConnell said there was a widespread feeling in the minority party that they “ought to vote and move on.” He spoke after congressional negotiators said they had reached a deal on the massive package of spending and tax cuts to try and rescue the flailing economy.”
Sir, saddling our children and grandchildren with this kind of debt — pushed through by cutthroat Democrats and 3 idiots who must think the “R” by their name stands for “Retreat” is nothing short of criminal. As a vocal and enthusiastic supporter of yours, I would consider it nothing short of dereliction of duty for you to do anything other than use EVERY means you have to stop or delay this nefarious bill.
Elections in 2010 and beyond will be won or lost based on the way you act this week. Prior to the ridiculous statement above, you’ve shown some backbone this week. Don’t go soft now.
Get in there and fight for us. Do your job.
Whatever action you choose, we won’t forget. And you’re too young to retire.
Very truly yours,
kimmie7
For sure it's no time for moderate old men. People need to get angry. Instead, most folks I talk to are merely sad and resigned, passive, dispirited...defeated.
Make sure you don’t do anything to stimulate the economy.....No big purchases, eat at home, no vacations, pay all bill at the last moment.
I would if it would explode their Martian brains!
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