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Posted on 04/07/2013 8:46:25 PM PDT by neverdem
Let Rand Paul et al get up there and discuss the issue for 13+ hours.
Win for us.
He has one perfect reason to rush it: he’s an incompotent, snide, little tyrant.
The personification of everything the 2nd was put in place for.
He has one perfect reason to rush it: he’s an incompotent, snide, little tyrant.
The personification of everything the 2nd was put in place for.
BINGO!!!
I think Reid is a little nervous and he should be. He needs to be afraid.
“Make this moron vote and then let the voters of Nevada fire his butt.”
First of all, I am a Tea Party adherent. That said, Reid should have been defeated in his last election, but he squeaked by thanks to Tea Party Darling, Sharron Angle. Either Tarkanian or Lowden would have put Harry away. Just look at how badly Reid’s son, Rory lost in the Governor’s race to Sandoval. It was the exact same voter population! The Tea Party has a problem vetting candidates and they are hurting conservative efforts to remake the Republican Party. Angle sunk her candidacy with her mouth, as did Akin and Mourdock this last election.
You say that as if the GOP-e is infallible in their candidate selection.
If that is so, how did the Establishment candidates happen to lose in winnable states like Florida, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota and Wisconsin?
On the other hand, we have the Tea Party to thank for Ted Cruz and Deb Fischer.
Any bill with a “mental health” component in it is a THREAT to Sen. Reid.
When you look up the word “brain-damaged” in the dictionary, you’ll find a big picture of Dingy Harry there.
“You say that as if the GOP-e is infallible in their candidate selection.”
Not at all. I prefer that someone other than the GOPe be involved in the vetting/selection of candidates. I was merely pointing that in the case of Reid’s seat (as well as a couple of notable others), that we needlessly lost a seat that we should have won handily. Tea Party folks generally have my support, but what I have seen is the Religious Right imposing their collective will in candidate selections that has not gone well. I am looking for common sense vetting that focusses on the central issues of interest to most voters. I voted to uphold the sanctity of marriage here in California and I am disgusted with what has happened to “the will of the people” in that instance, but I’ve about gotten to the position that we need to leave that particular matter alone for the time being and focus on electing people who will put the country back to work, Unfortunately, I am probably in the minority in my view here.
All they need is another Sandy Hook or CO theater event. I’m sure there’s going to be one right around the corner.
While fervently hoping you are wrong, I have the uneasy feeling you have a valid point. It is rarely a losing proposition to bet that the base nature of the human animal will prevail in either outright evil or scheming for the success of evil for tangential purposes.
One thing I have learned about the OZero Admin, is that there is NO bottom.
Actually, there is no need to separate the social and the economic issues.
Both clearly enjoy majority support all around the country. The fact that some failed Tea Party candidates have been given to public displays of stupidity doesn't diminish the fact -- any more than reluctance to support the social issues on the part of some failed establishment candidates diminish the fact.
One can be pro-jobs, pro-life and pro-marriage without making a fool of one's self.
...has the tools he needs to overcome any initial filibuster of a firearms background check bill, but he may not be inclined to use them... the new process -- established in January through modest filibuster rules changes -- allow Reid to bring any bill to the floor without having to produce a filibuster-proof majority if he gives at least two amendment votes to each party, but those rules do not prevent senators from blocking a bill from passing once it’s up for debate. In the case of the background check bill, using the maneuver would almost certainly be a sign that Democrats do not have the 60 votes to beat back a filibuster...Not using the maneuver indicates the same thing, apparently. The Demagogic Party must have another one of their school massacres planned.
And Schumer knows it.
Background checks are RACIST since a greater percentage of minorities have felony records. Paraphrasing Ayn Rand, use their “virtue” against them.
The Roll Call commie is giving advice to Reid on how to run the Senate. How cute. I’m sure the egomaniac Reid will send a thank you note to the insect. It’s always interesting to watch a cockroach skitter across the kitchen table.
The amendment to the background check bill should require a background check and ID card to vote in a Presidential election
Reid gun control ping!
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