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FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

JUL 22, 2007 01:01 AM



I’m going to ask you to try to remember the way things used to be many moons ago, in the year of our Lord two thousand and five. A different party was in control of our Congress. They were known as “The Republicans” and they wanted to do what was best for America. The evil “Democrats” stood in their way.

The Republicans began threatening to use the "Nuclear Option." Senator Trent Lott came up with the name Nuclear Option when discussing the possibility of the Republican majority voting to end the Democrats use of filibusters to stop judicial nominees. The Republicans also couldn’t stop using the phrase, “Let us have an up or down vote.” They were enraged that the minority party would use a legal tactic to stop Bush’s extremist nominees from reaching the bench. Bill Frist explained the injustice.

"One way or another, the filibuster of judicial nominees must end," he said in a speech to the Federalist Society last month, labeling the use of filibusters against judicial nominees a "formula for tyranny by the minority."


Oh, no, tyranny! Republicans said it was, “intolerable.” Democrats had used the filibuster to block 10 out of Bush’s 229 nominees! Those motherfuckers! Never mind that the number was far lower than under the previous three presidents. Republicans should get to do what ever the fuck they want!

Bill Clinton nominated 443 judges to U.S. district and appellate courts, and only 372 of those nominees were confirmed. George H.W. Bush got only 192 of his 242 nominees confirmed. Ronald Reagan went 375 for 403.


Thankfully, the Gang of 14 solved the crisis. The gang was made up of seven moderate Republican and Democratic Senators. Together, they had enough votes to end the stand off and allow Samuel Alito to become the newest member of the Supreme Court. Basically, seven Democrats turned out to be pussies and now we have a Supreme Court that would get on its knees and blow corporations. (I mean, if corporations actually had cocks.)

But now, the tables have turned and the Democrats are in charge of Congress. So, how are the Republicans handling it? Are they giving “up or down votes” on legislation? They did scream about it for years, so surely they will stand behind their beliefs now, right? Shockingly, no. The Republicans are actually on track to be the most obstructionist minority in the history of Congress.

This year Senate Republicans are threatening filibusters to block more legislation than ever before…

Nearly 1 in 6 roll-call votes in the Senate this year have been cloture votes. If this pace of blocking legislation continues, this 110th Congress will be on track to roughly triple the previous record number of cloture votes — 58 each in the two Congresses from 1999-2002.


Cloture votes shut off extended debate and stop legislation from getting an up or down vote. Democrats would need 60 votes to overcome a filibuster, a number they can’t reach because of their slim majority. Basically, they’re fucked.

This means the Republicans have been able to stop Democrats from ending the Iraq war. They seem unconcerned that a solid majority of Americans want the war to end. Republicans have also blocked legislation on immigration, energy, labor rights and prescription drugs. Majority leader Harry Reid claims it is because Republicans have moved too far to the right.

The problem we have is that we don't have many moderate Republicans. I don't know what we can do to create less cloture votes other than not file them, just walk away and say, 'We're not going to do anything.' That's the only alternative we have.


Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sees it another way. He just wants the Democrats to compromise, by bending over and allowing Republicans to shove their cocks inside them. (Or vaginas)

"And I think clearly the way to accomplish things is in the political middle, and I would challenge our friends on the other side of the aisle to step up and take a chance on something big and important for our country."


That is a great idea! Take a chance, Democrats and vote for the Nuclear Option.

alpha22

alpha22

Scottsdale, AZ
May 2005

JUL 22, 2007 10:01 AM


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If they had any balls at all they would just cut the funding like they did in vietnam

_kungfoo_

_kungfoo_

Los Angeles, CA
April 2005

JUL 22, 2007 10:18 AM

oyaji said:
This is the proper response:



I've had him on ignore for awhile now. It's nice.

nnerd

nnerd

I'm lost
June 2005

JUL 22, 2007 10:36 AM

both parties filibuster -- both parties try to keep the other party from filibustering. Surprise surprise. You've really incised the shit out of things here.

FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

JUL 22, 2007 10:39 AM

nnerd said:
both parties filibuster -- both parties try to keep the other party from filibustering. Surprise surprise. You've really incised the shit out of things here.



Well, we all can't write obvious, simple points like you have.

_kungfoo_

_kungfoo_

Los Angeles, CA
April 2005

JUL 22, 2007 10:48 AM

nnerd said:
both parties filibuster -- both parties try to keep the other party from filibustering. Surprise surprise. You've really incised the shit out of things here.



Thanks for contributing!! whatever

Trevallion

Trevallion

Murfreesboro, TN
February 2004

JUL 22, 2007 10:57 AM

Did he say that the republicans want to shove their vaginas inside the democrats? surreal

scylis

scylis

USA
November 2004

JUL 22, 2007 11:50 AM

Trevallion said:
Did he say that the republicans want to shove their vaginas inside the democrats? surreal



yarp. seen it once. i think it was in Where the Boys Aren't 2586389.

MrCrisp

MrCrisp

I'm lost
August 2004

JUL 22, 2007 11:56 AM

scylis said:

Trevallion said:
Did he say that the republicans want to shove their vaginas inside the democrats? surreal



yarp. seen it once. i think it was in Where the Boys Aren't 2586389.



yeah, saw that too. never want to see it again.

mingol

mingol

Singapore
July 2005

JUL 22, 2007 12:04 PM

FearTheReaper said:
...now we have a Supreme Court that would get on its knees and blow corporations. (I mean, if corporations actually had cocks)



Corporations do have cocks. They're called "lobbyists".

redheadedleague

redheadedleague

Pinole, CA
September 2003

JUL 22, 2007 12:07 PM

Regardless of what you think of their respective policies, this idiotic huffing and puffing over filibusters and procedure has got to stop. The only people who buy it are the hardest of the hardcore base of either party. The amount of time and energy that's wasted in games of "but they said, but you said, nu-uhh, yu-huh!" fills me with rage. And I say this despite the fact that I get a kick out of my parents trying repeat the GOP talking points each time their position changes.

wayright1776

wayright1776

USA
January 2006

JUL 22, 2007 12:26 PM

We

wayright1776

wayright1776

USA
January 2006

JUL 22, 2007 12:32 PM

Well thought out article. From the title of the article, I thought you would be writing about the fact that the Republican Party had strayed from the principles of limited government and personal freedom which had powered them for forty years. The republicans of today have moved so far to the left that they resemble the democrats of the 1980's. The Democrats now resemble a European socialist party and no one seems to care that we are being systematically converted into a society of pussies. The immigration bill and labor bill blocked by the Republicans were both silly. The labor bill eliminated the right to a secret ballot in union elections and the immigration bill did nothing to prevent undocumented aliens from continuing to pour through our borders. The only good thing to come out of the last seven months in congress is that neither of these bills has passed.

Thanks!

MrStitches

MrStitches

Brooklyn, NY
November 2003

JUL 22, 2007 01:08 PM

mingol said:

FearTheReaper said:
...now we have a Supreme Court that would get on its knees and blow corporations. (I mean, if corporations actually had cocks)



Corporations do have cocks. They're called "lobbyists".



Hahaha. Nice.

aldoushuxley

aldoushuxley

USA
November 2005

JUL 22, 2007 01:22 PM

wayright1776 said:
Well thought out article. From the title of the article, I thought you would be writing about the fact that the Republican Party had strayed from the principles of limited government and personal freedom which had powered them for forty years. The republicans of today have moved so far to the left that they resemble the democrats of the 1980's. The Democrats now resemble a European socialist party and no one seems to care that we are being systematically converted into a society of pussies. The immigration bill and labor bill blocked by the Republicans were both silly. The labor bill eliminated the right to a secret ballot in union elections and the immigration bill did nothing to prevent undocumented aliens from continuing to pour through our borders. The only good thing to come out of the last seven months in congress is that neither of these bills has passed.

Thanks!



Not bad with this one. I have to agree. All I can say is in five years the Chinese will be on top and America will be the ones in the gutter. We will be the pathetic has beens, you guys all ready for that, you ready for us to really get what some people think what we deserve because it is coming and no lube will stop it from being painful. An economically smart president is the only thing that can save us, hmmm we don't seem to have that in next years line up.

alpha22

alpha22

Scottsdale, AZ
May 2005

JUL 22, 2007 02:15 PM



Stiles

Stiles

Oakland, CA
November 2002

JUL 22, 2007 02:19 PM

alpha22 said:
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Mav06

Mav06

I'm lost
September 2006

JUL 22, 2007 02:23 PM

hehe. I don't disagree with being a bit obstructionist . . . but I will call "I told you so!" to the 2005 Republicans. Think "A Man for all Seasons:" (my apologies for minor misquotes)

"Would you cut down the laws to get at the Devil?"
"Yes! I would cut down all the laws in England for that!"
"And what would you do, with all the laws being flat, when the Devil turned on you?"

Those rules are there for a reason, and were put there by far smarter people than compose either party today. It's easy to howl for "efficiency" and against "obstruction" when you're on top . . . but in our country, you're never on top for long. When you're suddenly the minority, your opinion changes rapidly . . .

FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

JUL 22, 2007 02:33 PM

I guess idiotic rambling means more when it comes from a past historical figure.

_kungfoo_

_kungfoo_

Los Angeles, CA
April 2005

JUL 22, 2007 02:53 PM

alpha22 said:
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You're not controversial. You're boring.

xazapdmytinu

xazapdmytinu

Fort Collins, CO
July 2007

JUL 22, 2007 04:19 PM

so wait...it's okay for moderate republicans to be "Pussies" and vote the way of the dems, but it's NOT okay for dems to be "Pussies" and vote the way of the Republicans?

I'm fairly liberal, but that's a major head scratcher there.

and Mingol-lobbyists fall into the asshole range of the venn diagram of cock/pussy/asshole...who'd have thought such a conservative Supreme Court was so in favor of analingus, huh? wink

Ovaji-sure there are plenty o' reasonable republicans...they just aren't enough pockets for them to be worth a damn.

(Edit, I made a type, so I thought I go for the gold and make it look deliberate!)

Flux

Flux

SUICIDEGIRL

Georgia, USA

JUL 22, 2007 04:57 PM

alpha22 said:




"We'd all be speaking German right now, and the world would have a serious shortage of Jews."

Which George S. Patton would have loved, being that he was a rabid anti-Semite and strongly opposed the de-nazification of postwar Germany.

Seriously, no matter what the (wonderful, perfect) film makes you think, Patton was a remarkable general, but no ideologue to champion, especially if we're ostensibly supposed to be opposing fascism.

Mav06

Mav06

I'm lost
September 2006

JUL 22, 2007 05:05 PM

hmm. perhaps. but successful de-Baathification under Bremer and his neocon ilk is a HUGE factor in the clusterfuck we're in in Iraq today.

just something to think about.

FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

JUL 22, 2007 05:12 PM

xazapdmytinu said:
so wait...it's okay for moderate republicans to be "Pussies" and vote the way of the dems, but it's NOT okay for dems to be "Pussies" and vote the way of the Republicans?



Not hard to figure out. The Republicans wanted Alito on the Supreme Court. The Dems did not. Republicans threatened the Nuclear Option. 7 Dems caved like pussies. I was speaking of a particular instance about Alito when i called them pussies. If you want to open it up to a different debate about members of parties compromising over all legislation, by all means. In this case your argument is bullshit because Alito is if anything, worse than Dems were concerned about.

ardour

ardour

Ottawa, ON
March 2006

JUL 22, 2007 07:19 PM

Flux said:

"We'd all be speaking German right now, and the world would have a serious shortage of Jews."

Which George S. Patton would have loved, being that he was a rabid anti-Semite and strongly opposed the de-nazification of postwar Germany.

Seriously, no matter what the (wonderful, perfect) film makes you think, Patton was a remarkable general, but no ideologue to champion, especially if we're ostensibly supposed to be opposing fascism.



I think what you meant to say was "YAH! U-S-A! U-S-A!"

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