Comments on: Force them to stand and filibuster. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:28:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Lostcosts http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3993760 Lostcosts Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:52:42 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3993760 I agree I agree

]]> By: Lesliekjo http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939849 Lesliekjo Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:02:48 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939849 I recall reading that neo-con guru Grover Norquist had issued a fatwa after the 2006 election calling for all Republicans to "just say no" in both houses. In other words, block everything, do not cooperate on anything, no bi-partisanship, etc etc. This is current Republican policy, and if nothing else they sure are good at party discipline. Dems need to expose the game at every opportunity. Love that Harry Reid. I recall reading that neo-con guru Grover Norquist had issued a fatwa after the 2006 election calling for all Republicans to “just say no” in both houses. In other words, block everything, do not cooperate on anything, no bi-partisanship, etc etc. This is current Republican policy, and if nothing else they sure are good at party discipline. Dems need to expose the game at every opportunity. Love that Harry Reid.

]]> By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939817 Ret. Col. Jack Ripper Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:54:22 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939817 Swank, that was a big, steaming pile of bullcrap. This is about soldiers dying and soldiers getting time off between combat duty. The Dems attempted filibusters were about judicial nominees who, by the way, showed after they got their positions that they were lying to congress when they said they respected judicial precedent. If you can't see the difference, you need to see a shrink. Swank, that was a big, steaming pile of bullcrap. This is about soldiers dying and soldiers getting time off between combat duty. The Dems attempted filibusters were about judicial nominees who, by the way, showed after they got their positions that they were lying to congress when they said they respected judicial precedent.

If you can’t see the difference, you need to see a shrink.

]]> By: Johnny Swank http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939720 Johnny Swank Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:22:14 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939720 None of you lefty cowards wanted an up or down vote during the Supreme Court Justice nominations. None of you! Rules are rules. You play your handbook whatever side your on. Thats why you can't trust EITHER side to do whats RIGHT for this country! "You did it too, so now i'm doing it back!!". I wish they would all take their f*ucking ball and go home. They pitt us against each like animals and then never do the right thing, laughing all the way. Both sides!! When are we ever going to elect a leader we can ALL trust? None of you lefty cowards wanted an up or down vote during the Supreme Court Justice nominations. None of you! Rules are rules. You play your handbook whatever side your on. Thats why you can’t trust EITHER side to do whats RIGHT for this country! “You did it too, so now i’m doing it back!!”. I wish they would all take their f*ucking ball and go home. They pitt us against each like animals and then never do the right thing, laughing all the way. Both sides!! When are we ever going to elect a leader we can ALL trust?

]]> By: m12 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939195 m12 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:53:57 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939195 <i>Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — July 16, 2007 @ 2:51 pm</i> Someone forgot to eat their wheaties this morning? Your limited brainpower seems to be faltering.... Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — July 16, 2007 @ 2:51 pm

Someone forgot to eat their wheaties this morning? Your limited brainpower seems to be faltering….

]]> By: bogtrotters http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939187 bogtrotters Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:51:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939187 Comment by m12 — July 16, 2007 @ 2:43 pm * * * Must be lunchtime. The trolls have sent in the third string. Comment by m12 — July 16, 2007 @ 2:43 pm
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Must be lunchtime. The trolls have sent in the third string.

]]> By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939184 Ret. Col. Jack Ripper Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:51:45 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939184 m12, is there any legitimate reason for you to be here? You've already admitted that you're a 14-year old kid and your posts consistently show that you've got your head firmly shoved up your ass and don't know what you're talking about. You even make demands. You demand that people tell you things like a spoiled little brat. You desperately shriek for attention among people who hold you in the lowest possible regard. This would be a much better site without you. Does that make you feel good? If so, you're just a sick little a-hole. Congradulations! m12, is there any legitimate reason for you to be here? You’ve already admitted that you’re a 14-year old kid and your posts consistently show that you’ve got your head firmly shoved up your ass and don’t know what you’re talking about. You even make demands. You demand that people tell you things like a spoiled little brat. You desperately shriek for attention among people who hold you in the lowest possible regard. This would be a much better site without you. Does that make you feel good? If so, you’re just a sick little a-hole. Congradulations!

]]> By: m12 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939160 m12 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:45:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939160 <i>Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — July 16, 2007 @ 2:41 pm</i> Romney will do the same without sending our country into socialism. I'll take that instead. Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — July 16, 2007 @ 2:41 pm

Romney will do the same without sending our country into socialism. I’ll take that instead.

]]> By: m12 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939151 m12 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:43:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939151 <i>m12, if you don’t know what a right or left-wing ideologue is, ask your mother or whoever is homeschooling you. As a 14-year old, you should know this by now and I’m not going to do any favors for a little dick like you. </i> Hahahaha! Dodge, dodge, dodge! BTW, you do realize that Judge Southwick is an Iraq War veteran? So much for supporting the troops! m12, if you don’t know what a right or left-wing ideologue is, ask your mother or whoever is homeschooling you. As a 14-year old, you should know this by now and I’m not going to do any favors for a little dick like you.

Hahahaha! Dodge, dodge, dodge!

BTW, you do realize that Judge Southwick is an Iraq War veteran? So much for supporting the troops!

]]> By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939144 Ret. Col. Jack Ripper Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:41:54 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939144 m12: "The idiotcrats are already doing that by cutting and running, putting our troops in an even worse position when Hillary sends 200k back in 2009." Again, you display your lack of critical thinking capability. If you really believe Hillary would send 200K troops to Iraq rather than the 160K which are still there, and you support strong military action, why aren't you supporting Hillary for President, dumbass? m12: “The idiotcrats are already doing that by cutting and running, putting our troops in an even worse position when Hillary sends 200k back in 2009.”

Again, you display your lack of critical thinking capability. If you really believe Hillary would send 200K troops to Iraq rather than the 160K which are still there, and you support strong military action, why aren’t you supporting Hillary for President, dumbass?

]]> By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939137 Ret. Col. Jack Ripper Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:39:39 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939137 m12, if you don't know what a right or left-wing ideologue is, ask your mother or whoever is homeschooling you. As a 14-year old, you should know this by now and I'm not going to do any favors for a little dick like you. m12, if you don’t know what a right or left-wing ideologue is, ask your mother or whoever is homeschooling you. As a 14-year old, you should know this by now and I’m not going to do any favors for a little dick like you.

]]> By: m12 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939136 m12 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:38:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939136 <i>Bush hasn’t kept his promise to live up to the terms of the war resolution. Maybe everything Bush wants should be thrown on a bonfire until he lives up to the terms of that resolution. Soldiers dying for a political blunder is just a little more important than executive and judicial nominees.</i> The idiotcrats are already doing that by cutting and running, putting our troops in an even worse position when Hillary sends 200k back in 2009. Bush hasn’t kept his promise to live up to the terms of the war resolution. Maybe everything Bush wants should be thrown on a bonfire until he lives up to the terms of that resolution. Soldiers dying for a political blunder is just a little more important than executive and judicial nominees.

The idiotcrats are already doing that by cutting and running, putting our troops in an even worse position when Hillary sends 200k back in 2009.

]]> By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939130 Ret. Col. Jack Ripper Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:37:33 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939130 M12: "The Democrats have not kept up their promise about confirming Bush’s executive and judicial nominees! Tell them to get a move on it." Bush hasn't kept his promise to live up to the terms of the war resolution. Maybe everything Bush wants should be thrown on a bonfire until he lives up to the terms of that resolution. Soldiers dying for a political blunder is just a little more important than executive and judicial nominees. Oh, that's right. Critical thinking is not your strong point. Why should anyone even try to reason with you? M12: “The Democrats have not kept up their promise about confirming Bush’s executive and judicial nominees! Tell them to get a move on it.”

Bush hasn’t kept his promise to live up to the terms of the war resolution. Maybe everything Bush wants should be thrown on a bonfire until he lives up to the terms of that resolution. Soldiers dying for a political blunder is just a little more important than executive and judicial nominees.

Oh, that’s right. Critical thinking is not your strong point. Why should anyone even try to reason with you?

]]> By: m12 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939125 m12 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:33:09 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939125 <i>Only a logic-challenged member of the Bush cult-of-death like M12 could find the filibustering of a measure giving combat troops proper rest equivalent to filibustering right-wing ideologues for a life-long position on the Supreme court.</i> What is a 'right-wing ideologue'? Also, please define a 'left-wing ideologue'. Only a logic-challenged member of the Bush cult-of-death like M12 could find the filibustering of a measure giving combat troops proper rest equivalent to filibustering right-wing ideologues for a life-long position on the Supreme court.

What is a ‘right-wing ideologue’? Also, please define a ‘left-wing ideologue’.

]]> By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939121 Ret. Col. Jack Ripper Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:31:35 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939121 Only a logic-challenged member of the Bush cult-of-death like M12 could find the filibustering of a measure giving combat troops proper rest equivalent to filibustering right-wing ideologues for a life-long position on the Supreme court. You never fail, M12. Your lack of critical thinking skills is astounding. Only a logic-challenged member of the Bush cult-of-death like M12 could find the filibustering of a measure giving combat troops proper rest equivalent to filibustering right-wing ideologues for a life-long position on the Supreme court.

You never fail, M12. Your lack of critical thinking skills is astounding.

]]> By: m12 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939118 m12 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:31:24 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939118 <i>At least when the Democrats threatened to do it, it was because of that nuclear option. Whatcha gonna do if that goes through? All it takes is a simple majority vote….</i> Actually, it probably takes a ruling from the Vice President as well, according to several news reports. Good luck talking to Cheney! At least when the Democrats threatened to do it, it was because of that nuclear option. Whatcha gonna do if that goes through? All it takes is a simple majority vote….

Actually, it probably takes a ruling from the Vice President as well, according to several news reports. Good luck talking to Cheney!

]]> By: SickOfTheGOPLies http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939116 SickOfTheGOPLies Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:30:00 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939116 *sigh* "Nuclear option" anyone? The Democratic leadership in both houses needs to stand up and let the GOP know that we're not standing for their shenanigans and that they can whine all they want but we won't allow them to hold Congress hostage and prevent it from acting in the interests of our country. The issues are too important, and lives are too precious to put up with the childish tactics of the Republicans. Either they can participate or they can be sidelined, period. It isn't about what's good for the party. It's about what's good for the nation. Don't EVER forget that. *sigh*

“Nuclear option” anyone?

The Democratic leadership in both houses needs to stand up and let the GOP know that we’re not standing for their shenanigans and that they can whine all they want but we won’t allow them to hold Congress hostage and prevent it from acting in the interests of our country.

The issues are too important, and lives are too precious to put up with the childish tactics of the Republicans. Either they can participate or they can be sidelined, period.

It isn’t about what’s good for the party. It’s about what’s good for the nation. Don’t EVER forget that.

]]> By: m12 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939115 m12 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:29:46 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939115 <i> However, every single thing this Senate has tried to do? The Republicans gloating that they’re stopping all senate work? Frankly, the only time the Democrats did that, Tundra, was when the Republicans threatened the Nuclear Option. If you consider that reasonable, then you’re not being very reasonable at all…</i> The Democrats have not kept up their promise about confirming Bush's executive and judicial nominees! Tell them to get a move on it. http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/specter-says-dems-broke-their-promise-2007-07-12.html However, every single thing this Senate has tried to do? The Republicans gloating that they’re stopping all senate work? Frankly, the only time the Democrats did that, Tundra, was when the Republicans threatened the Nuclear Option. If you consider that reasonable, then you’re not being very reasonable at all…

The Democrats have not kept up their promise about confirming Bush’s executive and judicial nominees! Tell them to get a move on it.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/specter-says-dems-broke-their-promise-2007-07-12.html

]]> By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939111 Ret. Col. Jack Ripper Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:28:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939111 maungq: "Filibustering is all they can do because even the MSM will bring that to the public’s attention." I haven't seen one report on any of the major networks regarding this filibuster. Have you? Wolf Blitzer mentioned it briefly on his "Situation Room" program and then quickly moved on. Thank you bogtrotters! Glad to be anywhere. maungq: “Filibustering is all they can do because even the MSM will bring that to the public’s attention.”

I haven’t seen one report on any of the major networks regarding this filibuster. Have you? Wolf Blitzer mentioned it briefly on his “Situation Room” program and then quickly moved on.

Thank you bogtrotters! Glad to be anywhere.

]]> By: m12 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/comment-page-2/#comment-3939109 m12 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:25:17 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/16/force-them-to-filibuster/#comment-3939109 Awww, you poor baby Conrad! Give up or down votes to the 9 judicial nominees filibustered, then we'll talk. Awww, you poor baby Conrad! Give up or down votes to the 9 judicial nominees filibustered, then we’ll talk.

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