Comments on: Bush To Veto Employment Non-Discrimination Act http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:53:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: nellre http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130824 nellre Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:28:24 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130824 Ya know, Bush is burying the GOP. If they don't rebel against him soon, the GOP might as well pack up and go home. Ya know, Bush is burying the GOP. If they don’t rebel against him soon, the GOP might as well pack up and go home.

]]> By: Peter C http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130588 Peter C Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:09:14 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130588 Here is yet another example of how the paradigm has changed. We propose a law. We enter into negotiations with the Republicans and craft a compromise which is weaker than our proposals. We pass this compromise. Bush vetos it. This is not bargaining in good faith. We give the President and Vice President a pass on their illegality so we can "work in a bi-partisan way" and they break their word every time. So, tell me again why impeachment is off the table? Here is yet another example of how the paradigm has changed. We propose a law. We enter into negotiations with the Republicans and craft a compromise which is weaker than our proposals. We pass this compromise. Bush vetos it. This is not bargaining in good faith.

We give the President and Vice President a pass on their illegality so we can “work in a bi-partisan way” and they break their word every time.

So, tell me again why impeachment is off the table?

]]> By: drtichy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130449 drtichy Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:51:16 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130449 If Bush vetoes it, Rush Limbaugh will be able to say again, "We are no making progress, but we are winning by not allowing the Dems to do anything." This is smart, eh?? If Bush vetoes it, Rush Limbaugh will be able to say again, “We are no making progress, but we are winning by not allowing the Dems to do anything.”
This is smart, eh??

]]> By: kasinca http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130419 kasinca Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:10:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130419 Look at Dubya...he found his new veto toy...too bad he is still the same stupid SOB he has always been and he enablers are just as stupid as he is. Look at Dubya…he found his new veto toy…too bad he is still the same stupid SOB he has always been and he enablers are just as stupid as he is.

]]> By: Arne Langsetmo http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130381 Arne Langsetmo Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:58:09 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130381 #26 TCdon: <i>This will be a great act for lawyers if it passes, further opening the floodgates to federal court.</i> Well, <i>yes</i>, <b>if</b> you troglodytes <i>violate</i> the law. So don't do it. It's not just a legal matter, it's a moral one as well. One could have made the very same 'objection' to the 1965 Civil Rights Act. Did you? Cheers, #26 TCdon:

This will be a great act for lawyers if it passes, further opening the floodgates to federal court.

Well, yes, if you troglodytes violate the law. So don’t do it. It’s not just a legal matter, it’s a moral one as well.

One could have made the very same ‘objection’ to the 1965 Civil Rights Act. Did you?

Cheers,

]]> By: Namtillaku http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130378 Namtillaku Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:53:47 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130378 <i>Basing employment decisions on prejudice and not on merit is un-American and should have no place in our society. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is an historic civil rights bill and if the President opposes it he will be on the wrong side of history.</i> I'd like to see a single example of when he was on the right side. Basing employment decisions on prejudice and not on merit is un-American and should have no place in our society. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is an historic civil rights bill and if the President opposes it he will be on the wrong side of history.

I’d like to see a single example of when he was on the right side.

]]> By: Arne Langsetmo http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130376 Arne Langsetmo Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:49:11 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130376 <i>The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is an historic civil rights bill and if the President opposes it he will be on the wrong side of history.</i> Dog bites man. Cheers, The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is an historic civil rights bill and if the President opposes it he will be on the wrong side of history.

Dog bites man.

Cheers,

]]> By: tomazulob http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130345 tomazulob Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:56:03 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130345 "Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, put out a statement in response to the White House’s statement: "Basing employment decisions on prejudice and not on merit is un-American and should have no place in our society. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is an historic civil rights bill and if the President opposes it he will be on the wrong side of history." Thanks, Rep. Miller, that'll scare him into letting it go into law. Sheesh, that puts him on the right side of his racist, homophobic, xenophobic, sexist base, better known as the 24% “Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, put out a statement in response to the White House’s statement:

“Basing employment decisions on prejudice and not on merit is un-American and should have no place in our society. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is an historic civil rights bill and if the President opposes it he will be on the wrong side of history.”

Thanks, Rep. Miller, that’ll scare him into letting it go into law. Sheesh, that puts him on the right side of his racist, homophobic, xenophobic, sexist base, better known as the 24%

]]> By: Hardy Haberman http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130309 Hardy Haberman Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:40:25 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130309 And so the LGBT community argued and fought for inclusion of transgendered or exclusion of transgendered ad nauseum and Bush will veto it anyway. So what was the big deal. WIthout the votes to override its a hollow gesture at best. We have wasted time and tears getting this bill together and now the "decider" is going to toss it in the trash. Isn't it time impeachment was back on the friggin table? Speaker Pelosi, wake up and smell the indictmets! Damn it's tough being a Democrat sometimes. And so the LGBT community argued and fought for inclusion of transgendered or exclusion of transgendered ad nauseum and Bush will veto it anyway. So what was the big deal. WIthout the votes to override its a hollow gesture at best. We have wasted time and tears getting this bill together and now the “decider” is going to toss it in the trash. Isn’t it time impeachment was back on the friggin table?

Speaker Pelosi, wake up and smell the indictmets! Damn it’s tough being a Democrat sometimes.

]]> By: Bad Eye http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130260 Bad Eye Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:53:20 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130260 <em>Comment by Southern Man — October 23, 2007 @ 5:56 pm</em> Oh look! Another troll who failed reading comprehension last year in the 3rd grade. Comment by Southern Man — October 23, 2007 @ 5:56 pm

Oh look! Another troll who failed reading comprehension last year in the 3rd grade.

]]> By: Bad Eye http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130257 Bad Eye Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:52:31 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130257 Bush will veto the bill, and next week hold a press conference and use it as "proof," once again, that the Dems haven't accomplished anything in Congress this year. Bush will veto the bill, and next week hold a press conference and use it as “proof,” once again, that the Dems haven’t accomplished anything in Congress this year.

]]> By: bilbobaggins http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130241 bilbobaggins Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:45:12 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130241 <em>Do they ever think beyond the end of their noses? Comment by Marie</em> No, they don't. It's "us" and "them". Do they ever think beyond the end of their noses?
Comment by Marie

No, they don’t. It’s “us” and “them”.

]]> By: bilbobaggins http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130235 bilbobaggins Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:44:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130235 I'm absolutely sure that if these people had been in government back when we passed laws to prohibit discrimination due to race, they would have opposed those laws too. To these people, there is "us" and "them". If you look like them and think like them, then you are an "us", otherwise you are a "them". I am proudly a "them". I’m absolutely sure that if these people had been in government back when we passed laws to prohibit discrimination due to race, they would have opposed those laws too. To these people, there is “us” and “them”. If you look like them and think like them, then you are an “us”, otherwise you are a “them”. I am proudly a “them”.

]]> By: old_hack http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130222 old_hack Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:38:14 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130222 transcript: "Thats why I'm vetoing this bill. To protect Americas children from the gay" transcript:

“Thats why I’m vetoing this bill. To protect Americas children from the gay”

]]> By: erock http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130210 erock Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:33:12 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130210 Southern Man, From the TP summary: While the vast majority — nearly 90 percent — of Fortune 500 companies prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, there are surprisingly no federal prohibitions against such discriminatory behavior. ENDA would ensure that for the first time ever, gay and lesbian employees are afforded this critical federal protection. Southern Man,

From the TP summary:

While the vast majority — nearly 90 percent — of Fortune 500 companies prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, there are surprisingly no federal prohibitions against such discriminatory behavior. ENDA would ensure that for the first time ever, gay and lesbian employees are afforded this critical federal protection.

]]> By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130207 Ret. Col. Jack Ripper Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:31:41 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130207 Southern Man: "It’s already against the law." I don't think you're correct about that. I believe that in a number of states, it's perfectly legal to fire someone for being gay. Southern Man: “It’s already against the law.”

I don’t think you’re correct about that. I believe that in a number of states, it’s perfectly legal to fire someone for being gay.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130205 Marie Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:29:34 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130205 Giant steps backward by GWB. Do these people ever think that they may have children or grandchildren that will be adversely affected by sexual orientation discrimination? Do they ever think beyond the end of their noses? Is this America? Are we watching it die a slow death? Are narrow-minded, religious bigots and their army of lemming-soldiers with an ignoramus commander in the White House killing America? Giant steps backward by GWB.
Do these people ever think that they may have children or grandchildren that will be adversely affected by sexual orientation discrimination?
Do they ever think beyond the end of their noses?
Is this America? Are we watching it die a slow death?
Are narrow-minded, religious bigots and their army of lemming-soldiers with an ignoramus commander in the White House killing America?

]]> By: WaltTheMan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130169 WaltTheMan Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:02:24 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130169 George W. Bush: Doing his damnest to take this country back 200 years! Comment by Veritas — October 23, 2007 @ 5:36 pm Don't you mean 237 years? George W. Bush: Doing his damnest to take this country back 200 years!

Comment by Veritas — October 23, 2007 @ 5:36 pm

Don’t you mean 237 years?

]]> By: Roger_Roger http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130163 Roger_Roger Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:58:03 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130163 This is a bad bill. Many in this country are against the gay lifestyle (I have no probelm with it myself). Forcing a company to hire someone that is gay could cost them business. We are a land of choice afterall and private business should be able to choose what they feel is best for themselves. There is no law saying they can't discriminate against straight people. The Gay community is just as free to not hire straight people. I see no problem here. This is a bad bill. Many in this country are against the gay lifestyle (I have no probelm with it myself). Forcing a company to hire someone that is gay could cost them business. We are a land of choice afterall and private business should be able to choose what they feel is best for themselves. There is no law saying they can’t discriminate against straight people. The Gay community is just as free to not hire straight people. I see no problem here.

]]> By: Uncle Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-4130159 Uncle Ho Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:57:12 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/23/enda-white-house-veto/#comment-4130159 Another bill for chimpy to veto so he can remain relevant. Another bill for chimpy to veto so he can remain relevant.

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