Comments on: Perino Baselessly Claims 2007 Was Year Of The ‘Do-Nothing Congress’

By: BrianFL

BrianFL — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:26:53 +0000

I see a lot of messages saying to impeach, but you have to realize, the Dems hold a one vote majority in the Senate, and that vote is Joe Republican-in-all-but-name Lieberman. Not only do Senate Democrats not hold enough votes to force a vote and end a fillibuster, but they don’t even have a real majority of votes with Lieberman the Traitor.

When you attack Harry Reid over the Senate’s inability to oppose Bush strongly, you’re really just playing into right-wing talking points. They want you to think the Democrats just decided not to really oppose Bush or the War, when the facts are very different.

Want Republican policies opposed? Want the War ended? Vote in MORE Democrats so they have a real majority to work with. It’s up to us to make it happen.

By: flavorino

flavorino — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:44:42 +0000

I think from now on she should be referred to in the media as:
White House Spokeswoman Dana (Bubblehead) Perino

By: katy

katy — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:35:18 +0000

kinda funny… following harry reid’s message (above), i find this one today:

Yesterday Harry Reid again brought forward the version of the FISA bill containing a provision for telecom immunity for their criminal complicity in illegal wiretaps of American citizens. Sure we need to win another filibuster, but we also need a stronger message. Reid must go.

What part of exercising power doesn’t Harry Reid get? The Washington
Post reports him “pleading” with the White House. And yet, it is his decision which version of the FISA bill to have the Senate consider, and by choosing to bring forward the bad one, he is knowingly forcing opponents of yet another “get out of jail free card” for Cheney cronies to get 60 votes to strip it out of the bill. Or filibuster yet again.

Step Down Harry Action Page:
http://www.usalone.com/step_down_harry.php (anyone can use this link)

Facebook Version:
http://apps.facebook.com/fb_voices/action.php?qnum=pnum784 (for this
link must be a member of Facebook and logged in)

This is the last straw. Time and again he has abdicated his leadership, claiming he is “personally” opposed to things, while collaborating to stack the deck in favor of the other side of the policy issue. Reid has got to go.

And call them on the phone too. Here are the tested toll free
numbers, 800 828-0498, 800 614 2803 and 866 340 9281.
[...]

it goes on quite a bit longer… you get the point…
…

By: ForTruth

ForTruth — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:29:15 +0000

PERINO IS A WH0RE!

By: wisedup

wisedup — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:46:14 +0000

Dana: ‘A DO NOTHING BUT LIE’ white house press robot.

By: kuvasz

kuvasz — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:58:25 +0000

Perino is a god damned filthy liar who ought to eviserated as cleanly as she eviserates the truth.

i smell sexism here in not going after her jugular. If Ari Flesher or Scott McClellan had performed as poorly the white house press would have been all over her.

She getting a ride because she is female.

By: stormkrow

stormkrow — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:26:52 +0000

They were elected to impeach the regime in the white house.
They didn’t do that.
They accomplished nothing.
Want better approval ratings?
Chimpeach!

By: katy

katy — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:21:19 +0000

email message from harry reid:

Dear Katy,

Republicans seem to have forgotten that national security is one of the most important issues we address in the Senate. Yesterday, they proved the only thing they care about is politics.

They spent the day filibustering on the Senate floor, preventing Democrats from introducing any amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) bill. This means they are blocking an important amendment, which I support, that would make sure phone companies don’t receive retroactive immunity.

At the end of the day, Senator McConnell decided he would try and stop debate entirely by filing for cloture. That means if Republicans get 60 votes on Monday, debate on this vital issue will be shut down.

Normally I wouldn’t go this deep into Senate procedure, but if you care about your civil liberties and our national security, it is vital you tell your Senators to vote no on cloture Monday by visiting:

http://giveemhellharry.com/fisa

Looking at this situation makes me think the President and Republicans want to fail so they can run and cry to the media that Democrats are weak on national security. That line didn’t work in 2006 and it won’t work in 2008.

Closing the debate on this bill now is wrong.

Tell your Senators to vote no on cloture Monday by visiting:

http://giveemhellharry.com/fisa

Thank you,
Harry Reid
.

“Normally I wouldn’t go this deep into Senate procedure…”
uuuuuuuuuughhh… go there, harry! go there dammit!!!!!

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:01:42 +0000

All that said–and just to be clear–I still think the poor performance of the Democratic Congress is better than what we would have had if the Republicans had remained in power.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:59:13 +0000

#74: Republicans have set the historical record for obstruction. 67 fillibusters is the largest number of filibusters in history for any single session, and the session isnâ€™t over with yet. Does that enter into your thinking at all?

I agree that the Republicans have acted as obstructionists, and I agree that they have made more use of the filibuster than any previous Congress. The Democrats have actively helped them, however. If Harry Reid were half as tough on Republican filibusters as he has been on Chris Dodd’s filibuster of retroactive immunity in the FISA bill, these filibusters wouldn’t have been effective. Reid, in fact, has actively made it nearly impossible to strip telecom immunity from that bill. Other Democrats–Feinstein, Rockefeller, Nelson (both of them)–have behaved similarly. Democrats have been weak with regard to investigations of administration malfeasance, and no one has followed through on any threats about holding in contempt of Congress those who defy subpoenas. Is that the kind of leadership you want from a Democratic majority in Congress? For me the answer is “no.” If you’re happy with the way the Democrats have conducted themselves, though, that’s your prerogative.

By: Merlin

Merlin — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:30:13 +0000

Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper â€” January 25, 2008 @ 7:36

Hey, Iâ€™m sure there are many things to bash the Democratic congress for…

Right on Col, as usual. Unfortunately, the response to the frustration and anger we all feel after these last 7 years of abuse, is sometimes a wild striking out at the nearest object. Marital disputes come to mind here. (Spouse has trouble at work and comes home only to take it out on the partner and the kids.) With the 110th we have good reason to be unhappy about some major issues. That said, we should not forget the context, the larger picture that is involved. This all takes place in a Congress that is still obstructed by rethugs and Blue Dog Dems.

Beginning in January 2009 those frustrations will be relieved. I am utterly convinced of this. We will finally have both the Congress (overwhelmingly) and the Presidency working together to put the country back on track and begin forward motion again.

One final thought. It strikes me that this “bash the Democratic Congress” thing is a neocon meme! One that we are picking up, and much to the delight of those same neocons, we are flogging ourselves with it!

Better we flog BushCo and the neocons than ourselves!

By: dixie blood

dixie blood — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:59:28 +0000

Sadly, they are no such kind of people. Their actions speak for them very loudly! They are essentially evil and destructive at every turn, and will never relent in their pursuit of their own power and importance.

Comment by Merlin â€” January 25, 2008 @ 5:02 pm

Yep, Reagan Vampires.

This hatred was birthed, coddled, suckled and encouraged through years of Reagan attacking education (to dumb down the electorate in the generation(s) we see now) AND helping RACIST find new ways to hate the poor and middle class!!

Reagan started the New Facism in this country!!

By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper

Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:36:36 +0000

Hey, I’m sure there are many things to bash the Democratic congress for, but can we at least keep in mind that the Patriot Act was passed by a republican-controlled congress in an environment of fear right after the 9-11 attack when Bush had an approval rating in the 80’s?

By: singe_101

singe_101 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:30:03 +0000

If the Patriot Act is an example of doing something, then do nothing!

By: Nature Rules

Nature Rules — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:23:10 +0000

Comment by Merlin â€” January 25, 2008 @ 5:35 pm

Very well said. Thanks.

By: Marie

Marie — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:13:44 +0000

Facts make no difference to them — they continue to repeat their pat litttle phrases, which are picked up and further repeated by the media and voila! it’s a fact.

By: katy

katy — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:20:56 +0000

yea!
what THEY said:
bilbobaggins @ 5:31 pm and
ralph the wonder llama @ 5:32 pm
and Ret. Col. Jack Ripper @ 5:34 pm

“term limits” – another recent (and re-used) rightie meme…

i love the increasing numbers of concern troolls who’ve been
showing up lately…

… not.

By: tombaker

tombaker — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:48:54 +0000

I thought ‘07 was:

“The 7th Annual Year of the Admit-Nothing/Deny-Everything Press Secretary”.

By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper

Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:41:01 +0000

had enough, they try to shoot Kucinich down every two years. He’s never had an election in which entrenched corporate power didn’t try to overwhelm him with money. In this election year, I’ll be very surprised if people buy the corporate message and not Kucinich’s core message.

By: had enough

had enough — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:37:42 +0000

Speaking of LIES and deceit… the filthy corporate powers that be are going after Kucinich’s congressional seat. He was on Ed Shultz’s show asking for donations to compete against the money the corporations are putting up against him.