House conservatives plan another political stunt tomorrow.
House conservatives plan another political stunt tomorrow.
Just as they did last Friday, a group of House Republicans will engage in political theater on the floor tomorrow, staging a fake session on gas prices. Congress adjourned last week, but some conservatives remained behind to clamor in the dark chamber for a vote on oil drilling. Politico reports that “Republicans felt they got a lot of good press out of Friday’s ‘revolt,’ so they will be back at it again.”
UPDATE: Drew Hammill, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, said last Friday: “In a week where Exxon Mobil made the largest quarterly profits by a U.S. corporation, Republicans are staying in Washington to argue that Big Oil deserves more taxpayer lands. Republicans must think Big Oil is paying them by the hour.”
UPDATE II: On Fox News’ Beltway Boys, Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes admitted the move by the House conservatives was a “stunt.” “It’s a stunt, but sometimes stunts work,” he said. Watch it:
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Oh, doody. More pointless grandstanding for Gomer ‘n Jethro.
Good luck with that, GOP.
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:05 pmThey should ALL be required to stay and vote on the IMPEACHMENT of George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, contempt charges for Karl Rove and General Mukasey…
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:11 pmOh, yes! Taxpayers want their money spent on cheap political stunts that just prove Congress isn’t serious about solving the problem. Bravo, Republicans! Way to demonsrate how much more fiscally responsible you are than the Democrats.
(What the hell, they don’t comprehend sarcasm anyway.)
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:12 pm.
What will they cry in a years time… When WAR CRIMES charges are wielded for the President and Vice President of the U.S.A. by the international community.
Currently Law Schools are organizing WAR CRIMES Tribunals and conferences to correct the direction the American Foreign Policy has caused upon humanity…
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August 3rd, 2008 at 9:15 pmThese worthless frat boys should just have a panty raid.
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:15 pmGood press? Much of what I read called it what it was- politcal stunt & theater, just as mentioned here. And laughable as well, in several articles. I’m sure Fox gave them good press, but that’s no surprise from the propaganda station.
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:16 pm“We’re set up like a rock concert. It’s a theatrical production. We have a stage, our own lights, it’s an amazing sight to see.”
Mike Stamper
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 pmSeriously, if Congress is officially not in session, who is paying for all of this?
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:22 pm“Republicans felt they got a lot of good press out of Friday’s ‘revolt,’ so they will be back at it again.”
And where was THAT? The Moonie Times? The Weakly NoStandard?
What sh!t-sheet ho-house didn’t see through this peepot?
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:25 pmCongress adjourned last week, but some conservatives remained behind to clamor in the dark chamber for a vote on oil drilling.
Which should be 2nd nature to the GOP ; they go through life in the dark anyway ……….
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:25 pmRepublicans working really hard to keep the top 1% happy.
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:25 pmIt’s amazing how much good press the Republicans get from the liberal media. I guess that must be testimony to how clever the Republicans are.
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:30 pmNow that Congress is adjourned, will Bush rush through some recess appointments? I don’t see anything about holding pro-forma sessions this time around….
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:37 pmJim,
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:39 pmYou forgot to Snarc on/off
Iolair,
Floor Schedule
Tuesday, Aug 05, 2008
10:00 a.m.: Convene for a pro forma session.
Here is the first one.
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:41 pmIolair,
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:44 pmI think your right, I can’t find anything scheduled after Aug 5th. Hopefully just an oversight.
What else have these fool have to do? They know there is absolutely no need to waste their time and money to go home to campaign for reelection. Even a four-legged rat knows when it is time to flee the ship. Much better to hang around their buddies and friendly hookers for a few days that go home and face Momma and the voters. Besides, who knows, Larry Craig and the Dandy Boys may join the circle jerk or maybe the World’s most laughable and most useless Cluster Phuc.
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:48 pmWill they be wearing their pajamas to this pajama party?
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:51 pmRandomChaos
I saw Harry Reid tell a reporter that because Congress cannot trust Bush that there will be pro forma sessions during the break,
We learned that from Chimpy himself, you do remember his fool me once quote don’t you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A&feature=related
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:52 pmRepublicans are staying in Washington to argue that Big Oil deserves more taxpayer lands. Republicans must think Big Oil is paying them by the hour.”
Not by the hour, by the vote.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:55 pmIf they’re using their own lighting system, an enterprising anti-war protestor should go down, and hit the generator with water balloons.
The perfect response, to a political prank.
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:55 pm.
Q U E S T I O N:
Should this “off shore”(read to pad Big OIL profits) succeed, what will be the price of gas when this resource hits the pumps in seven years? $8.00/ gallon? … and to think, no one wants to discuss this reality because after all, reality has a liberal bias… YES?
I mean, imagine if the conversation was about the price of fuel in seven years when this resource hits the pumps… THEN THE PEOPLE WILL SEE THIS AS WHAT IT IS… a PROFIT windfall for CORPORATION$ and even a higher cost of living for the average Joe Human. Each dollar increase to fuel is costing us more, not only AT the pump, but on the shelves, too. Who can afford a $5.00 loaf of bread now? Say in seven years, how much will that loaf of bread cost… $8.00? Think about it people… ANWAR and “off shore” is NOT(!) the end all solution. In fact, it is a way to the END… PERIOD!
It will force people around the world to choose between staying feed, or going hungry… and when faced with this dilemma, people get very, VERY angry and desperate.
Think, people… 5 million coffins, hidden in the hills, waiting, ready for use…
They’re not doing the people’s business…
… They’re doing the bidding of the Corporation’s business.
THIS MAN is a pioneer…
… I bet EXXON would like to see him fail.
For humanity’s sake, I pray he doesn’t!
… WHO WIN’S WHEN CORPORATIONS DICTATE POLICY?
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August 3rd, 2008 at 10:01 pmLock the door now, and throw away the key.
If Congress has a ‘No Alcohol or Hookers’ rule, they’ll all be out by Monday.
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:07 pmThe really sad fact though, is that this pandering to the corporations to fool the LIV into believing that thier representatives are really looking out for “Them” unfortunately works.
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:11 pmWe must put a stop to it.
RandomChaos Says: “We must put a stop to it.”
AMEN, Brother! (Or Sister as the case may be.)
We shall overcome, come November!
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 pmAs I’ve said to my own readers:
I hate it when people take activist methods to heart when their motives are for profit.
They’re mocking us, I swear…
Big Oil just doesn’t know how to quit when they’re ahead.
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:26 pmThe GOP is staging a juvenile stunt..demanding attention (the political equivalent of holding their collective breaths ’til they turn blue)…in a dark, empty chamber.
Somewhere, Jon Stewart is smiling up at God and saying, “You really, really like me, don’t you??”
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:38 pmWhen Republicans sham workin’ for regular folk, count the spoons.
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:39 pmThese repugs are SO stupid it’s amazing they’re let out of the house during the day – any day..
Since they’ve worked SO hard to dumb down the public to the point of dribbling on the curb means you have to go to walmart to get another bags of chips, this shouldn’t surprise anyone.
Mindless drones….
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:44 pmWill they be wearing their pajamas to this pajama party?
No. They will be wearing elaborate Japanese costumes. After all, this is Kabuki theater. (definition — stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies).
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:46 pmWinski Says:
These repugs are SO stupid it’s amazing they’re let out of the house during the day – any day..
Since they’ve worked SO hard to dumb down the public to the point of dribbling on the curb means you have to go to walmart to get another bags of chips, this shouldn’t surprise anyone.
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A maverick is just a cow that’s TOO DAMN STUPID to GO HOME.
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:00 pmSomewhere right about now is when one of our “libertarian” or “conservative” trolls would ordinarily get very snarky about Congress “wasting time” on trivia. Of course, that’s when it’s Democrats investigating the behavior of the Bushies, but still . . they’ve always made it very clear that they’re not partisan, but rather standing on principle.
Eh, maybe they’ve just got the evening off. I’m sure they will weigh in on the horrid waste of time in Congress. Any minute now.
Soon.
Real soon.
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:04 pmthe horrid waste of time in Congress
Remember, it’s an election season. The Republican’ts aren’t wasting time . . . they’re just getting free publicity for their futile campaigns with this political theater.
It’s what they do. Don’t you remember their frantic return to Washington to pass “right to life” legislation when Terry Schiavo was taken off life support? Or how about a similar election year ploy with the “defense of marriage act”?
It’s called “wedge issue exploitation”.
Republican’ts — the new Castrati.
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:20 pmAh yes, the GOP.
Grand Oil Party…
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:23 pmI guess the little boys don’t mention anything about the millions of acres of land that the oil companies have leases on and have not even stuck a shovel into the ground. This is about greed by the oil companies and their lap dogs, the Republicans. I must live in the most stupid country if they believe this shit.
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:29 pmfrom the kudos and congratulations that i’ve read on some “news” blogs, this stunt is going over very well with the fright-wingers…
Drew Hammill, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, said last Friday…
hell, we’ve all slept since then…
say what??? LOUDER!!! AGAIN!!!
yea, right…
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:31 pmHell, Congress is shut down…lock them all up for tresspassing of breaking and entering. We know they’re all crooks anyway.
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:47 pmChuck the oil fompanies!
“Drill Now, Pay Less” is a fiction, especially after our second quarter of “Drive Less, Pay More”
http://peureport.blogspot.com/2008/08/drive-less-pay-more.html
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:58 pmPolitico reports that “Republicans felt they got a lot of good press out of Friday’s ‘revolt,’ so they will be back at it again.”
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I think this more or less proves that the only “press” the Republicans pay any attention to are their propaganda machines. That’s OK — since they obviously have no clue as to how stupid they look, let them rave on.
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:59 pmThey’ve had 7-1/2 years to deal with energy issues…and 3 months before a Presidential election, they suddenly are concerned about energy? After rolling over and delivering everything Big Oil wanted since before 2000?
Sorry if I don’t think they’re serious.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:13 amThis only proves that their priority is to serve big oil and their jobs as house members are just a means to an end.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:18 amBill Wattenburg host on kgoradio, last night was trying to incite the audience with this lying crap. I am sure he will do it again tonight – he is on in about 5 minutes.
This lying stunt is over the top… talk about desperate!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:53 amAugust 4th, 2008 at 1:14 am
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MyFreedomWings Says:
As I’ve said to my own readers:
I hate it when people take activist methods to heart when their motives are for profit.
They’re mocking us, I swear…
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:26 pm
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hanshiro Says:
The GOP is staging a juvenile stunt..demanding attention (the political equivalent of holding their collective breaths ’til they turn blue)…
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:38 pm
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oops!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:22 amXisithrus Says:
Polls show the GOP is on the right side of the issue; a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll released last week showed 75% of Americans support increased oil drilling in the U.S., while 71% support increased drilling offshore and 56% support drilling for oil in ANWR.
And you believe Fux Spews Polls?
Granted, pubic opinion is easily manipulated, and, for some reason, only Repubicans seem capable of manipulating the pubic on a regular basis. Explains why were so skrewed.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:30 am“Republicans must think Big Oil is paying them by the hour.”
…is this one of those easy true or false questions?
August 4th, 2008 at 1:56 amNice photo of harry & the nanster.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:00 amI’ll make a good cover for my dart board.
nancy is the definition of DINO.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:02 amWhat a phony stunt to play against the US people. These same repug thieves will not perform to fight against an unjust invasion of Iraq.
But low and behold these same dumbass repugs will tear up the earth to made their oil companies happy. It won’t save us a damn thing.
repugs are full of stunts
August 4th, 2008 at 6:15 amSince this isn’t an official session of congress what would stop a group of concerned citizens from showing up and lobbing rotten vegetables at their little vaudeville performance?
August 4th, 2008 at 6:35 amThey’re scared to go home and face their constituents anyway…
August 4th, 2008 at 6:46 amDaryll,
You’ve had the obstruction of the Senate Republicans explained to you on many occassions. Why do you persist in blaming the Democrats for all of the failures of our Congress? Do you post stupid comments like this because you honestly forgot how wrong they are, or are you just trying to help the conservatives by clouding up the issue so that no one is sure who’s telling the truth any more?
Your comment also shows a complete ignorance of what the Republicans are doing with this sleazy stunt. The Republicans want the oil companies to get richer now so that the prices we pay at the pump will go down in about ten years. That is what they are “fighting” for. You do understand that, don’t you? The Republicans are not fighting for your interests.
I really don’t know whether I should scorn you or pity you. If I knew exactly what your level of sincerity truly was, I might be able to decide.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:11 amPity is always appropriate.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:13 amDaryll Says:
This is just another way for the Republicans to show the Democrats how to put the American people before self. Congress has been horrible since November 06?. Therefore, the true party at fault for high gas prices are the Democrats.
And what exactly did the Republican Congress do before 2006 when gas prices were still rising? Oh, the same bill they are pushing for failed….
Why don’t you tell us exactly what the full Republican majority did do while they had full power, Daryll?
August 4th, 2008 at 8:48 amOther than f_ck this country over and bleed the treasury.
Wayne A. Schneider Says:
Daryll,
I really don’t know whether I should scorn you or pity you. If I knew exactly what your level of sincerity truly was, I might be able to decide.
I pity his family or anyone that has to deal with him on a daily basis.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:52 amI copied that from an article from realclearpolitics. Because I posted it does not mean I believe it as mostly FOX watchers answer their polls. I left it in to give some continuity and the fact that although FOX folks are for drilling most US citizens dont think the GOP is all that capable of lowering prices, hence the political theatrics. If the GOP wants more drilling then they can create some legislation, instead the legislation they are obstructing has more to do with regulating oil speculators.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:52 amDaryll Says:
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This is just another way for the Republicans to show the Democrats how to put the American people before self. Congress has been horrible since November 06?. Therefore, the true party at fault for high gas prices are the Democrats.
August 4th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Hounding a popular sitting president over an extra-marital affair , and trying to imeach him over that transgression , is putting America and the American people before self , right you GOP tool ?
Mr. Bush was critical of Al Gore in the 2000 campaign for being part of “the administration that’s been in charge” while the “price of gasoline has gone steadily upward.” In December 1999, in the first Republican primary debate, Mr. Bush said President Clinton “must jawbone OPEC members to lower prices.”
Your retarded simian deity seems to believe it is the administration’s job to maintain reasonable gas prices ; are you going to claim otherwise , and disagree with your “fearless leader” ?
August 4th, 2008 at 8:54 amThis is just another way for the Republicans to show the Democrats how to put the American people before self. -Daryll
Daryll, obviously your a cheerleader for whatever your team does. The fact remaains however that they did nothing about more drilling from 1994-2006. They obstructed legislation to get oil prices down, thats hardly for the people, so they could put on a circus act.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:55 amcabbinbagger Says:
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There are good people on both sides of the political aisle.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Name the “good ones” on the GOP side ………I’ve got time to review a blank page.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:58 amHey Daryll, you think Ted Stevens was thinking about you when he is grilling on that expensive gas grill?
August 4th, 2008 at 8:58 amI thought Congress was going to “close the Enron loophole”, which supposed to bring oil and gas prices down faster. Did that happen, or did Bush manage to successfully block that from passing?
August 4th, 2008 at 9:03 amThey already have plenty of “singers” “actors” “yoldelers” “criers” “Whiners,’n Winers”
August 4th, 2008 at 10:31 am“Weiners” etc, now all they need are dancers. Oh wait, they have Dole ‘n Schmidt. Dey reddy to take dere sho onna rode.
Bozo The Neoclown Says:
Since this isn’t an official session of congress what would stop a group of concerned citizens from showing up and lobbing rotten vegetables at their little vaudeville performance?
Hey this could work!
More proof that these wannabe “boston tea nothingness” are stuck in a time warp, lost in space.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:14 amJohn Kerry Says:
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San Fran Nan is one pitiful old woman!! Obviously she only cares about her own self and NOT about us who are paying at the pump! And forget the lib bullshit about drilling taking 10 + years! Try MAYBE two!!!
August 4th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Maybe you should try not bullshitting ; then again , you are a GOP backing tool ………..
August 4th, 2008 at 11:19 amdasm Says:
Good press? Much of what I read called it what it was- politcal stunt & theater, just as mentioned here. And laughable as well, in several articles. I’m sure Fox gave them good press, but that’s no surprise from the propaganda station.
Yeah, I have been hearing the same.
This backfired big time. HAHAHAHA, when are they gonna put on their white french curl wigs.
If they do something today, will be proof they’re out of touch with the majority (around the world) and with reality.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:25 amWhat Daryll and his ilk forget conveniently is that gas prices went up when the Republican Congress was in control and that they did NOTHING about it…
Daryll, such a tool for the GOP…it’s no wonder the elitists of Wall Street whose interests the GOP truly works for laugh in your face, because they know that no matter what, you’ll support them. If they took your house and your money, you’d still support them as long as those godless Communists and Socialists didn’t take over…
August 5th, 2008 at 5:26 amJohn Kerry Says:
San Fran Nan is one pitiful old woman!! Obviously she only cares about her own self and NOT about us who are paying at the pump! And forget the lib bullshit about drilling taking 10 + years! Try MAYBE two!!!
I’m pretty sure you believe that the price of a gallon of gas will decrease dramatically…Hell drill in ANWR and we’ll pay $20 for a full tank now, lol…
Hear that laughter? That’s the sound of Big Oil taking your money to the bank while snickering at your ignorance…The GOP loves suckers like you because they know that if everyone knew the truth, the only people who would be supporting them would be the top 5%…
August 5th, 2008 at 5:28 am