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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-07-07 02:18 PM
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17. Who could have foreseen the Democratic Leadership to cave again?
:rofl:

Oh, old Arlen is going to tune that language right up, draining what little accountability and binding consequences there were.

As soon as it is completely and utterly meaningless, it will be sent off.

And if it cannot be rendered nonbinding and meaningless, it will never make it off the Senate floor.
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  - Leahy postpones contempt vote babylonsister  Dec-06-07 12:31 PM   #0 
  - CORRECTION: Specter blocks contempt vote. nt  MookieWilson   Dec-06-07 12:33 PM   #1 
  - Oh, now that makes sense.  aquart   Dec-06-07 12:35 PM   #3 
  - No, just postponed a week while Specter tries desperately to polish a turd.  MADem   Dec-06-07 12:40 PM   #9 
  - Just one more week.............  liberalnurse   Dec-06-07 12:34 PM   #2 
  - Is Leahy inept, or is this a face-saving device for Specter,  JDPriestly   Dec-06-07 12:35 PM   #4 
  - The answer is in the article  Fredda Weinberg   Dec-06-07 12:40 PM   #10 
  - Specter is the guy who can go to the WH, now. He's like Barry Goldwater.  MADem   Dec-06-07 12:45 PM   #12 
     - Thanks! Sounds like a good theory. I hope that you are right.  JDPriestly   Dec-08-07 10:56 AM   #18 
  - WTF? You mean Leahy didn't put an RSVP on the subpoena?  Horse with no Name   Dec-06-07 12:36 PM   #5 
  - leahy is an excellent senator, a seasoned prosecutor  cali   Dec-06-07 12:41 PM   #11 
     - It doesn't surprise me one bit that you missed the sarcasm  Horse with no Name   Dec-06-07 12:49 PM   #14 
  - why did leahy agree?? frickin A is there any backbone in the dems at all??  ORDagnabbit   Dec-06-07 12:36 PM   #6 
  - this is certainly not the first time Specter has done this.  alyce douglas   Dec-06-07 12:37 PM   #7 
  - It's Far Past The Point To Tell Specter To Go Fuck Himself  Beetwasher   Dec-06-07 12:37 PM   #8 
  - Specter said. “Since we can’t delegate our authority, we certainly can’t surrender it."  annabanana   Dec-06-07 12:46 PM   #13 
  - Specter's Waiting For KKKarl To Give Him The Alternative Weasel Words.......  global1   Dec-06-07 01:38 PM   #15 
  - And once the alternative weasel words are inserted,  Lasher   Dec-07-07 07:59 AM   #16 
  - Who could have foreseen the Democratic Leadership to cave again?  tom_paine   Dec-07-07 02:18 PM   #17 
 

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