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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 11:52 PM
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11. They're still feeding their fingers to the piranhas to be "bi-partisan".
And, of course, to keep the contributions coming in from the corporations.
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  -Reasons why the Dems were afraid to filibuster JMDEM  Jan-30-06 11:34 PM   #0 
  - LOL! (hear the bitter edge in that laugh?) Well done! n/t  Talismom   Jan-30-06 11:36 PM   #1 
  - You speak for me!  FormerRepublican   Jan-30-06 11:37 PM   #2 
  - Well said .Absolutely. NO reason for Dems NOT to stand up on this!  saracat   Jan-30-06 11:39 PM   #3 
  - Perfect -- And here's another  Armstead   Jan-30-06 11:39 PM   #4 
  - And another reason:  joemurphy   Jan-30-06 11:49 PM   #10 
  - Ouch! Sadly, that may be the price that's paid  Lorien   Jan-31-06 09:21 PM   #54 
  - 9. They're part of the problem, not part of the solution  MakeItSo   Jan-30-06 11:39 PM   #5 
  - If these Dems would have been on the Battleship Missouri in 1945  JMDEM   Jan-30-06 11:39 PM   #6 
  - SO true!!! They would have surrendered to Japan AFTER the BOMB.  loudsue   Jan-31-06 03:59 AM   #30 
  - No wonder they were scared! All is forgiven! n/t  joemurphy   Jan-30-06 11:43 PM   #7 
  - You know what? This appointment affects the rest of my life,not just 2006  EndElectoral   Jan-30-06 11:47 PM   #8 
  - Yea but...  JMDEM   Jan-30-06 11:49 PM   #9 
  - They're still feeding their fingers to the piranhas to be "bi-partisan".  Tierra_y_Libertad   Jan-30-06 11:52 PM   #11 
  - Actually, they are feeding OUR fingers to the piranhas. Theirs are  mom cat   Jan-31-06 03:10 PM   #44 
     - How right you are.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Jan-31-06 07:17 PM   #48 
  - We could have stopped this nomination  Nutmegger   Jan-30-06 11:52 PM   #12 
  - The Dems who voted "yes" on cloture  LibDemAlways   Jan-30-06 11:53 PM   #13 
  - Obama felt the heat too. THere were pretty clear signs that he planned  Nothing Without Hope   Jan-31-06 12:51 AM   #18 
  - This is great! Have you considered emailing it to the Dem Yes voters?  leftstreet   Jan-30-06 11:53 PM   #14 
  - Please do.  JMDEM   Jan-30-06 11:57 PM   #15 
     - ROFL!  leftstreet   Jan-31-06 12:09 AM   #17 
  - John Kerry was an inspiration  Cocoa   Jan-30-06 11:58 PM   #16 
  - No kidding- thank God for those two. n/t  Dr Fate   Jan-31-06 01:09 AM   #26 
  - Being a true-blue state Dem, he could afford to be.  Clarkie1   Jan-31-06 09:48 PM   #62 
  - Two more reasons...  autorank   Jan-31-06 12:58 AM   #19 
  - I believe that Kohl...  Lifelong Protester   Jan-31-06 09:28 PM   #55 
     - Yes on cloture insured confirmation. Kohl and the rest should be ashamed.  autorank   Jan-31-06 10:18 PM   #65 
  - exactly JMDEM  Jaybird   Jan-31-06 01:01 AM   #20 
  - And my favorite  DefenseLawyer   Jan-31-06 01:05 AM   #21 
  - Yah. Should they ever need it, which is unlikely.  RazzleDazzle   Jan-31-06 03:19 PM   #45 
  - Love it!  upi402   Jan-31-06 01:05 AM   #22 
  - They're waiting for Bush to hit 3.8% approval  hvn_nbr_2   Jan-31-06 01:05 AM   #23 
  - 10. Left my spine in my other purse  upi402   Jan-31-06 01:07 AM   #24 
  - I'm ready to do something positive about it.:  Dr Fate   Jan-31-06 01:08 AM   #25 
  - My sentiments exactly  depakid   Jan-31-06 01:17 AM   #27 
  - I already have!  upi402   Jan-31-06 01:45 AM   #28 
  - really, why not filibuster  kirchaleo   Jan-31-06 02:08 AM   #29 
  - Maybe Bush isn't the only one who should step down?  The Backlash Cometh   Jan-31-06 04:16 AM   #31 
  - it wasn't fear . . . it was political expediency, as they perceive it . .  OneBlueSky   Jan-31-06 04:31 AM   #32 
  - FUCK yeah!  Barad Simith   Jan-31-06 04:31 AM   #33 
  - Actually  JNelson6563   Jan-31-06 04:53 AM   #34 
  - The Dems that wouldn't vote for Filibuster wanted to  Disturbed   Jan-31-06 05:39 AM   #35 
     - Why are you spouting fiction?  JNelson6563   Jan-31-06 06:33 AM   #36 
        - The problem is he presents a viable, believable perception.  Dr Fate   Jan-31-06 09:57 AM   #41 
  - They could get a job at a  Justice Is Comin   Jan-31-06 06:52 AM   #37 
  - Because we couldn't win?  TnDem   Jan-31-06 08:08 AM   #38 
  - Same exact excuse that got us into Iraq.  Dr Fate   Jan-31-06 09:55 AM   #40 
  - Lol! nt.  Strong Atheist   Jan-31-06 08:52 AM   #39 
  - There are NO excuses... no jesting. Most Dems are an embarrassment to  zann725   Jan-31-06 10:08 AM   #42 
  - We lost the Alito battle in November 2004 ...  Martin Eden   Jan-31-06 12:15 PM   #43 
  - Aah, but there is where you are wrong  MadHound   Jan-31-06 03:27 PM   #46 
     - This is Bush and Rove we're talking about  Martin Eden   Jan-31-06 07:52 PM   #50 
        - Martin Eden is right, and it would hurt Dems in red states the most. eom  Clarkie1   Jan-31-06 09:46 PM   #60 
  - That's about the size of it, huh?  Vektor   Jan-31-06 07:16 PM   #47 
  - AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!  SmokingJacket   Jan-31-06 07:18 PM   #49 
  - OMG! Great post!  mzmolly   Jan-31-06 08:13 PM   #51 
  - That's about it  AX10   Jan-31-06 08:14 PM   #52 
  - Why show any semblance of 'strength' politically when R's ship sinking?  EVDebs   Jan-31-06 09:15 PM   #53 
  - Dino's are just playing weak, really?  upi402   Jan-31-06 09:34 PM   #56 
  - 9. Not a smart political move for "red-state" Democrats in election year.  Clarkie1   Jan-31-06 09:39 PM   #57 
  - delete.  Clarkie1   Jan-31-06 09:40 PM   #58 
  - 10. Filibuster would have been impotent anyway...we are the minority.  Clarkie1   Jan-31-06 09:41 PM   #59 
  - 9. None of them like Kerry, and wanted someone else to lead them  LittleClarkie   Jan-31-06 09:47 PM   #61 
  - No, I already posted #9.  Clarkie1   Jan-31-06 09:49 PM   #63 
  - Sorry. Ya Lost me from the Start at Nu. 1...  AuntiBush   Jan-31-06 10:02 PM   #64 
  - My Two Senators from Arkansas  javadu   Jan-31-06 10:20 PM   #66 
  - Battered whife syndrome  robbedvoter   Jan-31-06 10:21 PM   #67 
 

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