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Tue Oct-23-07 01:01 PM
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| 15. A different Speaker and a different Senate Majority Leader.... |
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.... and I had such high hopes last November.  |
| -Do we need a new Speaker of the House? |
rateyes |
Oct-23-07 12:52 PM |
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You would get the same exact thing |
LynneSin |
Oct-23-07 12:54 PM |
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Lynne, I usually agree with you on just about everything... |
rateyes |
Oct-23-07 12:56 PM |
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Then you know nothing about this position |
LynneSin |
Oct-23-07 12:59 PM |
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Do a search for rateyes and Conyers... |
rateyes |
Oct-23-07 01:02 PM |
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Fair enough |
LynneSin |
Oct-23-07 01:03 PM |
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It is not the job of a "Frosh" congressperson to BUCK THE PARTY. |
Tyler Durden |
Oct-23-07 01:17 PM |
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Oh, stop making sense and describing how the system actually WORKS!!! |
MADem |
Oct-23-07 01:03 PM |
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I understand exactly how it works, |
rateyes |
Oct-23-07 01:08 PM |
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Controlling the AGENDA does not mean controlling the votes. |
MADem |
Oct-23-07 01:50 PM |
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Controlling the agenda allows her to keep stupid legislation |
rateyes |
Oct-23-07 04:00 PM |
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I expect her to lead, too. And that IS what she's doing. |
MADem |
Oct-23-07 04:33 PM |
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You know something? THAT is EXACTLY the job of the Majority Leadership. |
Tyler Durden |
Oct-23-07 01:34 PM |
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No it isn't. Delay ABUSED his power, yet because he did, you say that's OK? |
MADem |
Oct-23-07 01:45 PM |
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No, I NEVER said WHAT Delay STOOD FOR was good. |
Tyler Durden |
Oct-23-07 02:25 PM |
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But you are angry at Pelosi for NOT doing what he did??? Well, what am I missing, here? |
MADem |
Oct-23-07 04:21 PM |
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Obviously, you have not read them yourself. |
Tyler Durden |
Oct-24-07 06:47 AM |
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Tyler, give it up. You just said, above, that you wanted Pelosi to be our DeLay |
MADem |
Oct-24-07 09:29 AM |
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I SAID that I wanted PELOSI to act the way the SPEAKER does in a two party system. |
Tyler Durden |
Oct-24-07 10:24 AM |
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No you didn't. Go back and read what you wrote. |
MADem |
Oct-24-07 10:46 AM |
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This will be the last response: |
Tyler Durden |
Oct-24-07 11:03 AM |
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Well, referencing your subject line, that's a relief. NT |
MADem |
Oct-24-07 12:11 PM |
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Hypothetical Question |
atreides1 |
Oct-23-07 01:05 PM |
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I disagree |
atreides1 |
Oct-23-07 12:59 PM |
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So basically Nancy is the soul functioning brain and everyone else in the party |
LynneSin |
Oct-23-07 01:02 PM |
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ask pete stark |
frylock |
Oct-23-07 01:06 PM |
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Lynn read up on Sam rayburn, LBJ, Everett Dirksen...even O;Neill... |
Didereaux |
Oct-24-07 11:07 AM |
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The way I'm feeling today, you need a 'fuck, YES' option. |
AzDar |
Oct-23-07 12:54 PM |
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Sorry, I should've thought of that! nt |
rateyes |
Oct-23-07 12:58 PM |
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Wow. It's worse than I thought, already 10 to 1... |
rateyes |
Oct-23-07 12:54 PM |
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are you running for office ? |
paulk |
Oct-23-07 12:54 PM |
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I'm working on campaigns... |
rateyes |
Oct-23-07 12:58 PM |
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no, I'm not running for office... |
paulk |
Oct-23-07 01:51 PM |
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Exactly |
LynneSin |
Oct-23-07 01:00 PM |
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Lynne, it was Nancy who said "no more blank checks" |
rateyes |
Oct-23-07 01:05 PM |
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UNLESS they stand up and support the rank and file. |
Tyler Durden |
Oct-23-07 01:08 PM |
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YES! YES!! YES!!! |
Lobster Martini |
Oct-23-07 12:59 PM |
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If I had been Stark, after that vote today, when I WASN'T |
rateyes |
Oct-23-07 01:01 PM |
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The only votes that count are those of the Democratic Caucus in the House of Representatives |
MADem |
Oct-23-07 12:59 PM |
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Who elects those who elect her? |
rateyes |
Oct-23-07 01:10 PM |
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The Democratic caucus, of course. |
MADem |
Oct-23-07 02:06 PM |
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Well, my Congressman is DINO Jim Marshall, and I will NOT |
rateyes |
Oct-23-07 04:03 PM |
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You might not have to--the cretin wants to run against Chambliss. |
MADem |
Oct-23-07 04:30 PM |
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Not just a Yes |
Va Lefty |
Oct-23-07 01:01 PM |
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A different Speaker and a different Senate Majority Leader.... |
marmar |
Oct-23-07 01:01 PM |
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Gingrich or Hastert would submit to CASTRATION before they tolerated a censure... |
Tyler Durden |
Oct-23-07 01:05 PM |
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That's something I would have paid to see..n/t |
Virginia Dare |
Oct-23-07 01:08 PM |
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The castration, or Pelosi and Bohner showing they actually had a pair to cut off? |
Tyler Durden |
Oct-23-07 01:09 PM |
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That is the truth. nt |
rateyes |
Oct-23-07 01:11 PM |
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Sorry, but I just have to ask - |
mondo joe |
Oct-23-07 01:23 PM |
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That is how a two party system WORKS. |
Tyler Durden |
Oct-23-07 01:28 PM |
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I understand that, but that's not an answer to my question. |
mondo joe |
Oct-23-07 01:37 PM |
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I never said we were a particularly politically savvy group as a whole. |
Tyler Durden |
Oct-23-07 02:28 PM |
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other- we need a new house. |
Bluerthanblue |
Oct-23-07 01:06 PM |
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Prove to me that somebody else could do better...n/t |
Virginia Dare |
Oct-23-07 01:09 PM |
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Well, not many could do worse. nt |
rateyes |
Oct-23-07 01:12 PM |
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And you know that, how?...n/t |
Virginia Dare |
Oct-23-07 01:18 PM |
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Wow .... what an insightful reason. Why not float that ....... |
Husb2Sparkly |
Oct-23-07 04:27 PM |
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She didn't have to do BETTER.... |
Tyler Durden |
Oct-23-07 01:12 PM |
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Frankly, I'm glad that she apparently doesn't stoop to the tactics.. |
Virginia Dare |
Oct-23-07 01:21 PM |
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Do you know what the call the Party our of power in a two party system? |
Tyler Durden |
Oct-23-07 01:25 PM |
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I can't argue with that.. |
Virginia Dare |
Oct-23-07 01:27 PM |
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The problem is, the SHOW is everything at this moment. |
Tyler Durden |
Oct-23-07 01:31 PM |
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I guess it depends on who her successor would be. NT |
mondo joe |
Oct-23-07 01:20 PM |
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Pete Stark For Speaker |
stirlingsliver |
Oct-23-07 04:35 PM |
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Yeah ... and last week it was the Dem Darling du jour ..... and the week before that ..... |
Husb2Sparkly |
Oct-23-07 05:20 PM |
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This would be a more serious suggestion if the thread mentioned Olive Garden |
Bucky |
Oct-23-07 04:50 PM |
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I'm still waiting to hear who her successor is supposed to be, anyway. |
mondo joe |
Oct-24-07 09:31 AM |
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Why no, we can't!!! It would spoil all the fun for the members of the |
MADem |
Oct-24-07 09:32 AM |
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