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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-09-09 05:24 PM
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24. Someone was talking about this on either Countdown or Rachel last
week and pointed out that some Senators (i.e. Max Baucus) have the power to block reform or hold things up even though they represent a relatively small proportion of the US population.
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  -If a Dem controlled House, Senate and WH can't even succeed on the POS Public Option, I'm out. Barack_America  Aug-09-09 03:07 PM   #0 
  - prostitutes do what prostitues do best, sell out for cash or credit lol nt  msongs   Aug-09-09 03:10 PM   #1 
  - And I volunteered over 500 hours of my time for this?  Barack_America   Aug-09-09 03:12 PM   #3 
  - i think there's a lot of frustration in the activist "corps" right now as we see...  nashville_brook   Aug-09-09 04:46 PM   #17 
  - Yeah, but you got to be part of making "history." n/t  newtothegame   Aug-10-09 11:16 AM   #57 
  - some people might take that wrong  Aragorn   Aug-09-09 03:13 PM   #4 
  - Please, let's not confuse whores and sex workers here  eridani   Aug-10-09 05:04 AM   #48 
  - Cash, yes, but if you tell them where to stick that credit card they may not be so happy...  Deja Q   Aug-09-09 03:31 PM   #10 
  - actually, the effects of climate change will trump it, but I agree with your point  villager   Aug-09-09 03:12 PM   #2 
  - Good point regarding climate change.  Barack_America   Aug-09-09 03:23 PM   #7 
  - I think you underestimate the value of not being batshit crazy  Hippo_Tron   Aug-09-09 05:03 PM   #21 
     - except now that we've crossed the verge of batshit crazy  villager   Aug-09-09 05:46 PM   #28 
  - Green Party here I come.  Peregrine Took   Aug-09-09 03:13 PM   #5 
  - haiku contest  Aragorn   Aug-09-09 03:15 PM   #6 
  - yes  qazplm   Aug-09-09 03:31 PM   #8 
  - I gave them 500+ hours of my time and hundreds of my dollars for health care reform.  Barack_America   Aug-09-09 03:38 PM   #11 
  - B-I-N-G-O  AllentownJake   Aug-09-09 06:16 PM   #30 
  - Some suckers NEVER know when to leave.  bvar22   Aug-09-09 04:41 PM   #16 
  - We did fucking fight  AllentownJake   Aug-09-09 06:21 PM   #31 
  - "8 months of mother fucking fighting" and still spreading misinformation  ProSense   Aug-09-09 06:24 PM   #34 
     - The comment was on OFA and lack of leadership  AllentownJake   Aug-09-09 06:27 PM   #35 
  - Maybe because for many of us, Obama sold us out on Day Number one  truedelphi   Aug-10-09 03:19 PM   #60 
  - There may be two political parties in Washington, D.C....  Raster   Aug-09-09 03:31 PM   #9 
  - Opposames. Dems are just a bit more kinder and gentler.....  OmmmSweetOmmm   Aug-09-09 04:13 PM   #13 
  - Democans or Republicrats.  dgibby   Aug-09-09 07:00 PM   #37 
  - two sides of the same coin. they say what we want to hear and then do nothing  ejpoeta   Aug-09-09 03:39 PM   #12 
  - The problem is the Senate.  grytpype   Aug-09-09 04:33 PM   #14 
  - Democrats alone have enough votes.  Barack_America   Aug-09-09 04:39 PM   #15 
  - If the wrath of your constituents is great enough, you will go against big donors  Hippo_Tron   Aug-09-09 05:10 PM   #22 
  - Someone was talking about this on either Countdown or Rachel last  alsame   Aug-09-09 05:24 PM   #24 
  - You can bet Tom Delay and Bill Frist could have got this thing passed.  dorkulon   Aug-09-09 04:50 PM   #18 
  - You bet your ass they  Autumn   Aug-09-09 05:47 PM   #29 
  - Indeed they would have.  Barack_America   Aug-09-09 10:38 PM   #41 
  - gather enough signatures in every state to put on state ballots  KakistocracyHater   Aug-09-09 04:54 PM   #19 
  - The final version will not be what we want. But, it will be more than  Thickasabrick   Aug-09-09 05:02 PM   #20 
  - If only it were half full. Unfortunately, it's almost empty. nt  Umbral   Aug-09-09 05:16 PM   #23 
  - wrong , it will be a huge boondogle and make a bad system worse  natrat   Aug-10-09 05:29 AM   #50 
  - I thought we were not to push leaving the Democratic Party  goclark   Aug-10-09 08:06 AM   #54 
     - Ah, but what if the Democratic Party leaves us?  Barack_America   Aug-10-09 08:19 AM   #55 
        - It's called America and no one said it would be easy  goclark   Aug-10-09 09:58 AM   #56 
  - If we wanted RomneyCare, we would have voted for Romney! nt.  Phoebe Loosinhouse   Aug-09-09 05:27 PM   #25 
  - If the Dem Senate caucus would agree to block any Republican filibuster, then .....  andym   Aug-09-09 05:35 PM   #26 
  - This is a damn shame  AllentownJake   Aug-09-09 05:37 PM   #27 
  - Yes. That is a damn shame.  Barack_America   Aug-09-09 09:43 PM   #39 
     - I had two issues  AllentownJake   Aug-09-09 09:48 PM   #40 
  - Green, GOP or tuning out completely?  Uzybone   Aug-09-09 06:23 PM   #32 
  - Seems to me they go hand and hand n/t  AllentownJake   Aug-09-09 06:24 PM   #33 
  - I'll still be a Dem...  Barack_America   Aug-09-09 10:44 PM   #42 
  - All politicians are owned. Don't ever forget that.  deaniac21   Aug-09-09 06:33 PM   #36 
  - As long as lobbying is allowed and lobbyists continue to wield the cash,  Raster   Aug-09-09 09:18 PM   #38 
     - The only problem with that is a little thing called free speech.  deaniac21   Aug-11-09 01:37 PM   #61 
        - Lobbying--in a stretch--might be free speech if there wasn't mountains of cash.  Raster   Aug-11-09 08:22 PM   #62 
  - If a Dem controlled House, Senate and WH can't succeed, it's on purpose.  Gold Metal Flake   Aug-09-09 10:47 PM   #43 
  - That is an excellent point.  Barack_America   Aug-09-09 11:01 PM   #44 
  - They never intended to suceed  autorank   Aug-10-09 12:41 AM   #45 
  - +1  leftstreet   Aug-10-09 01:23 AM   #47 
  - That is the unfortunate conclusion that I'm coming to as well.  Barack_America   Aug-10-09 07:43 AM   #52 
  - I'm right there with you.  Krashkopf   Aug-10-09 12:46 AM   #46 
  - where ya gonna go? to jail if you don't buy their scam insurance  natrat   Aug-10-09 05:19 AM   #49 
  - 1. I'm lucky enough to have insurance through my employer....  Barack_America   Aug-10-09 07:47 AM   #53 
     - Lucky you! Congratulations! nt  Blasphemer   Aug-10-09 12:29 PM   #59 
  - I am done with the Democratic Party if they don't pass the public option. End of story.  BigBearJohn   Aug-10-09 07:00 AM   #51 
  - Well, health care, war and climate change are THE great moral issues of our  Lorien   Aug-10-09 11:16 AM   #58 
 

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