Republicans call for emergency session

[babylonsister]

Republicans call for emergency session
By Jared Allen and Jackie Kucinich
Posted: 08/01/08 05:43 PM


After a day of protests on the House floor, Republicans ended their standoff with a round of “God Bless America,” and chants of “U.S.A! U.S.A!”

It was not clear when or if they intended to return.

Republican lawmakers spent more than five hours making raucous speeches on the floor of a closed House of Representatives. They demanded Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) return to gavel the chamber back into session and said they would consider asking the president to call an emergency session of Congress to vote on a Republican energy plan.

What began as an impromptu protest around noon on the first day of August recess eventually turned into a GOP pep rally on the floor of the House, which was brimming with Republican staff and interns, who cheered on the 48 members who stayed behind to blast Democrats for adjourning before holding a simple majority vote on Republican plans for drilling in protected areas.

When the Capitol Police finally closed the public galleries at 4:30 p.m., Republicans left the floor to hold a press conference, where they said they were prepared to phone President Bush and ask him to call Congress into an emergency session.

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[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. How utterly fucking...

Dignified. "USA, USA!!!" Musta learned that from wrasslin'.

[TwilightGardener]

The cheesiness factor is unbelievable.

[flvegan]

4. I was just gonna say

What, was the Iron Sheik making an appearance against Sgt Slaughter?

[DainBramaged]

21. GOOD ONE

[magellan]

2. If we soak the Constitution in crude oil, will the Repubs give it the same passionate attention? n/t

[MadrasT]

All the better for lighting it on fire.

[magellan]

15. I bet they wouldn't dare if we topped it with an underaged male page n/t

[jazzjunkysue]

18. But they'd have to think about it.

:evilgrin:

[magellan]

19. LOL

I can see why you're a DUzy winner. Thanks for the laugh.

[jazzjunkysue]

23. You're welcome. Just stating the obvious. The GOP makes it easy.

I mean, we've got the VP shooting his friend in the face with quail shot, a senator playing with strange men in the bus station bathroom, and a senile, grumpy candidate who mixes up the names of countries that start with S.

We had a male prositute sign in but not sign out of the white house hundreds of times, who turned out later to play the role of a white house journalist. We had Bagdad Bob and then Chalalabi, and fake yellowcake from Niger with documents forged in Rome.

All we're missing is the laugh track, the million dollar prize and the hidden cameras.

Just today, the GOP congress was sitting around in the dark for hours with the air conditioning off, after the house had been dismissed for the summer. No one knows what they were doing, but it did not involve their wives or any legislation. Hmmmm....


You can't make this stuff up. Sometimes I think the main stream media doesn't report it because they're afraid to lose credibility. Who would believe this shit?

[magellan]

25. I don't

...believe this shit. I was just saying that to my husband yet again tonight, using examples similar to those you give. It's impossible to believe all that's happened, it's so insane by any normal standards. There's little to do but laugh or cry.

I think They Who Create Their Own Realities want us in the reality-based community to lose our minds.

LOL, I just re-read the bit you wrote about the Repubs sitting in the dark with the a/c and lights off without their wives. If we eventually get thrown into detention camps, I'd like a padded cell next to yours.

[jazzjunkysue]

31. Yep. Meet me in hell. All the fun people will be there. :)

[Generic Brad]

30. Republicans sitting around Congress in the dark

What a fitting metaphor.

[VP505]

3. The Bozos were trying to censure Rep Rangell

yesterday, naturally it didn't go anywhere but it did give a few of them an opportunity to vent their PHONY outrage.

[aquamarina]

5. Oh Puuleez!

If they cared so much about energy policy Where the "bleep" have they been for the last seven years when they were in control of both the house and the senate???

[DJ13]

6. If those traitors wrap themselves up any tighter in the flag they might choke

But would anyone notice if they were dead at this point?

[spanone]

7. where have these hollow protests been for 8 years.....

[EFerrari]

8. I agree. Republicans do call for an emergency session.

They are a threat to national security.

lol

[DailyGrind51]

9. Republicans are empty symbolism without substance.

[islandmkl]

10. damn...i was hoping several (at least) of them were stroking out or something...

oh well.....

[SpiralHawk]

11. "impromptu"? my ass

You know the republicons planned this kabuki theater down to the last sordid detail...

[EFerrari]

14. Impromptu like the June Taylor Dancers.

God, it must suck so badly to be cattle.

[Stinky The Clown]

12. We can laugh about this and deride them till the cows come home .......

.... but these guys know how to rule when they're the majority and they know how to fight when their not.

We could learn from them. (<---- net even CLOSE to being intended as an endorsement of repubicans)

[ljm2002]

22. Thank you!

This point is missed far too often by our own party: they know how to wield power when they have it, and they know how to put up a fight when they are in the minority.

Whereas our side is woefully inadequate on both counts.

Like you, I do not endorse their positions at all. But dayum, we could learn a thing or two about how to play the political game...

[izzybeans]

13. Lunatics. Political stunt after political stunt. Do they ever stop electioneering?

Fuck em.

[spanone]

16. i bet bu$h* calls for it...

[samsingh]

17. repugs being idiots - i mean just themselves

[jazzjunkysue]

20. How many of them are expecting kick-backs from big oil, like Gramps?

All of them?

And, is it really true that no Dems are getting kick backs?

Does this mean my party actually did something smart and useful?

[B Calm]

28. That was my thoughts too. I wonder how many other citizens thought the same. . .

[deacon]

24. Sick bastards. These lunatics got us into this mess and still have no clue what they are doing. n/t

[Kool Kitty]

26. 48 of them stayed and made a ruckus?

Where were the rest of the brave patriots?

[fla nocount]

27. I knew there'd be speculative drilling if the interns were still there, it's the GOP. n/t

[Indenturedebtor]

29. Hah. Well I'm afraid they'll be dissapointed.

All the shallow wells were tapped out years ago. Need a full size bore to pop the plug on those deposits :P