Epic TV. Don't miss it. Actual Senators spilling their guts live on your Tee Vee or Pee Cee.

[stevedeshazer]

http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Do I really want to see

heaps of steaming senator guts being spilled all over the place?

I am really tired of senators and congresscreeps.

[Raine]

25. TOTALLY agree

I'll pass, they can have their dog and pony show without me. :puke:

[stevedeshazer]

37. I just like to see them show their asses.

It's a spectacle.

[steve2470]

2. thanks nt

[tjdee]

3. They make over 100K a year, they don't really care.

I think the number of "public servants" that actually *care* are very low. They care about being right, and they care about keeping their position, but how many of them actually care about what happens to the little people?

[Ikonoklast]

35. My Senator, Sherrod Brown, cares.

He could go into the private sector and make far, far more than he does in Washington. He's trying to make a difference in the lives of people that aren't millionaires.

"They're all the same!" is a right-wing meme.

[stevedeshazer]

4. Lisa Murkowski just crushed the teabaggers.

Actually, she still is. I'm stunned.

[spartan61]

5. I had to check her party affliation.

Even though I know she is an "R", she sounded sane

[Tx4obama]

8. Murkowski has been a lot more moderate ever since the GOP tried to take her seat ...

she has voted several times with the democrats since her re-election.

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. That was an awesome commentary from her

Snarking about 'meeting in the dark in the middle of the night to vote" being "how dignified".

That was brilliant. :D

[Sky Masterson]

7. Lisa rocked!

:)

[Inuca]

10. Do you remember her re-election

history last year? Losinng the primary to a teabagger and than runnning as a write-in candidate? Though in fairness she has always been quite reasonable and every now then even voted with the Ds if I remember correctly.

[stevedeshazer]

32. Yes, I do. n/t

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. Kay Bailey Hutchinson up

Nate Silver has her on a potential vote list, saying she is retiring and may vote her conscience.

[pacalo]

12. Really -- I took my ear buds out when she began quoting Krauthammer, but I'll give her a listen.

[Ruby the Liberal]

13. Yeah - here's his list:

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/30/which-republicans-might-support-reids-debt-bill/

[pacalo]

17. Lisa Murkowski wasn't on his list; she sounded very hopeful.

[Ruby the Liberal]

19. She is already being counted as a Yes above in the article

Along with Scott Brown, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe.

[pacalo]

23. Thank you -- I just skimmed through the list at the bottom; my bad.

[Ruby the Liberal]

27. Understandable!

:hi:

[Ruby the Liberal]

14. She is squaking about Dems wanting to set the debt limit through 2013

"Irresponsible to give President this borrowing authority (through 2013)"

:eyes:

[stevedeshazer]

11. It's okay to take a pee break now. Kay Bailey Hutchison is up.

:boring:

She's not a very good reader, and her staff doesn't give her very good notes.

[pacalo]

15. Does Hutchinson & her hubby have stock in military contracts? She's railing against cutting

military expenditures. Republic-Corp all the way.

[Ruby the Liberal]

16. Teahadist Mike Lee up now

[sfwriter]

18. Is Mike Lee really this stupid?

Tortured logic...
Painful to listen to...

[Ruby the Liberal]

21. Yes. Yes he is.

One of the 4 self-proclaimed teahadists from the Hezbollah wing of the Republican Party.

Rand Paul, Jim DeMint and one other (Vitter?) are the Senate Teahadist caucus.

[stevedeshazer]

22. Uh, yup.

Major case of dumbshititis.

[stevedeshazer]

20. Uh-oh. Teabagger Mike Lee from Utah up now.

Saying the gov't is too powerful. Talking about fear and hostages.

Sweet Jesus, I hate these people. What a joke.

[stevedeshazer]

24. Cut, Crap and Vomit.

Regurgitation is what this turd is proposing.

Remember, this Teabagger is a Senator because Bob Bennett wasn't right-wing enough!!

[Ruby the Liberal]

26. Mark Udall up

[Ruby the Liberal]

30. He wants the Catfood Commission deal

Edit - changed 'wanted' to 'wants'. He still wants it.

[stevedeshazer]

31. He just said that.

The Catfood Commission is the line in the sand.

[Ruby the Liberal]

33. Closing with focus on the only plan that can get this done - Reid.

[stevedeshazer]

28. Now Sen. Mark Udall from Colorado

Calling out the Repubs.

[Vanje]

29. Kick

[Ruby the Liberal]

34. Bob Melendez up

[stevedeshazer]

36. +1

[Ruby the Liberal]

41. Delete - wrong spot!

[IDemo]

38. How come I haven't heard of this guy?

Terrific speech so far!

[Ruby the Liberal]

40. New Jersey.

Hes a gem. :)

[woodsprite]

39. Unless it's teapublican hari kari, then I think I'll pass. n/t

[Ruby the Liberal]

42. Carl Levin up

[Ruby the Liberal]

43. Oh Jeez. Jeff Sessions now. Railing about taxes right out of the gate.

[redwitch]

44. Jeff Sessions makes me want to slap him.

Grrrrrr.

[stevedeshazer]

45. That jug-eared little turd Jeff Sessions. What a turd.

:grr:

[sfwriter]

46. Oh yeah, let's cut the DOE...

...Especially now that we know our reactors are as unsafe as Fukishima.

What a crazy twisted little guy.

[sfwriter]

47. I'm watching these guys and making lists of places to NEVER visit...

ALABAMA...
UTAH...

[sfwriter]

48. Not that I've had a burning urge...

...mind you.

[Ruby the Liberal]

49. Boxer calling out Sessions on his lie "we are ready to vote"

No, they aren't ready to vote on the bill, they are ready to vote for cloture. Calling on them to end the filibuster.

Go girl!

[Divine Discontent]

50. Right on! Damned GOP liars! telling BS is so normal on their part, that a Dem senator could just

say, "what you just heard by all of our GOP colleagues was a bunch of horsehit!"