Exactly what does "raising Holy Hell" look like to you? (Reply #65)

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Response to budkin (Reply #64)

Fri Aug 14, 2020, 12:46 AM

StarfishSaver (18,486 posts)

65. Exactly what does "raising Holy Hell" look like to you?

And are Democratic senators the only peoe capable of raising it?

And then what? What outcome would raising this "Holy Hell" produce?

You seem to be very aware of the problem. Are you raising Holy Hell?

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66 replies	Author	Time	Post
Are Senate Democrats using every tool and/or tactic available to force votes on the USPS situation [View all]	ecstatic	Aug 2020	OP
Senate went home until September.	sinkingfeeling	Aug 2020	#1
The House has already adjourned.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#13
Can someone please explain what Trump is trying to do to the post office?	at140	Aug 2020	#2
He wants to screw it up so we can't vote by mail.	LisaL	Aug 2020	#3
I heard that but what is his proposed method to accomplish that?	at140	Aug 2020	#9
His donor in charge of USPS is ordering the end to overtime, shutting down	uponit7771	Aug 2020	#15
I see, thanks for the info..nt	at140	Aug 2020	#20
He admits he doesn't want to fund it so it can't deliver ballots.	LisaL	Aug 2020	#28
McConnell's vacation has more priority	C_U_L8R	Aug 2020	#4
I concur!	SheltieLover	Aug 2020	#5
Dept of Homeland Security has no such authority. Where did you get this idea?	Hekate	Aug 2020	#23
It is their job to protect the country from terrorists	SheltieLover	Aug 2020	#25
You are very eager to throw out the Constitution, as is Trump. May I ask why that is?	Hekate	Aug 2020	#26
It's not that, Hekate	SheltieLover	Aug 2020	#32
Uh huh. As long as you understand that what you are advocating is the overthrow of a troubled but	Hekate	Aug 2020	#36
I think you are misunderstanding my intention	SheltieLover	Aug 2020	#37
I think I do understand your intention. You come across as well-meaning, but the results...	Hekate	Aug 2020	#39
Ty for sharing your opinion.	SheltieLover	Aug 2020	#41
Oh that's quite all right. Others can read my responses, and besides...	Hekate	Aug 2020	#43
I also understand what you are saying	SlogginThroughIt	Aug 2020	#57
These are stressful times. Periodically DU gets an OP about how "the military" or "the generals" ...	Hekate	Aug 2020	#59
What should we be doing? What we are already doing, among other things. Biden, afaik...	Hekate	Aug 2020	#61
I remember how that went in 2000.	SlogginThroughIt	Aug 2020	#62
No one but the GOP was expecting a bloodless coup d'etat	Hekate	Aug 2020	#63
Post removed	Post removed	Aug 2020	#6
Try writing her office	Hekate	Aug 2020	#22
I have.	shanti	Aug 2020	#40
Excellent. Hopefully someone at the office can lay out what her activities have been...	Hekate	Aug 2020	#44
Democrats have no power in the Senate	Trumpocalypse	Aug 2020	#7
This is the kind of thinking that has helped put us in this spot.	Doremus	Aug 2020	#12
It's not negative thinking	Trumpocalypse	Aug 2020	#16
Can the motion to discharge or non-germane amendment tactic be used?	ecstatic	Aug 2020	#30
No	Trumpocalypse	Aug 2020	#34
We can't do anything except pressure individual senators.	Demsrule86	Aug 2020	#19
That's not negative thinking. It's just a fact	StarfishSaver	Aug 2020	#24
They have a voice	shanti	Aug 2020	#42
Still can't do anything in the Senate	Trumpocalypse	Aug 2020	#46
AFAIK, no one is doing anything, at least in the public view.	Thomas Hurt	Aug 2020	#8
No one?	Hekate	Aug 2020	#38
No.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#48
Agree 100%	Doremus	Aug 2020	#10
Not they ...we people we.	Demsrule86	Aug 2020	#17
Why are you waiting for senators to stage walkouts (walk out of where?) and protests?	StarfishSaver	Aug 2020	#27
No. Everyone has gone home.	Laelth	Aug 2020	#11
Just stop...	Demsrule86	Aug 2020	#14
Thanks	Trumpocalypse	Aug 2020	#18
We have to take it day by day. But I believe if Trump think Democrats will play his game, he is in	Demsrule86	Aug 2020	#51
Thank you	StarfishSaver	Aug 2020	#29
Watching our "democracy" die in real time is tiresome as well. nt	ecstatic	Aug 2020	#31
It is. But whining about how other people need to be "doing something" isn't going to save anything	StarfishSaver	Aug 2020	#33
Well said nt	Trumpocalypse	Aug 2020	#35
Stop sitting on the sidelines watching and take action. The House can't save us not	Demsrule86	Aug 2020	#53
What should they do? We can call and I hope the fact they may lose the Senate will help...but	Demsrule86	Aug 2020	#50
You didn't answer the question	StarfishSaver	Aug 2020	#52
I am talking about what we can do. I don't see the house as able to do much except show up	Demsrule86	Aug 2020	#55
Gotcha!	StarfishSaver	Aug 2020	#56
I don't agree with you on this point. Nancy can issue subpoenas	ecstatic	Aug 2020	#58
Sure subpoenas that will be ignored and another imnpeachment this close to an election would	Demsrule86	Aug 2020	#60
Because Impeachment has proven so effective in stopping Trump ...	StarfishSaver	Aug 2020	#66
I've emailed Loeffler and Perdue, but I haven't attempted calling.	ecstatic	Aug 2020	#45
I call all the time...Portman's office...	Demsrule86	Aug 2020	#49
The GOP majority/Mitch McConnell has gone on vacay for a month	Hekate	Aug 2020	#21
No. They aren't.	budkin	Aug 2020	#47
What should they do that they're not doing that will make a difference?	StarfishSaver	Aug 2020	#54
How about raise holy hell like the GOP would do if the situation were reversed?	budkin	Aug 2020	#64
Exactly what does "raising Holy Hell" look like to you?	StarfishSaver	Aug 2020	#65

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