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bluestateguy

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10. Oh goody! Another inside the Beltway blue ribbon bipartisan commission.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 01:48 PM

Jan 2013

The easiest way to make it look like you are doing something, while actually doing nothing.

Months of stupid hearings and speculation, culminating in a hundreds of pages long report with lots of cool charts and graphs and policy recommendations that can never pass Congress, a day or two of media coverage; then the report ends up in John Boehner's recycle bin.

Cue up the bipartisan commission regulars! James Baker! Vernon Jordan! Erskine Bowles! Sam Nunn! Lanny Davis! We have work for you!

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Manchin, McCain To Introduce Bill To Create Mass Violence Commission [View all] DonViejo Jan 2013 OP

Oh boy, the Video-Games'-Fault-Not-Guns commission. TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #1

Yup, lets "BLAME ANYTHING BUT GUNS" Commission Katashi_itto Jan 2013 #2

Worthless. All you need to know about this "commission" is Laurian Jan 2013 #3

That's what we need, another f'ing commission CanonRay Jan 2013 #4

+100 LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #16

And, maybe we can make a job for "my dear friend, Joe" SDjack Jan 2013 #19

I knew it was bullshit... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #26

Well said. CanonRay Jan 2013 #20

Sounds like an excellent way to grandstand and get nothing done. n/t bluedigger Jan 2013 #5

Perfectly put. TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #7

What we see here is McCain grasping to stay relevant... trumad Jan 2013 #6

Translation obama2terms Jan 2013 #8

If you bring experts together, the commission is designed to fail. Trillo Jan 2013 #9

Oh goody! Another inside the Beltway blue ribbon bipartisan commission. bluestateguy Jan 2013 #10

Isn't Biden essentially doing that already? Jennicut Jan 2013 #11

How about a Mass Violence that is done with guns commission? Botany Jan 2013 #12

exactly! by saying 'violence' they are not admitting the gun problem pasto76 Jan 2013 #21

Yeah, I'm sure a "commission" is going to make a big difference tabasco Jan 2013 #13

old organizing ploy--if you want to stop something form a committee dembotoz Jan 2013 #14

Foreign or Domestic? rocktivity Jan 2013 #15

Right wing Militias? Luschnig Jan 2013 #17

GUN. Robb Jan 2013 #18

Let me guess, with McCain as the chair, right? nt bemildred Jan 2013 #22

And Leiberman as the Director... DonViejo Jan 2013 #29

Guns don't kill people, joysticks do. blkmusclmachine Jan 2013 #23

Goody, a Comission! I recall the Warren Commission and,,,,hey wait a sec!!! benld74 Jan 2013 #24

Ol' Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran but screw up a US bomber himself...on with public outrage requiring libdem4life Jan 2013 #25

Well they will probably find that kids at school are safer if wearing body armor and openly carrying upaloopa Jan 2013 #27

Let's be accurate and call it the "Deflect Blame Away from the Guns Commission". bullwinkle428 Jan 2013 #28

Oh I thought he wanted to start another war... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #30

RW to oppose this commission in 3....2....1.... kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #31