Harry Reid--what a disgraceful, rotten, cowardly tool!

[geek tragedy]

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/11/reid_allowed_vote_on_mukasey_in_exchange_for_military_funding_bill.php#comments

According to sources inside and outside the Democratic leadership, Harry Reid allowed a vote on Mukasey because in exchange the Republican leadership agreed to allow a vote on the big Defense Appropriations Bill, which contains $459 billion in military spending but doesn't fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Reid had wanted to get this bill passed before the end of this week, and in fact, the defense bill did come up for a vote late last night and was passed after the Mukasey vote.

One key reason Dem leaders wanted this defense approps bill passed, sources tell me, is that they wanted to be able to argue that they had sent a bill to the President funding the military, if not the war itself. The idea was that doing this would allow them to protect themselves in the days ahead when the battle over Iraq funding heats up and Republicans inevitably charge that Dems are refusing to fund the troops.

And why do they want to pass that defense funding without the Iraq money? So they can pretend to fight the administration once or twice before caving on that.

What a goddamn punching bag.

[Cha]

1. Sounds like ..

trying to skid by and digging a deeper hole. That's what happens when you don't do what's right but what I've come to call.. "politically fucking expedient".

[yurbud]

2. yeah, I'm sure the GOP was going to be a major roadblock to a military spending bill....

[geek tragedy]

5. talk about negotiating against yourself. n/t

[stillcool]

3. $ 459 Billion...

it's not like the Pentagon knows how to appropriate money to whatever blows up their skirts without congressional approval. How many Baghdad Bob's do we have now?

[geek tragedy]

4. Surreal, isn't it? n/t

[robinlynne]

6. I can negotiate better than these people and I am no negotiator...

[Mike03]

7. I'm so confused...

Remember the all-night fillibuster? I was so excited by that, and so inspired by Harry Reid and all the other speakers.

Feinstein?

Schumer?

These people, and people like them, used to be my heroes.

What is the fucking deal here? It's getting harder and harder to even know who to trust.

Am I losing my mind?

[babylonsister]

9. Yes, they seemed to exhibit more spine when they were in the minority.

Now they don't want to rock boats, with the shape this country is in?

[KoKo]

8. It's "Politics as Usual" .....trading votes for what you don't want for what you DO!

That must be what Harry and Nancy are good at...because it isn't anything else... Both are weak and ineffectual speakers. What does that say? WHO RUNS THEM? :shrug:

[bluerum]

10. the appropriations shell game - once they get the $$$ they will spend it where they want.