The mega-rich win another round, and our party slinks off with their tail between their legs

[DainBramaged]

Months from now the cry will be where are the jobs. Month from now the cry will be we're obstructing the Republican mandate. Months from now they will hold yet more guns to the head of our party and demand concessions, not cooperation, concessions.


Months from now the president will cave yet again to the endless pressure of the Reich-wing noise machine. And OUR legislators will be quiet, protecting their turf for the battle in 2012. Or lining up to work on K street against us.


I thought the era of Reagan sucked.....

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. What concessions? Our side is struttig around touting the "bipartisan" "results"

After all, one cannot be perceived as "caving in" when one was not holding up the ceiling in the first place and the result is what both sides want.

Our leadership is not on the same page as us, people. They're not "caving", they're getting what they want. It's not what we want, but few in Washington care what we want.

[DainBramaged]

2. 13 weeks of unemployment extension for billions in tax cuts and estate tax reductions?

We got fucked. We were held hostage and thrown out of the airplane.

[MineralMan]

11. You have a job, don't you?

Lots of people don't, you know. They're going to benefit from this bill. Most of them, anyhow. But you have a job, so that's meaningless to you, right?

[frylock]

12. no, not most of them anyhow..

the number of so-called 99ers is much larger than the folks who will have their benefits extended.

[DainBramaged]

13. If you don't get it, there is no point in trying to explain it to you....

find a purpose in life.

[Donnachaidh]

23. yeah, those 99ers are really gonna benefit from this abomination

Using the unemployed as cover to give more money to the wealthy is just EVIL. Period.

[SidDithers]

14. 13 months...nt

Sid

[DainBramaged]

15. We know, what are you and Mineral joined at the hip?

I post a thread, you two show up like gnats at a horse show.

[SidDithers]

16. Just correcting the error in your post upthread...

I didn't want you basing your whole opposition to the tax cut and stimulus package on a mistake.

Sid

[DainBramaged]

22. Give me a fucking break. We know it's 13 goddamn months

shit aren't people allowed fucking errors around here or are you still the correcting police?


You are getting closer and closer to becoming more than an annoyance.

[gratuitous]

3. Who's slinking off?

From what I'm seeing, there are all kinds of folks in our party waving their hands in the air and shouting hallelujahs to the sky. I don't expect to hear a peep out of them in three months when their Grand Compromise comes the cropper that many of us see quite clearly. By that time, however, I'm sure there will be lots and lots of reasons invented for why no jobs have been created, why the wealthy are getting wealthier, why revenues aren't rising, and why social security seems more precarious than ever. It will have to do with terrorists or sun spots or Neptune being in retrograde or some damn thing.

[old guy]

4. I think you're right.

In fact, I've started a list of the most fervent so it will be easier to keep track.

[blindpig]

5. Wrong image...

Think of a dog licking the hand of it's master...

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. Think of a dog chewing his balls off, instead of licking them.

[blindpig]

7. Not that dog, no way

gonna take non-domesticated dogs for that, wolves.

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. Are we talking about the Dems or the rich?

[blindpig]

9. The Dems are the dog.....

but we are the wolves.

[defendandprotect]

10. This isn't about cowardice .... it's about collusion with corporate interests ....

It's not about Obama or Dems not having a backbone -- they have

backbones of STEEL when it comes to serving the public interest

versus serving the corporate fascists.

[TheKentuckian]

18. Agreed. Cowardice implies faith that they really are "on our side"

and tends to hold out hope they will discover some hidden cache of strength one fine day.

[Raine]

21. TOTALLY on point

I'm not falling for their theatrics anymore. This is what they have always wanted and planned ... turning America and her people over to the corporations total control.

[Poboy]

17. Months? I see you're an optimist. -nt

[guitar man]

19. Tail between their legs?

Shit, they are laughing and counting their kickback cash from this deal :grr:

[Raine]

20. They did exactly what they wanted and had planned

all along, they are happier than pigs in shit.