Reid: GOP Playing Games

The Post Chronicle ^ | Jul 22, 2007 | Staff

[Baladas]

The U.S. Senate majority leader says Republicans engaged in gamesmanship when voting on the withdrawal of the U.S. soldiers from Iraq.

Also during CBS' "Face the Nation," Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., also praised Republicans who have broken ranks with the Bush administration regarding the war.

Reid sought to recast the perception that Democrats are blocking Republican-back proposals after the Senate GOP stymied a vote on troop withdrawal from Iraq.

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Reid: GOP Playing Games by Staff

The U.S. Senate majority leader says Republicans engaged in gamesmanship when voting on the withdrawal of the U.S. soldiers from Iraq.

Also during CBS' "Face the Nation," Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., also praised Republicans who have broken ranks with the Bush administration regarding the war.

Reid sought to recast the perception that Democrats are blocking Republican-back proposals after the Senate GOP stymied a vote on troop withdrawal from Iraq.

"We offered on many occasions the opportunity for the Republicans to let us vote" on several Republican and bipartisan amendments, but the "Republicans in the Senate would not allow us to vote on those."

Reid said the Senate GOP should emulate the actions of members such as Olympia Snowe of Maine "and do the right thing" to exert bipartisan pressure on the president into changing the course in Iraq.

Snowe offered her own take.

"We should be sending an unconditional message that this is the final window of opportunity for the Iraqi government to initiate the political benchmarks that they view to be essential to national reconciliation," she said.

It's "unfortunate," she said, the Senate is not reflecting the will of the American people on the war issue.

[Baladas]

No, what's "unfortunate" here is that you agree with the likes of Harry Reid, Senator Olympia Snowe (RINO-ME).

See, it's not a game when THEY do it.

[vbmoneyspender]

yeah - it’s called pin the tail on the donkey.

[traditional1]

"Reid said the Senate GOP should emulate the actions of members such as Olympia Snowe"

As always, unless you vote with the Socialists, you're not "bi-partisan", but are an "obstructionist".

The REASON the Republicans lost the majority is BECAUSE of the RINO's like Olympia Snowe who can't support conservative causes, and take up the seats of those who would.

If conservatives wanted socialist voices in Congress we'd vote for 'em, Harry. You would castrate any Democrat who crossed the line and took a conservative stance, just as you tried to do to Lieberman.

[missnry]

[goldstategop]

Go look in the mirror, Dingy Harry! That stupid slumber party game you played this past week made you look like a bunch of dweebs. You didn't even have the courage to bring up your surrender bill for an up or down vote. You and your party are the children in charge of our government. You sir and your ilk, are a disgrace to our country!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[tobyhill]

If Republicans cave to the pressure of the few RINOs that side with the Rats it will be the end of the Republican Party and they will bare the blame for the deterioration of our country that follows.

[AmericanExceptionalist]

Also during CBS' "Face the Nation," Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., also praised Republicans who have broken ranks with the Bush administration regarding the war.

Translation: Reid gets along fairly nicely with Republicans who could easily pass for Democrats.

How very generous of him!

[Trajan88]

Re: “Reid: GOP Playing Games”... now that’s a good one... coming from the NV turd senator that instigated the dog & pony show slumber party held just a few short days ago.

[RichInOC]

Welcome to the NFL, rookie.

[mom-7]

Shoe is on the other foot now, and they do not like it. Too bad.

[Salvation]

**Reid: GOP Playing Games**

Is there a log in your own eye?

[Billthedrill]

Oh, yeah. Pajama party Harry is complaining about games. Next thing you hear he’ll be complaining about shady real estate deals...by Republicans.

[shield]

Reid what would happen if you lose control of the senate before 2008 election?

[srmorton]

AND also, as minority leader, he conducted filibusters to prevent votes on judges that had majority approval - something that really had never been done before in the history of the Senate, except in very rare and very extreme cases. Then he has the nerve to insinuate that the use of the filibuster by Republicans on policy issues that are of great importance to national security is something new. Thanks to talk radio and the internet, many people are informed enough to know the truth.

[Red_Devil 232]

"If conservatives wanted socialist voices in Congress we'd vote for 'em, Harry."

If this were true then why this "The REASON the Republicans lost the majority is BECAUSE of the RINO's like Olympia Snowe who can't support conservative causes ..."

She was not appointed was she?

Is she still in the Senate because the Republicans can't find a true Republican Conservative in Maine to run against her?

[gov_bean_ counter]

I find it more that a little ironic that Harry Reid attempted using sleep deprivation in an attempt to break the Republican's will. I thought SD was torture. So, Harry Reid was willing to use a tactic against his fellow Senators that he is not willing to allow US interrogators to use against people who would like to blow US to bits.

And if the Republican Party had any members with a set of them, they would be making this point over and over and over again.

[lowbridge]

Reid: GOP Playing Games

Anyone know any good slumber party games?

[saganite]

“We should be sending an unconditional message

The unconditional message we’re sending is one of unconditional surrender if only the Dems can muster a few more votes. Thank you Olympia.

[lowbridge]

AND also, as minority leader, he conducted filibusters to prevent votes on judges that had majority approval - something that really had never been done before in the history of the Senate, except in very rare and very extreme cases. Then he has the nerve to insinuate that the use of the filibuster by Republicans on policy issues that are of great importance to national security is something new. Thanks to talk radio and the internet, many people are informed enough to know the truth.

Reid is using a 20th century playbook in a 21st century world.

[kcvl]

Yeah, that wasn’t a game! ROFLOL!