FOX NEWS ALERT
House members are giving a news presser now.
Not sure what they decided, because they are talking in generalities. They want fairness and everythone to be treated equal. They are meeting with members later today to present their ‘deal’.
[It was much ado signifying nothing, apparently.]
Andrew Taylor
To AP’s Taylor, Congress’s Ratings Are ‘in the Gutter,’ and Harry Reid Is a ‘Traditionalist’
By Tom Blumer | January 30, 2013
An emailer who is a retired journalist wrote to me today about a January 27 Associated Press item by Andrew Taylor presented as an objective news report, calling it “Appalling ... the worst ever.” If it’s not, it’s pretty close, though I’m not sure how any report on a single congressional action can top the comprehensive slop seen in the June 2008 classic titled, “Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control.” Readers visit that linked article at their peril.
The AP report concerns the “no budget, no pay” provision added to the bill the House recently passed to increase the government’s borrowing cap. Taylor’s travesty reeks of contempt and imbalance.
http://newsbusters.org/people/andrew-taylor#ixzz2ho4quolF
AP’s Taylored Narrative: GOP Fails at Senate Majority Due to Nominating ‘Flawed, Gaffe-Prone’ Tea Party ‘Flameouts’
By Tim Graham | October 30, 2012
AP reporter Andrew Taylor wrote up one of those teasing narratives Tuesday – the kind where he says, gee the GOP could have the Senate majority if it hadn’t managed to nominate Tea Party wackos that were successfully ripped down by harsh national press coverage.
Well, there was no actual reference to the press or its anti-Tea Party aggression. There are only “flawed, gaffe-prone nominees,” and no mention of who in the political world decides what a “gaffe” is and how the media’s gaffe patrol never seems to locate them in the vicinity of Joe Biden. Taylor began his “bizarre GOP missteps” narrative this way:
http://newsbusters.org/people/andrew-taylor#ixzz2ho5HsjZZ
Please pubbies, do not surrender. You may never have another chance.
The house controlls the purse. There is a reason for that.
Curious that the Democrat-controlled Senate is called “the Senate” and the House is called “the House GOP”
As if Harry Reid was somehow not the biggest partisan hack in Congress.
I have seen very little indication of the GOP suffering in real life..
Very disappointing.
But I don’t think the conservatives will let such a bill as described through the House.
I was hoping for a fairly “clean” temp debt bill and to keep the CR/Obamacare fight going until the Dems have to engage. They’ve successfully hidden behind Obama and Harry’s blockade so far.
McConnell will have to lead any surrender from the Senate. Goodbye Mitch, hello 2014 Minority Leader Collins.
I don’t think Boehner can do it alone.
Best way to handle this is to face reality.
It won't be pretty, but it beats our being ever more sure that a WW-III will happen.
The Tea Party is looking better and better ... every day.
How many bogus news media GOP “surrender” stories will Freepers fall for?!