Posted on 02/07/2004 4:46:02 PM PST by yonif
Your staccato series of personal attacks are becoming tiresome. Please don't force me to tap the abuse button, thanks.
You make this statement which ADMITS you don't know what the rules are and yet feel comfortable enough with that lack of knowledge to determine the GOP in Congress is doing a poor job of it? Going by that, I don't know whether you are honestly looking for information or just looking to smear the GOP'ers. I'll give you a bit, though, just in case it is the former?
1. We've had a slim majority for just over a year now since the end of 2002. A few of those that comprise the slim majority are themselves very centrist Republicans and not dependable to always vote right-wing. In spite of this, Bush has managed to force through some measures he wants though he may have to compromise more on how much he gives up than he would have to with a solid and large majority.
2. When people refer to needing a 60 seat majority they are referring to a SUPER-MAJORITY, something we need in the Senate to break a filibuster which the Dems even as a minority have been using to beat us up with on Bush's judicial nominees. The more GOP'ers we can give Bush in the Senate, the more solid conservatives he can move on to the benches. That has enormous and long-term benefits for conservatism.
You make this statement which ADMITS you don't know what the rules are and yet feel comfortable enough with that lack of knowledge to determine the GOP in Congress is doing a poor job of it? Going by that, I don't know whether you are honestly looking for information or just looking to smear the GOP'ers. I'll give you a bit, though, just in case it is the former?
Oh good grief. Check into the nearest ER and ask them to run some tests on your sarcasm gland. It doesn't seem to be operational.
Or perhaps you're suggesting that the rules are crafted in such a way as to allow the RATs to block the GOP unless the GOP has >60 majority, but not be subject to that same restriction when the numbers are reversed?
2. When people refer to needing a 60 seat majority they are referring to a SUPER-MAJORITY, something we need in the Senate to break a filibuster which the Dems even as a minority have been using to beat us up with on Bush's judicial nominees. The more GOP'ers we can give Bush in the Senate, the more solid conservatives he can move on to the benches. That has enormous and long-term benefits for conservatism.
No, a "super majority" is not 60 votes. It's 2/3.
As to breaking a filibuster, try again. One, what the RATs are pulling is not a filibuster. It's a game, and they're playing it only because the Republicans allow them to play it. There are at least two legal ways the GOP could put a stop to it -- pronto -- if it wanted to, and had the guts to take a stand.
The fact that the GOP allows this travesty to continue does not speak well for them. And you can be damned sure the RATs would have put a hasty end to it if the tables were turned. They would simply not stand for it.
Say what you will about the RAT party, at least they've got the common sense to not bring the Marquis of Queensbury Rules to a streetfight. They show up with brass knuckles.
Hell, the GOP doesn't even bother with the Marquis of Queensbury. They dig all the way down to "Scottish Law."
The Bible speaks of the folly of those who would lean on a bent reed. Well, I think there's a lesson in there, somewhere.
Huh?
Please stop abusing, and I'll not tap the abuse button. It's pretty simple logic.
Do you want the right to continue to abuse without penalty? Are you an "untouchable" or something?
I can't stop what I'm not doing in the first place, of course.
Bill O'Reilly would be ashamed
Bill O'Reilly is a bloviating loudmouthed jerk. If you want to gain my respect, you'll need to hold up a higher standard than that.
P.S.: Quit trying to spin what I didn't say into something you wish I had said.
I can't stop what I'm not doing in the first place, of course.
Bill O'Reilly would be ashamed
Bill O'Reilly is a bloviating loudmouthed jerk. If you want to gain my respect, you'll need to hold up a higher standard than that.
Your position (the total antithesis of common sense)if properly executed, is not only suicidal for the Republic, but would again plunge western civilization into the dark ages.
Lying troll, you are zotted.
I will vote for Kerry because I believe he will support my desire to marry my refrigerator.
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