Posted on 11/01/2005 11:40:50 AM PST by LisaFab
Harry Reid just made a motion, that was seconded, to send the Senate into closeed session.Schumer, Rockefeller and Durbin are before the press asking for a Senate Intelligence investigation into the Plame affair
Actually, I was hoping the the GOP would fire back and change several senate rules to stop the abuse by the dems. They are hell bent on abusing ever rule in the book to bend the truth to get what they want.
"Or is that something that this "rule 21" overrides?"
As a matter of fact, rule 21 demands secrecy. The closed sessions are only for matters of national security and must remain secret. No phones, pagers, or other electronic recording devices are allowed in the Senate during rule 21 closed sessions.
Why .. they Dems followed the proper rules of the Senate
Anyhow .. this will all back fire on the Dems
It was, this whole thing was designed to keep the cable news nets focused on WMDs.
Just wondering- was Frist planning to do anything special before the Dems pulled this stunt? Is this a desperate move on the Dem's part, to side-track the GOP?
I am so sick of this crap, I am going to watch City Confidential and forego Brit's show.
We did!
I think the spending cuts we're talking about should totally target Dem districts and the GOP should FORCE the matter through.
Silly!
I think we should employ the Constitutional option.
We probably will.
I think Bush should get off his butt and start waging a PR battle to fight for the minds of the public.
Bush is the most active President I have ever known. Unfortunately, one almost has to look at the White House website or the Day in the Life thread here on FR to know all that he is doing daily
When, not if, the dems try to shut down the Senate, the Senate GOP leadership should threaten with everything they have and then, upon the first refusal to comply by the Dems, enact their threats.
Were you interested in politics when Newt Gingrich thought that shutting down the Congress would be a good idea?
I think we should be starting up the new versions of the PACS, like the Dems did in 2004 and pushing big time money to conservative candidates from the school board to the city council to the Senate supporting ONLY those who toe the line and are engaged in this fight.
Go for it!
I'm sure I can come up with more.
You really did not address the issue of anti-Bush media.
True, but the moonbats are not GOP voters or even potential GOP voters so it doesn't matter. What matters is how Republicans and centrist swing voters view this cheap political trick. I believe these people widely disapprove of this kind of deceptive stunt that disrupts the normal senate business. In politics and business, always talk to your supporters first in a lanuage they understand. Solidify your base first, then persuade the swing voters. The moonbats are largely irrelevant to us, with one exception: they provide us with a good material to use to fire up our base.
Did she say the Special Prosecuter found that we were mislead into the was because of Libby's indictment??????
HELLO ..
Did she now hear was Fitz said .. THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WAR??
The Libs are flat our lying
I just saw Kitt Bond on FNC. I think the difference is most of the dems seem to talk off of the same concise message and most of the Replicans free lance. I'm not sure if Frist can do much about this, but it is a bit of a problem.
Bond has many good points but not much of a sound bite. The dems seem to know they are on TV.
What's higher? the number of hits on yahoo's main page per day or your boss' listener total?
Not that I would ever wish for the democrats to have a majority ever again, but if they ever hope to, they are in desperate need of new leadership. Maybe some one who has some sanity would be a step in the right direction.
Yes, the one where they say they must wait for the right time to pull the trigger because they'll get only one chance.
Why didn't they discuss it pre-war? By the way, how many of these Democrats do we have on record as saying Saddam had or was planning to manufacture WMDs?
And these statements were made BEFORE Bush was elected...
The democrats just keep handing the Republican more and more presents for next year. This is fun. 8) Stupid democrats. They just don't get that most people in the country do not agree with them, and every first Wednesday of November, they have another brain fart and forget the lesson they were taught all over again. 8) Gotta love it.
I hope that the Republicans lose some sleep tonight..while coming up with some kind of game plan to smack Reid and gang!
LMAO - Matthews is a rightwing hack???? ***gales of laughter****
Please correct me if I'm wrong, my memory ain't what it used to be, but isn't this just what those Dem. e-mails that were uncovered a year or so ago said they were supposed to do? That is, to cause any and all kinds of obstructions to prevent Pres. Bush from appointing a conservative justice.
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