Landscape-Altering Vote Last Night

self ^ | 11/19/05 | LS

[MeekMom]

Amen!

[ThanhPhero]

Murtha didn't vote for it ? He doesn't mind looking crazy but he is a tad saner than he looks?

[TUX]

The "Who's Who" list of anti-Americans in the House that are screwing up America. None Dare Call It Treason.

Jose Serrano of New York, Robert Wexler of Florida and Cynthia McKinney of Georgia, Jim McDermott of Washington; Jerrold Nadler, Maurice Hinchey and Major Owens of New York; Michael Capuano of Massachusetts and William Lacy Clay of Missouri.

[johnny7]

...last night's vote possibly could cost the Dems up to 30 seats in the House in 2006.

Possible with an informed electorate... unfortunately, we're not blessed with that. And while the House sported 'big ones' last night, the Senate's were still in a state of ascension. I heard 'Edith Bunker-Collins' say yesterday that she STILL hasn't made up her mind on Alito.

Unless the party... and the administration builds on the momentum we gained this week, the House vote will be meaningless. The Rino's have gotten the MSM's full-attention... and they like it.

[Wolverine]

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 608 http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll608.xml (Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)

[BonnieJ]

IF the media covered what happened last night, at all or with any accuracy at least...YES they would likely lose seats. But it happening on the weekend and the convenient memory and priorities of our beloved media, it will be buried under "Rove's possible indictment" and "Bush defending the war overseas" and all the rest.

[rodguy911]

What an excellent thread and you made some really great points that needed to be made.
Many of us were really upset with Kurt Weldon going south on us and you are absolutely right about the msm trying to bury this vote.
My guess is it will be hardly mentioned anywhere. If this story has a life you will hear it on talk radio, the internet and of course a few papers that get it like the Wash. Times and a few others.
As for fox and friends, more weekend programming debacles, plus FNC has been going more and more msm lately.It's probably about selling out for money(more sponsors with a a more liberal attitude in broadcasting-- selling out) but they should remember who brought them to the ball. They could wind up dancing alone.

[FunkyZero]

Ever cast your own bullets? When lead is molten, all the crap floats to the top and you can easily scrape if off and discard it into the trash as soon as it cools off a bit. I hope we see more of this put up or shut up tactic, it should be relentless over the next year just to keep the scum scraped off the top. Let them keep the burner on high now that there is momentum.

The next vote should be: Let Saddam out of jail, drop all charges against him and assist him in rebuilding his forces ...
You know, since we were all totally wrong about him and his motives.

Man, I can just see them squirming now...

[snowsislander]

Pay no attention to what the MSM says about this vote...

I find the media hypocrisy amusing; if the Democrats had managed to get a few more votes -- even one Republican one -- I think that this vote would have been trumpeted from the skies.

I believe that the ridiculous Fitzgerald soap opera garnered much coverage for very little substance, and I believe that the MSM reaction to a just few more 'yes' votes in this case would have been on the level of the resignation of Nixon. Instead, since it didn't go their way, the MSM are downplaying the historic vote last evening. I checked news.google.com, and on the page generated for the news coverage this event, none of the headlines use the word "overwhelmingly", though the word does appear in a handful of the first lines of the stories. Instead, the headlines are predictably slanted to the left, downplaying the defeat of the Democrats:

Pullout debate takes nasty turn

White House plays chicken with a war hero

Call for Troops' Removal Reverberates at Home

House Erupts in War Debate

Democratic hawk blasts Bush over Iraq, urges pullout

Uproar in House as Parties Clash on Iraq Pullout (from the New York Times, which in this story doesn't even mention the overwhelming nature of the vote total until paragraph 6, and then goes trying to write excuses for it.)

I did find one headline for an opinion piece that was notably not defeatist: Cut and run in Iraq isn’t a real policy, but most of the rest ranged from left to way out into loony left territory.

Why we cannot even have semblance of objective journalism from the MSM is beyond me; their sales are dropping rapidly, hurting their ad revenues, and the editors are deluding themselves if they think it is just demographics. I think it is the content with its overwhelming left-wing bias that is driving many people away.

[Peach]

How do you figure that?

The Democrats asked for a CIA report on intelligence regarding Iraq. They admit they didn't read it. It was a report cleared for them to read. In other words, it wasn't classified.

So you'll have to let me know how it is you think I'm advocating for a leak in intelligence. LOL

[jscd3]

On an off topic note, has anyone ever seen Nancy Pelosi blink?

I hear that when she gets her next facelift, there will be an additional piece of skin added to her eyelids to facilitate that action.

A good thing to...watching that secondary clear eye lid come up from the bottom of her eyes was creeping me out...

[rodguy911]

Morning Peach, how are you?

Monica Crowley talking about all this on WABC AM 770 on the net now.
She's so awesome in so many ways.

[Guenevere]

Bookmarked and bttt...
..and I get a two-fer

Yours and Congressman Billybob's :))

Sure glad you fellas are on our side!

[OldFriend]

Still dining with the Donner Party, I see.

[Zman]

Anyone with an ounce of analytical ability who watched the full debate on the rule and the bill came away with a view that showed who the democrats are: poseurs who rely on anecdote and emotion, rather than facts to set their world view and U.S. policy.

After two hours of their vitriol and "debate", they haven't got the spine to vote for the tenets of their stated beliefs! There's a true demonstration of D's profiles in courage and leadership,eh?

Even though we are living perilously close to the edge politically, giving back leadership in the either house of Congress to these lying weasels will take us off the cliff with flags flying.

I compare it to giving a bottle of Jack Daniels and car keys to a teenager and pointing him toward the interstate.

[OldFriend]

There was information on the internet during the past few days that Rockefeller got an IN PERSON comprehensive briefing on the intelligence before his vote.

Anyone surprised that the dems are LYING again.

[ElkGroveDan]

It's called fighting back. I believe it started with the White house about two weeks ago, and I hope it continues.

[rodguy911]

Great pick here.
The resolution to bring the matter to a vote "was" the real story. This showed who the real patriots and who the traitors really were. And guess what? Other than 5 bozo pubbies, all the rats can now be branded as traitors IMHO.

[OldFriend]

Expecting Frist to pull this off is truly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

Time to call it a day. We made our point.

[tioga]

HINCHEY voted "present"........the lousy democrat couldn't even take a stand.........a present vote translates to I want to vote no but don't dare to..........his district has Lockheed Martin....a defense contractor and the best he could muster was "present"..........LOSER. I wish this district would just vote him out of office.