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Geithner Confirmed with some Repub Support
Fox News Live | 1/26/09 | vanity

Posted on 01/26/2009 3:48:28 PM PST by pabianice

Geithner vote of 60-34 (near strict party line), Gibbs' Press Beatings, Pelosi's $300M for abortion, Obama's "I won so shut up" -- The speed with which the Obama Administration is going down is breathtaking -- and wonderful!


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; bhotreasury; cultureofcorruption; firsthundreddays; geithner; iwonsoshutup; obama; obamacorruption; obamaregime; rinos; taxcheat
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To: cake_crumb
So?? There's plenty of reason to condemn them for credulity, stupidity and lack of ethics, so let's condemn them for those. And no, the fact that we all already KNOW Democrats are IQ-impaired, mind numbed, robotic crooks should NOT earn them a pass from us "because they're just acting like Democrats"! Besides, there are Democrats who voted "yes" who ran as CONSERVATIVE Democrats and were elected as such. Their constituents must be as angry and disappointed as the rest of us that their congresscritter voted for a tax evader to control our tax money. So add "liars" as well.

Hear hear and well said. We have to STOP THE DOUBLE STANDARD. A Republican who does a bad thing is no worse than a Democrat doing the same thing.

Geitner would have been approved even if every Republican voted against him. Amazing, there are more than 50 Democrat senators who voted for a tax cheat to head our economic policy. That is shocking.

Democrats won because the DNC went after all Republicans, good and bad (see Sarah Palin as the most recent example). The only way we're gonna get them out of power is to stand against all Democrats. We have plenty to condemn them on, if only we care enough to.

Correct. IT IS PAST TIME TO STOP GIVING THE DEMOCRATS A PASS ON THINGS.

261 posted on 01/27/2009 8:12:09 AM PST by WOSG (Oppose the bailouts, boondoggles, big Government -)
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To: Ann Archy

Will check Kyl out.


262 posted on 01/27/2009 8:34:29 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (Welcome to Obama's America... Be afraid, be very afraid)
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To: Chet 99

You have a dark and suspicious mind, dude. :)


263 posted on 01/27/2009 8:44:13 AM PST by kesg
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To: cake_crumb

If you wish to operate on some misguided notion that I approve of the Democrats, that’s okay by me.

My concern is OUR SIDE. We have the number of Republicans required to block cloture. That is our responsibility. That is our focus. That is our job one.

Ten Republican crossed over on this vote. That’s for all intents and purposes 25%. Six of the Democrats switched over, just a hair over 10%.

We now have 35 votes we can count on in the Senate, and John McCain is one of them. LMAO< that means that we actually have 34 votes we can count on.

And you think my focus should be the Democrats. This penchant some folks have for wanting to ignore what our side is doing to us is incredibly frustrating to the rest of us.


264 posted on 01/27/2009 9:23:34 AM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: 01/22/09 Obama hands the hope of the unborn to terrorists.)
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To: WOSG

Please check out post 264.


265 posted on 01/27/2009 9:25:13 AM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: 01/22/09 Obama hands the hope of the unborn to terrorists.)
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To: DoughtyOne; WOSG

It just dawned on me that that 35 number I was kicking around included six Democrats. No, we have 29 votes we can count on. And this includes ole Johnny Boy.

And you think my focus should be the Democrats? Good grief!

We have 41 Republicans in the Senate. Now, please, don’t criticize them. That would be unfortunate. Geez...


266 posted on 01/27/2009 9:27:45 AM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: 01/22/09 Obama hands the hope of the unborn to terrorists.)
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To: cake_crumb

Please see 266. I mean to address it to you also.


267 posted on 01/27/2009 9:28:36 AM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: 01/22/09 Obama hands the hope of the unborn to terrorists.)
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To: DoughtyOne

“And you think my focus should be the Democrats?”

No. My point: Criticize equally the Democrats and Republicans who voted for Geitner. Dont let those 50+ pro-Geitner Democrats off the hook. They also voted for a tax cheat to run the IRS.


268 posted on 01/27/2009 9:31:33 AM PST by WOSG (Oppose the bailouts, boondoggles, big Government -)
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To: DoughtyOne

“My concern is OUR SIDE. We have the number of Republicans required to block cloture. That is our responsibility. That is our focus. That is our job one.”

On this I agree. I have sent a message and spoken with a number of Senate offices to call on them to FILIBUSTER THE STIMULUS BILL.

I urge everyone to call and email and fax to do the same.
202-224-3121.

However, when the vote comes down, dont let Democrats off the hook. They are running washington and must be held accountable for the bad bills they pass.


269 posted on 01/27/2009 9:34:07 AM PST by WOSG (Oppose the bailouts, boondoggles, big Government -)
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To: WOSG

It is important to phone and email. Even with odds against us, we must never just give up.


270 posted on 01/27/2009 9:37:05 AM PST by Dante3
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To: WOSG

The Democrats were voted in to do what they are doing. I disagree with them, but they are doing what they said they would do.

We have 12 people on our side, out of 41, that we can’t count on. One of the 29 left can’t be counted on either. That is going to continue to be my focus.

Is what the Democrats did a problem? Are they miscreants for having done it? Hell yes. Well, that’s what Democrats do. Who doesn’t know this?

Once again, if the both of you wish to operate on the idea that I support the Democrats, go right ahead. If my time here hasn’t influenced you to think otherwise, then go for it.


271 posted on 01/27/2009 9:40:10 AM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: 01/22/09 Obama hands the hope of the unborn to terrorists.)
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To: WOSG

You’re really missing the point here WOSG. They can’t pass these bills without our votes. We can’t blame the Democrats for a single on of these bills. Our side is making the bills passable.

The Democrats could try as hard as they might to pass these bills, but without Republicans, they couldn’t pass a one of them.


272 posted on 01/27/2009 9:43:46 AM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: 01/22/09 Obama hands the hope of the unborn to terrorists.)
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To: buccaneer81

Voinufabitch doesn’t surprise me.


273 posted on 01/27/2009 9:46:08 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (Pretending the Admin Moderator doesn't exist will result in suspension.)
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To: pabianice

I don’t call 25% of Republicans to be just “some” Republican support. It’s “significant” Republican report. And quite frankly, I’m angry about it. We now have 29 Republicans we can count on, and McCain is one of them. That means we really have 28 we can count on. Good grief!

The Democrats will now have 72 votes for some things. Heaven help us.


274 posted on 01/27/2009 9:49:12 AM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: 01/22/09 Obama hands the hope of the unborn to terrorists.)
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To: DoughtyOne

With only 41 votes, our ONLY weapon to stop anything is a 100% unanimous filibuster. Okay, I’m game, let’s give it a try. .. on the stimulus.

“The Democrats could try as hard as they might to pass these bills, but without Republicans, they couldn’t pass a one of them.”
Alas, they only need 1 or 2 jellyfish votes.


275 posted on 01/27/2009 9:51:08 AM PST by WOSG (Oppose the bailouts, boondoggles, big Government -)
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To: WOSG

Actually, right now we only have to announce that we are trying a filibuster. The Dems can’t get a vote of 60 right now. One of ours could cross over, and they still couldn’t get a vote of 60. The Dems only have 58 seated Senators right now.

I’m not sure if the Vice-President could make that 60% number. Does he count in cloture votes? He may, I just don’t know.


276 posted on 01/27/2009 9:54:30 AM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: 01/22/09 Obama hands the hope of the unborn to terrorists.)
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To: DoughtyOne

“Actually, right now we only have to announce that we are trying a filibuster.”

Yes, and I think our #1 PRIORITY is to get the GOP Senators to put a filibuster on the stimulus bill and make a number of demands to change it. My communication to GOP Senators is below. Please send a message to them. They need to feel the heat to see the light.

On the nomination, don’t hope for filibusters though. The President deserves up or down votes on these folks, although I am all for slow-walking nominees like Solis and Holder who dont give straight answers.


Republicans need to FILIBUSTER the big-Government boondoggle monstrosity the Democrats and Obama are planning. Any Republican who looks at this is appalled: - billions in wasteful Government spending that has nothing to do with growing the economy but is 100% about growing the Government at the expense of our fiscal security and private economy.

Without a principled conservative opposition to the already excessive liberalism of Obama and the Democrats, the Republicans will have no credibility in 2010. Now is the time to take a stand and filibuster this bad bill.

There are specific demands that must be made:

#1 - filibuster against any spending that occurs after this fiscal year, and insist spending be done later in appropriations for next year; 100% of spending should be focussed SOLELY on this year and out-year spending should be in followup appropriations as conditions warrant. Why tie the USA to trillion dollar debt now for spending that will occur well after the recession is over?

#2 - no spending unless all tax laws are extended until 2013; in short, by raising taxes in 2010, the Democrats are cutting the economy off at the knees; they are killing, not stimulating, the economy; filibuster any bill that does not include delaying the increase in taxes.

#3 - No money for ACORN, for Planned Parenthood, for general pet projects that simply add to Government spending; filibuster any bill that has offensive, wasteful, non-stimulus spending; filibuster any bill that has pork and earmarks.

#4 - Filibuster any bill that is not at least 50% tax rate reductions, ie, real tax cuts; only tax rate reductions and/or direct tax cuts, such as allowing 100% expensing in 2009 of depreciable expenses, would incentivize the private sector.

Obama and the Democrats are perpetrating a hoax on the American people with their bad bill, and I am counting on Senator Cornyn to lead the fight to expose it.


277 posted on 01/27/2009 9:59:13 AM PST by WOSG (Oppose the bailouts, boondoggles, big Government -)
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To: pabianice

Anyone have sources on the “I won” comment and Obama blasting Rush? Tried searching ... no luck.


278 posted on 01/27/2009 9:59:50 AM PST by Centurion2000 (01-20-2009 : The end of the PAX AMERICANA.)
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To: WOSG

“On the nomination, don’t hope for filibusters though. The President deserves up or down votes on these folks, although I am all for slow-walking nominees like Solis and Holder who dont give straight answers.”

The president deserves an up and down vote on a tax cheat to be head of the U.S. Treasury? Oh really? No. He deserves an up and down vote on a decent nominee. He does not deserve and up and down vote on a crook.

BTW, I agree with your efforts to contact our Senators with your message. I think it’s important that we do.


279 posted on 01/27/2009 10:06:02 AM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: 01/22/09 Obama hands the hope of the unborn to terrorists.)
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To: DoughtyOne

“The president deserves an up and down vote on a tax cheat to be head of the U.S. Treasury? Oh really? No”

Yes, Geitner deserved a vote, even if it should have been 0-99 against and utter humiliation for Obama for daing to put him forward. ;-)


280 posted on 01/27/2009 10:11:39 AM PST by WOSG (Oppose the bailouts, boondoggles, big Government -)
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