This gets funnier by the day.
They have the Presidency, a significant majority in the House, a “filibuster-proof” majority in the Senate ... and they can’t get anything done. I really don’t remember George W. Bush and the Republican Congress and Senate having this much problem in 2001.
Their liberal “coalition” is looking less-and-less like a “coalition” by the day. It ain’t a majority if you can’t even get your own party to agree on anything.
SnakeDoc
I really don’t remember George W. Bush and the Republican Congress and Senate having this much problem in 2001.
Republicans had major problems and could not get anything done either. I just can’t believe that these stupid people are arguing over abortion. It is a procedure that is affordable for everyone. I am thrilled that Ben Nelson is playing hard ball. Dems really should take out the abortion funding....I am 100 percent pro-life and find this actually very humorous (and I am very greatful)...at least a few children will end up alive now.
The Democrats controlled the Senate up until Jan 2003. Tom Daschle was Majority Leader. President Bush only had four years in office with a GOP House and Senate, and never with a 60-seat supermajority.
Yeah, I’m scratching my head over this. They’ve got well over a winning number of votes, yet are taking so long to finagle their way to a supermajority that they should have just faced the filibuster head-on, let the opposition talk themselves unconscious, and pass the original bill on an easy 51+ vote simple majority - would have taken a lot less time. Filibusters end.
Liberals (i.e., Communists) overplayed their hand. They’ve worked mightily to gain control of the Dhimmi Party, won the Presidency, and their party took over Congress. However, not all Dhimmis are Commies. In fact, the share of Americans who are Dhimmis, socialists and Commies is quite small. They have extended their reach far beyond their based, which at most is 20 to 25 percent of the population. Let’s hope this whole house of cards comes crashing down with a defeat on health care and an implosion of the Dhimmi Party.
“... I really don’t remember George W. Bush and the Republican Congress and Senate having this much problem in 2001....”
They weren’t trying to ramrod anything like this nightmare down our throats.
Did they have a majority in both houses in 2001, or did that not come until 2002? I really can't remember. I thought Daschle was the majority leader, at least until 2002, but I could be wrong.
I really don’t remember George W. Bush and the Republican Congress and Senate having this much problem in 2001.
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Think about it though - the Republican agenda for government is so much more limited than the RAT agenda for government, that’s *despite* the hugely untoward detriment of big gubmint RINOS. My point is that Bush wasn’t coming in trying to turn over the apple cart - 9/11 sure did, and that’s what defined Bush, and a big chunk of additional spending as well. Bush really fell down with the prescription drug debacle - that was not wise. Other ways and means to go about that - free market ways (tax incentives, creating transparency in medical costs, etc. etc.)
Their “coalition” structure stops at the doors to the U.S. Treasury. That’s why they can’t get anything done. They stand for nothing but bilking the rich, whcih is really the middle-class.
The rats are a very balkanized party. The media loves to report on rifts in the pub party, but when you really look at it, individual pubs have far more in common with each other than rats do with each other. That’s because the majority of average pub voters are motivated by principles rather than the greed and entitlement mentality characteristic of the average rat voter.