Posted on 12/16/2010 6:32:16 AM PST by FredJake
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) adopted the role of Ebenezer Scrooge and scheduled the Senate to work through the Christmas holiday.
Two Republicans - Jon Kyl of Arizona and Jim DeMint of South Carolina - objected, and that became political fodder for Reid, proving that nothing is off limits if a political point can be made.
Reid then took to the floor of the Senate to blast the GOP.
I dont need to hear the sanctimonious lectures of Sens. Kyl and DeMint to remind me of what Christmas means, he said Wednesday afternoon.
He also blamed Republicans - who have a clear minority - for making the Senate work through the holiday. "If they decide to work with us, we can have a happy holiday," he said. Translated: "If Republicans just cave in to us, we can get out of here."
The Hill reported that on Tuesday, Jon Kyl suggested the Majority Leader "...would be on the verge of disrespecting one of the two holiest days for Christians by pushing the Senate to work on the omnibus spending bill and the New START nuclear treaty..." right up until Christmas Day.
Reid shot back, "It's offensive to me and millions of working Americans for any senator to suggest that working through the Christmas holiday is sacrilegious or disrespectful."
But the reality is that ol' Ebenezer knows that come January 3, the Democrats' reign of terror will end in the House when the Republicans officially start the new session, and the Democrats will have a much slimmer majority in the Senate.
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Obama isn't a Christian (he is a secular humanist who sees Jesus as a historical figure). And Obama is plenty disrespectful of American history and traditions as it is. He doesn't give a Rat's Olbermann.
I have scratched Vegas off my list of vacation destinations.
I was right you hate Scott Brown . So you would rather he had lost to the Democrat Senator who is for Amnesty.Scott Brown is against Amnesty for illegals. Scott brown and Republicans will save your little critical selves when he and they kill the Democrats’ Dream act Amnesty.
Anyone who supports Amnesty for illegals is a traitor.
Name one democrat politician that is for deporting illegals. There are none. At least 98% of democrat Senators will vote for this Dream act Amnesty. But to you and many others THAT tells you that it’s Republicans that are the problem on Amnesty and similarly on everything else. NO the problems is the democrats. Name one democrat politician that is for abolishing a government agency.
If this Dream act is not stopped and illegals are not deported then the U.S. is done and there will never be another conservative elected in the U.S. ever.
Go campaign for your democrats/socialism. I don’t care what you all say anyway.
Me too... cool name.
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I do not like scott brown... I do not like his ideology... I do not like his style... I do not like his brand of playing politics... and I will remain critical of his actions as long as he conducts himself as he has done so far.
Now calling me a democrat and a socialist is not only over the line... but it displays your inability to comprehend as well as multi-task.
LLS
"Sen. Scott Brown says he will not support the DREAM Act and called the bill aimed helping illegal immigrant college students “backdoor amnesty.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2642187/posts
What about that don't you all like ? that is better than any democrat politician because they all ( 98% at least of democrat Senators voted for Amnesty.)
Brown also voted against Obamacare. But it was too late already as the cloture vote had passed. But if Brown had been there last year Obamacare would never have passed.
If Republicans stop this Dream act Amnesty all of you should apologize to Republicans but you won't you all will just use some other liberal media article to slander them.
All Democrats are socialists/Marxists. There is not a single democrat politician that is for anything good like abolishing a government agency or deporting illegals.
Here's another hint :Democrats are in power. It is democrats that are creating and pushing these horrible socialist bills NOT Republicans. The more Democrats push horrible bills the more you all blame Republicans. It's like blaming the police for a murderer murdering someone.
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What Ebeneezer needs is a good old fashioned stroke
The funeral would cause delay and solve the problem
This is not just a vote this is the most important vote.
RINOs as you all call them, Republican Scott Brown and Republicans stopped the Dream act!
All you democrat sympathizers who claim to be conservative lets hear your praise of Republicans now.Yeah sure you’ll just bash them for some other liberal media lie.
Vastly outnumbered, Republicans stood like a stone wall against the Marxist/democrat horde! Thank God for Republicans!
I am so happy! I have hope now!
I am proud of them hearing us all and standing for America. Having said that, I pray that they stick to their guns... their future and ours depends on it.
LLS
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