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Rival parties to mix it up – nicely – at State of the Union (will sit together again!)
LA Times ^ | jan 21, 2012 | Kathleen Hennessey

Posted on 01/21/2012 9:09:32 PM PST by Innovative

Reporting from Washington - Like an estranged married couple trying to reignite the spark, lawmakers again will pair off in bipartisan couplets at the president's State of the Union speech on Tuesday - making another show of goodwill after a year of bad blood.

As of Friday more than 160 members of Congress had agreed to mix it up in the House chamber for the Tuesday speech, eschewing the traditional seating chart: Democrats to the left of the rostrum, Republicans on the right.

The spectacle of bipartisan co-mingling at last year's speech was striking. Gone was the visual of half the room rising to applaud the president while the other side sat in disapproval. Instead, observers saw lawmakers jumping to their feet while their seat mates sat still - a somewhat more awkward scene.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obama; republicans; sotu
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To: Innovative; mickie
Do Labourites and Tories ever sit paired together and holding hands during any sessions of Parliament?

Not that I've ever seen on television.

Leni

41 posted on 01/22/2012 5:02:03 AM PST by MinuteGal
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To: MinuteGal

How long does anyone think this’ll last after a Republican president is elected? Right, about a nano-second!


42 posted on 01/22/2012 5:18:39 AM PST by cb
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To: Innovative
up – nicely –

Just curious, how do these weird characters appear in the title?

43 posted on 01/22/2012 5:26:25 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (The only solution to this primary is a shoot out! Last person standing picks the candidate)
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To: Hot Tabasco; mickie
I've often wondered about this, myself. These strange hierglyphics appear every once in a while in articles posted on FR.

Are they from the world of Sheila Jackson Lee's "code words"?....(she thinks Newt's use of the phrase "Food Stamp President" is code for a racist slur).

Leni

44 posted on 01/22/2012 5:51:18 AM PST by MinuteGal
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To: Innovative

“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” B.F.

Separately, together...Whichever works for me.

Our Founders would be so proud./s


45 posted on 01/22/2012 6:15:05 AM PST by APatientMan (Pick a side)
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To: Innovative
Oh, God. What is wrong with these Republican dimwits? All they are succeeding in doing is diluting their message and playing into the hands of our enemies!

On the other hand, maybe they really have no message and know it. All this does is highlight their vacuity and stupidity.

This is a kindergarten stunt, meant to appeal to shallow American voters who just want everybody to "get along". But all it does is underline what is desperately wrong with the establishment GOP. It is typical of those weak frauds they calls "leaders", Boehner and Cantor.

It is disgusting on display.

46 posted on 01/22/2012 6:19:56 AM PST by Gritty (Compromise that is not a solution is a waste of time. We either save this country or we do not-Rubio)
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To: Hot Tabasco

up – nicely –

Just curious, how do these weird characters appear in the title?

Some quotation marks appear this way, the “curly ones” — it usually comes from cut-and-paste, if the text uses the curly looking ones. I usually delete them and replace them with “ (straight ones), which appear as normal quotation marks, but this time I forgot. I did notice it happens to others too. When I use quot marks from my computer, they come out OK.

As to really WHY, I have no idea.


47 posted on 01/22/2012 9:09:59 AM PST by Innovative (Weakness is provocative.)
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To: Innovative

Every Republican that does needs to be thrown out of office!!!


48 posted on 01/22/2012 9:13:17 AM PST by dalereed
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