Posted on 11/27/2012 4:47:01 PM PST by jazusamo
Democrat’s power grab takes away minority Republicans’ rights
Forget about bipartisanship; Harry Reid has decided there’s no option that goes too far if it means diluting the influence of Republicans. The Senate majority leader plans to break with long-standing tradition in January by rewriting the chamber’s rules to silence the Republican minority. It’s a shortsighted maneuver, because it means Democrats will have no input in the legislative process when they find themselves out of power in the future.
The hostilities spilled into the open on Monday and Tuesday with a rare, heated series of floor debates between Mr. Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell over filibuster reform. The Republican leader said on the floor Tuesday, “Here we are with this explosive nuclear option being thrown into the chamber at a time when we ought to be turning the election off and trying to come together to solve the biggest problem … the fiscal cliff and the nation’s seemingly hopeless deficit and debt situation.”
Mr. Reid, leader of the least productive Senate session ever, claims his changes will make the body more “efficient.” For the first time in history, the Democratic leader wants to change the rules with a simple majority vote instead of the currently required two-thirds supermajority. This is referred to as the “nuclear option” because it empowers the majority to alter at whim and without bipartisan support the way the Senate runs.
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BINGO
I think I have it
Fug You Harry Reid I Hate your Dum Sh*t You Mother Fugger.
LOL!
That defines Dingy Harry perfectly.
ROTFL. I like that! Hilarious.
Darn, I menat that to be a Freep mail.
Please remove it for me.
LOL. It’ his whiny voice, isn’t it?
I want to slap him!
Bipartisanship: Doing whatever the liberals want.
Obstruction: Not doing what the liberals want fast enough.
RINO: A liberal who is sometimes an obstructionist.
And there’s pretty much all one needs to know in the way of politics 101 in America.
Here's another with a link! Captioned : "It’s about time that dogs start taking some personal responsibility." Doggy Ping material!
I’m not sure what the problem is here.
This follows from everything else Wilson put in to play when he was President.
We are NOT a representive republic any more. We are a democratic republic. It’s mob rule now. Adams’ nightmare is here - the people have learned they can vote themselves cash.
The tipping point has been reached, and this is what the end looks like.
You can’t FIX this. Once you lose freedom, it doesn’t grow back. You can’t vote it back.
You have to let it fail, and then when the smoke clears and the bodies are hauled off, the winner decides what free means.
I always wondered how it was that Israel, at the end of times, would be without our protection. There’s no reference to the US in Revelation.
I’m starting the believe that the reason why is we don’t exist when it all comes to pass.
Sorry Emily, but the dems have no intention of ever allowing a pubie majority in the senate, and they're working hard to ensure enough voter fraud to make sure that "company men" like Alan Grayson get elected, while good, honest people with integrity like Colonel West are kicked out of office.
Plain and simple, the Republic is lost.
Mark
Obamugabe and Reid don't ever plan on being out of power in the future. Never. Ever.
Get used to goose stepping in the streets.
That's exactly what he and the rest of the leftist totalitarians think. Unfortunately, they may be right.
“If only the House would, they have the majority to do it but not holding my breath.”
Reid and Pelosi know how to play power politics. Boehner and McConnell don’t either know how to play or don’t want to play. As a result, the Democrats are winning and will continue to do so.
Invest in rope
No, when the fillibuster is gone it will be gone forever.
Of course not...first day the pubs have a majority....the dems and media will be yelping like stuck pigs for it to return...you know to be fair...
Try this:
FU Harry Reid I hope you die soon you MF
Good idea but you won't get McConnell to find his balls to do such a thing. And then you are assuming those future Republican's have a spine to follow thru on the threat. If McConnell is still there, he will capitulate faster than Chamberlain.
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