Posted on 01/08/2015 1:14:37 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
"................McConnell took the Senate on the low road. He stood still at his desk, lips pursed, clearing his throat often, and reading a grim message. “Moment of great anxiety . . . lost faith in their government . . . no longer trust Washington . . . losing health plans after being told otherwise . . . rising medical costs . . . difficult just to get by . . . world filled with chaos . . . autocrats scoffing at a superpower that doesn’t seem to have a real plan.”
“Confidence in the American dream has plunged,” McConnell said, pointing an index finger downward. “Anxiety about the type of country we leave to the next generation is widespread.” He declared the government “uninterested or incapable” of addressing Americans’ concerns and “working for itself instead of them.” Wiping his nose with a handkerchief, he went on to decry a bureaucracy that tries “to muzzle political opponents and ignore the needs of veterans.”
There’s nothing like a fresh start to bring out that patriotic spirit. And Democrats responded in kind: Minority Leader Harry Reid, injured in an exercise accident, had his lieutenant, Sen. Dick Durbin, read out a statement after McConnell’s speech, saying Democrats wouldn’t repeat Republicans’ “gratuitous obstruction and wanton filibustering.”.....
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Defeating DEMOCRATS AND RINOs should be our two front strategy for Victory.
Scum of the earth, all four of them.
“Term limits for Congress are impossible: the American people reelect over 90 percent of their popular incumbents.”
Precisely WHY term limits are needed. Duh!
It reads almost as satire. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what’s in store for us with the repubs in their anemic power status.
Term limits will only come about if they are initially self-imposed by citizen legislators of high character.
Great analogy. That’s what it is “a fake fight.”
Opulent definitely describes it!
...........the MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WHAT WE, THE PEOPLE, THINK..............
I remember when many Freepers hated the term RINO. I glad to see many understand now. It is late but time to clean house.
The picture looks like a meeting of the anti-American club.
That’s because it is! B^)
I read Smashmouth by him a number of years ago. I had to stop about 1/2 way through. Couldn't bring myself to finish it.
I know what Milbank is and what he does.
Wish i did.
That’s not how Milbank meant it.
Nice! I’ll bet Harry’s is even “ritzier” than that one - probably special furnishings and décor since he’s lived there so long.
I don’t believe that he really understands the difference between John Boehner and the Tea Party. I don’t mean to say that he’s stupid, but that he is ignorant. Like all of them, for him it’s all about the contest for power, the politics, the maneuvering, and his team “winning”. The arena of ideas and principles is alien to his ilk; not completely unlike Karl Rove, frankly. Of course he intentionally lies all the time. He’s a propagandist for the status quo.
I admire your fortitude in getting halfway through his book. That could not have been easy going. I tried to get through Obama’s second autobiography, and didn’t get that far.
I agree, he’s gotta dump all that dirty money somewhere.
The Ritz-Carlton Suite features a luxurious soaking tub with seperate shower stall as well as Asprey bath amenities.
Lousy 400 thread count linen who wants that.
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