Posted on 09/27/2013 6:59:01 AM PDT by ken5050
Senate just came into session. Happily, Dingy Harry is sparing us any commentary early on this morning, as is McConnell. Debate goes until 12:10, at which time there is 30 minutes reserved for majority and minority leaders , then the vote. Will there be any more GOP intramural fireworks on the senate floor?
Cross-dressers are soooooooooooo difficult to recognize!
I wasn’t paying close attention, but I think you’re right - the same two, Hatch and Flake.
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*snicker*
Yes, now every time I see or hear Ted Cruz - the Old West hero will be right there in my mind.
Course, he could be today's Old West hero, now that I think about it!
Only now do we have to pay a fine or tax for NOT buying something.
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Think of it as not owning a car but getting a ticket for not having auto insurance..
I love you Nana. We are in the final American death spiral, so I thought I’d tell you that.
Do we have a Cruz in the House? If so, we ask them to either keep clause to defund Obamacare or fund it for $1.00 and either defund IRS or cut it in half.
Reason? House won’t be bullied by Senate.
Americans hate bullies and we need to get that tag on Democrats asap.
These are defining votes for those up for primaries, to be primaried out, in 2014.
What We Just Saw
By Michael Walsh
National Review Online
September 25, 2013 6:11 PM
In the aftermath of Senator Ted Cruz’s epic performance on the Senate floor, a few observations:
*After his disgraceful attacks on Cruz, including his reach-across-the-aisle, dog-in-the-manger response today, this should be the end of Senator John McCain as a voice of influence in the Republican party. Ditto his mini-me, Senator Lindsey Graham. Indeed, the entire Old Guard of business-as-usual “comity” fans passeth. When you care more about what the other side thinks, it’s probably time either to switch teams or step down.
* There is new leadership in the GOP, whether the party wants to admit it or not: Cruz, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Jeff Sessions, and the others who stepped into the breach to spell the senator from Texas.
* The popular reaction to Cruz will be immediate and noticeable; the more the old bulls carp, the more the public will rally to Cruz’s side. The country has been spoiling for a real fight since the election of 2008, and now it has one.
* Conservatives have finally realized that, as it’s currently constituted, they have no home in the Republican party, which is the Washington Generals to the Democrats’ Harlem Globetrotters, the designated losers who nevertheless are rewarded handsomely for their sham opposition.
* To that end, conservatives understand that rather than form a third party, their only hope is to seize control of the corrupt, rotting hulk of the GOP, which they now can do with the help of a reinvigorated Tea Party — especially with Lois Lerner’s IRS off its back.
* The Cruz faction in the Senate, and its allies in the House (whose leadership is now up for grabs) must now press their advantage. The louder the Democrats squawk, the more they are wounded; the one thing they’ve long feared is a direct assault on their core beliefs as translated into actions, and the deleterious effects of Obamacare, just now being felt by the population, are the most vivid proof of the failure of Progressivism that conservatives could wish for.
* Win or lose, the battle is now joined: First the struggle for the GOP and then the battle for control of Congress and the presidency. Cruz just struck at the kings he could reach — the Republican “leadership” — and has most likely dealt them a fatal blow. Now the Tea Party hordes must back him up by eliminating his opponents (who tend to be geriatrics, and thus “leaders” by longevity rather than talent or commitment) through the primary process wherever possible. If he can carry off this coup, he and Senator Paul will very quickly find themselves elevated from back-benchers to commanders.
* Nevertheless, control of the Congress by the current GOP “leadership” would only serve to increase frustration on the right. The citizenry does not want “deals” or more legislation — it wants action.
* There is no reason to think the Tea Party, if properly organized and harnessed, cannot be even more potent next year than it was in 2010, especially now that its members know the government really was out to get them. Make Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin into the faces of the Democratic party and watch the votes peel away from the Left.
* Any party that cannot successfully sell freedom and personal liberty doesn’t deserve power. The trick will be to explain — by word and deed — that the Democrats’ Manichaean choice (Big Brother or the orphanage) is a false one, that less can be more, and that the restoration of a Republic of self-reliant citizens will benefit all Americans — not simply the government class and its clients.
Flake and Hatch
You are absolutely right!
Bachmann is, but she is soon out in 2015. The best person after her is Steve King from Iowa. Also there is Louie Gohmert and Joe Wilson.
Exactly so, dearest pollywog.
God bless and keep you.
Jeff Flake is a flake and Orrin Hatch is a hack.
Trey Gowdy and Louis Gohmert and good, right?
Once that hurdle was cleared, the rest of the votes were preordained. The Senate waived budget rules, voted to strip out the Obamacare defunding on a 54-44 party line vote, and passed the bill.
I get it now. By voting this way the RINOs can say "hey! I voted against it!"Thus providing them cover knowing full well it doesn't mean a thing except they went against the will of their constituents..again. Thanks for the explanation, I have never understood cloture..
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