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Old 10-02-2013, 08:44 PM
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Gotta love this lifeboat strategy that Cruz Missile Ted has come up with... Throw the poor wimmin and kids overboard

Dana Milbank's take on it over at the Post. here
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Old 10-02-2013, 09:53 PM
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As Bob's post makes clear, the 'Baggers, represented by Boehner at the White House meeting, refused this offer. And yes, the 'Baggers are still too stupid to come in out of the rain, as is anyone who thinks they're doing the right thing.
They SHOULD refuse the offer. I'd just as soon buy a used car from twice convicted con man than take Harry Reid at at his word.
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Old 10-02-2013, 09:59 PM
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They SHOULD refuse the offer. I'd just as soon buy a used car from twice convicted con man than take Harry Reid at at his word.
So, the Ryan Budget ain't good enough for you, eh Mike? Here I thought you liked the sequester cuts? Silly me.

How about a used car alarm from that slimeball? Darryl Issa.
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Old 10-02-2013, 10:00 PM
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They SHOULD refuse the offer. I'd just as soon buy a used car from twice convicted con man than take Harry Reid at at his word.
I'm no fan of Harry Reid (mostly over the shuttering of Yucca Mt.), and generally hold him in equal esteem to Mitch McConnell (very low in both cases). However, the Teabaggers have somehow succeeded in making him look like the embodiment of competence, virtue and leadership in comparison. The 'Baggers have screwed the pooch (and the GOP) badly with this fiasco.
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The incompetent vs. the retarded. What a great way to get resolution.
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The incompetent vs. the retarded. What a great way to get resolution.
You mean Boehner and McConnell? Yeah, they're making Pelosi and Reid look like Mensa members.
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Old 10-03-2013, 02:58 AM
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The 'Baggers have screwed the pooch (and the GOP) badly with this fiasco.
Which is why I was pro shutdown, if it came to that.

The Tealiban has gutted the Republican Party as a viable group.

Strategically? Not a fan. Tactically? Good Guys win.
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Old 10-03-2013, 03:24 AM
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I am wondering, how is this a representative democracy if one person (Boehner) can block a vote in the house? And, is there an external mechanism to break the logjam?
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I am wondering, how is this a representative democracy if one person (Boehner) can block a vote in the house? And, is there an external mechanism to break the logjam?
It is what they call American Exceptionalism Rajoo.
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Old 10-03-2013, 10:41 AM
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