No Confidence

richlevy · 06-11-2007, 11:03 PM

From here

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A Jolly Good Show, but the Wrong Side of the Pond

By Dana Milbank
Tuesday, June 12, 2007; Page A02

Give him a sword and a tunic, and Chuck Schumer would have made a passable Oliver Cromwell as he stood on the Senate floor yesterday.
The New York Democrat, playing a British parliamentarian, had come to seek a "vote of no confidence" in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales -- and thereby deal a blow to the imperial reign of President Bush the Second.

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"This is not the British Parliament, and I hope it never will become the British Parliament," protested Sen. Trent Lott (Miss.), the chamber's No. 2 Republican. "Are we going to bring the president in here and have a question period like the prime minister has in Great Britain?"

Sounds like a good idea to me.

Griff · 06-12-2007, 07:46 AM

I heard George use the phrase "my government" recently so I guess Schumer isn't the only one confused about their system of government.

piercehawkeye45 · 06-12-2007, 08:00 AM

I was really hoping for "YOU ARE..........OBSOLETE!"

*chanting in background"

"OBSOLETE! OBSOLETE! OBSOLETE!"

xoxoxoBruce · 06-12-2007, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I heard George use the phrase "my government" recently so I guess Schumer isn't the only one confused about their system of government.

If I can say my government, why can't Bush. Isn't he still an American, a voting American?

Griff · 06-12-2007, 12:49 PM

The phrase is generally used in a parlimentary system where the PM puts together a voting block to get his program through. In the States, the Pres gets to fill a bunch of seats in the executive branch but, rumor has it, does not control the legislative function. Either George feels he owns the whole government or he's been hanging with Blair too much.

Sundae · 06-12-2007, 01:43 PM

Cromwell dissolved the "Rump" Parliament in order to become Lord Protector - effectively setting himself up for 5 years the only dictator Britain has ever known. He wasn't challenging a tyrant (Charles I was executed in 1649) he was overthrowing the Republic.

Not sure that the comparison really works...

xoxoxoBruce · 06-12-2007, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

The phrase is generally used in a parlimentary system where the PM puts together a voting block to get his program through. In the States, the Pres gets to fill a bunch of seats in the executive branch but, rumor has it, does not control the legislative function. Either George feels he owns the whole government or he's been hanging with Blair too much.

C'mon, you've never said my government? I'll bet everyone I know has, at one time or another... often as, I fear my government.

Griff · 06-13-2007, 05:38 AM

In context George was talking about his administration. He's just parroting Tony. His government is the same as my government, but his administration is not my administration.

elSicomoro · 06-13-2007, 09:44 AM

Well, I don't know what the rest of ya think, but my government just sucks balls right now. The local one is alright, but the state and the feds...pbbbt!

06-12-2007, 07:46 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I heard George use the phrase "my government" recently so I guess Schumer isn't the only one confused about their system of government. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-12-2007, 12:49 PM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The phrase is generally used in a parlimentary system where the PM puts together a voting block to get his program through. In the States, the Pres gets to fill a bunch of seats in the executive branch but, rumor has it, does not control the legislative function. Either George feels he owns the whole government or he's been hanging with Blair too much. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-12-2007, 01:43 PM	#6
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Cromwell dissolved the "Rump" Parliament in order to become Lord Protector - effectively setting himself up for 5 years the only dictator Britain has ever known. He wasn't challenging a tyrant (Charles I was executed in 1649) he was overthrowing the Republic. Not sure that the comparison really works... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-13-2007, 05:38 AM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	In context George was talking about his administration. He's just parroting Tony. His government is the same as my government, but his administration is not my administration. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-12-2007, 08:00 AM	#3
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	I was really hoping for "YOU ARE..........OBSOLETE!" *chanting in background" "OBSOLETE! OBSOLETE! OBSOLETE!"

06-13-2007, 09:44 AM	#9
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Well, I don't know what the rest of ya think, but my government just sucks balls right now. The local one is alright, but the state and the feds...pbbbt!

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