Congress has lost its mind...

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by classicman

AP source: House Republicans got discounted loans

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wai what? What did that headline say again and who was conveniently omitted entirely?



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I know they are senators, but still should have been mentioned in the article regardless of that.

Good evidence of the continued bias in our mainstream news. And people wonder why Fox News has been the number one source of news on cable for the majority for like 8 years in a row.

[glatt]

I'm sad to see Senator Snowe taking her ball and going home. Will there be any moderates after she leaves? I honestly can't think of a single one.

[Happy Monkey]

No moderate Republicans, but plenty on the Democratic side. That's why healthcare got so watered down despite the size of the Democratic majority.

[classicman]

From last year and it is only getting worse.

The polarization between right-leaning Republicans and liberal Democrats has led to the vilification of any GOP members who even consider compromise with the other side, the Globe reports. This has been evident in recent weeks during the debt talks. Though polls indicate Republican voters would support a combination of spending cuts and tax increases, party leaders remain staunchly opposed to any revenue increases.

“Moderates were an endangered species, and now it’s just about an extinct species,” said Connie Morella, a moderate Republican and former Maryland congresswoman. “Republican leaders feel they need to be loyal to their party because there could be repercussions if they are not. They are afraid it might be held against them in the next election, and that’s a really difficult kind of prison to be in.”

Morella is concerned that many disaffected moderates are withdrawing their Republican Party registration and either becoming independents or removing themselves from the political scene altogether.

“I’m exasperated with all of it,” Sarah Emberley, a 50-year old Republican, told the Globe. “Our leadership is stuck. The Republican agenda is stuck. And the moderate voice has gotten lost in the whole rhetoric.”

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[Spexxvet]

Classic, from where is that?

[Lamplighter]

Do you ever wonder what the economy would be like now if back in 2009,
the Republicans had not taken the position of "Anyone but Obama".

They missed so many opportunities to make the US a better country,
as in foreign policy, infrastructure, job growth, etc.

Instead, they let the bugs crawl out of the woodwork.
McConnell and Boehner and others looked the other way,
and now the infestation is dominating the GOP campaign.

Our family has a saying:
Wish in one hand, spit in the other, and see which gets full first.
I'm thinking the hands of McConnall and Boehner are very dank.

[classicman]

@spexx - added link to post

[classicman]

Congress ... Senate - same shit different party.
Whether you agree with the man politically, I think he hits on some issues that are majorly messed up.



If you just don't care ... Its kind of humorous to watch the people around him.

[infinite monkey]

Nice Tantrum of the Temper there. Is he one of those 10 year old boys with that disease that makes him look really old?

'Cause, yikes.

[Cyber Wolf]

Originally Posted by classicman

Congress ... Senate - same shit different party.
Whether you agree with the man politically, I think he hits on some issues that are majorly messed up.

If you just don't care ... Its kind of humorous to watch the people around him.

He's just trying to bring the usually boring spectacle of governing body politics in line with some of the parliaments of the rest of the world... some places have governing members that throw stuff, knock furniture over and some have what might as well be UFC matches on their floor.

[infinite monkey]

Originally Posted by Cyber Wolf

He's just trying to bring the usually boring spectacle of governing body politics in line with some of the parliaments of the rest of the world... some places have governing members that throw stuff, knock furniture over and some have what might as well be UFC matches on their floor.

Governments in third worlds like? Like how they kill each other and riot at their soccer games sometimes? Yeah, no, we want to be a little more civilized than that, don't we?

[classicman]

o your homework on the situation. The leadership has been doing this for YEARS.
They give you a 200 page bill and expect you to vote on it in an hour. THEN, when there is something bad in it they use it against you in the next election.
Yeh, politics as usual. :/

Also, he has been saying this for years. Its BS and everyone knows it. How long would YOU put up with that shit before snapping?

[infinite monkey]

I've put up with a whole hell of a lot of shit before 'snapping.' Then again, I've never been a pasty old grub worm looking impotent man in a powerful post.

"The leadership" (whom exactly, this leader? Other leaders. Got a list of leaders who act like that. All of them? Some? Half?) "They give you a 100 page bill and expect..."(Who expects? The leaders? The leadership who ask like that? Or all leaders, not just the buffoons?) "THEN, when there is something bad in it they use it against you in the next election." (Who used what bad thing in it against whom in the next election?)

I'm entirely confused, so I'll just stick with this:

I don't know or care what his little temper tantrum was about. He looked like a God Dam Fool (lol) and if I were next to him I'd smack him upside the face and say "SNAP OUT OF IT."

Loser baby boy...easy peasy. Not even a man. Just a baby boy with a baby temper.

"lookin' like a fool
With your rants on the ground..."

[classicman]

Or don't learn about the situation ... your choice. You could go off on a rant (see above)
Whatever. If you actually knew what the situation is, you might feel differently. or not.

[DanaC]

Fascinating...it's like that bit in Broadcast News, when the anchor completely loses it.

I have no idea really what that was about. But the sense of frustration and being hemmed in by rules and regulations, custom and expectation whilst the people who voted you in think you can do so much more. Think you have so much more power than you ever really do. Thinking you can speak and get things done when in fact four fifths of what the body you serve does is mandated down to the least detail. That's a frustration I recognise.