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2009-12-21 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2009-12-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 So from where is the Senate Democrats getting the 60 votes ?

Did Ted Kennedy "phone" his vote in from the great beyond ?

Posted by Ulenter Oppressor of the Faith9084 2009-12-21 02:43|| 2009-12-21 02:43|| Front Page Top

#2 The People decided on this course of action, they need to learn to live with the current and future funemployment rate.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-12-21 03:55|| 2009-12-21 03:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Spot on Snowy Mtn. Evidently the American people wanted a Chicago machine style gov't at the national level. It's not like the Chicago and Cook County Democratic pay-for-play system has been a well kept secret for the past 100 years or so. One should be careful what one asks for.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-12-21 04:02|| 2009-12-21 04:02|| Front Page Top

#4 What Congress can pass, the next Congress can repeal. The Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (MCCA) was passed in 1988 & repealed in 1989.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-12-21 06:51|| 2009-12-21 06:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Betcha that what this Congress can pass the next Congress can't quite unpass. We're going to be stuck with this mess for years and years, and once it's started it's going to grow, until it eats all the money we can lay hands on, including all we can borrow.

Posted by Fred 2009-12-21 11:11|| 2009-12-21 11:11|| Front Page Top

#6 We're going to be stuck with this mess for years and years We're already in a big financial mess that will last for years and years. Passing Obamacare will be like the Titanic hitting a 2nd iceberg.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-12-21 11:32|| 2009-12-21 11:32|| Front Page Top

#7 The congress is too divided. The parasites have almost taken over the host. I see no easy way out of this. We will be bankrupt and collapse economically, going Zimbob, if you will, before this gets sorted out, if it ever does. We are committing national suicide.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-12-21 11:34|| 2009-12-21 11:34|| Front Page Top

#8 The parasites have almost taken over the host.

This must surely be a leading entry for Congressional snark of the month. Still wiping coffee from my keyboard.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-12-21 11:40|| 2009-12-21 11:40|| Front Page Top

#9 including all we can borrow.

Based on Bowbama's last meeting with Hu, that's looking like less and less.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-12-21 12:25|| 2009-12-21 12:25|| Front Page Top

#10 Time for a third party based on fiscal soundness. Unfortunately none of the current batch are serious enough to step up and a shake and bake instant party is unlikely to grab hold.

Perhaps if enough people are disgusted we might see some migration of pols into the third party giving it strength and credibility but that's unlikely. The current batch are pretty elitist in that regards.

Perhaps the threat of such a move coming out of the Tea Parties will get the Republicans to reform.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-12-21 14:16|| 2009-12-21 14:16|| Front Page Top

#11 I think the charitable thing to assume about McCain is that he spent so many years adhering to Senate rules by calling Democrat senators "gentlemen" that he finally came to believe that they are gentlemen. In fact they are a pack of rats. McCain has made a career of dealing with these people, compromising with them to "get things done". Then in the 2008 election they put on brass knuckles and beat the crap out of him. He should have known better than to let it happen. He should have hammered away at Obama's associations with people like Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright. He should have screamed bloody murder about Acorn, Bawney Fwank, Chris Dodd and CRA. He should loudly and proudly voted against TARP and all the other bailouts and stimuli. He should have opposed amnesty instead of championing it. What a fool. Either that or he's just as crooked as they are.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-12-21 15:06|| 2009-12-21 15:06|| Front Page Top

#12 In McCain's case: Too bad minds can't be tamper evident!
Like your bottles in your medicine cabinet:

do not use if seal is missing, punctured or torn!

Posted by GirlThursday 2009-12-21 15:27|| 2009-12-21 15:27|| Front Page Top

#13

#8: The parasites have almost taken over the host.

This must surely be a leading entry for Congressional snark of the month. Still wiping coffee from my keyboard.
Posted by: Besoeker

Besoeker---This was not meant as snark. Ima dead serious!!!!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-12-21 16:24|| 2009-12-21 16:24|| Front Page Top

#14 Couldn't agree with you more Paul.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-12-21 16:25|| 2009-12-21 16:25|| Front Page Top

#15 The Republicans forfeited their right to stop health care because they became corrupt and unresponsive to the voters. They gave up their conservative roots and any notion of fiscal responsibility. The donks will get thrown out for the same reasons. So where do we go from there?

Posted by JohnQC 2009-12-21 19:08|| 2009-12-21 19:08|| Front Page Top

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