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2016 Postmortem

Panich52

(5,829 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2015, 02:53 PM Mar 2015

Maddow blog: White House takes aim at GOP's 'inept leadership'

White House takes aim at GOP's 'inept leadership'

The White House is usually cautious in criticizing congressional leaders. The GOP's handling of the Loretta Lynch nomination, however, is simply too much.

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http://click.mail.msnbc.com/?qs=0a7a26cd042674648f61d9de30485390bc3ac9e562d198e13d790a58193790ef7243f6b6c4c1154c

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Maddow blog: White House takes aim at GOP's 'inept leadership' (Original Post) Panich52 Mar 2015 OP

saving. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #1

All Dems should be pointing to GOP failure to do anything constructive since they took over Congress dmosh42 Mar 2015 #2

There was one GOPer who had the best summation of how GOP Congressional control has gone so far Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2015 #3

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

1. saving. n/t

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 03:03 PM

Mar 2015

dmosh42

(2,217 posts)

2. All Dems should be pointing to GOP failure to do anything constructive since they took over Congress

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Tue Mar 17, 2015, 03:09 PM

Mar 2015

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,412 posts)

3. There was one GOPer who had the best summation of how GOP Congressional control has gone so far

Reply to dmosh42 (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 10:26 PM

Mar 2015

and it's only getting worse. Not only could they not get their act together to fund DHS(!), which really should've been a no-brainer but now they're stepping right into another rape discussion by refusing to pass a human trafficking bill that commands bipartisan support over an anti-choice rider (because, let's face it, sex slaves clearly had lots of "choice" about being sex slaves) and they're once again going to harm themselves with minorities as well by holding up Lynch's confirmation until the human trafficking bill is passed with the anti-choice rider.

Popcorn anybody?

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