Democrats in Congress should be more afraid of us than they are of Bush

rudy23

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Thu Jul-12-07 07:45 PM
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Democrats in Congress should be more afraid of us than they are of Bush

There's a lot more of us, and we are running out of patience. Maybe they're numb to the slow drum of the death tally every day on our front page, but we aren't. And I'm getting tired of the excuses.

We're already a quarter through with this the post '06, pre '08 election period. We are running out of patience.

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madokie

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Thu Jul-12-07 07:48 PM
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1. I will be looking seriously at any of the opponents to the iincumbents in my world

no matter what happens now, I'm pretty anti incumbant myself

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Greeby

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Thu Jul-12-07 07:50 PM
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2. We aren't going to send them envelopes full of anthrax if they stand up

Cheney on the other hand............ :hide:

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uppityperson

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Thu Jul-12-07 07:54 PM
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5. I sincerely hope you mean Cheney will, and you probably should change that

so as not to leave a wrong impression.

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Greeby

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Fri Jul-13-07 07:07 AM
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12. I thought the inference was obvious

my bad :blush:

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rudy23

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Thu Jul-12-07 08:09 PM
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8. We'll send envelopes full of pink slips

Which do they fear more?

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bdamomma

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Thu Jul-12-07 07:51 PM
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3. yes, what is that saying POWER IN NUMBERS!!

now if we realize our own power.

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emulatorloo

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Thu Jul-12-07 07:53 PM
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4. WAKE UP -- The house passed a bill to withdraw troops today

As to the senate there is only a ONE VOTE dem majority 00 and that includes LIE-BERMAN.

Rudy it is a simple math problem. The REPUGS keep voting in support of BUSH and covering up for him. Blocking all the legislation.

The math is, we need more dems and fewer republicans,

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sharp_stick

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Thu Jul-12-07 08:05 PM
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6. But it so much more fun to whine

Edited on Thu Jul-12-07 08:05 PM by simskl

and bitch and moan about the Democrats every time the repukes block a bill isn't it?

We need more Dems in 2008, not less. If we concentrated on knocking out a few more wobbly pukes and winning the White House it will be a sweet time indeed.

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rudy23

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Thu Jul-12-07 08:12 PM
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9. That's just it--if the Democrats keep letting us down, even in the ways they can, there won't be

more Dems in '08. That's my point!

And there are ways we can rally this country without pushing bills through.

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emulatorloo

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Fri Jul-13-07 07:31 AM
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13. Rudy do the math -- the Dems are proposing legislation, the Repugs are blocking.

We need to target the Republicans. I write my Republican Senator every week. I am respectful to him. But I lay it all out clearly why he should hold the bush admin accountable, or vote w Dems on certain legislation. He surprised me with a vote the other day.

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sharp_stick

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Fri Jul-13-07 08:06 AM
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14. Get used to it and be ready

The republicans will block everything the Democrats do because they can and because it forms the crux of their 2008 strategy. Their goal as far as I can see so far is to do this and try to spin it as a do nothing Congress. The hope is that they will be able to convince enough people that it's the Democrats fault so they don't get slaughtered in 2008.

They don't have a lot of other options. I think our goal has to be to shine a big light on it every time boner and mitch use a procedural maneuver to block a bill. It can work but as long as we do nothing but bitch about nothing getting done it looks like we're agreeing with them

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The Stranger

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Fri Jul-13-07 08:39 AM
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15. It took this fucking long?

They should be introducing and reintroducing it, holding hearings on the lying, torturous, murdering war, and DEFUND THE FUCKING THING.

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emulatorloo

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Fri Jul-13-07 09:42 AM
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16. No, they have introduced bills before. And they are holding hearings.

As to defunding, that is probably what it is going to take but I do not think the American public has figured that out yet.

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malta blue

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Fri Jul-13-07 09:59 AM
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19. Can you tell me who the 10 dems who opposed the withdrawal

are? I can't seem to find the rollcall...

Thanks

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spanone

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Thu Jul-12-07 08:05 PM
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7. We don't have the resources to wiretap their phones.

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rudy23

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Thu Jul-12-07 08:14 PM
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11. We get to see and hear them every day. We know it's a show for us, but how they perform for us

within the framework of the political game still matters a great deal. And I don't think many people are crazy about what they've been seeing.

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emulatorloo

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Fri Jul-13-07 09:55 AM
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17. If you get a chance, watch some C-SPAN. It is the Republicans who are behaving disgracefully

Everything they say and do is coordinated -- talking points, votes, etc. They are following the orders of the White House still.

If this congress is "do nothing" it is because of the Republicans.

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Thu Jul-12-07 08:12 PM
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10. Politicians should always be afraid of the citizenry. It's called democracy.

�Freedom for supporters of the government only, for members of one party only, no matter how big its membership may be is, no freedom at all. Freedom is always freedom for the man who thinks differently. � Rosa Luxemburg

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porphyrian

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Fri Jul-13-07 09:58 AM
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18. They aren't afraid of anything but the early end of their careers.

Unfortunately for them, they may be facing those ends sooner than they planned.

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rudy23

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Fri Jul-13-07 12:00 PM
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20. That's why I'm saying--we have more power than we think to hold their feet to the fire

That's the point of my OP.

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Beelzebud

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Fri Jul-13-07 12:01 PM
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21. People should not fear their governments, Governments should fear their people.

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