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Old 12-23-2011, 02:09 PM   #1
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It was a band-aid but it's a shame they have to pass a two month bill. Just shows how dysfunctional Congress really is.

That being said, the Speaker didn't end up looking so good.

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Old 12-23-2011, 02:12 PM   #2
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Dems finally got one back.
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Old 12-23-2011, 02:44 PM   #3
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That being said, the Speaker didn't end up looking so good.

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And he is being rebuked by some conservative radio talk hosts. And a lot of this type of disagreement occurs on con talk radio, which belies your idea that the con talk is all about stroking the listeners and reassuring that they are fine just as they are, and doesn't challenge them.
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Old 12-23-2011, 02:59 PM   #4
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And he is being rebuked by some conservative radio talk hosts. And a lot of this type of disagreement occurs on con talk radio, which belies your idea that the con talk is all about stroking the listeners and reassuring that they are fine just as they are, and doesn't challenge them.
Now now now, I never said that's what it was ALL about. I would expect Rush and others to go after Republicans who barter with Obama...If he really is trying to undermine what it means to be an American, there can be no quarter...

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Old 12-23-2011, 06:02 PM   #5
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It was a band-aid but it's a shame they have to pass a two month bill. Just shows how dysfunctional Congress really is.


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How is this dysfunctional? The Senate passed a bill that the President wanted and the House passed it as well. Isn't that what everyone wants? Bipartisanship? Isn't this how it was in the good old days when the gummint was creating the "Great Society" and the Dems were controlling the agenda and bills were passed with the cooperation of "reasonable" Repubs? Hasn't the problem always been obstructionist, do-nothing Republicans standing in the way of progress? This is beautiful stuff, the way it's supposed to be, Dems propose, Repubs roll.
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Old 12-23-2011, 10:13 PM   #6
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the good old days when the gummint was creating the
Did you always call it the "gummint?"

No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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Old 12-23-2011, 10:54 PM   #7
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Did you always call it the "gummint?"
Only in those rare moments when I referred to it affectionately.
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