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Let's hear it for some reconciliation moral equivalence!
http://www.breitbart.tv/obama-dems-...ounders-intent/
I love this shit. Politicians are all scum of the earth and they can't help but think that they are the solution to our problems. Great Biden quotes there...
Biden: "I pray God when the Democrats take back control we don't make the kind of naked power grab you are doing."
Ah, so you're for a do-nothing government, which can't get anything passed because the minority party does nothing but filibuster everything. And then you are going to post a thread about how ineffective the Democratic government is in a few months.
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| Originally posted by Comrade Stalin Ah, so you're for a do-nothing government, which can't get anything passed because the minority party does nothing but filibuster everything. And then you are going to post a thread about how ineffective the Democratic government is in a few months. |
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| Originally posted by Shakka No, Krypton, this thread is about pointing out the continued repetitive hypocrisy of politicians and waiting for someone like you to tell me why it's OK this time but why it was the end of the world when the GOP did it (i.e. you'll rationalize it by telling me that no matter what is in the bill, it is critically imperative at this very second that health care reform be passed by any means necessary). Seriously, is it any wonder that these elected buffoons have a disapproval rate of something like 90% these days??? |

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| I don't agree with Obama's own healthcare proposal because I don't believe it is constitutional to mandate healthcare insurance or else face a penalty and I think that his "incentives" to get everyone to jump on board are more punitive (and therefore less palatable to me) than the versions of the bill that are already out there. |
And there it is.
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| HYPOCRISY?? Aren't the Republicans the one refusing to cooperate with ANY of the bills being put on the floor? Most of the things they are trying to get passed are legitimately worthwhile, but the GOP is just the party of "NO". Sure, some programs in the stimulus aren't the best, but at least it's something. Show me an instance where a republican has tried to make something productive happen during this administration that wasn't a ridiculous notion? And it's the Democrats fault, still, right? Who are the hypocrites again? |
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| BTW, it is important that health care reform is passed this very second, you know why? ONE THIRD of Americans don't have health care. Tell me that this is acceptable. |
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| Many other countries have mandatory healthcare, and they seem to be pretty happy about it. |
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| Originally posted by Shakka Actually no. I am for a government that does something, provided something is actually a good thing for a change that's not loaded with misaligned incentives, pork and sweetheart earmarks. |
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| No, Krypton, this thread is about pointing out the continued repetitive hypocrisy of politicians and waiting for someone like you to tell me why it's OK this time but why it was the end of the world when the GOP did it (i.e. you'll rationalize it by telling me that no matter what is in the bill, it is critically imperative at this very second that health care reform be passed by any means necessary). Seriously, is it any wonder that these elected buffoons have a disapproval rate of something like 90% these days??? |
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| I don't agree with Obama's own healthcare proposal because I don't believe it is constitutional to mandate healthcare insurance or else face a penalty and I think that his "incentives" to get everyone to jump on board are more punitive (and therefore less palatable to me) than the versions of the bill that are already out there. However, Obama's proposal is 10 pages instead of the 2,700 pages of nonsense that the Dems in congress managed to put together. |
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| Originally posted by Comrade Stalin Is it constitutional to mandate car insurance and face a penalty if you get pulled over without? |
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| Originally posted by Groundhog Boy You don't need collision, you just need liability in case you hurt someone else or their property. It really isn't the same. |
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| Originally posted by Comrade Stalin Is it constitutional to mandate car insurance and face a penalty if you get pulled over without? |
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| Originally posted by Comrade Stalin What is the social cost of someone who goes to the hospital and doesn't have insurance to pay for their treatment? It's huge. I want to know what in the constitution makes mandating health insurance unconstitutional. My view is actually that health insurance should not be mandated, but that's only without a public option. To me, healthcare reform is largely pointless without a public option. |
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| Originally posted by Shakka You have a choice to not drive a car and take public transit and forego any need for car insurance. If you care as much about the environment as you say, perhaps you should sell your car, drop your insurance and jump on the bus. Win win win as far as I can tell. |
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| Originally posted by Comrade Stalin Ah, so you're for a do-nothing government, which can't get anything passed because the minority party does nothing but filibuster everything. |

The whole filibuster mechanic is fucking juvenile and I cant believe its an acceptable practice.
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| Originally posted by Capitalizt Sounds great to me. ![]() Gridlock = win win for taxpayers. I hope the dems do the same if they are ever in the minority again. |
Shakka- why do you even bother? Remember: dissent was patriotic when the Democrats did everything in their power to stomp out whatever Bush tried to do. Now it's just obstructionism. The PEOPLE in overwhelming majorities on Healthcare, Cap and Trade, etc. do not support these measures being rammed down their throat. THEY have said no- have the Dems forgotten about what the people want? (rhetorical).
But as to your original post, you can always count on Joe Biden to come through.
Here are a few more examples that illustrate the hypocricy that is so hilarious with this "reconciliation" idea (which they called "the nuclear option" in 2005 for whatever reason). Look at all of them who were hardcore anti-reconciliation when Bush wanted to use 51 votes for judicial appointments (the Democrats wanted to change it to 60 even though 51 was always the procedure for judges). This is too funny to even get mad about. I mean, LOOK at the blatant hypocricy! The one at the end is the best.
Obama 2005:
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| OBAMA APRIL 25, 2005: A change in the Senate rules that really, uh, I think would change the character of the Senate, uh, forever. [snip] Uhhh, and what I worry about would be th-th-that you essentially still have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply majoritarian, uhhh, absolute power on either side, and that's just not what the Founders intended. |
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| So this president has come to the majority here in the Senate and basically said "Change the rules! Do it the way I want it done," and I guess there just weren't very many voices on the other side of the aisle that acted the way previous generations of senators have acted and said "Mr. President, we are with you, we support you, but that's a bridge too far. We can't go there. You have to restrain yourself, Mr. President." |
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| We are on the precipice of a crisis, a constitutional crisis. The checks and balances which have been at the core of this republic are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances which say that if you get 51% of the vote you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing. It's almost a temper tantrum. |
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| Mr. President, the right to extended debate is never more important than the one party controls Congress and the White House. In these cases the filibuster serves as a check on power and preserves our limited government. |
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| The nuclear option, if successful, will turn the Senate into a body that could have its rules broken at any time by a majority of senators unhappy with any position taken by the minority. It begins with judicial nomination, next will be executive appointments, and then legislation. |
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| This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power. It is a fundamental power grab. |
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| No, we are not going to follow the Senate rules. No! Because of the arrogance of power of this Republican administration. |
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| (shouting) Why have two chambers? What were the framers thinking about 218 years ago? They understood, Mr. President, that there is a tyranny of the majority. |
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| If the Republican leadership insists on forcing the nuclear option, the Senate becomes, ipso facto, the House of Representatives where the majority rules supreme and the party in power can dominate and control the agenda with absolute power. |
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| "You've got majority rule and then you have the Senate over here where people can slow things down where they can debate, where they have something called 'the filibuster.' Eh, you know it seems like it's a little less than efficient." Well that's right. It is. And deliberately designed to be so. |

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| I say to my friends on the Republican side: You may own the field right now, but you won't own it forever, and I pray to God when the Democrats take back control we don't make the kind of naked power grab you are doing. |
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| The Senate is being asked to turn itself inside out -- to ignore the precedent, to ignore the way our system has worked, the delicate balance that we have obtained that has kept this constitutional system going -- for immediate gratification of the present president. |
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| For the temporary gain of a handful of out-of-the-mainstream judges, some in the Senate are ready to callously incinerate each senator's -- Each senator! Every senator's! -- right of extended debate. That is what the nuclear option seeks to do. Minorities have an illustrious past, full of suffering, torture, smear, and even death. Jesus Christ was killed by a majority. Columbus was smeared. Christians have been tortured. |
This just goes to show the Democrats shouldn't give a fuck about what Republicans think. They're in power and should damn well use it. If the Republicans don't like it, then get elected, ffs. Obama isn't going to win any friends by being "bi-partisan". I think this thread demonstrates that.
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| Originally posted by ziptnf Show me an instance where a republican has tried to make something productive happen during this administration that wasn't a ridiculous notion? |
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| Originally posted by Comrade Stalin This just goes to show the Democrats shouldn't give a fuck about what Republicans think. They're in power and should damn well use it. If the Republicans don't like it, then get elected, ffs. Obama isn't going to win any friends by being "bi-partisan". I think this thread demonstrates that. |
Ah yes, and the few republicans that dared to vote with the dems on that one have been getting all kinds off hell from their own side since then.
What the republicans have done here is so demonize the democrats and their alleged liberal socialist comunist fashist agenda that even the slightest act of agreeing with the dems, even on a completely reasonable issue is enough that their base thinks that in doing so they are in essence joining with the devil.
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| Originally posted by Moongoose Ah yes, and the few republicans that dared to vote with the dems on that one have been getting all kinds off hell from their own side since then. |
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| What the republicans have done here is so demonize the democrats and their alleged liberal socialist comunist fashist agenda that even the slightest act of agreeing with the dems, even on a completely reasonable issue is enough that their base thinks that in doing so they are in essence joining with the devil. |
Re: Let's hear it for some reconciliation moral equivalence!
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| Originally posted by Shakka http://www.breitbart.tv/obama-dems-...ounders-intent/ I love this shit. Politicians are all scum of the earth and they can't help but think that they are the solution to our problems. Great Biden quotes there... Biden: "I pray God when the Democrats take back control we don't make the kind of naked power grab you are doing." |
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| Originally posted by Shakka You should be careful with language like this. There are many who are predicting that the makeup of congress could easily shift right back to a GOP majority this year. If that happens I hope you'll kindly shut the fuck up and not protest when/if someone says Republicans shouldn't give a fuck about what Democrats think and to do whatever they want. |
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| That is just piss poor politics and I hope that deep down you know that what you're saying is pointless, divisive, non-productive rhetoric. |
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| Originally posted by Comrade Stalin The reason it would shift back is because the Democrats didn't have the spine to do what they were voted in for, and only that. If the Republicans are in power and do stuff I disagree with, I'll fucking yap my mouth until your head explodes, like you're doing now, I couldn't give a fuck. At least Bush had balls. Your threads only demonstrate that whatever the Democrats do, the right's primary objective is to obstruct as much as possible. Okay, well, fuck it, fuck "bi-partisanship". When you're in power, do your shit, when we're in power, we should be doing our shit. I applaud any measure to override the Republicans obstructionism. Every one of your threads is increasingly pointless, divisive, and non-production, so you really shouldn't even be talking. Example,your ridiculous thread about a children's book program being cut. Boo fucking hoo, evil democrats, oh noez!!!1 Ironic how it's you who want to cut deficits, knowing full well the children have public libraries to go to, but you complain about such a frivolous issue. |
Re: Re: Let's hear it for some reconciliation moral equivalence!
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| Originally posted by MisterOpus1 *Sigh* It would be worth a means of comparison and even a worthy discussion between what Dems. said then and now if we are actually comparing similar items here. The problem is Breibart is comparing apples to oranges, and I would contend he's doing it deliberately so to obfuscate the point. The nuclear option that was depicted back in 2005 was a means of Republicans to change the Senate filibuster rule on a few particular judicial nominees that Democrats were blocking at that time. Forget the fact that Democrats allowed more judicial nominees of Bush to pass through many times over versus Republicans with Clinton nominees before, who blocked some 60 of his nominations through primarily committee process versus actual filibuster process, but I digress. But this nuclear option was in regards to changing a filibuster rule, and NOT related to the reconciliation process that a number of Democrats are thinking about using with the current health care bill. Not ONE of those quotes that is on Breibart's film, nor any of the quotes that 17sss dutifully compiled on Democrats at that time was in relation to using reconciliation. And before you attempt to tell me how dangerous it is for Democrats to use reconciliation and that it is a similar weapon of sorts to the supposed nuclear option being discussed back in 2005, please reconcile with us first why Republicans used that very same tool to pass the Bush tax cuts in 2001, 2003, and the 2005 "Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act." It was also used to open up drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: http://mediamatters.org/research/200905110007 You may also note a number of Republicans supporting the reconciliation process in that link at that time. So again, a means of passing parts of a bill through the gridlocked Senate by bypassing a filibuster (i.e. reconciliation), which has been performed by Republican Congress to pass Republican bills and has been supported by Republican members in the past is not equivalent to ending a filibuster altogether. But leave it to a liar like Breibart to deliberately confuse the two ideas for his readers/suckers. BTW, will he ever release the full footage of the ACORN videos? Somehow I doubt that will ever happen. Can't imagine why. Finally, I'm really interested in hearing a viable solution by Republicans that has been broken down by a nonpartisan group like the CBO that can demonstrate in any way how they can essentially stop or even lower annual premiums. In no way am I stating the Democratic plan is perfect, but they at least in both versions they have a means of addressing lowering or keeping premium costs relatively the same: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...-premiums-and-/ Until the GOP has a viable answer to that from a nonpartisan group, please don't be surprised when Obama or most everyone else doesn't seemingly have much trust in the GOP adding much worthwhile to health care reform: http://www.newsweek.com/media/84/1001_ftop_v2.pdf |
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| Originally posted by Shakka I feel sorry for you. If they're so pointless, why do you even bother to respond to them? Do you have a life? Do you realize how silly you sound? Do you realize how obvious it is that I got under your skin and you're trying to come up with a witty, albeit witless dig at me? I could really care less. |
I'm laughing at your descent into ad-hominems, great job there buddy. Just showing how hypocritical you yourself are being by "pointing out" hypocrisy in our government. I'd take you seriously if perhaps your criticisms weren't so blatantly one-sided. I'm just making the point that the party in power needs to exercise their power irrespective of what the opposition thinks. They're called "opposition" for a reason. | quote: |
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