The Republicans wrote to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to warn that the Senate must take action to stop Obama from violating Congress’s right to set immigration policy. The letter said they would work with Reid to stop Obama, but warned of consequences if Reid does nothing.
“[S]hould you decline to defend the Senate and the Constitution from executive overreach, the undersigned senators will use all procedural means necessary to return the Senate’s focus during the lame duck session to resolving the constitutional crisis created by President Obama’s lawless amnesty.”
The letter was signed by Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), and David Vitter (R-La.).
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
"Ted Cruz Threatens to Force Senate Vote on Obama’s Amnesty Plans"
"Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and five other Republican senators on Wednesday threatened to use “all procedural means necessary” to force the Senate to take action against President Barack Obama’s plan to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants."
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Threaten? Just do it.
Bludgeon the miserable little fucker bloody with procedure. Use the well to traduce honest citizens for hours on end traducing liberal backers by name. Talk about every single aspect of their history, how they made their money. Expose them for the hyper-hypocrites they are. Make shit up to embellish.
And no filibustering bills either, la la la. He knew all along that will come back to bite him, so gnaw away. Make the son of bitch regret ever taking up politics.
Hay! There's a bumble bee outside.
And at twilight I saw one of those moths that looks like a hummingbird. This is unrelated to politics but there is more to life, innit.
Chip is right. Never threaten anyone. Declare your intentions, as in: "Our first order of business will be a vote on Obama's amnesty plans."
When you have someone by the short hairs, shake, and shake hard.
Time to make Obama your bitch.
You won.
A part of this immediate forceful post election statement from Cruz & Co. is that genuinely conservative Republicans are putting McConnell on notice that they won't put up with any of his knee-jerk reach across the aisle nonsense. Strategery!
Mike Crapo? How did he get in?
You know, I had to pay 70¢ for postage to vote.
Or I could have gone to station and dropped it off, but that assumes I know where they are and further assumes I can walk, or assumes I'm rich enough to have a car to drive, or assumes I have any friends. So much assumption.
SEVENTY CENTS !!1!1!111
Whose got that kind of cash to throw around.
This here is voter suppression.
And next time, since Hickenlooper won 48.4 to Romanoff's 47.2 I'm going to do my part to utilize Colorado's cheat-as-you-will same day registration, mail in ballots to their full advantage as designed.
The thing is, these dummkopfs assume only Democrats are fierce enough, unethical enough, corrupt enough, sufficiently amoral to use their system designed perfectly for fraud.
Dumb asses.
I actually like Hickenlooper. But I'm just so well chuffed seeing these ideologic not-hearing bastards have their asses handed them.
"Here's your ass. It's all tanned up."
That reminds me of my favorite Bette Middler joke.
Ernie says to me, he says, "Soph, you got no tits and a tight box." I says, "Ernie, get off my back."
Good.
I like this guy.
gnashing of teeth
Don't threaten. Scorch earth everything this radical marxist leftist traitor wants to do from here on out until he is fucking gone. There is no try, there is only do.
Government by the Crazy, of the Crazy, and for the Crazy might work in blogland, but the wins were entirely calculated on inoffensive milquetoast campaigns and diversity candidates. Lol, you turkeys have those, too, apparently.
Because in an election victory where even Turtle McConnell can't commit to trying to repeal Obamacare, and voters overwhelmingly came out in favor of an increased minimum wage, legalizing weed, and abortion access, to say that the Rethugs won on any substantive, non-cosmetic terms is hilarious. They won an effort to put a bunch of zombie-like warm bodies in the chambers to supposedly pull the ® lever, but now it's clear that even the RNC doesn't seem to know what the ® lever is for.
Enjoy the empty wins. Power for power's sake is more of a problem than you think.
"increased minimum wage, legalizing weed, and abortion access"
Pretty important issues if you're a Pot smoking slut in a dead end job.
Otherwise, pretty minor stuff.
It's turtles all the way down in America now, R&B -- you fleetfoot.
What the tortoise said to Achilles
No more minor than what the GOP will do, which is absolutely nothing. But at least when they pick their butts as usual the Congress's approval rating might plummet more than they managed make it plummet already. Which would indeed be something.
Minimum wage issues affect more than just "dead-end jobs" and preventing autonomous medical care for pregnant women is an issue of basic liberty. But your impulsive condescension of the majority of your country who understand those things is noted, typical and a good explanation for why the lazy GOP will get even less done than it did before yesterday.
"...as cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce
You've got the rhyme and reason but no cause
Well if you're hot to trot you think you're slicker than grease
I've got news for you crews you'll be sucking like a leech"
I can't stand it I know you planned it
I'm gonna set it straight, this Watergate
I can't stand rocking when I'm in here
Because your crystal ball ain't so crystal clear
So while you sit back and wonder why
I got this fucking thorn in my side
Oh my, it's a mirage
I'm tellin' y'all it's sabotage
Shorter rcocean: Liberty for me, not for those beneath me.
A very important message for the GOP to not win on. But the fact that wing nuts like rc can't help telling you that's what they really think, that's precisely the reason why they'll do nothing.
As I said, they'll pick their butts, downgrade the congressional approval rating further, and then blame it on Obama. In alternate election seasons, some people are actually dumb enough to buy that.
Hear, hear.
Yo.
MCA RIP.
Gratitude was a pretty cool song, too.
Now, now, R&B, you'll feel better in a few days. Just try to stay strong and think happy thoughts. I'd recommend a couple or three good stiff drinks to ease through. And I hear that you can buy cheap wine in a big box nowadays.
Here's some cute kitties to look at.
Compare and contrast Walker's style to Obama's style. Obama politics is very much trickle down: those who get, get what DC and the Feds decide they get. Walker's approach is a state-by-state approach -- you want make things better? start locally -- with yourself -- and don't look to Washington for guidance.
I couldn't really care much less.
I just want to know what you'll do with all that phony representation.
It's like what Franklin said to that woman asking what their delegations resulted in. "A republic, if you can keep it".
What do Repubbies plan to do? Sitting in office and picking their butts doesn't seem to win them love or interest. Just votes in elections where they vote against nearly everything Repubbies have stood for.
As I said, y'all are just in it for yerselves. Nothing to offer. Just resentment that a black dude did.
Loving to campaign just for the hell of it and holding power without doing anything useful with it is as sure a sign as irrelevance as any. Commies won big time elections too. Also didn't do anything useful. You guys are in good company.
Government of the hazy, by the lazy, for the crazy.
@R&B: Lie back and think of Ingaland: Walkerville. It's the future.
No offense to Wisconsin, but no one really cares about that state or the lazy-eyed do nothinger running it. Pennsylvania's Republican special interest manager just lost his own gubernatorial race by a decent margin. I guess there goes the frackerhood.
Republican Electioneer Plan:
1. Pick butt.
2. Call up special interest.
3. Vote accordingly.
4. Pick butt.
5. Repeat.
6. Hide this agenda from the voter.
Nobody can do Howard Beale better than Ritmo.
Rachel's on. She's showing pictures of baby pandas. They're 100 days old today. Three of the fuzzy little rascals.
Oh, and as far as the actual effect of a rethuglican Senate, it'll keep the wacko birds out of the judiciary for the next two years. That's a good thing.
Oh, and as far as the actual effect of a rethuglican Senate, it'll keep the wacko birds out of the judiciary for the next two years. That's a good thing.
Hear, hear!
Oh I know. No judicial appointees are better at pushing through liberal developments (like gay marriage) than Republican judicial appointees!
Or Republican solicitors, like Ted Olson.
Democrat politicians might sell out to the wing nuts but Republican judges sure do sell out to the left!
I couldn't watch Obama's presser, but I heard he was the usual parody of a narcissist.
If the GOP doesn't follow Cruz, then they're dead to me.
Raising the minimum wage is the worst thing they can do to the working poor. They will not be able to get a job flipping burgers because they will be replaced by machines. They are already doing it at places like CVS and Home Depot. Add all the illegals that Obama is going to give green cards will really put us in the shitter.
Rhythm's sour grapes make for a delicious whine.
I am glad republicans won the senate and governor's, seriously.
But most importantly I have had a raging hardon. I wake up during dreams and my cock is rock hard trying to fuck something.
My hard cock leads me around all day.
I recently had a total wax of my cock and it looks so fucking big and stands so erect. Dear Abby, how can I maintain my erection?
kiss kiss
Health Care has not been solved, Ritmo.
The horrid pile of regulations and government institutionalized crap has only removed access to health care and spiked the cost of insurance. All while the top 8 insurance companies either rake it in or get a tax payer funded bailout. It's the biggest epic failure of a generation.
Leftwing talking points:
"Now everyone has health insurance. why do u evil R's want to take away everyone's health insurance?"
BULLCRAP.
Even Obama admitted, just yesterday, that the health insurance law was passed under a lot of "contention." His word. Is that his way of admitting that passing something ON PARTY LINE VOTE, IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT is not how you run a nation?
Imagine if the R's did such a thing.
Your progressive nonsense party of economic ineptitude lost, and deserves to lose over and over and over. We have a nation to fix.
Most Republicans are not Ted Cruz. As always, I fear that the first thing they'll do is stab their base in the eye. We'll see.
Rhythm and Balls said...
No more minor than what the GOP will do, which is absolutely nothing. But at least when they pick their butts as usual the Congress's approval rating might plummet more than they managed make it plummet already. Which would indeed be something.
Minimum wage issues affect more than just "dead-end jobs" and preventing autonomous medical care for pregnant women is an issue of basic liberty. But your impulsive condescension of the majority of your country who understand those things is noted, typical and a good explanation for why the lazy GOP will get even less done than it did before yesterday.
"...as cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce
You've got the rhyme and reason but no cause
Well if you're hot to trot you think you're slicker than grease
I've got news for you crews you'll be sucking like a leech"
Bro, what are you worried about? What do you think is going to happen? Nuclear holocaust? Women going back to coat hangers for a good time? Paul Lynd being ressurected? Take it easy man, the adults are in charge now. Well, for the most part. Frankly, this election was a simple refutation of the policies that Obama put on the table, ran on, and rammed down the throat of the American public, which includes you. The only difference between those that liked it and those that didn't is that those that liked it didn't really have much choice but to like it. Their identity appears to be closely tied to the whims of the party and the head of the party. Republicans not so much. We are a more independent lot. The Tea Party should have spelled that out for you.
But given the absolute political destruction democrats saw on Tuesday, because of Obama and being tied to him in their voting records, they really have only a few things left to play. Double down on how everyone is racist, bigoted, homo/xenophobe, sexist but them. Continue the war on women screed (which clearly failed), and keep clinging to the collective economic policies ala Krugman which clearly has done us a world of good. That will show the world how they have been wronged.
So, sit back, drink something smooth and soothing and see what republicans have to offer. Hell, in your mind they couldn't do much worse than the democrats did. And if they do better, I'd like to see you admit that they have. That is a long odd, but I have hope.
Your progressive nonsense party of economic ineptitude lost, and deserves to lose over and over and over. We have a nation to fix.
Looks like Boehner and McConnell are going to pretty much concentrate on showing some economic smarts -- from their piece in today's WSJ:
Our priorities in the 114th Congress will be your priorities. That means addressing head-on many of the most pressing challenges facing the country, including:
• The insanely complex tax code that is driving American jobs overseas;
• Health costs that continue to rise under a hopelessly flawed law that Americans have never supported;
• A savage global terrorist threat that seeks to wage war on every American;
• An education system that denies choice to parents and denies a good education to too many children;
• Excessive regulations and frivolous lawsuits that are driving up costs for families and preventing the economy from growing;
• An antiquated government bureaucracy ill-equipped to serve a citizenry facing 21st-century challenges, from disease control to caring for veterans;
• A national debt that has Americans stealing from their children and grandchildren, robbing them of benefits that they will never see and leaving them with burdens that will be nearly impossible to repay.
January will bring the opportunity to begin anew. Republicans will return the focus to the issues at the top of your priority list. Your concerns will be our concerns. That’s our pledge.
To believe the parties presiding over everything leading up to 2008 weren't full of economic ineptitude beggars belief. For Republicans to essentially bitch about how doubling the Dow and cutting unemployment in half wasn't good enough because it didn't fix Republican economic fuck-ups fast enough is the most arrogant thing I've heard. And I've already seen what they're capable of. Not all of us put 2008 into short-term memory. Amazing how much forgetting some people are willing to do.
January will bring the opportunity to begin anew. Republicans will return the focus to the issues at the top of your priority list. Your concerns will be our concerns. That’s our pledge.
The arrogance in this statement is unbelievable. Obama brings a 10%+ unemployment down to below 6% and then Repubbies swoop in as if they're finally ready to take all the credit for the advancing tide of economic recovery. They are the fucking trustafarians of political fortune.
Republicans pledge to be in office at the right time. Nothing more.
But thanks for all that thick rhetoric, Lydia. That really helps fill in the blanks by saying what the above doesn't: Nothing.
Obama brings a 10%+ unemployment down to below 6% and then Repubbies swoop in as if they're finally ready to take all the credit for the advancing tide of economic recovery.
I don't know what kind of bubble you live in Ritmo, but enjoy it while it last. Far too much of that lauded "unemployment" is actually growth in part-time work. One reason for the explosion in part-time work (25 hrs/week or less) is that it allows employers to avoid offering health insurance. This is more or less a direct consequence of ObamaCare. Part-timers were supposed to flock in droves to O-care.
Plus Obama almost single-handedly created the obscene bubble which is Washington, D.C. Time to prick the bubble a little. Spread the wealth around so to speak.
Give a citation or it didn't happen. Parotting opinion pieces as if they were conclusive might impress the zombies, but not thinking Americans.
I hope you fully enjoy the Republicans' repeat performance of their 2008 economic "miracle".
Give a citation or it didn't happen. Parotting opinion pieces as if they were conclusive might impress the zombies, but not thinking Americans.
No citation needed. I lived it.
That's called an "anecdote". The least scientific pretension to evidence of all. Did you also live through the experience of watching the sun revolve around the earth? Did you refuse to measure reagents and products by virtue of your ability to "eyeball" the amounts to use, too? Maybe forego spectroscopy NMR or GCMS since you just had a good "gut feeling" for the identities of the substances you were synthesizing and working with?
You disappoint me when you talk like this, Chickie. Greatly.
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