I can see why the elephant is so happy, he hasn’t had to do anything for the last year except block Obama at every turn, and now he can plan to do it for the next three years.
He doesn’t have to fix any problems, come up with ideas or plans to fix the mess he left, just block and attack, and stall things until 2012.
The country is in a mess, millions are out of a job, losing their homes, have no medical coverage, Americans a dying in two wars, but what the heck – sorry about the Country, but Party comes first.
Republicans have offered lots of plans and ideas but with no media coverage and the dems trying to look out of their navels I guess the loonies would think that way.
“Republicans have offered lots of plans and ideas but with no media coverage and the dems trying to look out of their navels I guess the loonies would think that way.”
Like “Oh, don’t bother actually reforming, just abolish states’ ability to regulate and limit how much you can sue for, nevermind the real problems?” Can’t think of why this wouldn’t pass.
Actually, no, I’m not being quite fair. The committees that designed the bills did include some suggestions by the Reps there. Of course it wouldn’t be everything - the majority tries to pass ITS agenda, not the other party’s. But obviously there were some Republicans making good ideas on some of the bills, and they were taken into consideration. Don’t believe me ? Check http://tinyurl.com/y96k42n or http://tinyurl.com/y9rmroj . Yet how many Republicans, in the end, supported those bills?
Given how much concessions the Blue Dogs got, if 3 GOPpers were willing to support the bill they could all but name their price. They didn’t. KW has a point - the GOP can just obstruct Obama and bet on the economy not getting better overnight (pretty good odds) and they get support. For all the noise about their own option and ideas, that seems to be their actual plan.
In 1993, Newt Gingrich said that health care was “a springboard to win Republican control of the House.” It was, they did and they’ve sought all year to repeat the stratgegy.
kennethcwarren64 over 14 years ago
I can see why the elephant is so happy, he hasn’t had to do anything for the last year except block Obama at every turn, and now he can plan to do it for the next three years.
He doesn’t have to fix any problems, come up with ideas or plans to fix the mess he left, just block and attack, and stall things until 2012.
The country is in a mess, millions are out of a job, losing their homes, have no medical coverage, Americans a dying in two wars, but what the heck – sorry about the Country, but Party comes first.
davesmithsit over 14 years ago
Republicans have offered lots of plans and ideas but with no media coverage and the dems trying to look out of their navels I guess the loonies would think that way.
kennethcwarren64 over 14 years ago
NOT BY FOX – IF IT’S REPUBLICAN AND FOX IGNORES IT THEN MAYBE IT REALLY ISN’T A GOOD IDEA!
4uk4ata over 14 years ago
“Republicans have offered lots of plans and ideas but with no media coverage and the dems trying to look out of their navels I guess the loonies would think that way.”
Like “Oh, don’t bother actually reforming, just abolish states’ ability to regulate and limit how much you can sue for, nevermind the real problems?” Can’t think of why this wouldn’t pass.
Actually, no, I’m not being quite fair. The committees that designed the bills did include some suggestions by the Reps there. Of course it wouldn’t be everything - the majority tries to pass ITS agenda, not the other party’s. But obviously there were some Republicans making good ideas on some of the bills, and they were taken into consideration. Don’t believe me ? Check http://tinyurl.com/y96k42n or http://tinyurl.com/y9rmroj . Yet how many Republicans, in the end, supported those bills?
Given how much concessions the Blue Dogs got, if 3 GOPpers were willing to support the bill they could all but name their price. They didn’t. KW has a point - the GOP can just obstruct Obama and bet on the economy not getting better overnight (pretty good odds) and they get support. For all the noise about their own option and ideas, that seems to be their actual plan.
believecommonsense over 14 years ago
In 1993, Newt Gingrich said that health care was “a springboard to win Republican control of the House.” It was, they did and they’ve sought all year to repeat the stratgegy.