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When has looking stupid ever

Verified Atheist — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:07:39 +0000

In reply to Well, so far so good. But

When has looking stupid ever stopped the Republicans from doing something?

Zing! Nice one. I Lol'd.

tmccarthy0 — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:20:48 +0000

In reply to It's an outrage, a severe

Zing! Nice one. I Lol'd.

It's an outrage, a severe

NCD — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:03:24 +0000

In reply to Republicans Cave Under the Weight of their Own Glorified Ego's

It's an outrage, a severe blow to Banana Republicanism which has been flushed down the John. This could be a slippery slope to gun control, Sharia Law, or avoiding another recession, pre-election 2012.

Where is the compassion for the heavy lifters, the billionaires and job creators on Wall Street like Bain Capital? They get virtually nothing in this deal, as they pay no payroll tax on capital gains, stock options, carry trades or dividends. How can the self sacrificing patriots of the GOP get their hands on any of this 2% payroll tax cut? Money is speech and it has its uses in the right pockets or PACs, but not if it is spread over 160 million people.

Oh this was sooooooooooooooo

Richard Day — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:59:33 +0000

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Oh this was sooooooooooooooo much fun to watch.

One thing for sure, Boehner is the big victor here. Cantor and a bunch of repub yahoos are going to think twice before they go rogue again.

At least that is my take.

In the meantime, the dems look good.

And that is hard to for the dems to do. hahahahah

Well, so far so good. But

Flavius — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:43:50 +0000

In reply to Republicans Cave Under the Weight of their Own Glorified Ego's

Well, so far so good.

But hold the champagne until tomorrow's vote. Presumably that'll be OK because after all this the Republicans will just look too stupid otherwise.

BTW my forecast was wrong. I thought they would play chicken for a few days while going on and on about the Senate's being on vacation instead of taking care of the people's business. Then settle on Dec 28. To be fair that's what I thought until the WSJ editorial.

As someone who's completely uninformed it seems as if that must have been a major factor.Boehner may not care what it thinks. And who knows, or cares, what the Teapartiers think But the Republican congressmen know that their voters consider an WSJ editorial slightly more important than the ten commandments. Besides that, who knows ? Maybe every Republican governor has been on the phone to Boehner. Or worse, the Koch paymas....brothers.

Be interesting to learn the full story as it emerges .But first let's wait for the vote