GOP's mock Obama amendment gets zero votes

[angie_love]

"With all the brutal rhetoric on campaign trail, Barack Obama still seems to have a sense of humor —even for colleagues looking to embarrass him on the Senate floor.

In what was a purely political exercise, Senate Republicans proposed a $1.4 trillion budget amendment that essentially takes every campaign proposal by Obama and puts it into the budget. Tapped to carry the water for the GOP in this bit of theater was Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.), who's leaving office at the end of this year. The point of the amendment was just to show that if Obama becomes president, he'll spend a lot of money on things like health care, rebuilding the Army, education and other initiatives.

During the vote, Obama emerged from a Senate cloakroom with an entourage of Democratic senators, including Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and John F. Kerry of Massachusetts. He smiled, walked up to the well of the Senate, and voted "no" on the amendment that one Republican dubbed the "Obama spendorama."

Obama didn't seem to take it too seriously. He looked across the chamber at Allard and in a voice audible for the press gallery yelled: "Hey Allard, you workin' this hard?"

Allard smiled, gave a thumbs up and jokingly said "Vote yes!"

Nobody did. The vote was 0-97."


http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/

[jenmito]

1. Obama's cool and in control. I wonder what Hillary would've done. n/t

[eissa]

6. Yelled, "Shame on you Sen. Allard!" n/t

[jenmito]

12. I could see that. n/t

[indimuse]

9. cut their balls off !

what did ya think? sarc..

[jenmito]

13. Nah. She'd have her husband do it...

and claim she regretted what he did.

[City Lights]

10. I wonder what she thinks about them pulling this stunt with Obama's

proposals rather than hers.

[jenmito]

14. I bet she feels left out and worried that they must think HE will be the nominee...

and she'd be right. :D

[City Lights]

17. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when she hears this news.

;-)

[jenmito]

20. So would I.

:)

[WolverineDG]

15. Probably thinks they're being unfair & sexist

isn't that the excuse for everything these days?

dg

[City Lights]

18. Maybe Gerry will give Allard a good tongue lashing.

She hasn't spouted off since this morning, IIRC. :D

[WolverineDG]

19. Paging Gerry Ferraro

Gerry Ferraro please pick up the White Courtesy Phone for a message. You're needed on the Senate floor.

dg

[City Lights]

21. LOL!

Hope the cameras are rolling...:D

[Joe the Revelator]

2. Our tax dollars at work...

[Debi]

5. That was exactly what I was thinking

I'm sure this is what we sent these people to Washington for...high school antics x(

[El Supremo]

3. The biggest thing my Senator Allard has ever done in his entire Senate career!

:sarcasm:

[angie_love]

4. lol! i know you're proud.

[DevonRex]

7. My senator, too and...

real glad he's about to go back to giving enemas to cattle.

[flor de jasmim]

8. Sounds to me like clear confirmation that he IS the nominee

[Redstone]

11. What war?

Redstone

[cooolandrew]

16. No-one passes all their proposals at once takes a lot of hashing out.