Not a single Republic. Not one.

[cali]

They're voting on the stimulus package and so far not one puke has voted yes. It's almost over. So far 239 dem yeas, 11 dem nays, 175 puke nays and 0 puke yeas.

[liberalmuse]

1. Bipartisan my ass.

Fuck 'em. I hope President Obama is taking note. I've no doubt he is.

[walkaway]

15. OK then! 188 districts that get no stimulus money!

Woo Hoo! More for the rest of us. Next time vote for a Democrat.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

2. Who are the asshole Dems who voted no?

:grr:

[Uzybone]

6. I want to know as well

is there any reason for a democrat not to vote for this bill? Maybe a hard core deficit hawk.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

7. You shall know them by their sheep's clothing.

[FLAprogressive]

8. Probably assholes like Gene Taylor, Heath Shuler, Dan Boren, etc.

[Natalya Slosky]

18. I'd like to know that too.

And their reasons for voting no. It had better be a damn good reason.

[Uzybone]

3. Those fuckers are idiots, they hate this country

playing politics with our economy. So not a single one had the spine to vote yes. President Obama bent over backwards to include them. Dirty bastards.

[Mike 03]

4. Cali, what are we going to do??? I'm so pissed I can hardly formulate an intelligible

sentence.

[cali]

10. Me too, Mike.

I hope President Obama makes them pay. And I hope we vote as many of them out as we can in 2010. Fuckers.

[LSK]

5. bill passes without their sorry ass

Hope this buries the GOP for 50 years.

[anonymous171]

9. They were against Social Security too.

And they somehow managed to survive the shame. Although it did take them about 50 years to do so.

[Renew Deal]

20. Yup. They were out of office for 59 years after that.

That's what I was going to say.

[glinda]

11. It won't unless this goes public big time with names. Media???????? Hellllooooo

[Sydnie]

13. That's what I was thinking too

When it works, they will have no one to blame for having missed the opportunity to prove themselves part of the solution instead of their usual roles as part of the problem.

BTW, :hi: LSK! Nice to see you! :hug:

[rucky]

12. They'll get used to losing. n/t

[The Blue Flower]

14. They showed their true colors early on

I think much has been exposed by this exercise, and our President is a quick learner.

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

16. Swine. Every one of them.

[depakid]

17. So, how many STILL think pandering to these people willl get any positive results?

All it does is make Democrats look weak and cowardly- while at the same time producing bad public policy choices.

A lose/lose situation.

What needs to be done instead is to marginalize them back to the fringe. where they belong.

[cali]

19. except no one has pandered to them. Obama is outsmarting them.

He can say that he listened to them but that they wouldn't work with them when he tried. That is marginalizing them. A win/win situation where the MSM can't paint him as arrogant and blah, blah, blah.

Why so many here don't understand all this is beyond me. It's not rocket science. All it takes is a few, just a few, functioning brain cells.

[Lyric]

23. Disagreeing with you does not automatically equate to stupidity.

Why would you even say something like that "brain cells" comment? Geez.

[depakid]

24. Removing family planning monies - and adding irresponsible tax cuts is pandering

and bad public policy by any definition.

Why after all this time- and after countless instances of dishonesty, betrayal and abuse by Republicans, it's why some can't understand that it's pointless AND a lose/lose to expect them to deal in good faith- is beyond me.

Crikey, a good half to 2/3's of these folks are literally delusional- or else, say and do delusional things.

[cali]

25. really? what tax cuts were added?

And sorry, the family planning piece belongs in a health bill where it will most certainly be placed and will pass. Obama looks bi-partisan which plays well with the public- and he needs the public- and the republics look like obstructionists in a time where people are desperate about the economy.

[depakid]

30. Oh good grief- do I have to get into minutae here?

ANYONE who, after the past 15 years still buys the bullshit about looking "bipartisan" after the Republicans won election after election while evincing the most extreme and outrageous- and unprecidented behahvior- along with very unpopular stances on the issues is- as the Aussies would say- thick.

The evidence couldn't be clearer and more convincing that:

1. You cannot pander or appease extremists and ideologues.

2. There is no significant political gain from attempting to do so. It make Democrats look weak and ineffectual. Americans like strong bold leaders who will stand up and fight for what they believe in- and this is true even if they disagree on the positions on the underlying issues.

[cali]

34. bwahahaha.

YOU can't answer a simple question? Of course you can't, because you pulled crap out of your...

No tax cuts were added. Obama refused to do that.

I detest bullshit artists.

[bigtree]

35. The package began with tax cuts meant to appease republicans

. . . and win republican votes. And, even more concessions were made in the markup . . . more to come in the Senate bill, as well.


The White House increased the proportion of its package for tax cuts at Republicans' behest and indicated openness to Senate GOP proposals to protect middle-class taxpayers from the alternative minimum tax and encourage small-business employment.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/columnists/cleubsdorf/stories/DN-leubsdorf_0129edi.State.Edition1.198ae9c.html


In an effort to attract bipartisan support, tax cuts comprise 33% of the proposed stimulus package. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#28820486) A mere 18% goes to infrastructure. Yet it is clear the latter will create jobs, while the former will not. Meanwhile, the Republican leadership have decided to oppose the President no matter what.
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/sandi/2009/01/the-cumaean-sibyl-solution.php


Obama has both pushed Congress to add conservatives' ineffective tax cut proposals to the recovery bill, and reduce funding for job-creating transportation infrastructure in order to fund new tax cuts.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/economic-stimulus-bill-so_b_161376.html


Obama Offers Proposals In Stimulus Plan That "Appear Designed Specifically To Attract Republicans"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/24/obama-offers-proposals-in_n_160578.html


http://www.rules.house.gov/111/CommJurRpt/111_wmrptfinal.pdf

[AndyTiedye]

21. That is the Way It Is Gonna Be on Pretty Much Everything

[malletgirl02]

22. Interesting

Also only 11 dems voted nay? The dems are definitely getting better at party unity.

[ljm2002]

26. And we made concessions, again, why???

If this were any other bill than the stimulus package, I'd be less upset about that. I do understand the strategic value of offering to work together, and making a concession here and there, in order to usher in that proverbial new day where we all work together to solve the nation's problems. And also, it makes strategic sense in that Obama can point to this result and say, we offered the hand, and they bit it.

But I wish he'd played that strategic game with some bill other than this desperately needed stimulus bill. In particular, I wish there were fewer tax cuts and more infrastructure spending, as originally envisioned.

In any case, I hope that Obama uses this to promote his agenda and to point out how disappointing it is to extend the hand of friendship only to have it bitten by the snarling dogs of the Republic party.

And then, I hope he has the good sense to bare a few teeth of his own / our own.

[jpak]

27. Never let them forget this.

By 2010 the economy will recover and the republics will be on the wrong side of history.

And Amercan voters will not be kind to these assholes.

[Hardrada]

28. Somebody said to them, "Show 'em you're nuts."

And they did!

[Raine]

29. They hate America

seriously ... they do. :-(

[backscatter712]

31. Oh well...

Getting the stimulus through the House was the easy part - the Repubs can't filibuster, and can't pull the motion-to-recommit stunts they did last year. Since the Democrats have a solid majority, the Republicans will get steamrolled, even when they vote in lock-step.

The Senate will be harder - they can filibuster there, but we only need two Repubs to get cloture, assuming no Democrats break ranks. I suspect we can lean on Snowe and Collins and entice them with tasty earmarks in exchange for a cloture vote. On top of that, Obama use the bully pulpit to rip the Republicans to shreds if they're too obstructionist.

[cherish44]

32. Big surprise

Guess what? They're still LOSERS!! That's right, the good guys WON ANYWAY AND WILL EVERY TIME!

[Mike 03]

33. Kick. NT

[Fgiriun]

36. My thought

The republicans wont filibuster in the senate because by doing so they would be falling right into President Obama's trap. They are aware of this snare which would in all certainty label them as obstructionists and virtually guarantee their demise.
That is why Obama "reached" out to them and made "concessions" that are labeled conservative but are liberal at the core. The republicans cant excuse any attempt at filibustering; the public and the media would eat them alive!

[bevoette]

37. raise your hand if you think Obama has a greater chance of IRAN cooperating with him than repubs...

:hi:

[devilgrrl]

38. Cali, thank you for referring to them as "Republics"

:thumbsup:

[1]

39. heh. so what? who cares? it doesn't matter how they vote.

they get to lose. each and every time.

ignore them and their votes...

[Jack Sprat]

40. the Republics were heavy on the crash

but they are resistive on a recovery.