Only Six TRVE DEMOCRATS™ Left - We're Well and Truly Doomed!

[MineralMan]

Well, it's almost over, kids. There are only six (well, maybe seven) TRVE DEMOCRATS™ left in the U.S. Senate. According to what I'm reading, all the rest are just DINOS and should be primaried and replaced. They've all caved and are no longer worthy of our attention when they speak. Farewell to you all. Farewell...

Democratic Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Tom Harkin (Iowa), Frank Lautenberg (N.J.), Robert Menendez (N.J.), Jeff Merkley (Ore.) and Ben Nelson (Neb.) as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who caucuses with Democrats, all voted no, joining the Republicans in voting against the debt ceiling bill. These are we have left now. Never mind Al Franken. He's history. He's caved. All caved. All gone. All worthless now.

All hope is gone. We are truly doomed!

Please excuse me for the time being. I have a bowl of nice nightcrawlers waiting for me.

[LWolf]

1. Glad to know that my Senator Merkley voted no. nt

[MineralMan]

3. Yes. But so few...almost none are left.

What is to become of us? When will they make an end to it?

Ach, du lieber. Alles ist weg...

[Proud Public Servant]

2. Always remember that the sainted Paul Wellstone

voted for the infernal Defense of Marriage Act.

One vote does not a Democrat make (or break).

[MineralMan]

4. Then he must be damned, as well, and forgotten.

Are there none who will be true? Are there none who will stand for everything I believe and never waver? I'm just at my wits end, you know.

[Proud Public Servant]

8. D'Oh!

Didn't catch the sarcasm the first time around; missed that "TM" altogether. What can I say? I'm new here.

[MineralMan]

13. 'S OK. It's all part of the way things go.

[EFerrari]

5. Didn't Paul apologize for that vote? ETA link

In 1996, he voted in favor of the Defense of Marriage Act.<12> He later asked his supporters to educate him on the issue and by 2001, when he wrote his autobiography, Conscience of a Liberal, Wellstone admitted that he had made a mistake. -- from his Wiki entry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wellstone

[whatchamacallit]

6. Funny, no matter what they do, no matter what they take

no matter what degradation to our lives comes at their hands, there are always loyal partisans singing Blue Skies. GObama!

[KittyWampus]

10. Funny, there is always the fringe trashing Obama and NEVER acknowledging any progress no matter

how significant that progress is.

I have my problems with Obama. But I am in the reality based community. I know that overall he's moving us leftwards.

[EFerrari]

12. The really, really BIG fringe. Poll: Most Americans dislike debt deal

CNN/ORC Poll: Most Americans dislike debt deal, think lawmakers acted like 'spoiled children'

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/02/cnn-poll-three-quarters-believe-politicians-acting-like-spoiled-children/

[whatchamacallit]

16. Progress? One step forward, two steps back... n/t

[theophilus]

34. "This IS the best of all possible worlds." Dr. Pangloss n/t

[NeedleCast]

7. Meh, They'll go Under The Bus at some point too.

[MineralMan]

20. In your honor, I have changed my avatar for the time being.

Thanks!

[DURHAM D]

9. Ben Nelson? Really?

He threw the wrong switch.

[MineralMan]

17. Well, he voted the same as the Republicans, so...

But, wait...so did the others. What does it all mean, then. When will they make an end? That's what I want to know. When will there be an end to it?

[tblue]

27. Yeah, him not so much.

Blue Dog who voted right this time.

[laconicsax]

11. I'm 2/3 on congresscritters voting no.

Blumenauer and Merkley.

[DevonRex]

14. K&R!! nt

[theophilus]

15. I like him....he's silly.

:rofl:

[DFLforever]

18. You should add the sarcasm thingy

But while we're waiting, let's all give it up for Ben Nelson!
It's never too late to become a DU hero.:evilgrin:

[MineralMan]

19. I'm just too depressed to add it, don't you see?

All is lost. Everything is gone. Alles is weg. Tout est perdu. I have abandoned all hope.

On the other hand, there is. He voted the same as all those Republicans, just like the other six. Maybe he convince them to take his position. Who knows?

[Recovered Repug]

21. So are the Republicans who voted against it

"true Democrats"? This could get confusing.

[MineralMan]

23. Well, you have to look at the letter after their name, you see.

The Republicans voted no because, well, I'm not sure. But the Democrats voted no because they're progressives. Like that Ben Nelson, you see. He has a "D" after his name, and he voted no, so know I know that he's a TRVE DEMOCRAT, since they're the only Democrats who voted no.

Is that helping you clarify things? The rule is: If you have a "D" after your name and you voted NO, then you're good and a progressive, and that stuff. Everyone else is something else...

[Recovered Repug]

26. They should all have to wear jerseys

so everyone can keep track of who's who.

[fascisthunter]

22. Well, I'm gonna go gemming in Maine in a couple weeks

maybe some tourmaline will cheer me up...

[MineralMan]

24. Well, I know it would cheer me up. Good luck with your

quest.

[fascisthunter]

25. first time for me...

...and since I'm already a coin collecting addict, I figure gem collecting wouldn't hurt.

[MineralMan]

28. Well, tourmaline isn't the only thing you may encounter there.

So, don't toss anything that has any transparency. Show it to someone who can identify it. But, if you're digging in one of the gem mines there, mostly, you'll find tourmalines.

[fascisthunter]

30. I was surprised to learn tourmaline was in Maine

I have read about it being on the west coast...

From what I have read they have:

Minerals observed at this locale include tourmaline (green, pink, blue, watermelon), biotite, garnet, beryl (aquamarine, morganite, green, white) eosphorite, cassiterite, cookeite, flourapatite, hydroxylapatite, hydroxyl-herderite, columbite, microcline, montmorillonite, muscovite, pollucite, quartz (milky, smokey, rose xls.), rhodochrosite, siderite, schorl (tourmaline), spodumene and many others.

I hope I find some tourmaline, but I will settle just for the experience of looking. Both I and my sweet heart will be going together... I hope to find a stone for a particular ring, if ya know what I mean? More of a symbolic jesture since she will get a diamond from me as well(small but meaningful).

Thanks for the tip! After I get back, I'll let ya know what I find!

[KittyWampus]

33. That sounds really fascinating. You've inspired me to look into doing the same!

One of my long standing goals is to go on the Outer Banks with a metal detector and find a washed up coin from a ship wreck.

[FLAprogressive]

29. Gillibrand is a $chumer acolyte so she is not to be trusted. And Ben Nelson, really?

[bluestate10]

31. Self delete

[bluestate10]

32. And you aren't curled in a fetal position, sucking you thumb, crying mommy?

Turn in your Firedog Lake membership, NOW, sir!! BTW, Gillibrand, Lautenberg and Merkley are well established moderates, which is all well and good by me.

[green prol]

35. Yep. Kerry caved to.

Surprise ... not.

[Union Scribe]

36. Some people should avoid sarcasm

as it is a delicate instrument that breaks easily in clumsy hands. Particularly when used to bludgeon.

[Armstead]

37. No the OP is using very high level humor

Don't you understand that anyone who whines about this Grand Compromise is a hysterical Emo Progressive, and their delusion would cause them to jump to incorrect conclusions?

The OP brilliantly uses subtle humor to expose how Obama Derangement Syndrome causes these fringe leftists to distort reality.

I think it is brilluant, and I can't wait to re-read it and savor these nuances again.


Aw heck. I guess you're right, as I probably inadvertantly just illustrated.

[Forkboy]

38. This Op is very kvlt.