News – It has long been the custom to compare a popular piece of legislation to motherhood and apple pie. Evidently, that is no longer the standard. Worse, Republicans are now confronted with a John Kerry-esque predicament: They actually voted for motherhood before they voted against it.
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It has long been the custom to compare a popular piece of legislation to motherhood and apple pie. Evidently, that is no longer the standard. Worse, Republicans are now confronted with a John Kerry-esque predicament: They actually voted for motherhood before they voted against it.
This has fairly set a pattern with the way repubs have been doing things for a while.
Also FTA:
"The majority has taken, once again, their go-it-alone policy," Boehner lamented yesterday. "It's time for Democrats and Republicans to work together."
What a load of crap. Has he forgotten just how bipartisan the pugs were between 1994 and 2006. Has he gone off the deep end or he has seen the light?
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-- On Wednesday afternoon, the House had just voted, 412 to 0, to pass H. Res. 1113, "Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day," when Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), rose in protest.
"Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote," he announced.
Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), who has two young daughters, moved to table Tiahrt's request, setting up a revote. This time, 178 Republicans cast their votes against mothers. --
I have nothing against mothers either - but doesn't Congress have anything better to do than this?
Thanks for letting us see how our tax dollars are hard at work, Beau.
Congress absolutely has better things to do. And this kind of thing goes on all the time. (Though less time would have been wasted if Rep. Tiahrt had just let it go.)
But many votes are for show. When examining a candidate's record, check the roll call in the final vote--the one that's either a bill's last gasp on the floor after amendments have been added, or the one that passes it through to the president. Much carping about candidates' records has to do with votes like this that are essentially meaningless.
Gotta admit the headline's a keeper though, don't you Stephen? ;-)
It's a waste of time for this, but not for bills such as H.Res. 888 or others like it?
Exactly. And there are some who'll use a vote against that one to try to make some point or other about an opponent in an election. And worse, others who'll believe it means something about the candidate.
(That's in reference to H. Res. 888 designating the first week in May as " 'American Religious History Week' for the appreciation of and education on America's history of religious faith.")
Now, I thought the Dems were supposed to work with Republicans?
When Republicans had the majority, they seemed to know how to get legislation through. Maybe the Dems are just "simpler" folk, bitter and clinging to religion and guns and not liking those who aren't like them. lol
Wow. And you thought libs were funny.
I don't EVER want to hear you say Democrats are obstructionists again.
This bill, silly as it is, was blocked by obstructionists. Bush's threats of vetos of other legislation--with solid partisan bloc voting--is obstructionist.
If there's anything this story shows, it's that the Republicans would rather vote against lauding motherhood than allow the Democrats to pass legislation.
Now if a resolution this meaningless that makes no one unhappy and costs nothing will be blocked to prove a partisan point, imagine what Republicans will do to good legislation that Americans actually need...like assistance to avoid foreclosure, for instance.
No, when the democrats were the minority, they didn't feel it was right to play politics the way the republicans do. Also, they don't have the media on their side. If the democrats did what the republicans are doing, the media at all the major networks would be screaming and hollering because of the obstructionist democrats.
"The majority has taken, once again, their go-it-alone policy," Boehner lamented yesterday. "It's time for Democrats and Republicans to work together."
When the Republicans were in the majority, they did whatever they wanted, excluded democrats from meetings, threatened the "nuclear option," etc., etc....what hypocrites.
It's no wonder that Congress has a lower approval rating than Mr. Bush. But this nothing new, whether it's from Democrats or Republicans. The Senate's more civil in their discord, but these clowns would be better in a circus.
I wonder if our military is aware of this incident? What a way to show support for our troops.
An embarassing waste of time. I can't applaud the introduction of a an irrelevant bill that is not about the business of governing. The Senate's bipartisan mob of indulgent clowns are neglecting the dire concerns of our nation.
Speaking of motherhood, I must wonder if our senators were actually weaned; perhaps they were hatched and lack the experience of an intimate motherhood experience. They certainly behave more like egglaying reptiles showing little concern for those in their care.
Hopefully this will demonstrate to constituents just how lame their elected officials are. Unfortunately, way too many constituents are too dim to see this for what it is--you've elected mindless sheep that will blindly do what they're told, whether it's what the people they represent want, or not--the only thing that matters is what the party wants. Once more, America will appear to be led by morons in the eyes of the rest of the world. And we used to ridicule the government of the Soviet Union. We're no better, from the "domino theory" of what's laughingly referred to as "democracy," and "freedom," to representatives of the people, frightened by their superiors (yeah, I know, that doesn't narrow it down much) into doing inane crap like this.
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Apart from this being the best headline I've ever seen outside of The Onion, how can Republicans ever call Democrats obstructionists again?
We can continue to vote our conscience and get rid of any one of our reps who makes us look bad. Something the nation needs more of.
Are you talking about getting rid of reps who make Republicans look bad? Or getting rid of those who make Americans look bad?
Hey, thats pretty ding dang good.
YOu Liburals with your command of the English language and clever turns of phrases.
The only cleverness in us Conservatives comes from the lieks of Rush Limbaugh encouragin Indianans to vote for Hillery.
We Conservatives take much more solace in in-your-face mean spiritedness.
They are one and the same Beau.
Because all Republicans have Americans' interests in mind in everything they do, and anyone who exposes their fallibility makes America look bad? I hope you're also thinking that showing up Democrats has the same effect,and that you'd think no public officials should be criticized--just out of fairness, then.
Are you saying all 178 Republicans who changed their votes should all be removed?
I agree tangy.
oUr Clever media manipulation and talk radidio domination has so completely succeeded in dupin the American poeple inta believin we are 'the party of conscience' ... we can even vote against MOTHERS without any of us loyal Christian Conservatives battin an eye!
Course, I realize the examples in the artikal dont bear out that we are of exceptional character. Thats a big pill for me to swaller.
I was raised (liek all us Christian Conservatives) that Republicans are filled with honest decorum ... that they get things done ... that they are uniformly morally superior.
It turns out that none of that is true dagnabbit.
In fact, Im beginnin to think this was all propaganda to cover the mindless obstructionism and pervasive moral breakdown of Conservatives throughout the land.