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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.
"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?
FTA:
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.
You mean one vote for show, and another for its actual effect?
Or do you mean obstructionism?
Or just the provocative headline?
They're all Republican tricks.
And yet they will STILL say that it is COMPLETELY appropriate for them to have called him on his 'flip flopping'.
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?