http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs...

"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?

Are you saying all 178 Republicans who changed their votes should all be removed?

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nations_po...

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.

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.

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.

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.

I wonder if our military is aware of this incident? What a way to show support for our troops.

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

(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.")

When the Republicans were in the majority, they did whatever they wanted, excluded democrats from meetings, threatened the "nuclear option," etc., etc....what hypocrites.

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? ;-)

-- 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.

Or do you mean obstructionism?

Or just the provocative headline?

They're all Republican tricks.

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.