I pit Obama

[ElvisL1ves]

@Aji_de_Gallina

Doesn’t the president take control of the country the day he is sworn in?

No, not the country, only the executive branch of the government. We do not have a parliamentary government - a President can provide leadership in other than executive functions only by cooperation with the legislative and judicial branches, which have their own areas of authority and responsibility.

And even that is not taking control of the country. We don’t have an autocracy here, either.

[Michael_Ellis]

@Shodan

Why should I pay any attention to your complaints when you can’t even spell “word” correctly?

Regards,
Shodan

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Well, that’s Guadere’s Law for you.

@xtisme

You don’t text much, ehe Michael Ellis?

-XT

I text in full words and proper sentences, thank you very much.

There’s no excuse for textspeak on an internet forum.

[John_Mace]

@xtisme

You don’t text much, ehe Michael Ellis?

-XT

I’ve been using that spelling in informal writing since long before cell phones even existed.

[Slappy_the_Clown]

@waterj2

they need to wheel in the ailing Robert Byrd for each of these votes

So what? If he can’t keep up with the demands of the position maybe it’s time to hang up the cleats.

This says more about the desperation of the Dems, if their entire agenda hinges on getting one old coot to gasp “Aye!” with his last breath.

[XT]

@John Mace

I’ve been using that spelling in informal writing since long before cell phones even existed.

Me too…but then I’m old and still remember bulletin boards and 300 baud modems and the early days of the internet when it was only hooked up between a couple of colleges.

@Michael Ellis

There’s no excuse for textspeak on an internet forum.

Well, too each his own. It becomes a habit when you do a lot of texting, or play an online game where there is no gasp voice chat available…or if you just happen to be really old, like me. You know what the term is, and how it’s used, so it just seems you have an issue with people using it on a message board. One thing by way of an ‘excuse’…I don’t know about Shodan, but almost all of my posts on this board are done on my BlackBerry or my iPod Touch, and sometimes it’s easier to use short cuts. Just sayin…

-XT

[otternell]

My grandmother uses “thru” in her handwritten letters. Why do so many people on this board get so uptight about grammatically correct posts? I can see if its a completely misspelled paragraph of drivel, but “thru” is a pretty common abbreviation.

[Sinaptics]

@Slappy_the_Clown

So what? If he can’t keep up with the demands of the position maybe it’s time to hang up the cleats.

This says more about the desperation of the Dems, if their entire agenda hinges on getting one old coot to gasp “Aye!” with his last breath.

You think it speaks about the Dems when they’re forced over and over again to get 60 votes to get anything done?

I do agree that it’s long past time that Byrd retire. We need to set some kind of retirement age for these guys. The guy is 90 something years old for Christ’s sake.

[Kearsen]

@xtisme

Good grief. Obama is only closing in on his one year in office mark and people (well, numb nuts like gonzo) are already turning on the man. Personally, I’m still in ‘give the man some time’ mode. We have a LOT of problems, and only idiots without any understanding of politics (especially US politics) would think that Obama would have magically solved all our problems this rapidly. This isn’t a movie, and Obama isn’t Dave…he has to work in the real world, and in the REAL world there is a party that has nearly as much support both in the Legislature but also with the people…and that party is in opposition to him and his plans and party.

At least most of those responding to this thread seem to have a lot more brain cells than the OP, who is, sadly, an idiot of the first magnitude.

-XT

I’m all for giving ample time, assuming something is getting done. What exactly is getting done?

[ElvisL1ves]

@Slappy_the_Clown

This says more about the desperation of the Dems, if their entire agenda hinges on getting one old coot to gasp “Aye!” with his last breath.

What do you think it says about the Pubbies?

[magellan01]

@ElvisL1ves

You do know what a filibuster is, don’t you?

And 60 senators makes for a fillibuster-proof senate. This is all on the Dems. Live with it.

@ElvisL1ves

Didn’t there use to be a time when responsibility entered into it too? When the out party had ideas and proposals of its own, which could be accommodated and compromised with in the national interest? Or is that just The Good Old Days stuff from an old-timer who remembers the pre-Gingrich era?

The concept of parties being coalitions that have to be held together with internal dealmaking to get anything done may be a little advanced for you. That part is, granted, much easier when the only thing being asked of you is to vote against whatever the majority is for. Requires much less thought that way.

That must be why the Dems and Obama have largely shut the Reps out of the process.

[Kearsen]

@Little_Nemo

A year ago, I said the Republicans needed to acknowlege they had been defeated and rethink their platform. But they have spectacularly failed to do so. They’re not functioning as an opposition party, except in the most literal sense. A true opposition party would be offering alternatives - all the Republicans are doing is saying “yes” whenever the Democrats say “no” and “no” when they say “yes”.

What’s their platform? “We’re not the Democrats”? How does this distinguish the Republicans from the Libertarians or the Communists? They’re not Democrats either. The Republicans need to start working on what they are.

The Republican strategy is simple. Tear down the Democrats, regardless of the cost to the nation. Then hope that the voters decide the Democrats are unelectable and present themselves as the only viable option.

And if it works (which it may) what then? They’ve got a strategy for getting elected but nothing ready for governing.

This is kind of interesting in that I see this from both sides. I’ll grant you the majority of the vehemence comes against those currently in power. (This is how it should be)
Do you think if a third or fourth party were actually viable that the party lines would degrade to an extent that such collusion by one side or the other would offset? Meaning, that one side (while still in power) doesn’t represent a 60 vote majority?

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@magellan01

That must be why the Dems and Obama have largely shut the Reps out of the process.

You are joking, right?

[Slappy_the_Clown]

@ElvisL1ves

What do you think it says about the Pubbies?

Nothing. What do you think it says about them?

[Slappy_the_Clown]

@Sinaptics

You think it speaks about the Dems when they’re forced over and over again to get 60 votes to get anything done?

Yes. If most of their ideas weren’t mostly horseshit I believe they’d have more support.

[Bosstone]

@Slappy_the_Clown

Yes. If most of their ideas weren’t mostly horseshit I believe they’d have more support.

Bullshit. You’re talking about people who would voluntarily amputate their legs if they were told they have two left feet.

[Sinaptics]

@Slappy_the_Clown

Yes. If most of their ideas weren’t mostly horseshit I believe they’d have more support.

Okay then. Explain to me how 3/4’s of Republicans voted against giving rape and assault victims the ability to taking their employers to court instead of being forced into arbitration. Is this law mostly horseshit?

http://www.truthout.org/1023099

[Diogenes_the_Cynic]

@Slappy_the_Clown

Yes. If most of their ideas weren’t mostly horseshit I believe they’d have more support.

I doubt you could articulate what a single one of their ideas actually is, nor do you care. The current obstructionism by Republicans in Congress has nothing whatever to do with actual policy and everything to do with pandering to their mindless, teabagging base, who I assure you, has never read a policy position or piece of legislation in its life. The Republicans right now are simply terrified to give any appearance of cooperation with Obama because their entire party has been hijacked by birthers, and deathers and people who think that policy “czars” are literally Russian emperors.

“Ideas” could not possibly have any less to do with it.

[Slappy_the_Clown]

@Sinaptics

Okay then. Explain to me how 3/4’s of Republicans voted against giving rape and assault victims the ability to taking their employers to court instead of being forced into arbitration.

Your gross mischaracterization of this bill clearly identifies you as a knee-jerk liberal.

Don’t you know that Democrats eat babies? Their own?

[Diogenes_the_Cynic]

What was mischaracterized about the bill?

More to the point, what’s “stupid” about it?

[Slappy_the_Clown]

@Diogenes_the_Cynic

<blah blah blah>

I’ll be damned, they were right.