From: MNMikeW on 11 Feb 2010 18:01 <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message news:ig09n59c3lfmpp1ilh3bagumpv8k225bco(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:03:05 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > > >>But, keep calling me a idiot, simpleton or crazy. I've been around DC >>long enough to know how it works. > OK, you'r an idiot a simpleton and crazy, but most of all tiresome. > Maybe its BECAUSE you've been around DC so long. > > BK Sorry Bobby, Bert is right. This is all about the next election. With the election of Brown, they know what they have will never pass. Hail Mary time.
From: Carbon on 11 Feb 2010 18:02 On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:10:58 -0600, bknight wrote: > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:04:37 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > >> The TelePrompter "BS" hasn't been wiped off the table. Obama has a long >> way to go before he can claim to be weaned off of the TelePrompter. > > Cripes Bert. Didn't you see the whipping he gave the repub congressmen, > all off the cuff? That's a touchy subject for the true believers. They appearing to be ignoring the obvious with all their might.
From: Carbon on 11 Feb 2010 18:09 On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:51:42 -0600, MNMikeW wrote: > <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > news:eni8n5d2ni49tgp0j8pd0dc4p0jroki97j(a)4ax.com... >> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:58:12 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: >>> In article <sof8n5drfaqjkerbbv1ubt2f5ts6ta5i8l(a)4ax.com>, >>> bknight(a)conramp.net says... >>>> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:21:44 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: >>>>> In article <nta8n5p2g17si7haj18qn7kif0vi0k4kre(a)4ax.com>, >>>>> bknight(a)conramp.net says... >>>>>> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:04:37 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> The TelePrompter "BS" hasn't been wiped off the table. Obama has >>>>>>> a long way to go before he can claim to be weaned off of the >>>>>>> TelePrompter. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cripes Bert. Didn't you see the whipping he gave the repub >>>>>> congressmen, all off the cuff? >>>>> >>>>> In your dreams only. >>>> >>>> Enough so that the Senators don't want to be embarrassed too. They >>>> won't subject themselves to such a drubbing. >>> >>> In your dreams only. >> >> Bert! This has been widely publicized. He offered to meet with them >> and they said no, not as a large group, just with a few of the >> leaders. They obviously don't want a repeat of the representatives' >> poor showing. > > And the only people saying it was a "drubbing" are left wing blogs. > The meeting they want to have on the 25th is just as bogus. Obama has > stated he has no plans on starting over on healthcare. So whatever > proposals are presented by the Repubs, they will be rejected. The > people want a "do-over" on this and so do most Repubs. Obama will not > allow that so basically it comes down to nothing more than more Obama > Kabuki theater. Jesus. You guys say you've watched it. Are you all blind, or what?
From: John B. on 11 Feb 2010 18:11 On Feb 11, 5:03 pm, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote: > In article <07u8n515ijcqcfmv4ao17a5bbusijjc...(a)4ax.com>, > bkni...(a)conramp.net says... > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:16:41 -0600, "MNMikeW" <MNMiik...(a)aol.com> > > wrote: > > > ><bkni...(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > > >news:6fp8n51qh9jjlogikh7r51l72mn7ik89v2(a)4ax.com... > > >> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:12:07 -0600, "MNMikeW" <MNMiik...(a)aol.com> > > >> wrote: > > > >> In the first place, "This is not starting over" came from an > > >> anonymous person. Secondly, you certainly can move forward without > > >> starting over. Think this one out. Find those areas where there is > > >> some agreement and go from there. Now, if there is absolutely no > > >> agreement anywhere, then find some. > > > >> BAR wants this to be a game, but reasonable people shouldn't. > > > >It is a game. And Obama is dealing. You mean find areas in the current bill > > >where there is agreement? He could barely get the Dems to agree to it let > > >alone the Repubs. > > > Its too important to be called a game. Now, lets see what you think > > is Obama's bill. He doesn't write bills. > > It is all about the next election cycle. It is all about screwing the > other side. It is all about protecting the turf you have and expanding > it. > > Why couldn't the Democrats pass the health care bill when they > controlled the House, Senate and White House? It sure as hell wasn't > because of the Republicans. The Republicans were in the minority in the > House, Senate and couldn't get past the front gates to the White House. > > The Democrats, including Obama, screwed up big time on Health Care and > now they are trying to score political points to look bi-partisan. They, > Obama and the other Democrats, have no intention of letting the > Republicans add, modify or remove anything from the Health Care bill. > > You call this too important to play games with, well Bobby, grow up. > This is the big leagues of politics and everybody is looking at how to > position themselves for their next election. Nothing matters more than > getting elected again because seniority means power. Ask Charles Wrangle > the tax cheat who runs the House Ways and Means committee. You can't ask > John Murtha how important seniority is now but it got him his own > personal airport. > > But, keep calling me a idiot, simpleton or crazy. I've been around DC > long enough to know how it works.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Then you should know that it takes more than a majority to pass legislation in the Senate. Both the health care bill and the climate bill passed the House because all you need there is a simple majority. You need 60 in the Senate, which is a ridiculous state of affairs (and yes I thought that when the Republicans were in the majority).
From: dene on 11 Feb 2010 18:19
<bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message news:heu8n5t5m6bopoc55sburstujj9897ii1t(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:31:23 -0800 (PST), Dinosaur_Sr > <frostback2002(a)att.net> wrote: > > You're kidding. Biden wasted Palin in debate, and he's a > lightweight. She's a joke that is riding a wave of simple minds. > > BK In your dreams. Palin did just fine with Blabben. -Greg |