House GOP: Don't Hurt Us -- Please

[Mark E. Smith]

TPM Muckraker.com

Republicans aren't yet an official minority party in the House, but they're already
beginning a campaign to portray themselves as victims of a heartless Democratic
minority.

In a "Dear Colleague" letter circulated to fellow Republicans, three House GOPers
are trying to push a "Minority Bill Of Rights" -- based on a two-year-old proposal
by then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). (See cite for reprint).

"Unfortunately, as you are well aware, the Democrats' forty-year reign over the
House was plagued by consistent, systematic efforts to usurp the rights and
privileges of the Republican minority," writes Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Eric
Cantor (R-VA) and Tom Price (R-GA).

They don't mention their party's own strongarm tactics -- which is striking, given
that since 2002 Cantor himself was a member of the House GOP leadership,
which was known for ruthlessly engineering legislative victories. "eveling in the
power they have are using techniques to jam bills through even
when they don't have to ... simply because they can," is how congressional expert
Norman Ornstein characterized the GOP's screw-the-minority tactics from 1994
to the present, according to a 2004 Washington Post article.

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002257.php

Somebody give the esteemed Congressmen a box of Kleenex. They're nauseating
the adults.

[Selatius]

1. What matters is that Dems control ALL committee chairs now.

If they think Dems won't ramrod their own proposals through congress in the same manner that they've been doing since 1994, they might be expecting too much from the Dems. Is that right? Is that wrong? I won't weigh in on that issue here, but one thing is for certain, to expect mercy is a bit naive on their part.

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Whine, whine, whine" - republicons

Just like their Fearful Leader, Commander AWOL, all they know how to do is whine.

What a bunch of whiney Pharisees.

[Contrary1]

3. And on a related note:

Bush calls on Democrats to work with him
‘Political’ legislation will lead to stalemate, he says in op-ed column

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16445649/

Yeppers Dubya, good times are over.

:rofl: :nopity: :rofl: :nopity: :rofl: :nopity: :rofl: :nopity: :rofl:

[burythehatchet]

4. The South will rise again!!!

[depakid]

5. and when they do- see what they'll bring everyone

another war on science and reason.

More corruption- and bigotry.