Vote on Akaka bill unlikely

[KamaAina]

I'm shocked. Shocked! :sarcasm: Akaka and Inouye whored their votes on ANWR just to get this bill considered by the repukes. Now it looks like ka ho'omake o na popoki (cat killer) Frist has double-crossed them. :grr:

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051118/NEWS23/511180348/1001/NEWS

Akaka, D-Hawai'i, sponsor of the bill, said he and U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawai'i, were still pressuring Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., to follow through on his promise for a vote, but the year-end crush of legislative business may keep the bill off the floor.

"Frist is sincere, but you know how tough it is when time is running out," Akaka said....

He said he also has asked Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, a co-sponsor of the bill, to help by speaking with Frist about scheduling a vote.

"He said he would," Akaka said. "I'm banking on that and his status within the Republican Party. I haven't heard back from him yet."

I actually met Sen. Akaka at his DC offices a few months ago. He really did seem like the kind of man who would expect the best from people, even repukes. And that may even have been true, back when he entered political life. But now? Don't bet on it.

[Dragon Turtle]

1. Always remember, never trust a republican.

[opihimoimoi]

2. Them Pubs will do it to ya every time...we never learn....do we??