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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:21 PM Original message |
Biden, Dodd and Obama just lost their Presidential Campaigns Today (Plus Lieberman Proves he's an R) |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe, maybe not. I don't support any of those three. |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I agree. The whole thing was symbolic and just made the dems |
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Phredicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. "If you can't pass meaningless tripe, can you accomplish anything?" |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
62. If only I could recommend at post |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
81. You pass it or not today. You pass it or not tomorrow. You pass it |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
85. Actually I look at this just the opposite way. |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. If it didn't mean anything then why did they have it...it makes the |
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durtee librul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Probably? Probably? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. What did a successful sit-in at a lunch counter mean? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Well said. I agree. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. You Make A Great Point About Standing Up For The Civil Rights Act... |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Thank you for a brief and accurate summary. |
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SaveOurDemocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. I agree completely ... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
82. beautiful example. so, if you don't believe you can end discrimination, |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. because if they had gotten cloture and 67 aye votes |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Biden, Dodd, and Obama all screwed up royally. I seriously hope that l Gore runs. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. Why Gore/Obama? |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Gore/Clark Works A Helluva Lot Better For Me, Thank You (nt) |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Me too, big time. Obama's key votes all along, as for Bush's criminal |
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
69. This is a lie! |
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mdelaguna2000 (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
83. Best of the best! |
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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. I've never understood DU's love affair with Obama anyway |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. He's also got some SUBSTANTIVE problems with his support for coal liquification! |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
54. OK that sucks |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
63. Coal... |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. It's support for the coal lobby... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. That would have only given them 56 votes.... |
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Herman Munster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. well |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I've noticed that too. It's the responsible thing to do. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Why should you bother to stand up for what you believe in? |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Hardly meaningless, and they are PAID to represent their constituents with their votes. |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. I cannot define "far" with |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. So, they just decided that the resolution was going to lose anyway so they could skip it? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
72. Show of force? Hang in their with their Fellow Dems to Censure Gonzales? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #72 |
89. But they knew.... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. My take - they were told they'd be called in if their vote was needed. They were told |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. LOL! Somehow this turns into a diabolical Clinton plot! |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Sorry, bub, but that is the way the senate works during campaigns. I doubt |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Well he has yet to deny it so I guess its true |
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ElizabethDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. BS - it's been known all day (if not longer) that the vote would take place today |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. That's not the point - they are supposed to be informed IF their presence and vote is NEEDED |
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SaveOurDemocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. ...evidently, that wasn't the case here. n/t |
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ElizabethDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. So they scheduled the vote just for Hillary? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I'm saying that Schumer wouldn't be above setting it up like that. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
58. It was known before the weekend. |
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ElizabethDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. That's what I thought |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:26 AM Response to Reply #58 |
84. And they know that IF their vote is needed they will be called back. So, for them, it's an |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
50. Durbin outranks Schumer and Durbin supports Obama |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
51. wait a minute.... wait a minute... wait... |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. let me guess, another Dennis supporter? |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Nice try |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. I doubt it in Obama's case. The others barely had a shot anyway. |
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edwardsfeingold08 (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. I agree with everything you say. |
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Grandrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. Thank you very much! |
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JANdad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. It's funny that you write: "people don't give a shit" |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I wouldn't start to throw rocks from that glass house. |
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JANdad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Who's throwing rocks? |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Ok, Enjoy the logic circle (nt) |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
68. Edit |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. Biden and Dodd were never serious contenders in the first place, IMO. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. bullshit |
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SaveOurDemocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. bullshit, back at ya ... they should have been there! n/t |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. From your lips (er, keyboard) to God's ears. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
39. If Dodd, Biden, and Obama all had HUGE problems being there to vote... |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. This Was A Vote To Count Regugnicans... |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. DING! DING! DING! WE HAVE A WINNER! |
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reichstag911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Your first point should read:... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
45. Talk to Durbin |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
46. I can only say it made me think better of Hillary and worse of Obama. |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
47. Obama also failed to vote for the Dorgan amendment to the immigration bill |
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StudentsMustUniteNow (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Obama's toast |
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Red1 (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
48. The papers say |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
49. I disagree. I think that the dems did the right thing in coming out against |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
64. Oh Get Real. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
65. May the name Lieberman live forevermore in infamy for his heinous actions |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
67. Nuts? |
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Do any of you reactionary fools even know that all 3 co-sponsored the bill!!!! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. If they Co-Sponsored it don't they have an obligation to Vote for It? |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #70 |
79. Calm down. |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #70 |
88. You need to start a separate thread for this information. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
71. Sure looks that way |
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 10:07 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. First of all, we don't know what either of these 3 were doing today |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
75. Coleman, Collins, Hagel, Smith, Snowe, Specter, & Sununu showed more guts than Biden. Dodd, & Obama. |
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. STFU with the reactionary tripe... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
77. Seventeen months until the election. Seventeen months. Do you have to go to your job? |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
78. Liberman voted against it? You're kidding me! Why??? For god's sake! |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #78 |
87. Because only Clinton offended his morals, Gonzalez reflects them completely. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
80. You've got to be kidding |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
86. Kerry and Edwards also missed votes on Medicare, Media consolidation etc |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
90. THERE WAS NOT VOTE! Do you know anything about the Senate? |
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