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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 09:36 PM
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Today's fun fact: Dems are OBSTRUCTIONISTS; Repubs are FILIBUSTER MASTERS
Barnes Bashed ‘Obstructionism,’ Now Hails McConnell As ‘The Great Master Of The Filibuster’

Yesterday on Fox News Sunday, Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes excitedly discussed how new Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) may block the new congressional leadership from pursuing its objectives. “There was really an important thing that Mitch McConnell said,” Barnes explained, which was that “the minority can guarantee not much is done.”

Barnes claimed that he has “talked to many times, and he’s the great master of the filibuster, among other things.” Barnes also said that President Bush “has great tools” like “the veto, executive orders, recess appointments and so on” to block congressional efforts.

What a difference new leadership makes. During the last Congress, when Barnes’ conservative allies were in power, tools like the filibuster were described as legislative “rage,” a sign of “ruthless” politics. Here’s Barnes on 2/7/05:

Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle…was plainly obsessed with obstructing Bush at every turn. … The real lesson, of course, is that blatant obstructionism is a failed strategy. It’s what caused Daschle to lose his seat. <…>

Stronger countermeasures will be needed, including an unequivocal White House response to obstructionism, curbs on filibusters, and a clear delineation of what’s permissible and what’s out of bounds in dissent on Iraq.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/08/barnes-filibuster/
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 09:39 PM
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1. To bad that many of the Repug constituants have caught on
Edited on Mon Jan-08-07 09:40 PM by MadMaddie
this will backfire on them just as everything else has....get the popcorn and beer ready folks...:popcorn: :beer:
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 09:40 PM
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2. I never saw that coming.
Not from Fred Barnes. How's that cultural rebel's war treating you Fred? Got any kids to donate?
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 09:42 PM
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3. and said with a straight face no doubt
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ninkasi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:38 PM
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4. I don't know if Repubs are masters of filibuster
but it's damn sure they're masters of hypocrisy. They excel at being total hypocrites. Funny how they look at things now that they're the minority. I guess they don't realize that their past statements have been recorded, and can be used against them. Bastards.
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unkachuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:47 AM
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5. yah, yah....
....ok, freddie....but what I want to know is how that 'nuclear-option' thingy was supposed to work....could you explain it to me?....
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