Pic Of The Moment: Pat Toomey Reveals The Real Reason Why The Background Checks Bill Failed To Pass

[EarlG]

No background checks because "there were some on my side who did not want to be seen ..."

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[Johonny]

1. Hey and if bad guys buy guns through loop holes we didn't close

Lindsey Graham can just blame Obama. Win, win.

[southernyankeebelle]

3. Your funny. How sad your comment is so true. The citizens lose.

[indepat]

2. How can our President negotiate with a gaggle of obstructionists so determined

to see him fail that they gladly would bring ruin to the country to succeed in this dastardly unpatriotic, if not seditious, undertaking?

[caledesi]

8. Pathetic! and oh BTW thanks Earl. nt

[LuckyLib]

12. Well said -- this question should be on the lips of every member of our media.

Oh, wait. With the exception of a few (Bill Moyers, for example) we don't have a real media.

[SummerSnow]

14. Seditious for sure.

[rhett o rick]

16. How can our president get what he wants when he cant get all the Democrats to

support him. Always seems just enough to scuttle the issue. Funny that! And they refused to fix the filibuster. Makes one think that maybe the Democrats (a good share) dont want to support the 99% but are happy blaming the Republicans for the failures.

[DhhD]

23. Bring down America in order to bring down Obama: a 2014 Campaign Issue.

[baldguy]

4. It's no secret that the GOP is full of cowards.

[Flashmann]

5. The Real Reason

It's refreshing,not to mention extremely rare,to hear a rethug speak a truth,for public consumption,that is not uttered by sheer accident.

That's gotta be a near once in a lifetime event.

[Cha]

6. thanks EarlG for highlighting this. Once in a while a

republicon lets out a truth.

[Initech]

7. Well gee whiz, whose fault is is it that we're so politicized?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

9. I think in the end it comes down to the haters in the media and the lack of backbone by the left.

How many decades can so many voters continue to vote against their interests because of hatred of a person the Right has targeted?

[caledesi]

25. Well said! nt

[Amonester]

28. The voters vote in their interests but geRRymandering by the Rs

take the voters interests away...

Time.After.Time

[SleeplessinSoCal]

34. Don't know the exact numbers, but Hate Radio exists to make people vote against their own interests

Rush is finally losing steam, and what is left is all hate and no entertainment.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

10. And yet, we saw many op-Eds and social commentary blame the president. No different here on DU.

No matter what happens and regardless of the facts, there are those who blame the president FIRST, even though Republicans like Toomey and Graham let the truth about the GOP's true motives slip from time to time.

[mountain grammy]

11. The bill didn't fail, it wasn't voted on.. tell the people the truth, Toomey

Nobody voted for or against the bill, they voted against cloture. The bill had the majority and would have passed. It's amazing to hear "the bill was defeated by a majority vote." Our Republic disappearing before our very eyes.

[SummerSnow]

13. Senator Toomey...

This is no surprise. What's best for the country is mute to them.They would hurt Americans cause they hate Obma. Shameful. But you have to have a conscience to feel shame.

[Wernothelpless]

15. Can we get some 8 x 10 glossies ...

from Newtown framed for the offices of the congressman? ...

It's their legacy so they might as well enjoy the view .... 26 each hanging wall to wall ...

[MrScorpio]

17. If I were President Obama, I would tell the Republicans that I love the look of their noses…

Just so I could watch these motherfuckering GOPers slice them off out of sheer spite.

[reformist2]

18. I for one will applaud this Senator Toomey. Sounds like some GOPers are getting tired of the game.

[trof]

19. A repug tells the truth. How refreshing. n/t

[Amonester]

29. Only because he feels guilty 'bout 'somethin...'

His own conscience is hurting somewhere deep like drip, drip, drip.

Too bad most of them are sociopaths who would never feel guilty about anything.

[LAGC]

20. Toomey speaks the truth here.

If Romney were president right now, he'd have no problem getting another AWB and background checks passed, because the Republicans wouldn't knee-jerk against him since he was "one of their own."

The only reason there is so much obstruction is because its a Democrat in the White House. It's all about not being seen as cooperating with him, in any way.

Obama could propose privatizing Social Security like many of them want, and they'd still all knee-jerk and vote against it, just because he has a 'D' after his name.

[caledesi]

26. That is SO true! nt

[sheshe2]

21. Vote them out!

Thanks, EarlG.

[marble falls]

22. Blood is on his hands.

[red dog 1]

24. Thanks for posting this.

I consider the Republican Party and the NRA both to be terrorist organizations...and I'm not trying to be flippant here.

[caledesi]

27. No, you are not flippant! nt

[DataDriven]

30. Use NRA Trolls to Lobby the Senate

We need to keep the pressure on these gents; a letter to a Senator.

http://behranalytics.blogspot.com/2013/04/dear-senator.html

[hrmjustin]

31. Welcome to DU my friend!

[VPStoltz]

32. I couldn't find the time needed to describe these Aholes as the Aholes they are!

[Zoeisright]

33. Aaaaaannnnd there it is.

In other words, repukes are petulant, petty, stupid, ignorant, childish little pricks who would condemn oxygen if the President supported it.

God, I hate their fucking asshole guts.

[Kablooie]

35. They have a unique opportunity to help millions of people.

But they prefer to squander the opportunity and let people suffer because of petty spite.

They are irresponsible children who should never be allowed to touch an elected position.

[judesedit]

36. 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 VOTE !!!!

[liberal N proud]

37. That is the last 5 years in a nutshell

And one nut tells us like it is.

[toby jo]

38. Toomey voted for it - his poll numbers are up.

I'd like to say 'well, duh, senator' in response to his observations. But, more likely, it takes alot of courage to operate with integrity in the cesspool of right wing politics in WDC today.