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In reply to the discussion: Obama Drops A Veto Bomb On GOP By Threatening To Veto Every Bill That Uses Sequester Cuts [View all]Chan790
(20,176 posts)84. The people will vote...
when the Democratic Party gives them candidates worth voting for. Too often Democratic nominees in the post-Carter era remind me of Eddie Izzard's "Cake or Death?" bit.
"Cake or death?"
"Eh, cake please."
"Very well! Give him cake!"
"Oh, thanks very much. It's very nice."
"You! Cake or death?"
Uh, cake for me, too, please."
"Very well! Give him cake, too! We're gonna run out of cake at this rate. You! Cake or death?"
"Uh, death, please. No, cake! Cake! Cake, sorry. Sorry..."
"You said death first, uh-uh, death first!"
"Well, I meant cake!"
"Oh, all right...Cake or death?"
"Uh, cake please."
"Well, we're out of cake! We only had three bits and we didn't expect such a rush. So what do you want?"
"Well, so my choice is 'or death?
"Eh, cake please."
"Very well! Give him cake!"
"Oh, thanks very much. It's very nice."
"You! Cake or death?"
Uh, cake for me, too, please."
"Very well! Give him cake, too! We're gonna run out of cake at this rate. You! Cake or death?"
"Uh, death, please. No, cake! Cake! Cake, sorry. Sorry..."
"You said death first, uh-uh, death first!"
"Well, I meant cake!"
"Oh, all right...Cake or death?"
"Uh, cake please."
"Well, we're out of cake! We only had three bits and we didn't expect such a rush. So what do you want?"
"Well, so my choice is 'or death?
Why should the public turn out for us when the Democratic party is so adamant on giving them shitty "or death" nominees? I know those sleazy stealth Republicans on the Democratic ballot-line really make me want to pull the lever for the Democrats. It's time to run the Clintonites and the DLC and the Third-Way and all their corporatist, "sensible", too goddamned chummy with Wall St. "electable" friends out of town on a rail before they finish the job of fucking-over poor people, minorities and everybody that isn't their entitled 1%er friends.
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Obama Drops A Veto Bomb On GOP By Threatening To Veto Every Bill That Uses Sequester Cuts [View all]
misterhighwasted
Jun 2015
OP
"Obama vetoes GOP bill on union elections" your cheap ignorant pot shots mean less than zero..
Cha
Jun 2015
#4
"Pot" shot like still having the Feds go after marijuana users and dispensaries.
hobbit709
Jun 2015
#6
And I said that he's done some things he said he would and HASN'T done others.
hobbit709
Jun 2015
#9
"President Obama on Tuesday vetoed a Republican effort to overturn controversial union voting rules"
Plucketeer
Jun 2015
#48
Wah.. you can't stand it that he's going to block a gop bill that would be so damagaing to our
Cha
Jun 2015
#66
I sure hope he does. We cannot afford those cuts. The Republicans are insane.
JDPriestly
Jun 2015
#85
Everyone should have got a pony by now from Obama. The lack of perfection is outrageous!
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#46
The sad pony deprived folks are right to be angry at Obama...only another year and a half for the Pony Farm
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#49
The Obama phone is another one. I have a relative who needs one and is actually
randys1
Jun 2015
#77
Yeah, so is the crowd that can't appreciate anything President Obama does. Whomever wins the
Cha
Jun 2015
#68
The fourth veto of his presidency? Four vetos in six years. What point are you trying to make? n/t
A Simple Game
Jun 2015
#65
Thank you for making my point and letting everyone know which one of us doesn't get it. n/t
A Simple Game
Jun 2015
#71
You made your own point that you don't appreciate the Pres Vetoing gop Sequester Cuts.
Cha
Jun 2015
#72
I don't recall saying that, perhaps you could point out the post in question.
A Simple Game
Jun 2015
#75
I thought so. Have a nice day and don't worry I will play smart and safe. n/t
A Simple Game
Jun 2015
#78
great news, mhw! Of course it will be ignored. Oh, but "he's glad the gop are in power.." lol
Cha
Jun 2015
#2
HR 2578 is a typical RW bill. An attempt at pushing as far as they arrogantly can,
misterhighwasted
Jun 2015
#8
You'd think more people would appreciate it.. but, nooo. I think the ones who would appreciate it
Cha
Jun 2015
#15
And, Sen Sanders would never win without that "Democratic Party" or the Obama Coalition
Cha
Jun 2015
#39
Can I veto anything that comes to Obama's desk that cuts money out of Medicare for TPP
djean111
Jun 2015
#3