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In reply to the discussion: "Needs to get the hell out": House Dems fume at Schumer [View all]quakerboy
(14,780 posts)45. as someone who wants chuckie gone
And is still pissed he gave us up in the end ofvthe first shutdown..
Can someone please explain to me why funding depts of housing, transportation, health, etc but not dhs is a bad thing?
Isn't that a selective shutdown of one ofvthe most corrupt departments without harming all the good workers of our government, or the people who need government to function for their continued safety and livelyhood?
In my book.. a dhs shutdown while the rest of government keeps going seems preferable to a full shutdown or the kind of weak deal that chuck normally takes
It seems like the only downside is ice is pre-funded for a good while. What am i missing?
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He's a good guy, but he's playing old school, hoping the rethuig GOONS are willing to also play old school.
bluestarone
7 hrs ago
#3
The older Democrats see the Republicans as "fellow Gentlemen" They are like me, just a little different viewpoint
LiberalArkie
7 hrs ago
#5
Yes he's a kind of "Bob Dole-Howard Baker" guy, which was fine if this were 1990
FakeNoose
6 hrs ago
#12
The mistake is in thinking that Schumer is incapable of striking a hard bargain
Prairie Gates
6 hrs ago
#7
Ivory Tower thinking is literally killing people and giving Democrats
littlemissmartypants
6 hrs ago
#17
I truly believe that there's a Democratic Senator that would be a better leader
dem4decades
5 hrs ago
#30