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2016 Postmortem

Proud Liberal Dem

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3. This is about Republicans being hypocrites and not wanting to pass ANYTHING

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Sun Feb 9, 2014, 04:07 PM

Feb 2014

No matter how much Bush was incompetent, lied, and acted beyond his constitutional authority, Republicans in Congress just kept right on passing laws for him to enforce, which he supposedly did- though only to the extent that his signing statements said that they didn't interfere with his authority as "commander-in-chief".

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Sen Schumer set a nice trap to the Republicans about immigratin reform [View all] question everything Feb 2014 OP

Republicans will find a way to weasel out of that trap. factsarenotfair Feb 2014 #1

Hey, that's an insult to the Mustelidae family!! lastlib Feb 2014 #4

OK OK I apologize to the Mustelidae family!!! factsarenotfair Feb 2014 #5

naw, cats don't like to play second fiddle to anyone(thing).... lastlib Feb 2014 #6

"(Weasling out of things) is what separates us from the animals!" Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2014 #7

Shumer is taunting them. savannah43 Feb 2014 #2

This is about Republicans being hypocrites and not wanting to pass ANYTHING Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2014 #3

Shumer's thinking Hillary will be in office then Whisp Feb 2014 #8