Reply #34: You keep suggesting that people are kicking the Obama and Clinton tires, though

[MADem]

And you do that in every thread where you turn up and gripe in EXACTLY that fashion.

The problem is, though, that not everyone is kicking the Clinton tires, here. Yet you continue to frame every "They're being MEAN to Obama" argument against a Clinton backdrop.

And that, mon frere, is TIRESOME. And it's also UNTRUE.

Here's why some legislators don't VOTE on issues in election years, in case you are unclear--because they are afraid the vote might come back to HAUNT THEM.

Just supposing Obama voted NO on this bill, and the Iranian Pasaradan exploded a suitcase nuke in Times Square on Christmas Day. How do you think that would play? Hmmmmm? How long could he survive against the inevitable campaign onslaughts from all comers? He might as well take his ball and go home.

If I had to make a guess as to why he didn't vote, that would be my guess. He's able to have it both ways, coyly, and at the same time, he is hedging his bets. JUST-IN-CASE, you see.

When you hear hoofbeats, you think horses, not zebras. That's the most likely explanation, all of this other horseshit aside.