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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:09 PM Original message |
to the people bashing Reid over bankruptcy reform |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Reid runs the Senate |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's what I'd like to know. |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. When did he start "running" the Senate. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. it should lie on the influence Wall Street has over Congress |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. You're not making any sense. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. they have influence over Congress, and influence over him |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. How does that absolve Reid of responsibility? |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. and it's Obama's job to help |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I agree with you, except for not holding Reid to blame |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. replace Harry Reid, the influence of Wall Street remains |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
47. Look into Harry Reid and GOLD. And then find me one damn thing that comes |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. This isn't a monarchy. Reid doesn't control the Senators' actions. (nt) |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Clinton almost-singlehandedly pressured the Dems to back his first budget bill |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Enrique, could you back up your statements with some sourcing? Thx in advance... |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. here's one |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because he is the reason that such a bill was brought forth to begin with? |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. it isn't Obama's fault , but he didn't do anything to "lean" on anyone |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. No, Obama must stay pure ... yes, IMO, it is partly his fault but mostly Reid's for not |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. Spineless Reid needs to do his goddamn job, or step the fuck down |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. mad at Obama too? |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Now that you mention it, I don't care much for his so called "economic team" |
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snowdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. Banking lobby successfully defeats mortgage cram-down provision. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. Reid needed to go long before this. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. In the post Bush world, there really is a separation of co-equal branches of govt. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. meaning when legislation fails, blame lies with Congress? |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. of course they get the credit |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. This bill needed to pass. This is bad news for the nation. The DLC just gave us a longer depression |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yeesh |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. Where'd the meme come from that Obama has all the Wall Street ties? |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. He must, he's a "corporatist". |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. Reid "runs" the Senate. Senators are not free to vote for working people? Who "runs" the party? |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. according to Durbin, it's the banks |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. One can also blame the Obama Administration |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. I have an idea! Why not blame the actual senators who voted against it? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Of course, that shouldn't excuse those Democrats who failed to fight hard for passage of the bill. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
34. Let us hope the President has enough of FDR's spirit in him to rebound. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
35. Because Reid deserves it. Getting the votes is his fucking job. nt |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. Obama pushed hard for the Wall Street bailout money and the Stimulus |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Obama was a Senator... |
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heronkid (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Congress are a bunch of incompetents. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. My Congressman and My Senators.. |
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heronkid (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. and the 8000+ pork that Congress added |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
38. Legislators.. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
41. Reid's Game Plan To Help Republicans Kill Progressive Legislation |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
42. Because Reid is a convenient target who takes the heat off of President Obama? |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. considering your post right above this one |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. That's because both comments are true! |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
46. the clue phone rings... to tell you Obama's not in the senate... |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
48. You realize this is a fallacious appeal ... right ? |
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