We want payback

[WileEcoyote]

I'm sure it's a good idea to put investigations and indictments on the back burner for a short while. However after Obama and Congressional Democrats secure some early strong victories the time will be ripe to bring the hammer down on the GOP and those constituents who voted for the republicans.

What to do:

First of all Pelosi and Reid need to grow a pair and play some real hard ball in the back rooms. Exactly no money, zero that is, should go to any federal programs in any district which sent a republican to Congress. Granted there might be some exceptions. In the Senate which sent asswhole David Vitter to Washington we certainly wouldn't want to hurt the reconstruction of New Orleans and those other areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.

But other than a few exceptions?

I say no federal money should be paid into any district which sent a republican to Congress. Why should hard working Americans subsidize a bunch of idiots who consistently vote against the national interest?

I'm tired of it. My taxes should go to States which send people like Bernie Sanders (Senator, Vermont), or Anna Eshoo (Congressional Rep, CA) to Washington.

Again: Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi should quietly but firmly bring the hammer down on GOP leaders. Mitch McConnell should become Harry's "little biatch". Ditto John Boehner from Ohio.

Republicans shall not speak unless spoken to.

While it certainly is fun and good sport to watch the GOP die a slow death I say it's high time to put the nail in the cooffin, bury the beast and send the republicans to the graveyard of other failed ideas.

[dbonds]

1. Just because bushco is no longer in power doesn't mean they don't have leaverage on them.

They still have info from the illegal wiretaps on all of them.

[Selatius]

2. I'm sure on the Republican side, they were saying the same things about Dem districts.

Many social programs are aimed at people in need. If one lives in a state like Mississippi and voted for Obama, should that person be penalized because nearly all of his neighbors voted for McCain or for any Republican congressman or senator?

[Seeking Serenity]

3. Oh, you bet.

'Cause one-party states have worked so wonderfully everywhere it has been tried, no?

:sarcasm:

[blaze]

4. No, I don't want payback

I'm tired of us vs them.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Agreed, I want accountability. n/t

[WileEcoyote]

6. Get what you pay for

Occasionally some form of payback is necessary. It's the reason we send violent felons to prison. And when they get there you can exactly treat them like they are in grade school.

The SOB's of the world do not understand niceness. You must punish them severely. They won't like it but they will respect you.

And this is exactly the kind of way you must deal with the felons in the GOP. Who are these criminals? Simply all the GOP leadership and even many of their rank and file. These sick twisted types who vote against the environment, shut down unions and bail out the ultra wealthy.

Give 'em payback and they will get the message. It's the only way to reach some of them.

[blaze]

7. Maybe we're agreeing but stating it differently

I am all for accountability and agree we should hold their (GOP) feet to the fire.

But I don't think we should deny resouces and help to their constituents if it's needed.

[Statistical]

9. So why aren't you in prison?

Your logic is that because a district vote GOP the majority should punish the whole district.

Of course you forget than voting GOP isn't a crime. Abusing rule of law makes us no better than them.

Also you seem to forget that many people don't vote or voted for DEM by by your "logic" (using that term loosely) they should be punished even though they voted "correctly" because of where they live.

So when will you be going to prison?

Someone committed a violent crime in your district. You believe in group punishment right? So you will be doing that time along with the criminal.

If someone is on Death Row from your district you will take the needle in the arm too right?

Hopefully this has shed some light on how utterly stupid the concept of group punishment is when applied to an entire district.

Homeless people in a district deserve to starve/freeze because the district voted GOP?
Children should go without an education because the district voted GOP?
The poor should get poorer because the district voted GOP?
The elderly forfeit their retirement (SSI) because the district voted GOP?

Yup you are about as "progressive" as the Nazi party. They demanded absolute party loyalty too. You would have loved it.

[WileEcoyote]

10. BS

The GOP is a criminal organization. Period. Voting for a GOP candidate is the same as endorsing someone like John Gotti for mayor. Probably worse. We all knew where the Teflon Don stood. Was probably more honest!

I don't know why people look at a repuke as simply exercising his right to vote in a democracy. Surely he has the right to vote for whomever he wants, but there is no reason to subsidize his stupid behavior.

So i say strip all federal funds going to certain targeted districts which consistently send idiots to Washington. Think of the future: You want to give fools who vote for Saxby Chambliss more authority?

Play hardball kids. Grab 'em by the balls and their minds will follow. The die hard repukes are so stupid that they could foul their own pants and yet blame the smell on Bill Clinton.

And I'm sick and tired of subsidizing them.

[salguine]

8. First of all, Reid and Pelosi need to go, too. Their complete inaction

in the face of the most egregious offenses against the Constitution—even worse than those of Nixon—are a more clear-cut case of extreme dereliction of duty as I can imagine.

Secondly, investigations and indictments MUSTN'T go on the back burner. If they go on the back burner, the passage of time will inevitably weaken resolve to pursue them. Investigations, indictments and prosecutions need to begin soon.