Republicans Threaten To Become Bigger Assholes

[babylonsister]

http://www.openleft.com/diary/13008/republicans-threaten-to-turn-into-even-bigger-assholes

Republicans Threaten To Become Bigger Assholes
by: Chris Bowers
Thu Apr 23, 2009 at 18:54


If Democrats provide cheaper and more accessible health care to Americans, Republicans have promised to publicly turn themselves into the biggest partisan assholes of the last forty years.

Seriously. That is the actual political calculation Senate Democrats face on health care reform right now. It is the most obvious win-win political calculation Democrats have been presented with during my entire lifetime.

If Democrats use the budget reconciliation process, which denies Republicans a filibuster option, to invest two-thirds of a trillion dollars into health care, Republicans are "threatening" to do the following:

The GOP might first go after White House nominations. Republicans could require each appointee to get a separate hearing and a separate roll call vote. They could stop attending committee hearings, and decline to provide "unanimous consent" to move forward on even the most benign issues or routine Senate business. Republicans could also demand that the text of bills, which are often hundreds of pages long, be read aloud.

Yeah, that will really be a big electoral winner for Republicans. While Democrats give Americans cheaper and more affordable health care, Republicans give America extreme partisan gridlock. Oh please, please don't do this to us, Republicans! How can we Democrats ever survive as a political party if Republicans were to engage in such brilliant political tactics?

Even Republicans know that these tactics won't work. If they did think that these gridlock tactics were a good idea, then they would be using them right now. The last three months have largely been dominated by Democrats passing legislation that Republicans claim they hate. As such, why didn't Republicans use these tactics to stop that legislation? Oh, that's right--because they knew that using these tactics to stop legislation that Americans want would make them look like even bigger assholes than they already are.

This isn't a threat from Republicans. This is handing Democrats a third consecutive landslide election on a silver platter. We would be idiotic not to take the opportunity and run.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

1. Best headline ever. I'll treasure it.

[babylonsister]

4. I know. Too true, but I cracked up when I read it! nt

[valerief]

6. Yeah, that's for sure! nt

[susanna]

22. I thought the exact same thing! Priceless. n/t

[Bigmack]

2. Bigger?... hell, they're already size 19 assholes! nt

[Siwsan]

3. Is this possible?

I mean, without ripping a giant hole in the space-time continuum???

[wroberts189]

11. No its not, I agree any bigger and all of space and time could be affected. nt

[stevedeshazer]

5. Bring 'em on.

:)

[Atticus]

24. May I expand on that just a bit?

Let's put it all on the table. If King and Boehner et al want to "declare war" on us, let's not just spar with them. We have more than enough justification to say 'No more Mr. Nice Guy" and just gut them and hang them out to dry!
Let's dispense with the smiley-faces and the "my distinguished colleague" niceties and substitute "Lies like you're telling will get your ass kicked where I come from, Senator!" and "I'm sorry, but you seem to be confused about who won the last election."
They want to "filibuster" judicial nominees? Go for it, Mr. Cornyn! Do you plan to have yourself catheterized or will you be pissing into a bottle while you read your home town phone book into the record? Oh yeah, we DO insist that you do it the "old fashioned way". No more just saying "filibuster" and assuming that means we need 60 votes to get past your obstructionist ass. No, we want to see how your "conservative principles" will hold up to two or three days of continuous standing, speaking and soiling yourself in public.
Just off hand, who do you suppose would prevail in a totally unprincipled, ultra-partisan, "take no prisoners" Congressional ass kicking contest---the majority party which also counts the POTUS as one of its own or the minority party which counts the "EIB" POS as one of its own?
HMMMM?
Go for it. I'll pop some corn.

[DS1]

7. Republicans simply can't be dealt with

When it benefits them, it's screaming about bi-partisanship, which the Democrats do.

When it doesn't benefit them, it's partisan attack mode, which they think benefits them,

Obama is just over 100 days into his Presidency, I'm hoping he'll wipe them out by using their bullshit against them.

[Optical.Catalyst]

8. The Republicans are impotent in the legislative process. Obstruction is all they have left

The sooner the Republican Party is replaced by a new right of center party, the better.

We are witnessing the demise of the Republican party in real time. We need to hasten their passing with every means at our disposal.

The Republicans had their chance for eight years, and they blew it. We must crush them at every turn, lock them out of the legislative process, and send them packing. The quicker they are replaced by a new conservative party, the quicker we can get back to a healthy two party system of government.

[rasputin1952]

9. Another few centimeters, and they'll become Black Holes...sucking

everything into the void...:scared:

[agentS]

10. Proof the GOP is a mob of crybabies, Exhibit #45

If they wanna muck up the works, more than they already do, so be it. Their rankings in the public's minds will continue to suffer and WE WILL have 60 democratic Senators by 2010.

I look forward to competing against the Constitution party or the Libertarian party.

[Leftist Agitator]

15. "I look forward to competing against the Constitution party or the Libertarian party. "

I would actually be OK with the Libertarians as an opposition party. Their stance on economic issues is fucking insane, but on social issues, I like most of their platform.

[Posteritatis]

12. Oh no! Not the briar patch! Anything but that! (nt)

[Canuckistanian]

13. The Republicans disrupted badly

The whole country will issue them a collective granite cookie.

Who's up for pizza?

[bdamomma]

14. they have never stopped being

a$$holes.

[Laelth]

16. Please, make them do it! n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[rocktivity]

17. I think I read about the Repubs using budget reconciliation against the Dem

a couple of hundred times when they were in power...

:eyes:
rocktivity

[babylonsister]

21. Your memory is right. This is typical r/w whining. But I say they should have at it! nt

[safeinOhio]

18. Marching orders from the leader

Boss Limbaugh.

[babylonsister]

26. Or Steele or newt or rove or Palin...yawn. nt

[Kansas Wyatt]

19. Steam Roll the sorry bastards and make their obstruction famous.

They have already made it clear that they want everything ONLY their way or NO way. They have done NOTHING constructive, and blew their chance to have any say at all.

Kick their sorry asses aside, and unleash the blow-back for the last 30 years.

[santamargarita]

20. How do they convince these assholes to work against their own best interest?

Are they that damn:crazy:?

[babylonsister]

28. Dumb? rethugs? I think they are a party without a platofrm or a clue. nt

[Hepburn]

23. Bigger assholes?

I didn't think it possible!

[ms liberty]

25. K&R. Marking for later.n/t

[BreweryYardRat]

27. Pleeeease, Mister Fox, don't throw me in that briar patch!

Man, I'd love to see a supermajority in 2010.

[pleah]

29. Is that even possible?

;-)

[Vidar]

30. And they've proven their ability to do it.