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EarlG

(21,885 posts)
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 01:02 PM Mar 2014

Pic Of The Moment: Congratulations, House Republicans!



House Republicans Gear Up For 50th Vote To Dismantle Obamacare


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Pic Of The Moment: Congratulations, House Republicans! (Original Post) EarlG Mar 2014 OP
Republicans - Redefining insanity in the name of hate liberal N proud Mar 2014 #1
A new industry standard dsteve01 Mar 2014 #5
Thank God we have the Senate yeoman6987 Mar 2014 #31
Fail, Fail - Fail Again Berlum Mar 2014 #2
Such incessant TOOLS!!!!! They really have no shame! nt MADem Mar 2014 #3
The Teabaggers titanicdave Mar 2014 #4
And we pay each of them $1540 a day to do this. Kablooie Mar 2014 #6
Far more than that when you factor in their benes, including valerief Mar 2014 #13
Right. But they don't think people who work a hell of a lot harder than them Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2014 #30
Very marketable number just in time for mid-term elections ... Auggie Mar 2014 #7
+1M. closeupready Mar 2014 #11
We better do better than we did on Tuesday yeoman6987 Mar 2014 #32
Their Spring Break is Coming Up and Thank God I say, They Must Be Exhausted.... bkanderson76 Mar 2014 #8
Must be nice... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #9
Excellent work, guys! Make sure you give yourselves a raise while closeupready Mar 2014 #10
Obamacare Just Made Americans a Little Richer Without Anyone Noticing DhhD Mar 2014 #12
scheduling a vote on ACA copperearth Mar 2014 #14
This would be hilarious if it wasn't hurting so many people Cleita Mar 2014 #15
+1000. I share the same thoughts and feelings. Years wasted. nt adirondacker Mar 2014 #18
Well at least if they are wasting time on this they aren't doing any real damage. n/t A Simple Game Mar 2014 #16
But they are. Cleita Mar 2014 #20
They are making HISTORY!! In the far future.... yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #17
Effing Dopes libodem Mar 2014 #19
I wish I could. Cleita Mar 2014 #21
It would feel so good libodem Mar 2014 #25
K&R Oldtimeralso Mar 2014 #22
When covering the House.... clg311 Mar 2014 #23
thanks EarlG! Cha Mar 2014 #24
GOPers not believing in anything, being devoid of ideas find meaning - of sorts - by being against Bill USA Mar 2014 #26
They are the "Nothing" from Neverending Story! Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2014 #33
k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Mar 2014 #27
Those votes are a huge waste of time, since the implementation can be delayed ... Pterodactyl Mar 2014 #28
Imagine if they did something productive with their time. Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #29
so they've wasted what $260 billion PatrynXX Mar 2014 #34
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
31. Thank God we have the Senate
Thu Mar 6, 2014, 06:46 AM
Mar 2014

This might not be so funny if we lose the Senate especially by a big margin. We MUST get out to vote in 2014.

Berlum

(7,044 posts)
2. Fail, Fail - Fail Again
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 01:05 PM
Mar 2014

The 'Republicons really have gone AWOL from their elected duties, and need to return their paychecks to the American taxpayers. What a massive boondoggle they are.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
13. Far more than that when you factor in their benes, including
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 03:43 PM
Mar 2014

pension and insider trading info exemption from prosecution.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
30. Right. But they don't think people who work a hell of a lot harder than them
Thu Mar 6, 2014, 03:40 AM
Mar 2014

deserve more than seven-lousy-something an hour. I'd love to see those congressional Rs live on it for a year.

Auggie

(31,059 posts)
7. Very marketable number just in time for mid-term elections ...
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 01:43 PM
Mar 2014

not 32, not 45, but 50 TIMES! Get to work, Dem strategists. FLIP THOSE DISTRICTS!

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
32. We better do better than we did on Tuesday
Thu Mar 6, 2014, 06:52 AM
Mar 2014

We had about 3 percent of Democratic voters show up on Tuesday for Texas. Yes thank God Wendy won the primary but crazy Republican Abbott had about 2/3rd more votes than Wendy. It is IMPERATIVE that we all show up to vote or it is not going to be pretty for us in 2015. I don't know how to scream it louder. We HAVE to keep the Senate and take the House in 2014!!!!!!!!! I hope Tuesday was a wake up call for Democrats. I really do!

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
9. Must be nice...
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 01:54 PM
Mar 2014

to get paid $170k+ a year plus excellent benefits for doing nothing but bloviating. What a bunch of asshats.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
10. Excellent work, guys! Make sure you give yourselves a raise while
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 03:16 PM
Mar 2014

cutting food stamps to children, at the same time!

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
12. Obamacare Just Made Americans a Little Richer Without Anyone Noticing
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 03:25 PM
Mar 2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/04/obamacare-january-bea_n_4892267.html

Even the Wall Street Journal agrees that there was a January rise in consumer spending and American income growth because of the 2010 health care law. House Republicans are out of touch with Americans and in touch with their corporatist masters.

copperearth

(117 posts)
14. scheduling a vote on ACA
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 03:50 PM
Mar 2014

I just know John Boehner HATES to waste time, so he schedules yet another vote to do away with the ACA. Let 'im rip! It just adds fuel to the Dems fire.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
15. This would be hilarious if it wasn't hurting so many people
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 03:52 PM
Mar 2014

with their refusal to address issues that are bordering on crisis.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
20. But they are.
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 04:57 PM
Mar 2014

People are needlessly hurting and even dying because of their gross neglect in taking care of the business of the people.

yuiyoshida

(41,759 posts)
17. They are making HISTORY!! In the far future....
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 04:13 PM
Mar 2014

Children will learn WHAT kind of Jerks they were and pity the people who elected them.

 

clg311

(119 posts)
23. When covering the House....
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 06:23 PM
Mar 2014

CSpan should play Spike Jones or the Three Stooges theme instead of classical music.

Bill USA

(6,436 posts)
26. GOPers not believing in anything, being devoid of ideas find meaning - of sorts - by being against
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 07:50 PM
Mar 2014

everything that smacks of a positive - "I think we can solve this problem" - attitude.

It's a terrible place to be, being devoid of initiative - born of being devoid of true hope. It's a nothingness that any human desperately wants to avoid. Republicans replace the nothingness in their beaten spirits by being against something. Since the democrats are always engaging the world, looking for ways to make any situation better, they are often targetted by Republican nihilism. Republicans, by being against something, manage to give themselves a sort of ersatz life. It's a pathetic replacement for living with a positive, hopeful attitude. This doesn't mean, by the way, that people who have a positive, hopeful attitude don't ever get frustrated or feel disconsolate now and then, they do. But they always 'come back' with an renewed attitude of 'let's try to do something to improve the situation'. Republicans hate this in other people because they know, being zombies, it's something they will never experience.

Pterodactyl

(1,687 posts)
28. Those votes are a huge waste of time, since the implementation can be delayed ...
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 10:35 PM
Mar 2014

... with a simple executive action.

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