CSPAN2 Reid vs McConnell - now!

[jannyk]

on how it will all go forward (debates, # resolutions etc. ad infinitum)

[TayTay]

1. Reid just threatened to send the Senate home at the end of the week

unless some action is taken. Perhaps the good Senator from Nevada is thinking that any Repubs who refuse to allow debate in the Senate might just hear back from their constituents on that. Nice move Harry!

[Sydnie]

2. Lots of objections being made

McConnell needs to get a clue.

[TayTay]

7. The Repubs think they have the upper hand with the Gregg amendment

And their bottom line is to get that one on the floor.

Reid doesn't want that one because it would force Senators to go on the record on the principle of funding.

[Dammit Ann]

89. ding, ding, ding!

You are right on the money!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. He also needs to get a chin.

[helderheid]

3. The Rs sure are whiney, ain't they?

[Sydnie]

8. I placed the call - they should arrive soon

[LSparkle]

4. How I loathe McConnell

Gotta think of a nickname for him ...

Reid: "Now we're going to the Science Bowl, and it's modern math I guess."

:rofl:

Has anybody else noticed that the Dems' presiding officer in the Senate has referred to the opposition not as the "minority leader" but as the "Rethuglican leader"? I think that's a nice touch, not constantly rubbing their noses in the fact that they ARE in the minority.

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

5. Gregg Amendment.

McConnel wants the Greg Amendment considered.

[stonecoldsober]

6. McConnell is a dishrag (douchebag free zone)

[babylonsister]

12. Hey, I recognize you!

Where ya been? :hi:

[stonecoldsober]

13. I don't talk to post whores!

Just kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[babylonsister]

15. ...

:wow: :wow: :spank: :spank: :cry: :cry:

[stonecoldsober]

21. Aw, it's OK

:hug:

[babylonsister]

9. Reid said the Gregg amendment is already almost word for word

incorporated in the Warner amendment, so the rethugs are just wasting time because they don't want to vote.

[jannyk]

10. Gregg explaining his amendment now n/t

[jannyk]

14. McConnell claiming the Dems want to pick

what the Repugs resolution will be waaahh!!!

[LSparkle]

17. There's GOT to have been an analogous situation when Frist ran things

Hopefully Reid and company will come back with examples of similar situations in the past.

At least Gregg is referring to the majority as the "DemocratIC majority."

[LSK]

16. NOW!?!?!?!? they want to support the troops with a plan and equipment???

NOT 4 YEARS AGO??????????????

[rodeodance]

22. a little slow on the draw!

[babylonsister]

28. Umm...scratch the equipment. They don't have enough:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2719684

[rodeodance]

18. gosh, listen to the feigning by the repugs--Hannity-like!!

[jannyk]

19. McConnell & Gregg now got a skit going

like Laurel and Hardy! Gregg " would this not have more in common with the Cuban Democracy than an American Democracy" smirk, smirk.

[LSparkle]

20. Oh geez, just accused us of running "CUBAN DEMOCRACY"?

But ol' RatBastard would NEVER impugn Dems' patriotism ... His minions just liken us to COMMUNISTS!

:wtf:

[Sydnie]

29. I heard that, the bastard!

wonder if his wife will have anything to say about him not wearing his glasses while he slams the Dems too. :puke:

[jannyk]

23. Reid's rebuttal

"not a single Repug has come to floor and claimed to support Bush's 'surge' - that speaks volumes to me"

[malaise]

24. Go Harry! n/t

[TayTay]

25. Reid says he might send Senate home, hear from constituents

on Iraq and how they feel about the Senate not even debating this issue.

This is a great move on Reid's part. Send the Senate home at the end of the week then implore people to contact their Senators and let them know how they feel about the Senate stall on Iraq.

[LSK]

26. Ried: "not a single Republican Senator has come forward to support the surge"

[LSK]

30. hes complimenting McConnell - now you know hes pissed

:rofl:

[rodeodance]

34. McCain did not even cast a vote on his Res. yesterday. Where was he??

[Sydnie]

35. Campaigning somehwere no doubt.

gotta keep the money flowing, even if you don't show up for the cause you're campaigning on.

[LSparkle]

27. Yahoo! Go give 'em hell, Harry!!!

Not a SINGLE Rethug has supported the surge in a floor speech! Kinda makes you wonder why they DON'T WANNA VOTE, don't it?

[babylonsister]

31. I think McConnell is sounding a bit less sure of himself. Hopefully

they've boxed themselves into a corner and realize it.

[Beaverhausen]

32. Go Harry!

[Sydnie]

33. McCains bill has been thrown out by both sides

Reid says it was a diversion! :rofl:

[LSparkle]

40. Patty Murray making this plain right now

Are they abandoning the pro-surge resolution altogether?

[jannyk]

36. Issue seems to be do they vote on Warner res or

the Gregg res. Gregg says his is worded the same as Warner's - so what's the point???

[LSK]

37. Greggs bill says "will you support the troops"

Ried calling it a diversion.

[LSK]

39. Pat Murray: why have that vote? everyone supports the troops

[jannyk]

38. Patty Murray D Wash we seem to be having a phoney

debate on who supports the troops?

[Sydnie]

41. McCain sighting

He looks like a pale fart!

[LSK]

42. Theres McCain

[LSK]

47. waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!! please vote on my bill

waaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

[tishaLA]

43. Oh gawd. St. John McCain...

:puke:

[Cocoa]

44. make way for the Straight Talk Express!

I wonder which one is coming this time.

[jannyk]

45. McCain - II want our res debated

proposal for 60 vote maj was turned down. Agreed to latest proposal to move forward. But are 60 votes not mandatory?

[jannyk]

50. Reids answer to McCain

I say to my friend...yes 60 votes required on some things not everything. I'm willing to do on a simple majority 'McCain' or 'Warner' I'll go with that.

US people needs to see how thier senator votes to support suge or against surge.

Joe Lieberman has given up McCain/Lieb ammendment!

[LSparkle]

46. CoCain sounding a little wishy-washy here ...

Flip flop flip flop flip ...

[Sydnie]

48. Whiny - the only thing missing is the stomping foot and the pout!

"Why won't you talk about MY BILL? Huh? Why?"

[LSK]

49. Ried is quite liberal with the complements - he is pissed

:rofl:

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[LSK]

51. theres my Senator Dick Durbin!!!

Pointing out that they offered 2 Republican bills to choose from.

[Cocoa]

52. Reid strokes McCain, then blows him off

no sexual connotations meant.

[LSparkle]

53. All right! HEAVY ARTILLERY -- Dick Durbin!

Bring out the attack dog!!!!! Go for it, Dick!!

[jannyk]

54. Durbin/Reid better pairing than McConnel/Gregg

making repugs sound bad.

[LSK]

57. this is great!!!!

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[Cocoa]

55. I enjoy these Reid-Durbin colloquies

even better when they're running the place.

[jannyk]

56. Oh, this is better than the Daily Show!!

[LSparkle]

75. You are SO right -- I'm giggling in my cubicle in spite of myself

It's like watching toddlers in a sandbox ... Unbelievable.

"Did not!"
"Did so!"
"Did NOT!"
"Did SO!"
"You started it"
"No, YOU started it!"

[LSparkle]

58. Go Durbin! Gregg's resolution doesn't even address SURGE!

It's just a "support for the troops" res.

Like we haven't done THAT before ... Smells stale to me!

[Sydnie]

59. Pile on now - they dropped the McCain - Lieberman admendment

Go Durbin.

Here's some more salt for that wound McCain - Lieberman!

[malaise]

60. This is great.

Durbin and Reid. I'm loving it.

[LSparkle]

61. "MONKEY wrench!" Love it!

Just like their simian Chimperor!

Senator Gregg, this year's "Messer-Upper"!

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

62. Durbin frames it brilliantly!

I think he is the best intellect in the Senate. Sharp distinctions.

[LSK]

hey McCain, WHAT THE FUCK IS THE MISSION??????

[Beaverhausen]

63. Holy Shit!!! Fuck you McCain

[helderheid]

I just finished screaming that at the TV.

[babylonsister]

64. McCain going for the jugular; gloves are off! Pretty much saying

Reid and Dems DON'T support the troops.

[jannyk]

65. McCain layering guilt - talked to troops

they feel if you don't support mission - you don't support them!! Layering it on thick - getting pissed!

[otohara]

73. McCain Spoke to ALL Soldiers

busy man! Ha, ha, Reid saying he's talked to troops also...not so fast buddy.

[Sydnie]

66. What MCCain is really saying is

"If you don't support MY legislation, you don't support ME".

The mission is WRONG McCain, just plain WRONG! Get that through your head.

[Cocoa]

67. this constant complimenting is crazy

the Senate is like a foreign country with bizarre-seeming rituals.

[LSK]

71. complimenting in the Senate is like giving each other the finger

Yes it is reverse bizarro world.

[Dammit Ann]

76. totally nutty.

my head is about to explode.

[Beaverhausen]

68. I can't believe the shit he is saying

what an asshole. He has lost it

[tishaLA]

69. Oh Poor St. John McCain! He's being belligerent

and says the Dems really AREN'T supporting the troops! The troops don't buy it, he insists!

Poor St. John! He says "It doesn't sell!"

[LSparkle]

70. CoCain: If you don't support their mission, then you don't support them

I just had to say "GEEZ" aloud.

Warner amendment ISN'T a Rethuglican amendment, regardless of whose name is on it?

The troops DON'T BUY IT when you say you don't support the mission? Oh, go blow it out your ass, CoCain!

[Sydnie]

74. I keep hearing the refrain from Jesus Christ, Superstar going through

my head when I hear McCain speak these days ... "Well Done Judas".

[Cocoa]

72. I hope the dems got their rabies shots

McCain is about to break his chain.

[berner59]

88. Durbin is brilliant!!

Love how he asks Reid rhetorical questions... "Can we disagree with the policy and still support the troops??"

[LSK]

77. Durbin going at McCain now

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[LSK]

78. if you are not loyal to the Pres, you are not loyal to the troops????

[helderheid]

79. GO MAN GO!!

:yourock:

[Cocoa]

85. Durbin took the lead on the body armor issue

he is a go-to guy for troops and their families that want Congress to help them.

[LSparkle]

80. GREAT job, Durbin! If THEY don't support the surge, then ...

THEY're not supporting the troops!!!!

Totally reaming CoCain's assertions!

[Sydnie]

81. Oh Oh Oh - Durbin is disin' the Coalition of the Willing

McCain is going to explode! Get the brooms ready, it's going to be a messy cleanup!

[LSK]

87. that was awesome!!!!

[tishaLA]

82. Go Durbin!

[jannyk]

83. Durbin response

"He's saying that if you are not loyal to the president's policies then you are not loyal to the troops - this is wrong" Litany of wrongdoings by WH then "is it wrong to question and challenge their mistakes. "No, it is loyal to the troops to do so!"

[MasonJar]

84. Commiserate with me, please. I have been stuck with McConnell

now for umpteen years. I am going to call him in a few minutes; fat lot of good it will do. He is a total waste of space as is my other charmer, Jim Bunning. However, after multitudinous hours of footwork at least we got rid of Bush rubber stamper, Anne Northrup, in November. Send 'em home, Harry! I remember when Clinton (one of the smartest men on the planet) called the Pug bluff and closed down the government.

[Cocoa]

92. thank you for calling him

don't assume it won't do any good. If anything, it will make it that much harder for him to do what he's going to do anyway.

[LSK]

94. please volunteer for his opponent in 08

[LSparkle]

86. OMG, Warner now too ...

FOOD FIGHT! FOOD FIGHT!

[LSK]

91. Warner "I wrote the bill so I could vote against it"

[LSparkle]

90. Warner even saying the surge may be LARGER!

OK, let's see it -- mano a mano between Mr. Liz and CoCain!

[jannyk]

93. Warner - I have never and never will challenge

another members patriotism - it is wrong.

[MiniMe]

95. What is in the Greg amendment that makes it what the repukes want and the dems don't?

[LSK]

96. it is not about the surge

It is just "do you support the troops".

[LSparkle]

97. Warner pointing out that military plan is further along than

diplomatic or economic -- and that ALL THREE are needed to make this work.

"The troops are already on their way over there as we debate this on the floor."

[LSK]

98. why not just vote on this as a bill: "Do you support the surge?"

[LSparkle]

101. Because the vote will end up as a "NO" and it'll embarass *

That appears to be McConnell's mission -- to AVOID having a vote on the surge alone.

[LSK]

103. and it will be 98 - 2

With McCain and Liebermann with the Yes's.

And we can beat up McCain with it if he is the nominee.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

99. Warner's a flip-flopper.

flip- flop

[dicknbush]

100. Now it's ..Warner (I was for being against the Surge before I was against being for the surge...???

AHHHH MY HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODE!

Warner is up there bloviating beyond belief. What a pompous puke!

[jannyk]

102. Patty Muray d Wash up for 15 mins n/t

[LSparkle]

104. P. Murray: "We have been DENIED this debate ... "

True. One debate, many years ago, IS NOT ENOUGH re a war that has cost us more than any other in our history.

Time to re-authorize (IF!).

[ncrainbowgrrl]

105. Locking- time for a new thread

Thread #2 over here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x140320