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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:35 PM Original message |
Can Pelosi end the War? |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. She could have tied them up with impeachment. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Impeachment needs 218 votes to get started. |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. That doesn't mean it should not be tried. there is that "doubt" word again. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 05:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
35. Didn't say that at all. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. The 'war' continues regardless which 'party' is in 'control'............ |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Whether she can is irrelevant now because she clearly doesn't want to. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Our Point Is: Pelosi Hasn't Even TRIED! |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The effort might well be worthwhile for its own sake, but |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Without the Attempt to Effect Change |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think LBJ's old quote about Gerald Ford could apply to all of Congress. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. Isn't that what fillibusters are for or am I wrong? |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The problem is that more than 10 senate dems would vote to end a filibuster |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. In the end , Pelosi would still have to have support of the |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. You're right... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. What a worthless strawman question setup... |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. hear hear |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. That's absurd. Pelosi can have overwhelming support in the caucus and it has nothing to do with |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. Key word "doubt", its inhuman to ignore the suffering, we owe them to try |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. The democrats could. They have the numbers in the House |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. Can Pelosi get re-elected if she doesn't? That is the question. nt |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. You are one of the most intelligent posters here |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. Not by herself, I don't think. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Not if you don't send a bill through. |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. But then we would have Cheney |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. What we need is exposure of the truth. |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. IMHO, it's not Pelosi who has betrayed us, |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. A Combination of the Authoritarian Sheep Personality and a Lack of Imagination |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. If you are right |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. The wrinkle is the phrase "the democrats" |
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Andromeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 06:14 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Thank you for posting this... |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm Recommending this thread because it is soul-searching |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Thank you for understanding that noting a problem is not an endorsment of the problem. |
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Cleetus (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
30. Pelosi gave up. |
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budibudinski (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Don't know but gee she sure has a purdy smile.. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
33. Speaker Doesnt Mean Dictator |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. Isn't it rather horrifying to think |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
36. Her problem is she folded. She doesn't have the backbone for the job |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
38. The only way to answer your question |
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Ino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
39. It doesn't matter if she can or can't. |
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