News like this makes it feel good to be a Dem again.
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)
With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.
Just because you believe it, that does not make it true.
Fuck these fucking interesting times.
Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.
You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?
The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.
Humiliatingly small and eclipsed by the derision of millions.
The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.
The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.
I don’t recall signing up for living in a dystopian sci-fi novel.
It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.
The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.
Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.
Not loving this new fraud based economy.
Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life.
Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity
People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.
The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.
Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.
The republican ‘Pastor’ of the House is an odious authoritarian little creep.
This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.
Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.
She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.
capelza
Those “obstructionis Republicans”…heh.
Nice to see the Dems doing this.
Oh..and “chickenhawk” this.
Bruce Moomaw
Christ, you mean we’re actually going to win one?
Zifnab
At the very least, we’re headed for a draw. It’ll be fun to see Republicans try to filibuster lobbying reform or watch the President veto yet another bill. It’ll be even more fun to see this bill come up twice and see how many Congresscritters change sides. The only bill that should come up more often than Lobbying Reform on the Democratic hotplate of feel-good legislation is the Iraq War.
It’s one of those things that always gets talked about but never gets passed. I want to see Republicans vote on it again, and again, and again, and again.
Mr Furious
Bring it.
Great reference, btw, Tim.
RSA
My second-favorite John Carpenter movie starring Keith David.
Doug
A “They Live” reference is always going to make me happy.
Dave
oh that’s a picture from a Movie? I thought it was Tim showing off his latest addition to his arsenal.
Good on the Dems.
phenix
there’s another kieth david/carpenter movie?
where?
Tax Analyst
I LOVED “They Live”…and it’s political take. Doug – thanks for the link.
Tim F.
No, unfortunately international conventions ban be from stockpiling Keith David.
myiq2xu
Ya don’t always need the sunglasses to spot ’em. Doesn’t BillO look like one 24/7?
RSA
Do the phrases “I just cannot believe any of this voodoo bullshit.” or “You believe any of this voodoo bullshit, Blair?” ring a bell?
Fronts NYC
“They Live” is one of the great 80s sci-fi films, it perfectly channels the Reagan era zeitgeist, and FYI the other Keith David/John Carpenter film is the best sci-fi/horror film ever–other than Alien–“The Thing.”
tBone
Please. Everyone knows ultra-liberals like Tim are scared of guns.
capelza
My ultra-libertarian cat is afraid of the squirt gun I keep around for “her own good”.
Tax Analyst
Totally agree! Good choices…Carpenter’s re-do of “The Thing” was incredibly well-done…the landscape and everything about else about it was so completely bleak…you really didn’t want it to work out so badly for all concerned, but you kinda knew it would. “Alien” absolutely creeped my ass out – and then freaked it out when the beastie popped out of John Hurt’s chest.
RSA
You had to know someone would put the fight scene from They Live on Youtube.
tBone
Fixed for redundancy. Cats are genetically ultra-libertarian.
I keep a Spray Bottle of Doom around too. Never know when one of those little buggers will decide to go feral because you were 30 seconds late filling their food bowl.
RSA
Or because you’ve petted them for five seconds too long.
Zifnab
Or looked at them funny
MNPundit
What I don’t understand is why they don’t just adopt the R tactic of stacking the conference committees so you get 1-2 republicans who already support your position anyway or who can be marginalized by the rest of the Dems.
Tim F.
The bills don’t get to conference committee. You need a vote on several procedural steps along the way, and each step can be filibustered.