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Where we go from here?
I think the Republicans played a game of chicken with us and the world economy. By blaming Pelosi, they show how shallow their motives truly are. The votes changed because she got partisan?
Are you freaking kidding me?
They failed to explain to the people in their districts what this was, a movement of risk, not a bailout. People will make decisions based on what they know, not on the correct info. If Rush, Sean, or other Rep./Consv. talking heads feed the fear (like the are prone to do), they make the problem worse. This is not Main Street vs. Wall Street, it is Reality vs. Republicans. Stop worrying about getting re-elected, and start worrying about the rest of us. I could give a flip what happens to these people. They made a decision and we will have to live with the consequences of their actions.
When Jim Cramer on CNBC is saying please do the right thing, we are on a very delicate crumbling edge.
The President better get up off his lame-duck ass and take control of the situation before Boehner & Blunt does.
Lets blame the Jews (Boehner), the Democrats (Boehner and Blunt), and Wall Street (Mis-informed public).
This is RED MONDAY. The day the Red Team decided it would put it's needs in front of our country's needs. Damn you people and your selfish, needy, and short-sighted beliefs.
Hang on, it is going to be a rough ride.
Comments (4)
90+ Democrats voted against it, too. Not exactly party unity on either side, huh?
September 29, 2008 3:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Um, that's what happens when you try to craft a bipartisan bill! That's how it gets done!
While they are drafting they make concessions to make it more acceptible to the other side, and they know in that process that they will be losing some from their side.
The whips are responsible for figuring out how it will work, how many votes can be delivered/are lost with each concession. The GOP whip failed to deliver what he said he would deliver!
BTW John McCain came in and pretended he was whipping. He did jack.
September 29, 2008 4:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Really, your comment is ridiculously uninformed, it's clear you haven't followed the news on this bill at all. "Party unity," a party line vote was not what was intended or what was needed. Why do you think they were huddled in those rooms all weekend?!
September 29, 2008 4:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Barney Frank: They voted against the bill and are going to punish the country because their feelings were hurt. Give me the names of those members and I'll go talk to them and say uncharacteristically nice things about them.
September 29, 2008 3:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
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