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agio Commented on Snowe, Carper In Discussions About Trigger-Like Amendment by Brian Beutler

2009-11-19T23:32:43Z

What worries me most is, I'm worried the deal they cut is this "instant trigger" in exchange FOR continued immunity from anti-trust.

agio Commented on White House Heaps Praise On Sen. Lincoln's Contributions To Health Care by Christina Bellantoni

2009-11-19T18:34:29Z

I think if they can whittle it down to 1 holdout (Lieberman) he will join the caucus in the procedural votes. Nobody wants to be in the politically unfavorable position of the sole person standing in the way of health care reform, even a scum-sucking troglodyte like Joe.

Plus there is still a chance they can bring Snowe and/or Collins on board.

agio Commented on Doug Hoffman: ACORN Has Stolen NY-23 Election! by Eric Kleefeld

2009-11-19T15:45:57Z

I don't think he really believes this for a minute. This is all about one thing:

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agio Commented on Reid Outlines Bill For Caucus, Warns Conservative Dems That Reconciliation Is Still An Option by Brian Beutler

2009-11-19T05:05:52Z

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has explicitly stated that the Republican party will treat Democrats who vote for any procedural motion as if they've voted for the entire health care bill.

... and what? McConnell will stop sharing his pudding cups with Nelson in the lunchroom?

agio Commented on GOP Jumps On Administration's Self-Inflicted Stimulus Goofs by Christina Bellantoni

2009-11-18T23:12:55Z

Barack Obama was not personally entering data.

You mean, he has better things to do right now ?

agio Commented on GOP Jumps On Administration's Self-Inflicted Stimulus Goofs by Christina Bellantoni

2009-11-18T23:12:05Z

Or just stuff it in suitcases and hand it out to "independent contractors".

agio Commented on GOP Jumps On Administration's Self-Inflicted Stimulus Goofs by Christina Bellantoni

2009-11-18T21:39:07Z

Sure it would have been so much better if they had just thrown the money into a memory hole without telling anyone where it went. That is certainly the lesson we learned from the last administration.

agio Commented on White House Disputes Fox Report On New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines by Christina Bellantoni

2009-11-18T17:56:47Z

Very happy to hear your wife has a good prognosis.

Regarding, "what the Hell is going on with this administration" I don't think it's quite fair to lay the blame for Stupak on Obama's doorstep: he's already been quite clear that he opposes it and doesn't want the final bill to affect abortion.

agio Commented on Holder: 'I'm Not Scared Of What Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Has To Say' by Rachel Slajda

2009-11-18T17:50:53Z

I like Holder. I don't expect to agree with everything the AG does, but it sure is nice to have one with intelligence you can respect.

agio Commented on Holder: 'I'm Not Scared Of What Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Has To Say' by Rachel Slajda

2009-11-18T17:50:03Z

All it's going to take is for them to be right, once.

That's what they say about terrorists as well, though I'm sure you know that and wrote it that way on purpose.

agio Commented on Liz Cheney On Dick '12: 'He's My Candidate' by Ben Frumin

2009-11-18T17:46:00Z

Fine, Elektral, if you want to be super duper accurate. :)

agio Commented on Palin On Muslim Profiling: 'I'm All For It' by Rachel Slajda

2009-11-18T15:58:05Z

Seriously, who the fuck cares. I had kind of hoped TPM wouldn't fall for the MSM trap of reporting every bit of crazytalk that comes out of Palin's piehole. Guess I was wrong.

agio Commented on Reid To Unveil Health Care Bill To Caucus At Evening Meeting by Brian Beutler

2009-11-18T15:47:37Z

Added: regarding "Is using the word cloture a misprint?" No, because the "cloture" (French for "closing") closes the debate on whether to bring the bill to the floor, not the debate on the bill itself.

And yes Senate rules are quite byzantine!

agio Commented on Reid To Unveil Health Care Bill To Caucus At Evening Meeting by Brian Beutler

2009-11-18T15:46:08Z

You are correct: they need 60 votes to bring the bill to the floor and 60 votes to bring the bill to a vote. They only need 51 votes to pass the bill.

agio Commented on Palin Doesn't Rule Out Palin-Beck Ticket by Rachel Slajda

2009-11-18T15:36:45Z

Seriously, that would be great news for Obama.

agio Commented on Carper: Conservative Democrats Not Likely To Support Senate Public Option by Brian Beutler

2009-11-18T02:21:16Z

For corporate lackies like Lieberman the fact that a PO controls costs IS the problem.

agio Commented on Liz Cheney On Dick '12: 'He's My Candidate' by Ben Frumin

2009-11-17T22:04:47Z

I really wish Ms. Cheney would find a more suitable place to work through her oedipal issues. The public doesn't need to hear it.

agio Commented on Durbin: We're Struggling To Round Up 60 Votes For A Public Option by Brian Beutler

2009-11-17T16:42:50Z

I think the weasel Liebermann will just switch to the GOP in '12 anyway.

agio Commented on Conservatives Say Gitmo Detainees Would Be Fine In IL Prison, Warn GOP Of 'Scaremongering' by Christina Bellantoni

2009-11-17T16:40:37Z

The problem we face is that, after nearly ten years of scaremongering from the Right, these terrorists are viewed as supervillians capable of reducing jail walls to rubble with their heat-ray vision, as opposed to the small-minded petty criminals they really are.

agio Commented on Huckabee on 9/11 Trials: 'The Obama Administration Is Finished' by Rachel Slajda

2009-11-17T16:29:43Z

"And God help us if they get off on a technicality because of the way the evidence was gathered."

In other words: Obama and the Democrats are finished because they refuse to abet and cover-up the sloppy and unethical job the previous administration did in capturing these suspects.

agio Commented on NASA Data Shows Evidence Of Water On The Moon by Jillian Rayfield

2009-11-15T00:40:51Z

No traces of cheese?

agio Commented on NASA Data Shows Evidence Of Water On The Moon by Jillian Rayfield

2009-11-15T00:39:40Z

I'm not sure how

The power is then relayed to the earth by a series of short wave relay stations and satellites between the moon and the earth.

would work. Explain, please.

agio Commented on Holder Lights Political Firestorm With Detainee Move by Evan McMorris-Santoro

2009-11-13T20:17:14Z

Maybe Boehner and his fellow travellers who are too scared to try terrorists in the United States ought to make a motion on the floor to remove the words "and the home of the brave" from our national anthem.

agio Commented on Pelosi Endorses Capuano In Massachusetts Senate Race by Eric Kleefeld

2009-11-12T19:14:33Z

I think Coakley has this one in the bag, though it's been interesting watching some of the other candidates who are running.

agio Commented on Bachmann: 'I Agree' That Use Of Holocaust Images At Capitol Tea Party 'Wholly Inappropriate' by Eric Kleefeld

2009-11-12T17:25:15Z

And it only took Bachmann a week to figure out that images of stacked corpses is not the best way of fostering an "open and honest debate".

agio Commented on Cold Day In Hell: Fox News' Sean Hannity Apologizes To Jon Stewart by Ben Frumin

2009-11-12T16:31:38Z

I'm sorry you don't have a job, but maybe if you spent some time looking instead of trolling TPM your fortunes will return.

agio Commented on Cold Day In Hell: Fox News' Sean Hannity Apologizes To Jon Stewart by Ben Frumin

2009-11-12T15:34:06Z

Lookie here, a new troll.

agio Commented on Cold Day In Hell: Fox News' Sean Hannity Apologizes To Jon Stewart by Ben Frumin

2009-11-12T14:37:50Z

Inadvertent, my left nut.

agio Commented on Pro-Choice Groups Plan Campaign To Get Senate To Reject Abortion Amendment In House Bill by Christina Bellantoni

2009-11-10T21:05:51Z

I agree, it looks like a can of worms, to me.