Jan 08
MA Democrats now available in a bottle.
Massachusetts Democrats will delay the swearing in of Scott Brown if he wins the special election for the Senate seat formerly held by murderer Ted Kennedy. Why? So that he will not be able to vote in February against Obama care.
The election is Jan 19th. So they will know who won before the Senate resumes session on January 20th.
I know some Democrats. The ones I know are kind, but misguided souls, who enjoy being nice with other people’s money.
But I wouldn’t want to know people like the MA Democrats. Slimey people voiding democracy in their state.
I would hope that if they pull this that the Senate Republicans pull no punches in flat our war to delay the nation ruining Obamacare bill.
January 9th, 2010 at 8:56 am
” the MA Democrats. Slimey people voiding democracy in their state. … I would hope that if they pull this that the Senate Republicans pull no punches in flat our war to delay the nation ruining Obamacare bill.”
A situational contradiction? It’s anti-democratic if MA Dems (of which you imply a good knowledge) delay a vote, but highly praiseworthy if Senate Republicans do so. Please rationalize where to draw the ethical line in political tactics.
January 9th, 2010 at 9:04 am
Good question but again, more of a debate tactic than a real question.
The obvious difference is that the tactics in the Senate are purposeful and available to both sides – and WOULD BE DONE by both sides. Republicans would not delay a swearing in because their party members would not permit it. Just like Barney Frank could never be a successful Republican, even if he held conservative views politically. His ethics and mannter would not be permitted.
One voids democracy, the other IS democracy.
January 9th, 2010 at 11:34 am
I’m sure the Republicans are glad to hear that you have such faith in their devotion to fair play. The many doubters might be relieved in you could convince them that Gingrich and Delay never existed.
January 9th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
I note, whenever Rats bitch about Gingrich and Delay, that they never list specifically anything they did wrong. You know, like delay a swearing in, or some other democracy subverting thing.
Republicans do not tolerate leaders that stray ethically or morally. You cannot say that about Democrats. Edwards, for instance, was a Democrat credible candidate for Presidential nomination. Sanborn will never ever be and was drummed out immediately.