Comments on: Filibusted! http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/ Reality-based political commentary Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:33:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kevin http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30742 Kevin Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:59:32 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30742 Michale, Aside from your political and social views, I feel the same :) Michale,

Aside from your political and social views, I feel the same :)

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30730 Michale Sat, 08 Dec 2012 09:20:45 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30730 <I>I've been "lurking" because I've given up on my pleas to the two or three sane regulars who keep wasting their time trying to argue with the house nutbar. There's nothing they can say that will get through that contanimated head; and my eyes are going to the extent that I worry I might miss an interesting comment while I scroll past the delusionial bleats of his "patheticness".</I> TRANSLATION: I have no logical or rational rebuttal so I'll just resort to childish personal attacks... :D 's OK, Kevin.. I know you are still a nice guy... :D Michale 0296 I've been "lurking" because I've given up on my pleas to the two or three sane regulars who keep wasting their time trying to argue with the house nutbar. There's nothing they can say that will get through that contanimated head; and my eyes are going to the extent that I worry I might miss an interesting comment while I scroll past the delusionial bleats of his "patheticness".

TRANSLATION:

I have no logical or rational rebuttal so I'll just resort to childish personal attacks...

:D

's OK, Kevin.. I know you are still a nice guy... :D

Michale
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]]> By: Kevin http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30725 Kevin Sat, 08 Dec 2012 07:08:33 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30725 Elizabeth- I've been "lurking" because I've given up on my pleas to the two or three sane regulars who keep wasting their time trying to argue with the house nutbar. There's nothing they can say that will get through that contanimated head; and my eyes are going to the extent that I worry I might miss an interesting comment while I scroll past the delusionial bleats of his "patheticness". Elizabeth-

I've been "lurking" because I've given up on my pleas to the two or three sane regulars who keep wasting their time trying to argue with the house nutbar. There's nothing they can say that will get through that contanimated head; and my eyes are going to the extent that I worry I might miss an interesting comment while I scroll past the delusionial bleats of his "patheticness".

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30710 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:27:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30710 Michale <i>Yea... And I feel like I'm just getting started!!! :D</i> That's what I like to hear! Music to my ears, in other words. :) Michale

Yea... And I feel like I'm just getting started!!! :D

That's what I like to hear! Music to my ears, in other words. :)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30709 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:25:07 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30709 Hey, Kevin! I have felt your lurking presence around here of late. :) And, you have to remember that Michale is pledging $5 per comment, too! Or, was that a loonie (or more ... heh) ... I always forget. I'm with Chris on this one ... here's hoping our fearless leader of the comments section makes it to one thousand posts by New Year's Day! Hey, Kevin!

I have felt your lurking presence around here of late. :)

And, you have to remember that Michale is pledging $5 per comment, too! Or, was that a loonie (or more ... heh) ... I always forget.

I'm with Chris on this one ... here's hoping our fearless leader of the comments section makes it to one thousand posts by New Year's Day!

]]> By: Kevin http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30698 Kevin Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:12:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30698 At least putting up with the bilge means money going to a cause EVERYONE agrees is worth support. At least putting up with the bilge means money going to a cause EVERYONE agrees is worth support.

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30697 Michale Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:58:04 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30697 <I>293 comments? Gulp.</I> Yea... And I feel like I'm just getting started!!! :D Michale 0294 293 comments? Gulp.

Yea... And I feel like I'm just getting started!!! :D

Michale
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]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30696 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:13:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30696 293 comments? Gulp. 293 comments? Gulp.

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30695 Michale Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:47:59 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30695 CW, <I>Except that Democrats don't complain so much.</I> Democrats not whining!!!??? http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WE5oYe0iiTc/SOEnZybrU2I/AAAAAAAAA9c/Aot7Ua88tQs/s400/Official+Seal+of+the+Democratic+Party.jpg Shirley, you jest... :D Michale 0293 CW,

Except that Democrats don't complain so much.

Democrats not whining!!!???

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WE5oYe0iiTc/SOEnZybrU2I/AAAAAAAAA9c/Aot7Ua88tQs/s400/Official+Seal+of+the+Democratic+Party.jpg

Shirley, you jest... :D

Michale
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]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30691 Chris Weigant Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:22:27 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30691 Michale [8] - Except that Democrats don't complain so much. Read a story (can dig it up if you'd like) about a rightie pundit (Laura Ingraham or whomever? dunno...) who complained about Maddow and Sharpton being briefed by the White House -- even though <em>the very same pundit</em> had attended <em>the very same type of meeting</em> with George W. Bush a few years back. Democrats play the "access" game too, you're right about that. They just don't complain when the other side does it, too. Or at least not with as much naked hypocrisy. -CW Michale [8] -

Except that Democrats don't complain so much. Read a story (can dig it up if you'd like) about a rightie pundit (Laura Ingraham or whomever? dunno...) who complained about Maddow and Sharpton being briefed by the White House -- even though the very same pundit had attended the very same type of meeting with George W. Bush a few years back.

Democrats play the "access" game too, you're right about that. They just don't complain when the other side does it, too. Or at least not with as much naked hypocrisy.

-CW

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30687 Michale Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:53:11 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30687 <I>Who would want to be an elected Republican when you can be the guy who is telling the elected Republicans what to do? </I> You mean, like Obama consulting with Maddow and Sharpton on budgetary issues??? :D Once again, proving that there ain't no difference between Democrats and Republicans... Michale 0290 Who would want to be an elected Republican when you can be the guy who is telling the elected Republicans what to do?

You mean, like Obama consulting with Maddow and Sharpton on budgetary issues???

:D

Once again, proving that there ain't no difference between Democrats and Republicans...

Michale
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]]> By: michty6 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30672 michty6 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:30:50 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30672 <I>Now try and find this news on Fox's front page. You have 30 seconds. Go!</I> It's finally on there now. Breaking news fast on Fox. You'll have to struggle to find it though, an article about the 'war on men' is more important... Now try and find this news on Fox's front page. You have 30 seconds. Go!

It's finally on there now. Breaking news fast on Fox. You'll have to struggle to find it though, an article about the 'war on men' is more important...

]]> By: LewDan http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30670 LewDan Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:27:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30670 I'm kind of impressed by DeMint. Just when I thought Republicans <i>had</i> no principles, apparently some, in the Tea Party, do! Granted the its-all-about-me survival-of-the-fittest isn't <i>much</i> of a principle, and I've <i>no</i> idea why <i>anyone</i> would want such a person as their <i>representative?!</i> But, it <i>is</i> a principle, and some do seem to honor it. I'm grateful, by the way, to Mitch. There can be no more lucid and succinct example of what's wrong with the filibuster, how its being grossly and routinely abused, and why we need to reform it, than the spectacle of the Republican Minority Leader <i>filibustering his own bill!</i> When we say Republicans indiscriminately filibuster everything, we mean <i>everything,</i> even their own bills! Thank you Mitch for making it possible for us to say that. I'm kind of impressed by DeMint. Just when I thought Republicans had no principles, apparently some, in the Tea Party, do! Granted the its-all-about-me survival-of-the-fittest isn't much of a principle, and I've no idea why anyone would want such a person as their representative?! But, it is a principle, and some do seem to honor it.

I'm grateful, by the way, to Mitch. There can be no more lucid and succinct example of what's wrong with the filibuster, how its being grossly and routinely abused, and why we need to reform it, than the spectacle of the Republican Minority Leader filibustering his own bill! When we say Republicans indiscriminately filibuster everything, we mean everything, even their own bills!

Thank you Mitch for making it possible for us to say that.

]]> By: michty6 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30655 michty6 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:24:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30655 PS. Saw the headline 'Flustered McConnell filibusters his own bill' in my RSS feed and my first thought was that I must be on the Onion News section. I wasn't. PS. Saw the headline 'Flustered McConnell filibusters his own bill' in my RSS feed and my first thought was that I must be on the Onion News section. I wasn't.

]]> By: michty6 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30652 michty6 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:10:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30652 Fun game. Did you know that today the unemployment rate dropped to 7.7%, a 4 year low. CBS News front-page: Economy adds 146K jobs in Nov., jobless rate drops NBC News front-page: JOBLESS RATE HITS 4-YEAR LOW Now try and find this news on Fox's front page. You have 30 seconds. Go! Fun game. Did you know that today the unemployment rate dropped to 7.7%, a 4 year low.

CBS News front-page: Economy adds 146K jobs in Nov., jobless rate drops
NBC News front-page: JOBLESS RATE HITS 4-YEAR LOW

Now try and find this news on Fox's front page. You have 30 seconds. Go!

]]> By: michty6 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30651 michty6 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:55:59 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30651 <I>Nothing like putting principle first for Tea Party leaders! The principle being, of course: "Me first! Me, me, me!" </I> This is what happens when you follow Randian principles - you have no principles and only care about yourself and how much money you can make... The filibuster story is pretty funny. Why does it seem that Republicans spend half their hours in Congress either passing bills that have no chance of being signed into law (repealing Obamacare 40 million times) or on cheap petty political points (again with bill that have no chance of being signed into law)? Am I missing something about the American political system?? Nothing like putting principle first for Tea Party leaders! The principle being, of course: "Me first! Me, me, me!"

This is what happens when you follow Randian principles - you have no principles and only care about yourself and how much money you can make...

The filibuster story is pretty funny. Why does it seem that Republicans spend half their hours in Congress either passing bills that have no chance of being signed into law (repealing Obamacare 40 million times) or on cheap petty political points (again with bill that have no chance of being signed into law)? Am I missing something about the American political system??

]]> By: akadjian http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30638 akadjian Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:09:03 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30638 Who would want to be an elected Republican when you can be the guy who is telling the elected Republicans what to do? Oh, and for far more money ... -David Who would want to be an elected Republican when you can be the guy who is telling the elected Republicans what to do?

Oh, and for far more money ...

-David

]]> By: db http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/06/filibusted/#comment-30633 db Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:50:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6654#comment-30633 It is hard to argue that either DeMint or Palin shouldn't take the money when offered. It's like trasitioning out of a job when you've reached the ceiling. It is hard to argue that either DeMint or Palin shouldn't take the money when offered. It's like trasitioning out of a job when you've reached the ceiling.

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