Comments on: Deal Or No Deal? http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/ Reality-based political commentary Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:50:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179311 nypoet22 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:43:09 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179311 <i>I just don't think I could stand listening to it. Heh.</i> what an excellent set-up line for jar-jar harris. the force is with pie. JL (gray jedi) I just don't think I could stand listening to it. Heh.

what an excellent set-up line for jar-jar harris.

the force is with pie.

JL (gray jedi)

]]> By: SF Bear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179307 SF Bear Tue, 27 Jul 2021 14:05:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179307 EM; Please enplane why you think the loss of the filibuster will cause chaos? How could there be more chaos than there is now. The filibuster has never been a good idea just look at it's history. It is not a good idea now. If the Repugs get a majority they should be allowed to enact their agenda this is called democracy. I foresee a long period where neither side will have a solid 60 vote margin. does that mean we should spend a decade of nothing getting done? EM;
Please enplane why you think the loss of the filibuster will cause chaos? How could there be more chaos than there is now. The filibuster has never been a good idea just look at it's history. It is not a good idea now. If the Repugs get a majority they should be allowed to enact their agenda this is called democracy. I foresee a long period where neither side will have a solid 60 vote margin. does that mean we should spend a decade of nothing getting done?

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179305 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 27 Jul 2021 11:59:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179305 Yeah, I know where the both of you stand on this. I just don't think I could stand listening to it. Heh. Yeah, I know where the both of you stand on this.

I just don't think I could stand listening to it. Heh.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179304 nypoet22 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:47:48 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179304 @liz, i agree with the president: <b>Biden said he did not think the filibuster needed to be eliminated, but favored returning it to “what it used to be when I first got to the Senate back in the old days. You had to stand up and command the floor. You had to keep talking.”</b> https://youtu.be/aIlJ8ZCs4jY @liz,

i agree with the president:

Biden said he did not think the filibuster needed to be eliminated, but favored returning it to “what it used to be when I first got to the Senate back in the old days. You had to stand up and command the floor. You had to keep talking.”

https://youtu.be/aIlJ8ZCs4jY

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179303 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:32:36 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179303 So, you STILL think it's a good idea to get rid of it? Are you saying that the Democrats aren't capable of winning a filibuster-proof number of senate seats ... running against THIS Republican party!!!??? Then, y'all have bigger problems than even I imagined ... So, you STILL think it's a good idea to get rid of it?

Are you saying that the Democrats aren't capable of winning a filibuster-proof number of senate seats ... running against THIS Republican party!!!???

Then, y'all have bigger problems than even I imagined ...

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179302 nypoet22 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:25:26 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179302 it only takes a majority vote (50 + the VP) to reform or remove the filibuster. if manchin and sinema aren't necessary to the effort, it becomes a whole lot easier. it only takes a majority vote (50 + the VP) to reform or remove the filibuster. if manchin and sinema aren't necessary to the effort, it becomes a whole lot easier.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179301 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:10:52 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179301 What!? What!?

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179300 nypoet22 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:06:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179300 @liz, they don't really have to win a filibuster-proof majority, just a big enough majority that one or two senators can't prevent the majority from reforming the filibuster. JL @liz,

they don't really have to win a filibuster-proof majority, just a big enough majority that one or two senators can't prevent the majority from reforming the filibuster.

JL

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179299 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 27 Jul 2021 03:45:49 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179299 If Democrats can't win a filibuster-proof number of senate seats in 2022, then there is simply no hope ... for anything! If Democrats can't win a filibuster-proof number of senate seats in 2022, then there is simply no hope ... for anything!

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179298 MtnCaddy Tue, 27 Jul 2021 03:24:08 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179298 [9] Agreed, Biden as campaigner could have been problematic. But (a) t he silver lining of Covid safety considerations, and (b) Joe observing Sun Tzu's sage <i>Art of War</i> advice to simply kick back and let a self-destructive enemy destroy himself. Less is more. That and getting Covid relief passed are what I'm most impressed with. [9]

Agreed, Biden as campaigner could have been problematic. But (a) t
he silver lining of Covid safety considerations, and (b) Joe observing Sun Tzu's sage Art of War advice to simply kick back and let a self-destructive
enemy destroy himself. Less is more. That and getting Covid relief passed are what I'm most impressed with.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179297 nypoet22 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 03:17:08 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179297 presuming that voting by non-trumpists is still legal in most states... presuming that voting by non-trumpists is still legal in most states...

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179296 MtnCaddy Tue, 27 Jul 2021 03:13:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179296 I say the Republicans will kill the filibuster the next time they control the Senate and the Democrat would defer that inevitability by dumping it now. Immediately. And when the Republicans control Congress let them pass their unpopular agenda. When America sees the contrast <i> accentuated by a now functioning Congress, we'll vote the bastards out. I say the Republicans will kill the filibuster the next time they control the Senate and the Democrat would defer that inevitability by dumping it now. Immediately.

And when the Republicans control Congress let them pass their unpopular agenda. When America sees the contrast accentuated by a now functioning Congress, we'll vote the bastards out.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179295 MtnCaddy Tue, 27 Jul 2021 03:07:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179295 [8] I completely disagree. I think unqualified and inexperienced Trump's performance ruined it for all the other Oprahs and what's his name actors in Texas, etc. I'd like to think that we've also learned that one does not run government like a business, one runs government like a government. But I'm not sure we're there quite yet. [8]

I completely disagree.

I think unqualified and inexperienced Trump's performance ruined it for all the other Oprahs and what's his name actors in Texas, etc. I'd like to think that we've also learned that one does not run government like a business, one runs government like a government. But I'm not sure we're there quite yet.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179294 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 27 Jul 2021 02:44:06 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179294 Joshua[9], Indeed! Joshua[9],

Indeed!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179293 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 27 Jul 2021 02:43:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179293 SF Bear, I don't think you will ever understand what chaos Biden is taking about ... but, you will learn, eventually. SF Bear,

I don't think you will ever understand what chaos Biden is taking about ... but, you will learn, eventually.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179292 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 27 Jul 2021 02:42:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179292 I never called him a jedi master, SF Bear ... do you really not understand who and what Biden is?? I never called him a jedi master, SF Bear ... do you really not understand who and what Biden is??

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179291 nypoet22 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 02:34:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179291 @sf bear, i don't think anybody believes joe biden is a jedi master of politics. he just knows how the system works, and possibly where a few of the bodies are buried. JL @sf bear,

i don't think anybody believes joe biden is a jedi master of politics. he just knows how the system works, and possibly where a few of the bodies are buried.

JL

]]> By: SF Bear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179290 SF Bear Tue, 27 Jul 2021 02:28:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179290 EM As you assert so often in these pages Biden may indeed be some sort of Jedi Master who plays three dimensional chess and is fourteen moves ahead of his opponents. But he is looking more and more like a deer in the headlights. It is hard to inspire awe in his followers with a remark like the Chaos in the Senate if the Filibuster disappears statement. EM
As you assert so often in these pages Biden may indeed be some sort of Jedi Master who plays three dimensional chess and is fourteen moves ahead of his opponents. But he is looking more and more like a deer in the headlights. It is hard to inspire awe in his followers with a remark like the Chaos in the Senate if the Filibuster disappears statement.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179289 nypoet22 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 02:26:52 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179289 @liz, biden has never been that good a campaigner, but when it comes to actually governing, he's turning out to be everything you ever claimed he was, and more. JL @liz,

biden has never been that good a campaigner, but when it comes to actually governing, he's turning out to be everything you ever claimed he was, and more.

JL

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179288 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 27 Jul 2021 01:32:48 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179288 Biden is certainly the most qualified and most experienced president you've ever had ... now, I know, qualified and experience have become four-letter words in your politics. But, that is about to change ... for the better! Biden is certainly the most qualified and most experienced president you've ever had ... now, I know, qualified and experience have become four-letter words in your politics.

But, that is about to change ... for the better!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179287 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 27 Jul 2021 01:30:43 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179287 Y'all may not realize it quite yet, but your current president is one the top five of all time. Y'all may not realize it quite yet, but your current president is one the top five of all time.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179286 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 27 Jul 2021 01:21:56 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179286 Chris, Do you still think that Biden doesn't know what the frakking Hell he is doing? Chris,

Do you still think that Biden doesn't know what the frakking Hell he is doing?

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179284 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 27 Jul 2021 01:16:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179284 Can I just say that ... CNN Prime Time w/ Chris Cuomo has finally gone off the deep end. Just wanted to get that off my chest. Ahem. Noe, I'm gonna go read Chris's piece ... Can I just say that ... CNN Prime Time w/ Chris Cuomo has finally gone off the deep end.

Just wanted to get that off my chest. Ahem.

Noe, I'm gonna go read Chris's piece ...

]]> By: SF Bear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179283 SF Bear Tue, 27 Jul 2021 01:05:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179283 Before the Dems can get any bill passed they must first teach their two dogs to hunt. Do you think they have sufficient incentives to get those misbegotten hounds to allow a Bernie Sanders reconciliation bill to pass? What might those inducements be? Chris you talk as if the Dems had 50 members in the Senate, but in fact they have 48 Dems and two mangy hounds that sometimes howl with the pack. I would love to hear just what sort of tail twister you think Chuck has up his sleeve to get them howling on this issue. Before the Dems can get any bill passed they must first teach their two dogs to hunt. Do you think they have sufficient incentives to get those misbegotten hounds to allow a Bernie Sanders reconciliation bill to pass? What might those inducements be? Chris you talk as if the Dems had 50 members in the Senate, but in fact they have 48 Dems and two mangy hounds that sometimes howl with the pack. I would love to hear just what sort of tail twister you think Chuck has up his sleeve to get them howling on this issue.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179282 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:09:48 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179282 Well, a girl can dream ... Well, a girl can dream ...

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179281 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:09:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179281 Heh. But, they're going anyways. Heh.

But, they're going anyways.

]]> By: andygaus http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/26/deal-or-no-deal/#comment-179280 andygaus Mon, 26 Jul 2021 23:53:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20775#comment-179280 The Republicans don't even have enough good intentions to pave a road to hell. The Republicans don't even have enough good intentions to pave a road to hell.

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