March 19, 2010
— Gabriel Malor Folks, you are effing pussies. As of this morning, Pelosi had 192 members "definitely voting yes." She was 24 votes shy and there were 28 maybes.
After "yeses" from Boyd, Boccieri, Titus, Perriello and a "no" from DeFazio she's at 195 members voting yes. She's 21 votes shy and there are 24 maybes left. This isn't bad. Guess what, puddin' heads: the race was always going to get tighter before it was finished. Big, giant DUH.
Now, sure, all those maybes are Democrats, which means their natural tendency will be to stick together. Going against that tendency is their individual desires to get reelected and the certain asswhoopin they're going to get in November as a result of voting in favor of this bill.
Pelosi can definitely do this. I'm not saying that we're going to win. But it is far from clear that we're going to lose at this point. She and Hoyer are still racing around trying beg, buy, and steal votes. MoveOn just sent out an "emergency" message trying to gin up support.
A reminder once again, Fox News' "whip count" which supposedly places Pelosi one vote away from 216 has no basis in reality. No other whip counts on either the right or the left have things that close. We don't have it that close because too many members keep saying they are undecided. Fox is making too many unexplained assumptions.
Also, all this "OMG they switched from 'no' to 'yes'" is also unhelpful. Divorce in your mind any member's November "no" vote from anything they are doing now. They're not flipping "no" to "yes." At least, it's not any worse than a "yes" staying "yes." All that matters is the total 216 votes, not where they get them from. It's not like we're going to lose if we don't get a certain amount of "no" votes. What does it matter? Remember, several "yes-in-November" votes have become "no-in-March" votes. Doesn't mean anything except: (1) this is a different bill; and (2) the political environment is vastly changed.
Instant Update: And even as I wrote this, Altmire confirmed that he's voting no. That brings the maybes down to 23. Guess what, three more declare for us and Pelosi cannot reach 216! Smile, it's not over yet.
And be sure and read FDL whip count's latest pre-Altmire update He's also coming up with a three-vote deficit being the margin.
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Yeah, really need to back off on the negativity thing. Even if they do go nuts and use Slaughter, it's a great opportunity for citizens to take their country back.
Posted by: Dang Straights at March 19, 2010 12:36 PM (fx8sm)
Do you really think they haven't decided?
Posted by: sharrukin at March 19, 2010 12:37 PM (593B8)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 19, 2010 12:37 PM (cniXs)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at March 19, 2010 12:37 PM (J46Fi)
Posted by: Jollyroger at March 19, 2010 12:37 PM (or6Aq)
Posted by: tmi3rd at March 19, 2010 12:39 PM (wTot+)
Hi,
Me again, Senator Debbie Stabenow. In this final push for healthcare, I would just like to remind you that we citizens don't currently have any health care. I was out driving the other day and saw a hospital and it was closed.
I also have a strong case of feminine itch and odor, under President Obama's plan, I will be taken care of, and everybody else who has this womanly issue will be taken care of.
President Obama was talking the other day about the wonderful new medical advances he has come up with, like basketball shorts that don't bunch up in the crotch area, skin creme that helps with his ashiness, new nostril suppositories, and a cure for AIDS.
Thank you,
Sen. Debbie Stabenow
Posted by: Sen Debbie Stabenow at March 19, 2010 12:39 PM (9/2L1)
Posted by: tiredofallthis at March 19, 2010 12:39 PM (IZzW/)
Posted by: Filly at March 19, 2010 12:39 PM (onwJ3)
Posted by: 48%er at March 19, 2010 12:39 PM (gxpfq)
Posted by: DrewM. at March 19, 2010 12:40 PM (9B5OK)
Posted by: rdbrewer at March 19, 2010 12:40 PM (zYWzC)
Posted by: GulfCoastTider at March 19, 2010 12:40 PM (LnbRL)
A note on DeFazio. He claims he is voting no because they have enough votes. Don't believe it, this is part of the bluff. So I don't consider him a no. He'll vote yes if they need him.
They had to call in all the progressives and a lot of the "blue dogs" and are saying "we have the votes" without enumerating them.
Byron York at NRO said it best. They are willing to go to a vote with say 4 votes not locked down and risk losing it just to intimidate the wavering Dems.
Posted by: AmishDude at March 19, 2010 12:40 PM (Vo2Ef)
Rock on, Gabe! Reid is constantly saying he has the votes for this or that and it turns out to be bullshit.
Prediction - no vote on Sunday. Ya heard it here first.
Posted by: Dang at March 19, 2010 12:41 PM (UA4gE)
Surely we could have sifted through the remains on Monday if his theories were correct, couldn't we? It's so demoralizing today.
Posted by: Kensington at March 19, 2010 12:41 PM (aDdAT)
Posted by: Jean at March 19, 2010 12:42 PM (h0rZ/)
Posted by: Fortunate Son at March 19, 2010 12:42 PM (trlZM)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2010 12:42 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Grunt2Jag at March 19, 2010 12:42 PM (Yr6lx)
Posted by: GulfCoastTider at March 19, 2010 12:43 PM (LnbRL)
Posted by: vai2112 at March 19, 2010 12:43 PM (Bkqsy)
I don't call it being negative. I call it being realistic. Just like the fucking hippies said "don't trust anyone over 30" back in the '60's.....I say don't trust Democrats. Ever.
And that's not some mindless hatred. It's based on 30+ years of observing that Party morph from an honorable one into an out and out socialist, if not communist one. From Frank Fucking Church to Dick Fucking Durbin the party has become a domestic enemy of everything it means to be an American.
Posted by: LGoPs at March 19, 2010 12:43 PM (v/rEn)
Posted by: Fritz at March 19, 2010 12:43 PM (GwPRU)
Posted by: Filly at March 19, 2010 12:43 PM (onwJ3)
13 If she had the votes... why not hurryup and call it NOW?
Because she doesn't. She's guessing as to who can be bribed and intimidated and the countdown is part of the process.
Posted by: AmishDude at March 19, 2010 12:44 PM (Vo2Ef)
Posted by: Jean at March 19, 2010 12:45 PM (OlnxK)
Posted by: Kate at March 19, 2010 12:45 PM (KblcA)
Can Gabe donate it to one of the cobloggers?
Just askin'.
Posted by: DrewM. at March 19, 2010 12:46 PM (9B5OK)
Posted by: LGoPs at March 19, 2010 12:46 PM (v/rEn)
Isn't it ironic, now that they're in their 60s they want to control everybody's lives.
Posted by: Mal at March 19, 2010 12:46 PM (Z+qzA)
Posted by: Jollyroger at March 19, 2010 12:46 PM (or6Aq)
Posted by: Gabe's Buddy Who Accepts All His Female BlowJob Offers at March 19, 2010 12:46 PM (I1/U/)
I still say that Cao is huge. To the media a bipartisan bill is one for which the yes votes are DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDR
And they won't even have that.
Posted by: AmishDude at March 19, 2010 12:46 PM (Vo2Ef)
Posted by: Thomas at March 19, 2010 12:46 PM (9X7bq)
Posted by: Joe "It's Easy Being VP" Biden at March 19, 2010 12:47 PM (8QmEC)
Could Fox be pulling for the GOP? If they report that Pelosi doesn't have the votes, the phone calls and emails might stop. However, if they report that it's close, all those Fox viewers will continue to call, email, and protest in Washlington all weekend long.
Think about it. Wouldn't MSNBC or CNN be gloating right now if they did, in fact, have the votes?
Posted by: Teleprompter at March 19, 2010 12:47 PM (NbmYl)
WTF is with Fox? Is this the suck up to make it look like they really didn't kill it with the interview?
Kill this bastard!
Posted by: Kemp at March 19, 2010 12:47 PM (/4d19)
Posted by: Jean at March 19, 2010 12:48 PM (tTdaQ)
Posted by: Jollyroger at March 19, 2010 12:48 PM (or6Aq)
wwwdotresistnetdotcom
Posted by: CALL AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN at March 19, 2010 12:48 PM (PI/0J)
Also, even if this is inevitable, it's worth keeping the heat on. The more bribes, threats, and cajoling Nazi Pelosi has to use to make it happen, the less legitimate it will look, making a repeal easier.
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b+tard at March 19, 2010 12:48 PM (Yl6dV)
Oh yeah. If you are, what does that make me... or something.
I never did get that.
BTW -
The Great One's legal foundation filed suit against the Slaughter Rule.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at March 19, 2010 12:48 PM (r1h5M)
http://tinyurl.com/ygarfhl
Posted by: Pete Randall at March 19, 2010 12:49 PM (UCUvq)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at March 19, 2010 12:49 PM (ympF8)
Thanks Gabe. It's hard not to feel totally miserable right now.
Posted by: Max Power at March 19, 2010 12:49 PM (q177U)
54 The best indicator of Nancy not having enough votes will be Democratic Congressmen on planes going home this evening. Sure they could fly back - but if you see YES votes leaving town - it is dead.
So, who is watching the airports?
Posted by: maddogg at March 19, 2010 12:50 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Hume at March 19, 2010 12:50 PM (Xdroi)
That would be a very risky strategy.
Why? What is there to lose? She won't be speaker. She won't be minority leader. They can't delay this vote past the Easter recess. They won't get anything else done in this congress or the next. This is the Lefties' wet dream for 100 years. It's do or die.
Posted by: AmishDude at March 19, 2010 12:50 PM (Vo2Ef)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2010 12:50 PM (UOM48)
Jesus Christ.
Fox News isn't (nor should they be) trying to manipulate who calls whom.
Posted by: Christoph at March 19, 2010 12:50 PM (0fq7b)
If they don't do this I'll come on here and eat...well, something.
Back the fuck off. This is MY day in the sun.
Posted by: Lodge Modge from Joisey at March 19, 2010 12:51 PM (Zi+FQ)
Posted by: Mal at March 19, 2010 04:46 PM (Z+qzA)
No shit. Problem is that irony is lost on the fascist bastards. Because at heart, that's what they really are.
Posted by: LGoPs at March 19, 2010 12:51 PM (v/rEn)
Posted by: conscious but pissed off beyond imagination at March 19, 2010 12:51 PM (Vu6sl)
Can Gabe donate it to one of the cobloggers?
Just askin'.
Drew,
According to House rules, Gratitude/Appreciation Conservative Blow Jobs are non-transferable. However, since the good Speaker apparently isn't aware of most House rules, you can have it for a two-sentence "Buck up, Buttercup!" post and and one (1) box of Cheez-Its.
Posted by: Filly at March 19, 2010 12:51 PM (onwJ3)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 19, 2010 12:51 PM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: rdbrewer at March 19, 2010 12:51 PM (zYWzC)
Thanks Gab.
That having been said, it's a further half-sack indication that he censors "fucking", but lets the "pussies" fly:
Folks, you are effing pussies.
Giddy-up!
Posted by: alexthedude at March 19, 2010 12:52 PM (BPS1V)
So, who is watching the airports?
Posted by: maddogg at March 19, 2010 04:50 PM (OlN4e)
Don't look at us.
Posted by: TSA at March 19, 2010 12:52 PM (Vo2Ef)
Posted by: Jollyroger at March 19, 2010 12:52 PM (or6Aq)
The problem is that with our current demographic situation [sometime in the next two or three years, white babies will become a minority of all children born in the USA], this healthcare debacle is only the first of the endless battles that we will engage in with them.
We might be able to hold out through 2012, or maybe 2016, but the writing is on the wall - eventually there will be too many of them, and demos kratia [the rule of the mob] will overwhelm politeÃa [the polite society & its Marquis of Queensbury rules].
The Mugabe-ism of Barack Hussein Obama is not an aberration in American politics - it is how American politics will continue to look, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, right up until the point that the whole system implodes and vanishes.
So don't invest too much emotionally in this healthcare mess - this is only giving you a foretaste of what every single day of the remainder of your life is going to be like.
Posted by: Lt. Quarles Harris Jr. at March 19, 2010 12:52 PM (kyg+f)
Posted by: maddogg at March 19, 2010 12:52 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: There Must Be Some Way We Can Lose This Thing at March 19, 2010 12:53 PM (oxUkz)
No no no. It's the war between life and death.
Posted by: Keith Olbermann at March 19, 2010 12:53 PM (IhQuA)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2010 12:53 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: cowsmoke at March 19, 2010 12:53 PM (bwJPj)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at March 19, 2010 12:54 PM (J46Fi)
Posted by: Sen Debbie Stabenow at March 19, 2010 04:39 PM (9/2L1)
It's the diesel exhaust from the bus you've got stashed in your cooch.
Posted by: The Doctor at March 19, 2010 12:54 PM (hnq5i)
Posted by: sharrukin at March 19, 2010 12:55 PM (593B8)
Posted by: dogfish at March 19, 2010 12:55 PM (sGaoh)
Not if I have any say in the matter! Michelle Duggar has my back.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 19, 2010 12:55 PM (mHQ7T)
74 I just read that St. Joseph was trying to distance himself from Pelosi
Is it just me, or does anyone else think this is tempting a lightning bolt from the sky? Maybe something akin to that terrible storm that hit the british as they were sacking dc during the war of 1812?
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 19, 2010 12:56 PM (cniXs)
I'll take "What your mother has tattooed on her lower back." for $400, Trebek.
Posted by: Sean Connery at March 19, 2010 12:57 PM (2hpnI)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at March 19, 2010 12:57 PM (NWykk)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 19, 2010 12:57 PM (L85tp)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2010 12:57 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: newser at March 19, 2010 12:57 PM (D2axM)
Posted by: IreneFingIrene at March 19, 2010 04:55 PM (MFQJZ)
Get on the phone and call that effing pussy!
Posted by: Gabby "Half-sack" Malor, Esq. at March 19, 2010 12:57 PM (BPS1V)
Done and done!
BTW- I can't wait til this is all done and someone invariably calls Gabe a RINO or something. It'll be fun to see how he plays the whole, "Hey remember the time Rush Limbaugh read my whip count post on the air" card.
That's gonna be fun.
Posted by: DrewM. at March 19, 2010 12:58 PM (9B5OK)
Its harder, but that doesn't mean we quit.
That's what I'm talking about. Never surrender.
Posted by: Mal at March 19, 2010 12:58 PM (Z+qzA)
The flare-up over Medicare, a dispute that has percolated throughout the yearlong health care debate, was just one in a series of fast-moving developments as the Democrats press toward a decisive vote on the House floor on Sunday. It came as rank-and-file lawmakers pored over the detailed legislative language released on Thursday, and a handful of representatives said their states were being short-changed by new provisions.
Posted by: Jazz at March 19, 2010 12:58 PM (hnq5i)
Expectation is firm "NO."
Posted by: GulfCoastTider at March 19, 2010 12:59 PM (LnbRL)
Holy crap Gabe, you just laid it down. I haven't felt quite so reprimanded in a dang long time.
You heard him boys and girls, let's hold the lines. No point in giving up until we're in the grave.
Posted by: dczombie at March 19, 2010 12:59 PM (nF4Jh)
Members continued to be inundated with phone calls from constituents and interest groups Friday thanks to an impending vote on health care reform this weekend.
Calls to the House numbered close to 100,000 an hour, creating a bottleneck in a phone system only meant to handle 50,000 calls an hour. The chamber has been similarly overloaded for four consecutive days, beginning on Tuesday when radio host Rush Limbaugh told viewers to call the Capitol switchboard phone number.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at March 19, 2010 12:59 PM (J46Fi)
Posted by: Jean at March 19, 2010 01:00 PM (OlnxK)
Who knows what to believe. I'm not a defeatist so I say keep calling these fuckweasels either way. Tomorrow should be interesting.
Posted by: BruceTheRobert at March 19, 2010 01:00 PM (3ZwGl)
Hairy pudding cups for everyone!!!
Posted by: CUS at March 19, 2010 01:01 PM (wOGfT)
Sunday, SunDAY! SUNDAY!
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at March 19, 2010 01:01 PM (ympF8)
Posted by: Rocks at March 19, 2010 01:01 PM (Y8smK)
Jane,
I know we are classier than the marxists dogs, they will try to start crap, let's not buy into it.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 19, 2010 04:53 PM (UOM4
Anyone in DC tomorrow, be careful. The Marxist anti-war crowd will be there. Not that the tea party crowd can't handle themselves against a bunch of unwashed, greasy hippy communists. But they're cowards and don't play fair. Be careful (and take pictures!).
absolutely take pictures and compare!
Posted by: willow at March 19, 2010 01:02 PM (7FgWm)
The best indicator of Nancy not having enough votes will be Democratic Congressmen on planes going home this evening. Sure they could fly back - but if you see YES votes leaving town - it is dead.
NRO has a tweet that says The Magic Kenyan is meeting with ALL House Dims tomorrow night. No one is going home...
Posted by: joejm65 at March 19, 2010 01:02 PM (vSncj)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at March 19, 2010 01:02 PM (NWykk)
Posted by: InCali at March 19, 2010 01:03 PM (u1OeY)
Posted by: Drider at March 19, 2010 01:03 PM (aZn+0)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 19, 2010 01:03 PM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: Drillanwr at March 19, 2010 01:03 PM (1kwr2)
BTW- I can't wait til this is all done and someone invariably calls Gabe a RINO or something. It'll be fun to see how he plays the whole, "Hey remember the time Rush Limbaugh read my whip count post on the air" card.
That's gonna be fun.
Posted by: DrewM. at March 19, 2010 04:58 PM (9B5OK)
Yes, Gabe is going balls out here. Ace is looking positively squeamish in comparison. I think Gabe may be a GINO. Gay In Name Only.
Posted by: Rocks at March 19, 2010 01:04 PM (Y8smK)
Which co-blogger is the ring girl?
LauraW, who else? Bet she can't wait to show off her hump in that skimpy little outfit.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 19, 2010 01:04 PM (cniXs)
Posted by: maddogg at March 19, 2010 01:04 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 19, 2010 05:03 PM (mHQ7T)
Have you seen her lately? If she isn't there already her husband sure is.
Posted by: alexthedude at March 19, 2010 01:04 PM (BPS1V)
Posted by: JT at March 19, 2010 01:04 PM (UBvS/)
Posted by: joejm65 at March 19, 2010 05:02 PM (vSncj)
Yeah, it's like Waco.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 19, 2010 01:04 PM (mHQ7T)
They can try and try again until midnight on Jan4th. Imagine the mischief if 60 or more of them are lame ducks.
Because of our demographic situation, in another 8 or 10 years, it will be mathematically impossible for the GOP to retain control of any branch of government.
This stuff isn't going away in January of 2011 - it is going to be like this for every single day of the remainder of your life.
Posted by: Lt. Quarles Harris Jr. at March 19, 2010 01:06 PM (kyg+f)
The House is still angling for a promise "in writing" from the Senate, agreeing they will take up the reconciliation bill - I think everything is going to hinge on that happening.
It ain't gonna happen, and I hope that these House Dems who are selling their votes for something that is in that reconciliation package and Manager’s Amendment package realize that. If they vote to “pass” this thing with no assurances from the Senate, then this is a done deal, the Senate bill “passes” as is, and everyone goes home.
The House Dems will be left holding the bag on a bunch of worthless deals, and a WHOLE LOT of very angry constituents. If that happens, things are going to get very, very ugly, starting in D.C., continuing on to their states, and ending in each RepresentativesÂ’ home district. The House and the Senate will tear each other to shreds, and BamBam wonÂ’t be able to show his face ANYWHERE NEAR anyone in either branch of the legislature for the next 3 years after a betrayal of this magnitude.
I sure hope they have thought all of this out (my guess is they havenÂ’t), and I sure hope that their votes are worth it in the endÂ….
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at March 19, 2010 01:06 PM (pe6fn)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at March 19, 2010 01:06 PM (oxUkz)
Plus some comic relief:
TAPPER: You're a observant Catholic.
BIDEN: Sure.
TAPPER: And there's a big debate right now within the Catholic Church about this bill, and a lot of these last few members that you're trying to get are Catholic democrats who oppose abortion. And I'm wondering, first of all, how you can side with nuns over bishops?
BIDEN: That's easy. I love the nuns.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at March 19, 2010 01:07 PM (J46Fi)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at March 19, 2010 01:08 PM (J46Fi)
I think you mean back to hell, she's just here on work release.
Posted by: Mal at March 19, 2010 01:08 PM (Z+qzA)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at March 19, 2010 01:08 PM (NWykk)
Look, even if this passes, it ain't over. For the first time in my life, people's eyes are wide open about the disasterous effects of entitlement spending.
Not everyone gets it, for sure. But enough. And those who do are more angry than they've ever been about this abusive, corrupt government.
As scary as it is, this is the kind of battle I want with the left. Right out in the open. All at once.
Incrementalism was killing us anyway. Best that people are awake to the scourge of statism.
And if you think we can't roll any of this back, check out what one good man is doing in New Jersey with the blessing of his constituents.
I'm a pessimist by nature. And I'll fully admit that I'm scared shitless right now.
But I do believe in miracles. And I think we're about due.
Posted by: Warden at March 19, 2010 01:10 PM (QoR4a)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at March 19, 2010 05:08 PM (J46Fi)
So, what... He's gonna stop brunching with members of the Dem caucus? Does that include McCain and Graham?
Posted by: alexthedude at March 19, 2010 01:11 PM (BPS1V)
Boy it would be popcorn worthy to see a bunch of hippies get the crap beat out of them. I would run it on a loop.
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at March 19, 2010 01:11 PM (ympF8)
http://tinyurl.com/yfc6xng
Posted by: Tami at March 19, 2010 01:12 PM (VuLos)
Where is my saltshaker?
Posted by: alexthedude at March 19, 2010 01:13 PM (BPS1V)
Posted by: Jean at March 19, 2010 05:00 PM (OlnxK)
I just remember Marjorie Margolis-Mezvinsky. They held the vote and dragged her -- literally -- onto the floor. The vote will remain scheduled until 2pm EST. If they delay it, they aren't close. If they have it, they might be short but think they can M M-M somebody.
You are right about the lame duck thing. Obama will do that but I'm not sure he thinks he will have the votes then. Right now a few of them think they need DNC money to survive.
I still say the GOP should offer sanctuary to no voters to keep the leadership from lobbying them. And make the announcement public.
Posted by: TSA at March 19, 2010 01:14 PM (Vo2Ef)
Boehner has requested a roll call vote on HC from Pelosi http://tinyurl.com/yejryjq
Posted by: Drillanwr at March 19, 2010 01:14 PM (1kwr2)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at March 19, 2010 01:14 PM (NWykk)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States
How you doin?
Posted by: mpfs at March 19, 2010 01:15 PM (iYbLN)
When I was a kid there was a picture of my father on the front page of the Boston Globe cracking a Harvard hippy over the head with a 3 foot riot stick. He keeps it in his scrapbook.
Posted by: Mal at March 19, 2010 01:15 PM (Z+qzA)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at March 19, 2010 01:16 PM (NWykk)
Posted by: Cicero at March 19, 2010 01:16 PM (QKKT0)
I still say the GOP should offer sanctuary to no voters to keep the leadership from lobbying them. And make the announcement public.
Posted by: TSA at March 19, 2010 05:14 PM (Vo2Ef)
Fuck that. The GOP is not a Wavering Communist Relief Program. Anyone who goes for that is unprincipled AND untrustworthy.
Posted by: alexthedude at March 19, 2010 01:17 PM (BPS1V)
A riddle, if you will...
Q: What's the difference between you, and a Mallard with a cold?
A: One's a sick duck... and I can't remember how it ends - but your mother's a whore.
Posted by: Sean Connery at March 19, 2010 01:18 PM (2hpnI)
Posted by: Mal at March 19, 2010 05:15 PM (Z+qzA)
Your father's ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to his newsletter.
Posted by: Cicero at March 19, 2010 01:19 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: AmishDude at March 19, 2010 01:19 PM (Vo2Ef)
78. ....with our current demographic situation [sometime in the next two or three years, white babies will become a minority of all children born in the USA]
Yes, but what many people are overlooking is that over 50% of Hispanics identify as Conservatives. Due to abortions, there are now more Hispanics than African Americans, and that trend is only likely to continue. Plus, all of the white chicks who are trending liberal are also the ones having abortions.
The numbers for Conservatives are actually on our side for the long run. We keep replenishing our numbers (and then some), while the Liberals keep killing their future constituencies off before they even have a chance to live.
There's gonna be a big change, all right - more and more Conservatives will come of age over the next couple of decades. We're going to be just fine....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at March 19, 2010 01:19 PM (pe6fn)
No idea. Maybe I should have used the examples of the young senators & congressmen instead. Ryan, Pence, Cantor, DeMint, Vitter, etc., they're all doing their part.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at March 19, 2010 01:20 PM (J46Fi)
Posted by: Antimatter at March 19, 2010 01:21 PM (gbCNS)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at March 19, 2010 01:22 PM (NWykk)
Yeah, and which party do Hispanics vote for, again?
Posted by: the peanut gallery at March 19, 2010 01:22 PM (mg/vv)
169, Come on back any time! Yeah, it's a fun place - one of only 2 metropolitan cities that voted Republican in 2008, though. We're a whole lot more laid back than Dallas - who knew that two cities could be so close geographically and yet so far apart demographically?
When's the last time you were around these parts? There have been a lot of changes since we moved here in '84.....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at March 19, 2010 01:26 PM (pe6fn)
Yeah, and which party do Hispanics vote for, again?
Surprisingly enough, more and more of them are voting Republican; especially with regards to the abortion issue.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at March 19, 2010 01:28 PM (pe6fn)
A. I see no evidence of this.
B. While the abortion issue is important, it is not the only issue. And they are on the wrong side on every other issue. And abortion isn't going anywhere anyway, unfortunately.
Posted by: the peanut gallery at March 19, 2010 01:41 PM (mg/vv)
Posted by: TheJane at March 19, 2010 01:46 PM (TGIED)
Obviously, that means most of them are Yes votes. But only a handful need to be No votes. Just a few. And odds are there are a few, and Fox News's analysis is very close to accurate (just wait and see, it will probably only be off by 5 or less).
Things are damn close right now.
Posted by: throwaway handle at March 19, 2010 01:51 PM (dUOK+)
Man, when the queer feller is telling us to man up, you know we're being a bunch of pansies.
Seriously, this is a good message Gabe, but we can't know anything until the vote. It might be done already. We need to think of retaliatory methods that won't end with us in federal PMIA prison (NTTAWWT, if that's your thing)
Posted by: s'moron at March 19, 2010 01:53 PM (UaxA0)
Ellsworth and Kosmas just flipped. In DC No doesn't really mean No. It's kinda like it's not Rape-rape IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: sharrukin at March 19, 2010 01:59 PM (593B8)
Not that there isn't great reason to fight hard and try to influence these assholes. But most of the undecideds know they are Yes votes, and perhaps a few know they are No votes. And it's in there interest to announce as late as possible, if at all.
Posted by: throwaway handle at March 19, 2010 02:11 PM (dUOK+)
Yeah, and I would bet that those in disputed or hot races are negotiating to be let off the hook for voting. It's a sham.
Posted by: sharrukin at March 19, 2010 02:15 PM (593B8)
Remember when the bastards tried ramming amnesty down the nation's throat? They got it jammed back up their asses. It'll happen again.
Posted by: Menshevik at March 19, 2010 05:19 PM (JcNZO)
...over 50% of Hispanics identify as Conservatives... Surprisingly enough, more and more of them are voting Republican...
This is just complete nonsense and is utterly counterfactual.
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