Nutjobs Continue to Rule GOP

[beandip]

oh, and leftist shitbags are not nuts?

Pull my finger.

[robertlouis]

oh, and leftist shitbags are not nuts?

Pull my finger.

Thank you for that carefully thought out contribution.

Meanwhile.....

[Prospero]

beadip - a thinker for our times

[thombergeron]

oh, and leftist shitbags are not nuts?

Pull my finger.

This is, perhaps, a bit off-topic, but the other day I was considering the "both sides equally bad" argument, and the Hastert Rule occurred to me.

For those who may be unfamiliar, Dennis Hastert was Speaker of the House from 1999-2007, until Republican lost the majority and Hastert was succeeded by Nancy Pelosi. In 2004, Hastert instituted a policy that became known as the Hastert Rule. As Speaker, Hastert would not allow any legislation to come to the House floor for a vote unless it could be assured a majority vote of the Republican majority, a majority of the majority. Boehner maintains the Hastert Rule.

In other words, the Republican-controlled House will not allow a vote on any legislation that cannot be passed exclusively with Republican votes. So if Majority Whip McCarthy can only come up with 217 Republican votes on a bill, even if a single Democratic House member agrees to vote yes to put the bill over the top, the Speaker will not allow that bill to come up for a vote. It has to be 218 Republican votes, or none. If Minority Whip Hoyer miraculously pulls together the entire Democratic caucus, all 201 members, plus 17 Republican moderates, that bill, with support of a numerical majority of the House of Representatives, will not be brought to the floor by the Speaker. A vote will not be allowed.

No such policy exists on the Democratic side of the aisle.

So Beandip, would you say that the Hastert Rule encourages or discourages partisanship?

[trish]

Explains why Congress can't even pass a napkin, let alone a bill.

[Ben]

Explains why Congress can't even pass a napkin, let alone a bill.

We need a more Ukrainian-like parliamentary system --

[Ben]

Kiev: Fighting in the parliament

[beandip]

Two party fraud. But hey, it's 2012 "we voted out the hate"


Hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaha

Keep dreamin'

[beandip]

Pelosi "we have to pass it before we read it'?

Yup....Jenius with a J right there...LOL.

and...



must be the second coming of Einstein there....

[Ben]