Quote of the Day

10 Comments

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   The Voice In The Wilderness on January 20, 2010 at 4:50 pm

   I see Obama backing down again, throwing his nominee to the wolves. Now his nominees all have to be anti-union, although I think that suits Obama just fine.

2. 

   TarheelDem on January 20, 2010 at 5:15 pm

   I’m wanting so much for a Democratic challenger to defeat DeMint.

   He graduated from the same high school I did (but about 10 years later).  He is a disgrace to his teachers, who were very good in teaching US government and history.

   He is all posture and no policy.  I don’t know what they put in the water around 1992, but to go from having the most notable local politician be Richard Riley to it being Jim DeMint is serious de-evolution.

3. 

   Brendan Skwire on January 20, 2010 at 5:24 pm

   i have two QOTDs.

   quote 1:

   The worst is that I can’t help but feel like the main emotion people in the caucus are feeling is relief at this turn of events. Now they have a ready excuse for not getting anything done. While I always thought we had the better ideas but the weaker messaging, it feels like somewhere along the line Members internalized a belief that we actually have weaker ideas. They’re afraid to actually implement them and face the judgement of the voters. That’s the scariest dynamic and what makes me think this will all come crashing down around us in November.

   and this one:

   New Senate Democratic talking points, distributed in response to last night’s special election in Massachusetts show the party pre-emptively placing the blame for a lackluster agenda moving forward on Republicans, who Dems say they now need to pass legislation.

   “Republicans have an obligation to the American people to join us in governing our nation through these difficult times and to help clean up the mess they left behind,” reads the memo obtained by TPMDC. “It is mathematically impossible for Democrats to pass legislation on our own. Senate Republicans to come to the table (sic) with ideas for improving our nation and not obstructionist tactics.”

   well and truly  fucked indeed.

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     dada on January 20, 2010 at 5:50 pm

     l think this one really sums it up…from your first tpm link:

     …I simply can’t answer the fundamental question: “what do Democrats stand for?” Voters don’t know, and we can’t make the case, so they’re reacting exactly as you’d expect (just as they did in 1994, 2000, and 2004). We either find the voice to answer that question and exercise the strongest majority and voter mandate we’ve had since Watergate, or we suffer a bloodbath in November. History shows we’re likely to choose the latter.

     the largest mandate since watergate has been squandered in obama’s first year in office by a lack of leadership and a failed attempts at some sort of nebulous bipartisanship.

     and they wonder why coakly lost?

     fucking idiots, all of them, from the top down.

4. 

   on January 20, 2010 at 5:53 pm

   Is al Qaeda unionized? I wonder if you can file a grievance if you’re chosen to be a suicide bomber.

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     DaveW on January 20, 2010 at 6:06 pm

     The negotiations on retirement benefits must be difficult.

5. 

   Man Eegee on January 20, 2010 at 6:02 pm

   Yep.  That’s what happens when nineteen less senators gives the GOP a majority.

6. 

   mikefromtexas on January 20, 2010 at 9:05 pm

   DeMint couldn’t outthink a house plant.

7. 

   Oui on January 20, 2010 at 9:37 pm

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   The Obama Disconnect: What Happens When Myth Meets Reality

   "But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

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   seabe on January 21, 2010 at 7:31 am

   I personally oppose unions in government jobs, but it’s a ridiculous reason to oppose a nominee. It’s the same as Ben Nelson and his anti-abortion fetish in the nominees. There’s no reason to deny someone a nomination because of their fucking political views. The only time you deny it is if they cannot do their job due to being unqualified, or if there’s some major ethical concerns (like if an Attorney General won’t prosecute war crimes…cough).