Pic Of The Moment: Compassionate Conservatism

[EarlG]

GOP walks past wheelchair-bound Bob Dole to vote against disabilities treaty

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[MAD Dave]

1. I sincerely hope this Conservatism never

comes to Canada. Unfortunately, our current Prime Minister is a right wing nut job that could not have this shit imported to Canada fast enough.

[riverbendviewgal]

2. i agree

I don't trust him one bit. He is like W Bush.

[roguevalley]

41. seeing him sit there like that makes my gut hurt. This is a disgrace.

[JohnStJohn]

46. Tar and feather

him and run him out on a rail before he can institute American political policies into Canad's governmental process. The U.S. would be a much better place today if we Americans had done that to Ronnie Ray Gun when he was first elected to the office of P.o.T.U.S. in 1980. Just sayin'.

[Initech]

3. Compassionate conservativism - there's no such thing.

[Dont call me Shirley]

38. Oxy-moran

[ejbr]

4. Their assholism never ceases to amaze me n/t

[young_at_heart]

5. Oxymoron---"Compassionate Conservative"

There may have been a couple in the old days, but Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Eric Cantor???

[Towlie]

18. It's on the list.

http://www.oxymoronlist.com/#c

[pacalo]

6. I watched the c-span video last night.

It must have felt like a slap to the face for Dole; he left while the voting was still going on.

[Actionman]

7. Dole lost presidential bid and no longer

in the senate, what did he expect. He knows his party, throw away people if they can't be used to obtain power.

[olegramps]

30. He is the asshole bastard that sided with the Swift Boat bastards.

[MotherPetrie]

8. Evil fuckers

[Brooklyn Dame]

9. Is anybody really surprised by this? I'm sure even Dole wasn't surprised.

They're a party of mean-spirited, uncaring and selfish people who kick everyone to the curb when they feel those people don't have any value.

http://wp.me/p1R16Y-45R

[WhoIsNumberNone]

10. Republicans are against anything the UN supports.

[kurosagi]

52. That hits the nail on the head

...but not all Republicans agree. They can't make up their minds on what they stand for anymore. Their message has fallen apart, and they have become irrelevant.

[amuse bouche]

11. Ugh

What a vile pile of poo

[HughBeaumont]

12. If you or the issue in question is . . .

. . . . then you don't mean DIDDLY to a Modern Conservatick.

[abelenkpe]

13. REpublicans are heartless jerks. nt

[Smilo]

14. This isn't the first time that the republicans

have shown how devoid of compassion they truly are, nor will it be the last.

Heartless jerks indeed.

[AgingAmerican]

15. Sociopathy as ideology

Disgusting

[Hotler]

16. It's all about selfishness with the repugs. nt

[ReRe]

17. They might as well have slapped him....

....how disgusting could 38 men be? And this is the "Upper Body"???

Those 38 "men" = "the Lower Body, in the REAR".

[Thinkingabout]

19. More proof of cruelty by GOP, they dont believe in abortion but be damned if you are not perfect.

Now this is something those in the pulpits should get up and brag on, my goodness, this is another example to dump the GOP's. There is not anything they are ashamed to put on their platform. I will be writing my Congress members.

[Jack Rabbit]

20. At moments like this

. . . it is difficult to tell whether the evil is individual Republicans or the collective GOP itself.

What is the city but the people? (Coriolanus, 3.1.198). The Republican Party is only its individual members. I guess that answers the question.

[mostlyconfused]

21. ADA

I suppose next up is a repeal of the Americans with Disabilities Act

[freshwest]

28. Remember Eastwood of the Empty Chair was against the ADA in his town.

[awoke_in_2003]

45. The irony is...

Elizabeth Dole was a co-sponsor of that bill.

[AnneD]

22. What are you complaining about...

at least they walked around him, not over him like they do the rest of us...

[Vietnameravet]

23. Oh how they love veterans!! bastards every one of them!!

[LynneSin]

24. Could we vote on this again in a few weeks with the new Senate?

We have a pickup of 2 although 2 of the folks we replaced had voted 'yes' (Brown and Snowe)

Oh well

[JDPriestly]

25. I hope that Bob Dole and other middle-of-the-road, oldfashioned

Republicans remember this moment and draw the lesson from it.

We Americans are a compassionate people. We do not want Republican meanness.

[Hubert Flottz]

26. Twenty years ago Bob Dole would have walked past that Bob Dole of yesterday.

I have no sympathy for none of the sons of bitches.

[Demobrat]

33. Me neither.

Bob Dole enjoys world class health care on the taxpayer dime - the very same health care he would deny to you or me in a heartbeat.

[Skinner]

34. I doubt that.

Bob Dole was a strong supporter of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and helped pass it when he was in the Senate.

[FailureToCommunicate]

43. Thanks for that. Bob Dole is (and was) a decent guy on this issue.

My father felt strongly that support for the ADA had to be bipartisan for it to get thru Congress and into law, and he worked
with any, be it Dole or AG Dick Thornburgh or any Republican. He was very pleased that so many finally came on board, and Bush signed it, that glorious day on the South Lawn.

[awoke_in_2003]

48. And his wife co-sponsored. nt

[aka-chmeee]

27. The 38 include both of the assholes from his home state nt

[JohnStJohn]

29. Nothing like

slapping people in the face and then rubbing dog shit all over them in one fell swoop. And as for the Compassionate Conservative tag, the only ones the Repugs are compassionate to are the corporations, Wall Street and the energy industry.

[calimary]

31. A freakin' DISGRACE.

SHAME on these assholes.

What the hell gives with these people?????????????

[Hutzpa]

32. A damn shame.

[yends21012]

35. I will remember...

These are the bastards...er...senators who voted against the treaty who are up for reelection in 2014:

Alexander (R-TN)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johanns (R-NE)
McConnell (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)

I will remember and do everything I can to make sure that their voters remember what they did.

[patrice]

36. Normal people would be too embarassed to do such a thing. nt

[santamargarita]

37. Servile Scum. A minority of evil getting smaller...

everyday. Hopefully soon they will be be so marginalized that they won't exist anymore.

[PatrynXX]

39. think my ol pastor is becoming loopy

hence defense has no basis in reality. saying Christian Senators blocked this treaty to prevent furthur abortions from happening in other countries. Fuck even Rick Santorum didn't go that far. Yeah okay fine. if it makes yall feel better pretend it had to do with abortions but it didn't. Fairly sure there's a special place in hell these idiots are going.

[TheCowsCameHome]

40. I'm surprised they didn't order that Dole be towed away.

Self serving rotten scumbags that they are.............

[Tanta]

42. That is...

just so wrong. I will never get the cold feelings of those who would vote against something like this.

[wordpix]

44. Same asshats who voted against this will be in a wheelchair one day

and good luck to them then. This really enrages me. My mom has been using a wheelchair pretty regularly for a year now

[FailureToCommunicate]

47. I am thankful my father isn't around to see this latest outrage by Republicans

Though he may be shaking his foot in anger up in Heaven.

[Crowman1979]

49. Today's Republicans are basically Lobbybots.

[Glaisne]

50. Conservatives are

scum of the earth, plain and simple.