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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 01:57 PM Original message |
Massachusetts Senate passed bill re: filling Kennedy's seat |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Call the Duke! |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Mike! ! ! ! ! |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Great news! K&R |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. They should have made it a requirement of accepting the interim appointment... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. You simply cannot do that. It's not enforceable. But, the time that the appointee will be an |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. They could have required the appointee to make a videotaped statement... |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. They have an agreement that he/she won't |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's what I love about MA |
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NYC Democrat (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. well to be fair Republicans barely exist in MA. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Make that barely exist in New England...and we love it that way... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You forgot Judd "the Dudd" Gregg from NH. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Yes, you're right, I forgot about him, but then I do try to forget about NH sometimes... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. There is no hypocrisy whatever. The Massachusetts legislature is doing what all |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. You don't see a little hypocrisy here? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. You are describing political motive. That is not the same as hypocrisy or the same as "gaming the |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. How about this... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Your analogy does not hold. The Constitution of the US is the equivalent |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Four years ago, |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. You keep asserting the same point without providing any factual or analytical support for it. |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. And you keep arguing that because something is constitutional |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
43. Oh there's a little hypocrisy here |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Disagree. Something is not hypocritical just bc you think it is. I don't see |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. The hypocrisy comes from just a few years ago |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Again, something is not hypocritical just because you post it is. Please see Reply ##'s 36 and 50 |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. No MSNBC link yet, |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Thanks. I'd love to know which 11 jackass DINOs voted against it. |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. the 11 jackass list |
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maglatinavi (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Dem jackasses |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
54. Heaven forbid. That would be so POLITICAL. And therefore so wrong. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Thank you. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. Steve Brewer, eh? |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. K&R! |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. GRRRRRRREAT!! |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yes! |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 04:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
33. She said no. BTW..... |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Right ~ rhat's why my name is goclark ~ Clark is also my middle name |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. So far, she has said no only to the interim appointment. But I do think she meant no |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Great! And if the Repukes did the same thing, I wouldn't complain |
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S_B_Jackson (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. You mean you weren't outraged and didnt' say a word |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Sorry, do not see that way |
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S_B_Jackson (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Changing the law which was just written.... |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. No it is not |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. A few years ago, |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I understand they changed their argument |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. And that's the thing... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...." Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. What does the Constitution have to do with hypocrisy? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. We've been tilling the same ground for a few rounds of posts now. |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I agree with a lot of what you say... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Please see Replies 16 and 36. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. That is not how the Constitution of the US chose to address this issue, though. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. Republicans are not dead in NE, not even hibernating |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I agree! |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
42. They're not smart enough to run a 50-state strategy. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. If they have enough money |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. What liars Republicans are! |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
31. Bravo Massachusetts! |
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