Tom Daschle thread 1

[Khephra]

[Supply Side Jesus]

1. oh boy, here we go...

[Khephra]

2. Wow he has a spine

[Khephra]

5. WHERE IN THE HELL IS THIS TOM????????????????????

[Snoggera]

8. In front of you

Take some time to think about politics and compromise. That's what he has had to work with in the past number of years, with no help. I am disappointed in the negativity.

[thebigidea]

10. generally we get the "I'm very troubled/I'm very concerned" Daschle

he seems like an awfully nice fellow, the kind of guy you'd trust to borrow a lawnmower or something... but leader? I'm really surprised they didn't fire him when they lost the Senate.

[Supply Side Jesus]

17. me too

when we get the senate back, and if he is elected majority leader, he better make those repukes squel for forgiviness.

[Eric J in MN]

18. Putting aside politics, Daschle seems like perhaps the nicest Senator (nt)

nt

[thebigidea]

21. definetely, but should the nicest guy face Frist?

The guy kills kittens!

[Eric J in MN]

27. Which Senator would you like to be Senate Minority/Majority Leader? nt

nt

[thebigidea]

28. Dunno offhand... Dorgan probably. Runnersup: Harkin/Levin/Boxer

[JohnKleeb]

23. I hear hes good to work with

talked with a senior I know and I heard that he was good to work for. Personally, Daschle does pretty damn well considering his home state.

[never_get_over_it]

19. Tom does this alot

he has been great at times and simply awful at others - if he would just stand up and act on his beliefs and stop running scared he would be great - however since he mentioned Haliburton he'd better be careful when getting on small planes....

[Liberal Christian]

3. It would be nice if they had a Senator with a spine talking

like Russ Feingold.

[Catch22Dem]

4. I don't get it

Can I start thread #2?

[Gothic Sponge]

6. "John Kerry didn't talk about patriotism, he lived it"

[freetobegay]

7. Tom Daschle is one of the Great Democrats!

[Liberal Christian]

9. I wish that had been a little more evident the last four years

[Gothic Sponge]

12. I agree

Asleep at the wheel.

[freetobegay]

15. Yea I guess your right

Bush & his cabal has been able to stack the courts & Tom Daschle did nothing to stop them. /en sarcasm.

[JI7]

16. he has been evident

but some people only want to complain about things they disagree with him on. but daschle is a very good majority leader and it's evident when one looks at everything he does and not just pick out a few things they disagree with.

[Liberal Christian]

24. Excuse my negativity about Daschle

It just seems to me that a Minority Leader ought to LEAD!!!

Where was his "leadership" when the Patriot Act was before the Senate and every Democrat but ONE voted for it?

Where was his "leadership" when the Iraq War Resolution was before the Senate, and the vast majority of Democrats voted for it?

Where was his "leadership" during the Florida recount?

The Democrats have confirmed more of Bush's judicial appointments than the Republicans confirmed Clinton's.

[kaitykaity]

11. First Gephardt and then Daschle?

Oh, gawd, I'm having a "Bill the Cat" hairball moment.

Yuck.

[joanne]

22. I don't have the story now

but remember reading in Buzzflash several months ago that Daschle had a letter to the editor of one of the SD newspapers, bragging how he voted in favor of Chimpy over 60% of the time. It wasn't written by Daschle himself, but one of his staff, presumably with his blessing.

He's running for office in a conservative state so I give him some slack. But he is no "leader." And I'll NEVER forget seeing him in F 9/11 telling his Senate colleague's they should support Chimpy and the Iraq war.

Nancy Pelosi, on the other hand, definitely is.

[Fenris]

13. "Oh, here they go with the Fat Cat bashing again."

[Mr.Green93]

14. Daschle was good

[Liberal Christian]

20. It's not like this is tough crowd to be "bold" in front of

not like, for instance, the US Senate, where he just rolls over and says "pet my tummy."

[Jim Sagle]

25. Yeah, like we're gonna need more than 1.

:boring:

[theHandpuppet]

26. Daschle lost any credibility with me....

... when I found out his wife is a lobbyist for one of the largest mercenary firms in the U.S., and one that got awarded a big fat contract in Iraq. Daschle can eat shit for all I care!