Obstructionist Republicans vote en masse against Stimulus Package that passes in House

[Divine Discontent]

on msnbc now

243 DEMS YES 12 DEMS NO
178 REPB NO 0 REPB YES


SCREW THESE OBSTRUCTIONIST ASSES! The Dems capitulated on some things in the package and STILL not one of them voted for it after asking for those concessions! :wtf:

They're obstructionists and don't deserve their seats.


And these people are DEMOCRATS?
Boyd
Bright
Cooper
Ellsworth
Griffith
Kanjorski
Kratovil
Minnick
Peterson
Shuler (big shocker)
Taylor

[ShortnFiery]

1. Thanks to the Republican douchebag from my state, "Eric Cantor" ordering them to OBEY.

How pathetic and simple-minded. :(

[Subdivisions]

33. I can't stand that slimy, b-movie politician! n/t

[tridim]

2. Keep it up repukes and even fewer people will vote for you in 2010

[Divine Discontent]

29. as another DUer said, hope this buries the GOP for 50 years... it could

but like I said, they're gambling that the country is going to fall no matter what, and this way they're positioned as the party that tried to lead the way, but there just wasn't enough of them to stop the misguided direction of Pres. Obama - when the landslide was already falling on us when he took office - I'm so hopeful for him and our country that this succeeds


THE GOP IS SHOWING THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE COUNTRY...

[blue neen]

3. All those Republicans who voted "no" will regret that vote when they get booted out of office.

The people WILL remember this time.

[Divine Discontent]

7. I think they will - and here's what I really think they talked about in secret -

they know SHRUB has decimated this country, and we're probably headed for a MAJOR RECESSION BORDERLINE DEPRESSION, and they figure that if it's going to happen anyhow, they might as well be the ones who are going to lead the "recovery" out of it, and nothing President Obama can do can prevent the landslide coming down on the USA caused by B*sh's screwups!!! SO, vote against it and look like you knew what was best, and if it happens, you look good for not voting for it. They're asses - their party caused this messed ENTIRELY!

[Beetwasher]

4. LOL! We Don't Need Them!

It's their funeral! :rofl:

How good does that feel? WE DON'T NEED THEM!!!

[ShortnFiery]

9. Lemmings? ... Sheep? ... Trained Attack Dogs? ... following their GOP Masters.

[glinda]

5. Please explain to me, why did the Dems make concessions and yet

no Repubs voted for it. Why didn't the Dems just pass their proposal as they wanted it??????? What is the point here???????

[Orangepeel]

8. possibly for the Senate votes. Possibly because some Dems like the concessions

possibly for PR value.

:shrug:

[Divine Discontent]

15. I think it's for the Senate. eom

[Shiver]

12. Because now we can claim truthfully that we tried to be bipartisan

We held out our hand and they clenched their fist. They've shown they haven't gotten past petty partisan bickering, while we made the attempt to include them.

There's also the matter of the Senate; the concessions may gain what we need there.

[Divine Discontent]

28. and Obama has learned a good lesson from their arrogance - he goes there in good faith

and the House leaders concede on some issues, and still none of them vote for it? They look horribly obnoxious for that - they wanted concession but that somehow didn't get one person to vote for it? HA! The Grand Old Irrelevant Party!

[malletgirl02]

6. Family Planning

So family planning was taken out for nothing? I'm glad the bill passes, but I'm still pisses about family planning being taken out.

[glinda]

11. May come back in another form later. Patience.

[Divine Discontent]

13. as the DUer said above you, I agree - wtf? if they're not going to vote for it, don't give them

anything!

We WON! BIG TIME we won - it wasn't even close - we have strong majorities in the House and Senate and a Dem. President...

screw them - the country wants things Obama's way...

His trying to appease the other side to be fair needs to stop. They didn't vote, not even ONE of them, for this. Maybe Obama will say something about how sad it was to see not one of them wanted to get this country moving the way the AMERICAN PEOPLE WANTS IT TO MOVE, especially after they gave in on some issues!

[ShortnFiery]

17. Don't cha know, they say that us democrats would immediately schedule our abortions on demand

if they allowed poor women to be screened (Pap Smears, Breast Cancer) and aid them in their family planning (contraception) efforts.

Right to ABORTION on DEMAND! :crazy:

Don't they realize that in difficult times, LIMITING the number of children can help these families MEET their bills?!?

[Skidmore]

10. Who the 12 Dems were is what I want to know.

[ShortnFiery]

18. I'd bet big bucks they were from the Blue Dog Coalition.

:(

[FLAprogressive]

22. Probably idiots like Heath Shuler, Gene Taylor, Dan Boren, etc.

[Divine Discontent]

24. ugh.. I was hopeful for Shuler, but he's as reliable as he was a QB for the Skins... I bet you're

right... Looking for the list.

[FLAprogressive]

25. Shuler -- bad quarterback....worse congressman

The man is a first class asshole and votes like a Republican most of the time.

[Fovea]

14. I really think this is Masada.

LIke a circular firing squad.

[trof]

16. It's great when the shoe is on the other foot.

[Divine Discontent]

19. Exactly - they can't do SHIT! and their NO vote as a GROUP damns them! SCREW THEM NOW!

and the 12 dems should change party.

[blogslut]

20. Well, isn't that adorable

The entire GOP House voted "no" in lockstep. They are officially, still obstructionists.

[Divine Discontent]

21. The Republican Obstructionists! Trippi just said what you said!

"no we're not going to meet you at any part of the path" - Trippi on Republican Obstructionists


They look REALLY bad for doing this - the president has a 3/4 or higher approval rating. They're going to have to VOTE for the damn thing if we're giving them ANYTHING in these bills, and we did... shame on them - it was a political stunt!

[Divine Discontent]

23. changed my title for what you said. eom

[Renew Deal]

26. And they'll happily accept the money that comes into their districts.

You know they're going to take credit for it.

[Divine Discontent]

27. exactly - I want the GOP pigs who get millions in their districts, who will go for photo ops

when a new bridge is built, or whatever comes into their district through this package - to say NO! We won't take this money!

They're sick. I saw that nearly ALL of Boner's plan that failed, was made up of TAX CUTS - hmmmmm, wonder who got lots of them....

GEE...

[alarimer]

30. And to think the Democrats removed the family planning provision for no reason.

The Republicans were going to vote against it anyway so what good did it do to pander to them?

Obama is naive if he thinks he can appeal to Republicans at all.

[Divine Discontent]

32. yes, as I wrote above, he certainly learned something about them today - big time.

and like several have said, to think they removed the family planning money for NO votes. Screw the Grand Old Irrelevant Party now, they're done for. We're in the midst of an economic crisis that could end this country tomorrow - and they wanted their Boner Stimulus plan to give tax cuts to companies...

[northernlights]

31. I'll be calling my senators, snowe and collins, tomorrow

1. Explain to them the meaning of a "mandate" (hint: it's nothing to do with losing the popular vote, stealing an election and ramming rw crap down our collective throats)

2. Remind them how the rethugs controlled all 3 branches of government for years and ran this country into a ditch and halfway off the edge of a cliff

3. Advise them how the rethugs now look like partisan, obstructionist political hacks

4. Remind them of how they've cut taxes to the lowest levels in decades and gutted regulations, and this is where we've ended up as a result

5. And define insanity for them (hint: it's something about doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result)

If someone posts the names of the turncoat dems, I'll call them too. I'm pissed. I'm really pissed.

[Divine Discontent]

34. damn! can you call all of them? You are on FI-YA! good comments!

[PassingFair]

35. Ask them if they thought Rahm Emanuel was a good representative...

and ambassador to the moderate 'pukes.

I'm sure the moderate republicans LOVE him.

:sarcasm:

[annabanana]

36. And THAT is the frame that every single Democrat that manages

top get airtime on corpomedia should be using. Because that is the truth.

I don't want to hear one more whiney bobblehead say the words "Obama" and "fails" in the same sentence again when the subject is the Republican REFUSAL to work in a good faith effort to help us solve the massive problems of the economy