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Old 02-13-2009, 05:43 AM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Congressional Offices Don't Have the Stimulus Bill, Lobbyists Do - Washington Whispers (usnews.com)

It appears even the members who will be voting on the bill haven't seen or read it.

What happened to transparency obama and pelosi talked about?
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Old 02-13-2009, 05:44 AM
 
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Obama is the potus, not Bush. Time for Obama to step up and start doing the job and STOP MAKING EXCUSES.
Boy, I'd sure love to buy a fixer-upper and have you as a neighbor. Freaking Republicans. Trash the place for eight years, then whine that the cleanup people aren't done in three weeks. Bunch of losers...
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Old 02-13-2009, 05:46 AM
 
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Boy, I'd sure love to buy a fixer-upper and have you as a neighbor. Freaking Republicans. Trash the place for eight years, then whine that the cleanup people aren't done in three weeks. Bunch of losers...
Excuse me, I voted for Hillary and then wrote in Hillary's name in the general election. Not a Repub.
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Old 02-13-2009, 06:03 AM
 
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It appears even the members who will be voting on the bill haven't seen or read it. What happened to transparency obama and pelosi talked about?
Hmmm. I've had a copy of the bill and the Conference Report since last night. Seemed like pretty good turn-around time to me...
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Old 02-13-2009, 06:05 AM
 
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Excuse me, I voted for Hillary and then wrote in Hillary's name in the general election. Not a Repub.
Oh gee, sorry then. I guess it was all the baseless whining that had me confused.
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Old 02-13-2009, 06:07 AM
 
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Holding obama and the democrats to their promises - what's wrong with that? They just last week voted overwhelmingly to post bills online for 48 hours prior to voting.

Why can't they keep that very simple promise?
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Old 02-13-2009, 06:17 AM
 
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Oh gee, sorry then. I guess it was all the baseless whining that had me confused.

I hold politicians responsible for promises, especially when they stake their entire campaign on the word CHANGE. Obama made HUGE promises that he isn't keeping. He promised "change" and I've seen no change. Call it whining if you want. Obama needs to get on with the job. His first month has been much less than impressive.
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Old 02-13-2009, 06:41 AM
 
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Holding obama and the democrats to their promises - what's wrong with that? They just last week voted overwhelmingly to post bills online for 48 hours prior to voting. Why can't they keep that very simple promise?
It was Tuesday, not last week, and it was a Republican Motion to Instruct Conferees, which has no force or effect at all. In essence, it's a request -- we'd like it if you would please do X. Actual conferees are free to follow or ignore the wishes expressed in any Motion to Instruct.

But of course we have bozos like Mike Pence dutifully feeding the disinformaion media. Every member of Congress -- Republicans and Democrats -- voted to post this bill on the internet for 48 hours, 48 hours ago. We’ll see if the Democrats keep their word, he says, as if he didn't know what Motion to Instruct was or who sponsored it. What a lying, pitiful, pathetic piece of work that one is.

But just look. Here are the disinformed dittoheads out marching around like trained seals thinking that they have to hold Obama to his promises. Ork! Ork!

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Old 02-13-2009, 06:53 AM
 
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I hold politicians responsible for promises, especially when they stake their entire campaign on the word CHANGE. Obama made HUGE promises that he isn't keeping. He promised "change" and I've seen no change. Call it whining if you want. Obama needs to get on with the job. His first month has been much less than impressive.
Yes, I DO want to call it whining (and baseless whining at that) because that's all it is. You take the word "change" and then demand a new world order after three weeks? Don't be such a jerk. You claim to have been a big Hillary supporter. Why hasn't she solved the problems in the Middle East by now? Where are all these promised meetings with Iran? I've seen nothing out of this woman at all. Clearly, you made a BIG mistake by supporting such a do-nothing incompetent as her. Guess you just drank a whole lot of that Clinton cool-aid, didn't you. Boy, some people are so dumb, they just can't see it coming...
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Old 02-13-2009, 07:01 AM
 
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Yes, I DO want to call it whining (and baseless whining at that) because that's all it is. You take the word "change" and then demand a new world order after three weeks? Don't be such a jerk. You claim to have been a big Hillary supporter. Why hasn't she solved the problems in the Middle East by now? Where are all these promised meetings with Iran? I've seen nothing out of this woman at all. Clearly, you made a BIG mistake by supporting such a do-nothing incompetent as her. Guess you just drank a whole lot of that Clinton cool-aid, didn't you. Boy, some people are so dumb, they just can't see it coming...
The Middle East issue is ultimately Obama's problem. Obama is Hillary's boss. Why isn't Obama doing a better job staying on top of Middle East issues???
Maybe because Obama is too busy jetting around the country, being needy for his followers cheers???

The buck starts and stops with Obama, it is his administration, not Hillary's.
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