Reid won’t work with Romney
Well, so much for bi-partisanship. Harry Reid announced that eh won’t work with Mitt Romney. I know, it was a Big Duh, wasn’t it? I mean, after all, Reid can’t even work with his own President – he hasn’t passed a budget through the Senate since he became the Senate Majority Leader. From the Washington Times;
“Mitt Romney’s fantasy that Senate Democrats will work with him to pass his ‘severely conservative’ agenda is laughable,” Mr. Reid said in a statement on Friday, trying to puncture Mr. Romney’s closing election argument that he’ll be able to deliver on the bipartisanship President Obama promised in 2008 but has struggled to live up to.
Reid accused Romney of not paying taxes in the last ten years, which didn’t pan out for him. In the last administration, Reid worked hard to undermine the security of our troops by declaring that the surge had failed before it started. He also spent the last two years of the Bush Presidency trying to de-fund the troops deployed in the war against terror, but couldn’t find room in his schedule for passing a budget.
Thanks, Nevada.
Category: Congress sucks
Anyone surprised?
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Didn’t think so.
Reid hasn’t passed a budget for the last 3 1/2 years because he knows that under the rules, spending would have to be maintained under the levels of the previously passed budget–that is, the one that keeps us in excess of $1T deficits each and every year.
Perhaps his having this declaration on the record will give some Dems sufficient cover to vote for someone else as their leader?
OK, OK, not gonna happen, I know, but I keep hoping that enough folks will wake up to the reality that the survival of this country is much more important than party affiliation to fix a few things which are broken.
One of the big reasons, among many, I am voting for Romney is that he has a real track record of working with democrats. Obama never had that attribute and hasn’t got it done. Sadly, Reid is telegraphing that partisan gridlock will stay regardless of president. But I’ll go with the guy who’s actually overcome people like Reid to get stuff done.
Oh, and if it needed to be said, Reid’s comments are also a prime example of why it’s so important to get the Senate back into GOP hands as well.
Reid as Majority Leader again? Thanks, no.
Only if GOP Senatorial candidates (Akin/Mourdock) would quit blowing themselves up on abortion issues…These ass munches are being given a fat slow ball pitch over the plate in solid red states and they proceed to whiff…badly.
All thats needed is a 50/50 split in the Senate – than Mitch McConnell calls the shots because a VP Paul Ryan breaks the tie…no not a super majority 60 Republicans, but just a simple majority would have provided leverage and momentum. Also Harry Reid would be marginalized, and Senate Dems may choose to not keep him as their leader.
This is the same Harry Reid who tried to misuse his position as a Senator to pressure Clear Channel Radio to drop Rush Limbaugh over the “phony soldiers” talk that he gave in regards to Jessie MacBeth……
Reid’s ass needs to be retired.
Congress needs term limits.
Hardly surprising. Bluster of bipartisanship from either party has been shown to be nothing more than rhetoric.
Whorehouse Harry is the prime example of what’s wrong with the Congress. I blame much of the problem on the advent of television. Reid knows that he can always find cameras available for whatever his rant d’jour might be and that the networks will always be glad to feature his views.
He is a master of bending the Senate rules so that Republicans have no opportunity to offer meaningful amendments during the committee process, so he and his Democrats can bloviate endlessly about their legislative goals.
But then, because if legislation actually gets to the floor of the Senate, Republicans could force votes which would place many Democrats on the endanger species list with their constituents. So Harry lets things just die, and then blames the Republicans for being obstructionist. And much of the media thinks he is a great hero. After all, he is saving the United States Senate from the horror of actually having to debate serious issues and having recorded votes which would actually put Democratic politicians on record.
Unfortunately, getting rid of Whorehouse Harry doesn’t solve the problem. Next in line on the Democratic side is Charles Schnmmer. Chuck (I’d walk a mile for a camera) is, if anything, even more partisan than Whorehouse Harry, and is also considerably smarter.
Is that the same Harry Reid in this photo?
http://flipthatbird.com/political/senator-harry-reid-on-health-care/
@11
Someone must have asked Hairy in a nego dialect how & where he got his appx 5-10 million clams net worth…oh also about son Rory Reid as an attorney for a Chinese green energy firm allegedly trying to lobby Congress…mmm.
Harry is a MINO (Mormon In Name Only). With his behaviour, I’m surprised his local bishop hasn’t excommunicated him.
My mom & step-father used to live in the same local ward (religious, not political) back in DC, and the tales they’d tell about having to put the muzzle on Dingy Harry.
President Romney needs to pull a Reagan and go directly to the American people to get around asshats like Reid. It worked like a charm back then and it sure can now. With half the country calling his office to raise the Bravo Sierra flag, Reid won’t know which way to turn.
I am really ashamed of my home state. I dont know why they keep electing that asshole. Its a shame the little car accident he was involved in earlier in the week didnt leave him unable to finish his term.
“I dont know why they keep electing that asshole.”
Here’s a hint:
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
@16: I know man, oh boy dont I know. Its sickening.
If you guys put your minds to it, you can visualize Harry the Fingerflipper being asked some day to leave office in disgrace over something.
Considering:
– only 3 states require students receive an education in Civics
– and, most colleges/universities consider the basics of our government to be racist/patriarchal and unworthy both of study and presenting it unvarnished
Then is it any wonder that not only will Reid get away with it, but tens of millions of Americans will consider the Tea Party to blame.
I predict Reid will work with President Romney and Republicans. His price: the USAF will buy more of Reid’s desert paradise outside of Las Vegas – he paid pennies an acre, and we the taxpayers will but that land for thousands of dollars an acre. Reid has been bought in the past, and the money is more than he’ll withstand.
@4-Jagc The truth is that Romney has a terrible record of working with Democrats. While he was governor he vetoed over 800 bills- twice as many as his Republican predecessor. Over 700 of his bills were overridden, which is the only reason why anything got done in his administration. He left office extremely unpopular- which is why he didn’t even bother trying to run for re-election. Which is also the reason why he is losing in Massachusetts by over 20 points.
Romney will never be President so it is kind of hard arguing about how Reid will cooperate with a non-existent Romney administration. However the idea that any Democrat will cooperate with voucherizing Medicare, a further 5 trillion dollar tax cut, a gutting of the social safety net and the rest of his severely conservative plan is absurd.
If a Democrat had the goal of reducing the military by 90% would you expect a Republican to cooperate?
insipid doesn’t do math very well.
Romney vetoed 800, the Democratic Legislature over-ruled 700 (yay for checks and balances!).
So: 700 laws were passed. 700!
100 were so awful that the Democratic Legislature couldn’t muster a majority of Democrats to over rule Romney.
And did Romney just disregard the law, as Obama did with the War Powers Act? NO! He continued to work the Democrats!
And what became of those 700 laws? Did Romney toss them aside? Are they still in place today?
Or were those 700 amended in order to maintain a majority, make it better for the people of Massachussetts – making the Romney’s veto a necessary check to balance bad law-making?
Go for it insipid.
And: how do you know Romney will never be President? We already know in 7 states the vote’s been rigged.
Personally, if I were Progressive, I’d be more concerned about those networked, easily hackable voting machine databases showing more people voted for Obama than actually showed up to vote. With Sandy driving so many voters away, it is entirely likely.
Well, apparently you know Romney will never be President as well, since you’re already making laughable excuses. The Secretaries of State for Ohio, Virginia and Florida are all Republican. And Romney’s son has invested in voting machines. If anyone should be whining about voting machines it is me. My guess is that you got your “more people voted Barack than voted” nonsense from some right wing blog. The same type of fantasy blog that has President Obama not using the words “act of terror” for two weeks and ignoring requests for reinforcements in Benghazi.
But fortunately there are election audits and paper trails. I still have faith in elections and the electorate. Romney is going to lose, President Obama will get over 300 electoral votes and you’ll have to come up with some better excuse than Rigged voting machines! in order to keep from being laughed at.
Oh the day is nigh when I can stop muting my TV every time the messiah is on air running his suck…
Whatever. Nancy Boy is at it again.
2016 is a strange definition of “nigh”. Or were you referring to Romney as the “Messiah”?
It’s ok sip, vote for revenge. The messiah’s reign will be over soon.
Yeah, this blog compared the President to OJ Simpson. Also, you’re pearl clutching regarding the use of the word “revenge” would be a lot more convincing if you weren’t at the same time referring to President Barack Obama as the “Messiah”.
Sippy cup please be quiet, adults are talking here and your input is not needed.
Oh, the “adults” that refer to me as a “Nancy Boy” refer to the President as “The Messiah” andrefer to Harry Reid as “Whorehouse Harry”? Those “adults”? Funny, sounds like 13 year olds on a playground to me.
Sip, losing is tough, and since the anointed one is about to do exactly that, go ahead and throw your little temper tantrum, just don’t get carried away with it.
Well, 19 out of 22 Swing-state polls say you are wrong, Redacted:
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/nov-2-for-romney-to-win-state-polls-must-be-statistically-biased/#more-37099
Maybe your talking-point is correct, that ALL the polls are statistically biased and slanted. But it sounds more like wishful thinking than looking at reality.
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Hey, I just finished reading Poetrooper’s post and, with that still fresh on my mind, I have one thing to say to you Insipid, since you have volunteered to be obama’s spokesgirl here: FUCK YOU!
Thankfully this one was caught, but how many more people have done it? I have to believe that this is also a part of the reason why these scumbags get reelected.
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/11/03/nevada-woman-tries-to-vote-twice-and-gets-arrested/
Insiptitude #20
Are you running out of ideas and bad DemonRat talking points? Seems to me you’ve posted that exact same inanity in an earlier TAH.
The more you blather your easily-disproven propaganda (Goebbels would be SO proud of your use of The Big Lie technique), the more you drive people to Romney/Ryan.
Even Druncle Joe has thrown in the towel, finally admitting there’s never been a day in the last four years that he’s been proud to be Obomber’s Vice President. Not you too, Joe…
Hey look…Barry has caught Bidenitis “Voting is the best revenge”. You can take the pol out of Chicago, but you can’t take the Chicago out of the pol…y’know “Never bring a knife to a gunfight”. Yipper, its “Hope and Change” to “Hate and Revenge”…forward to change on Tuesday.
BTW lots of chatter concerning riots if Barry loses…http://twitchy.com/2012/11/02/as-election-day-nears-obama-supporters-step-up-riot-threats/
I think you guys will all like this little story from Florida’s early voting bender:
http://news.msn.com/us/police-blow-up-suspicious-items-at-fla-early-voting-site/?gt1=51501
How many times has Romney called PBO “foreign”? Now we’re not allowed to say “a good life is the best revenge” without is somehow being threatening. Yes, winning on election day WILL be the best revenge against the GOP who put defeating President Obama ahead of country.
Plus THIS GOP has no business whatsoever calling anyone else devisive. If he Romney wanted nice, he wouldn’t have Trump as a surrogate.
I found some interesting items that I want to share with readers of this blog:
http://www.colbertnation.com/articles/obamas-secret-martian-past/?xrs=synd_cnarticle
and this one:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/420668/october-31-2012/donald-trump-s-october-surprise-extension
Nov. 6 should be a very interesting Tuesday night.
There are also these two items:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0gDGO2GzHM
and
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/20/biden-obamas-inexperience-will-prompt-nations-to-test-us/
I find the last item rather prescient.
@40 Ex-PH2
Yeah, we have all this damning evidence, but our politburo(MSM) is still digging thru Sarah Palin’s trash cans.
Um, Instupid, he didn’t say what you quote him as saying, “The same type of fantasy blog that has President Obama not using the words “act of terror” for two weeks and ignoring requests for reinforcements in Benghazi. So, no, he did not address the attack in Benghazi specifically, as an “act of terror”. But, keep lying, it’s the only thing you do half-way competently.
And, he did ignore requests for assistance. Wasn’t it HST who said of the presidency, “the buck stops here”? So, the buck stops at Preezy’s desk, nowhere else.
And, really, you quote Nate Silver, too bad he’s got credibility problems.
Insipid, I wouldn’t come here Tuesday night looking for someone to talk you off the ledge.
Devtun Says: Only if GOP Senatorial candidates (Akin/Mourdock) would quit blowing themselves up on abortion issues Well, the Democrats blow themselves up on abortion issues as well. The difference is that the media doesn’t report it. How many people in 2008 knew that Obama was pro-infanticide and voted for it numerous times in Illinois? Hardly anyone. Think that if McCain had been pro-infanticide the media would have kept that quiet? Not.a.chance. CI Says: Hardly surprising. Bluster of bipartisanship from either party has been shown to be nothing more than rhetoric. Actually, President Bush – to his detriment – was very bipartisan in his domestic policy while President (Medicare spending, Education spending (I think he allowed Ted Kennedy of all people to help write the education bill)). The deficits he ran up were not because of the war efforts, but rather because of his massive — at the time — spending with the Democrats on domestic policy. [Of course, those deficits were lessened each year by the GOP Congress from 2003-2006, and the deficit was set to be reduced even more had the GOP stayed in charge of Congress. But Democrats took over in Jan 2007 and proceeded to INCREASE spending, when they campaigned on the promise to DECREASE spending. Yeah, I’m shocked the Democrats lied about spending too. Not. ***Iraq War spending accounted for just 3.2% of all federal spending while it lasted. ***Iraq War spending was not even one quarter of what we spent on Medicare in the same time frame. ***Iraq War spending was not even 15% of the total deficit spending in that time frame. The cumulative deficit, 2003-2010, would have been four-point-something trillion dollars with or without the Iraq War. ***The Iraq War accounts for less than 8% of the federal debt held by the public at the end of 2010 ($9.031 trillion). ***During Bush’s Iraq years, 2003-2008, the federal government spent more on education than it did on the Iraq War. (State and local governments spent about ten times more.) And recall then that the Democrats actually complained from 2001-2004 that the President was not… Read more »
@44 — Please supply references to what you say Obama was reported to have said. Thanks.
@44
Understood, but Republicans should know better and display better political savvy. They know they will always be held to a higher standard by our poliburo – it sucks, but most media and hollyweird are hard lefty’s and don’t care about objectivity. BTW I was aware of Obama’s stance on abortion and reaction from MSM? Chirp…chirp…crickets.
Ex-PH2 Says: @44 — Please supply references to what you say Obama was reported to have said. Thanks.
Reported to have said about what? Not sure what you’re asking for here.
Devtun Says: @44 Understood, but Republicans should know better and display better political savvy.
I understand that, but it shouldn’t be that way. The GOP should not have to watch everything they say and have to be careful to say things ‘just so’ in order to not have their words twisted. That means that they are essentially accepting censorship. They need to fight back against that.
But, that said, I understand what kind of backasswords political environment in which we live (and have lived in since I started paying attention to politics after 9/11/01). Things aren’t fair and Democrats are allowed to have radicals in their party and get away with it, because the media protects them, while the GOP can’t have anyone make even the slightest mistake without the media drumming it up into the “worst scandal EVAH!” Sucks.
@45 Ex-PH2
Here is an excellent and I think fair article (its a conservative newsmag btw) gleem from it what you will.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/292204/obama-s-infanticide-votes-patrick-brennan
@49 — Oh, okay, she was asking about my statement that Obama is pro-infanticide. Okay, was lost, because I never said Obama said anything.
I simply stated he was pro-infanticide, because of his voting record for infanticide in Illinois as an IL legislator. Of course there is no reference to Obama stating “I am for infanticide”. But his voting record for it in IL speaks for itself.