(December 3, 2010 at 5:30 pm)Mishka Wrote: What did they rubber stamp?
Everything Bush demanded. Funding for the wars. Taking impeachment or investigation of misdeeds off the table. Bailouts. They started to show some spine of FISA but then caved to that demand too.
This last decade has been a grand experiment on what happens when Republicans are allowed to run the show. From tax cuts to military spending, everything the Republicans wanted was handed to them on a silver platter with a side order of Democrat rollovers. The collapse in 2008 is solely due to their leadership.
Even with Obama in office and the biggest majorities the Democrats have ever had, they caved at every chance they could get. Single payer was taken off the table before negotiations even started on health care. The public option and every other compromise quickly followed. Gitmo is still open for business. Spain was pressured into dropping charges against Bush and Cheney. Tax cuts for the rich will be extended. Unemployment benefits will likely be cut off.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
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... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
