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Issa say Senate Republicans were drunk

Posted: Jan 1, 2013

I heard this interview on CNN an hour or so ago, but here's a link.

Issa didn't go as far as to say they were drunk, just a strong insinuation, but LaTourette did.

So I guess that's the new desperate strategy/talking point of the House... throwing your own party under the bus.

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Oh brother - you're posting Think Progress? - Why not post National Enquirer

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Not much different.

Besides the key word here is "jokes".

Sorry, but it was the only place that - bootstraps

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Had direct quotes from CNN. I don't think there's much spin, but even if there is, the quotes are true. I saw the interviews on CNN.

I just did a search to find documentation that the interview occurred that that's what I found

anyhow, I'll update as soon as a more mainstream is available.

WhyNot, Think Progress has a progressive orientation - but is respectable and dependable. You should

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try reading it now and then to add other information and perspective. Not to change your mind, just get it humming along a little busier. :)

And check the credentials of its writers. Not exactly National Enquirer types.

Well I shall! But here's YouTube of interview - bootstraps

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I like my mind to hum and be busy!! Thanks :-)

Issa threw in the jab, may have been joking, but I think he crossed the line.

Bootstraps, you ARE ranging. Suggestion was for WhyNot. - Issa was joking but likely while doing a pass play

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LaTourette. It's such a common smear maneuver. If successful, the bloggers and little attack dogs will grab the ball and run with it, adding the sort of conviction and virulence the congressmen can't get away with themselves.

somehow I feel like a young grasshopper today - bootstraps

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Didn't notice the WhyNot moniker. Silly me!! ;-)

LaTourette was the first to mention the drinking, so he was the quarterback.

At any rate, and joking or not, pretty low blow, very low.

It's like watching Fox. You want to know other viewpoints. - Fox does occasionally report valid points. nm

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Yes they do, but we're talking about Think Progress - (i.e. natioanal enquirer material)

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and so are the minds that read them. Never will get any news from TP. Funny that TP is the same acronym as toilet paper. That's about all its good for too.

Closed minds have stopped learning. Just because - your favorite notions get challenged... nm

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yeah, like "Tea Party." - NM

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Those who voted for that unprincipled thug probably feel they're - getting what they wanted. nm

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of course they were drunk... - it was New Year's Eve

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and they were just celebrating what they wanted to anyway...getting something accomplished that was just totally wrong for the USA anyway, but surely benefitted them. Toast to that! Now where exactly are those moral police and values police when you need them?? surely not in OUR govt. Drunks, cheaters, and liars abound!

Hmm. I was just talking about you, and here you are. - Those are mostly elderly men still at work in

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the small hours of the morning after very long days. What you are suggesting didn't happen--before the vote at least. After, with an 89-8 victory for BOTH parties (only 3 dems and 5 pubs on the losing side), no doubt some of the 89 Senators might have felt like celebrating a bit, but I'm guessing most just wanted their beds.

And because they say it,,,it is true? come on - sm

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If you trust the word of either party without proof positive your a huge part of the problem in this country

proof doesn't matter in this case - bootstraps

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Republicans Representatives are saying the only reason the Senate Republicans voted yes was because they were drunk. It doesn't matter whether they were or not, the point is their own party disrespected them.

According to Issa and LaTourette, what other reason could there be for Senate Republicans for voting for the bill? They were drunk!! If they weren't drunk then would have remembered that the Republicans are the Party of No.

oops....forgive anyone else for posting - on the Politics board

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this board apparently belongs to bootstraps and nobody else, as hers is the only opinion that matters! oh my!

wow - bootstraps

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how do I know it's not you that posted anonymously on every anonymous post?

Appreciate the recognition!

Do whut? - grits

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Seems to me bootstraps is trying to have a conversation here. Don't hate, participate.

participate in what? - the only opinion here that matters

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is bootstraps...she dominates EVERY "conversation" with her opinion and browbeats anyone who dares to disagree with her. That is not a conversation at all, but a dominatrix in disquise. Why even both expressing an opinion when it is always beat into the ground...no matter what it is, as long as it is not posted by one of her minions who happen to agree with her. She is not right on EVERY aspect, and some others have valid opinions but cannot voice them because they are not "credible" as in HER sources only. Schoolyard tactics at its worst. If she wants to be a politician....run for office!

A big fat "wah" to you. - Why don't you cry about it?

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WAH.

that's all you got? - how childish...point proven.

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nm

Childish is whining that people are meanies - b/c they don't agree with you.

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just plain nonsense - sm

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Just once I'd like to see you guys make some sense without resorting to childish silliness, voodoo logic, ad hominem attacks, or namecalling. The poster you have chosen to attack is respectful, constructive, can actually string two or more sentences together in a cogent fashion, and manages to make her points without lame character assassination or kidney punches. To accuse her of dominating the board is not only without merit, it just makes you look plain foolish. I think we're all into exchanging ideas and engaging in debate. If you are ill-equipped to engage, it's no one's fault but your own.

Exactly - grits

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Interesting, isn't it, how when several people agree with bootstraps, they're her "minions," and yet when several people support a poster who holds the opposite viewpoint, they're oppressed free thinkers struggling to disseminate information?

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