Give 'em hell, Harry!

The line has been drawn, make em cross it in public!

This just may work. I can't think of any repubs who would stay up all night if there are no hookers involved.

Bush:

"No time to focus on impeachment: We have important legislation to pass ...[uh] filibuster ... [uh] veto....[uh]...issue a signing statement to ignore [uh]. . . not enforce... [uh] retaliate against the US Atty's if they attempt to enforce . . .[uh] to secretly make rules to bypass the courts and violate anyway and not get caught ... [uh] to create another excuse to suppress, destroy evidence and issue commutations...[uh] to find another excuse to invoke executive priviledge to hide evidence of our illegal activity . .. [uh] to find a new excuse to create false evidence and retlate against the public for calling us on our non-sense illegal activity. . . ."

Every minute the GOP Senators filibuster, is one more minute the GOP is showing they are not serious about passing legislation, but distracting attention from the needed impeachment: President would be denied a pardon regardless the Senate vote.

I hope c-span keeps their camera on the entire time. Remember tomorrow to stock up on pop corn and the adult beverage of your choice. Might want to grab a cat nap tomorrow so you can stay awake to see some of this.

Finally, some fight back. It's a good beginning. The country's attitude is behind Harry so all he has to do is force the bastards to stand up and let the public know who they are.

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About fucking time somebody in the Democrats grew some damned balls.

Senator, “Shit! There goes my 7:00 AM tee time!”

If you look really closely, it appears that Reid is developing some sort of...yup, that sure looks like a spine.

One reporter (I think it was on CNN) already called this theatrics and political theater.

Maybe there's some hope that the right kind of pressure on the right person(s) at the right time can have an effect.

In the right (left) hands, these tubes are like a scalpel!

If a Republican stays up for more than four hours, aren't they supposed to seek medical attention?

Weaseldog, I guess it would apply to any prick, so I guess you're right.

The fellow that C&L and other Democrats put down, Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel, came forth with just such a tactic over a month ago and he has been pushing hard to bring it to the attention of anyone who will listen.

Looks as if someone may have finally listened to him.

Think some Republic will call in a bomb scare?

Someone educate me....IF/when the filibuster by Repigs is kicked off, "must" the
speaker(s) stick to the topic of the legislation before them, or can they do as
Senator Warner just did(on CSPAN-3) talk about anything and everthing NOT
related/pertaining/or connected to the Bill being filibustered???? If that is the
case, then I can guarantee you that 30 hours of "nothing" will accomplish nothing.

So what happens after 30 hours? Does the measure automatically come up for a vote? Or does the cloture motion come back onto the table?

about freaking time. now if only he would do this for every other bill that we need passed. bet the Grand Obstructionist Party would give up their deal once they had to sleep on rollaway beds for a while...

Good! Reid and Pelosi need to keep sticking it to the GOP, and highlight every obstruction they make!

Good job Reid. About time.

[...] House Link to Article iraq Breaking: Reid To Force Senate Into All-Night Session Tuesday » Posted at [...]

Reid's plan just might work to and the timing couldn't be more right especially if what Sen. Voinovich is true. Who knows, we might just see "some fur fly" as Sen. Voinovich said:

GOP senator to Rove: Bush legacy on the line in Iraq

"Voinovich added that other Republicans are close to speaking out against the President’s current strategy.

“I won’t mention anyone’s name. But I have every reason to believe that the fur is going to start to fly, perhaps sooner than what they may have wanted.”

In private, Voinovich is more blunt, using a profanity to describe the White House’s handling of Iraq by charging the administration “f—ed up” the war."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/07/16/gop-senator-to-rove-bush...

I look into the magic 8 ball and see the word "CAVE".
I shake it again, and there they are, those same four letters C.A.V.E.
The magic 8 ball is rarely wrong...

Reid's action means the GOP Senate needs better leaders. Why does the GOP have such bad leaders in Congress?

So far, so good, but I'll believe it when I see it.

$5 American says the Dems will back off and start apologizing by tomorrow morning, tho.

Well done, Harry. Remember your boxing days and give them a good metaphorical shot to the liver. But in the same vein, remember that these cowards will try to hit you with their stool as you go back to your own corner, so don't turn your backs on them!

p.s. the Dems HAVE been doing their jobs. Do you think the neocons would be scrambling to cover up every scandal and bit of illegal chicanery without the Dems running the House right now? NO EFFIN' WAY, sons and daughters. Thow open the curtains and air this crap OUT!

Holy moly! The Democratic leadership is starting to show signs of a spine! About time Mr. Reid!

Anon @ 48:

Reid's action means the GOP Senate needs better leaders. Why does the GOP have such bad leaders in Congress?

Oh, they have great leaders! They'd lead us to a broken economy. Lead us to the Flat Earthers and Creationists clubs. Lead us into illegal wars. Lead us into the local house of prostitution. Lead us to the pages dorms. Lead us to being the most hated nation on earth. It just depends on where you want to go!

Alright "weak Tea"...You are still a pussy tho~

Doggiebobo: IANACL, but no, they don't have to stick to the subject at hand. We in Louisiana remember well ol' Huey Long's filibusters back in the 1930s. He would read out his mamma's recipe for "pot likker" and such, hour after hour. More recently, in one famous filibuster a senator stood up and read out a phone book. But the party doing the filibuster has to have somebody talking at all times.

I think the point is that so long as it's under way, the majority party can leave it as the only item on the agenda. So nothing else happens until it's ended one way or another. The Senate comes to a screeching halt while Republicans read out phone books. Great TV!

Good on ya Harry, Give ‘em hell !

Steve T. @ 60:

Doggiebobo: IANACL, but no, they don't have to stick to the subject at hand. We in Louisiana remember well ol' Huey Long's filibusters back in the 1930s. He would read out his mamma's recipe for "pot likker" and such, hour after hour. More recently, in one famous filibuster a senator stood up and read out a phone book. But the party doing the filibuster has to have somebody talking at all times.

I think the point is that so long as it's under way, the majority party can leave it as the only item on the agenda. So nothing else happens until it's ended one way or another. The Senate comes to a screeching halt while Republicans read out phone books. Great TV!

Thanks....but 12 to 15 of those 30 hours would involve night-time or sleeping hours for
most of us, so who of us is really planning or going to watch a midnight to 8:00Am
filibuster, therefore I guess my follow-up question is..."Great TV for who"??

Doggiebobo @ 65:

Steve T. @ 60:

Doggiebobo: IANACL, but no, they don't have to stick to the subject at hand. We in Louisiana remember well ol' Huey Long's filibusters back in the 1930s. He would read out his mamma's recipe for "pot likker" and such, hour after hour. More recently, in one famous filibuster a senator stood up and read out a phone book. But the party doing the filibuster has to have somebody talking at all times.

I think the point is that so long as it's under way, the majority party can leave it as the only item on the agenda. So nothing else happens until it's ended one way or another. The Senate comes to a screeching halt while Republicans read out phone books. Great TV!

Thanks....but 12 to 15 of those 30 hours would involve night-time or sleeping hours for
most of us, so who of us is really planning or going to watch a midnight to 8:00Am
filibuster, therefore I guess my follow-up question is..."Great TV for who"??

Further, if almost 1/2 of the 30 hours would NOT anyway have been spent by the U.S. Senate in session doing the people's business, what was really gained other than requiring some of the Repig Senators to rotate into the Well of the Senate Chambers talking(filibustering) about absolutely nothing.

I am the only one who thinks that the blogs got talking points from Reid. Maybe not this one but others. This looks like a very contrived PR event to me. See Dems are fightin, Look the blogs are relevant. If he hasnt responded to even more sustained and wide spread "swarms" why would this this unnoticble blog shaking influence him in anyway.

And?

goatsage @ 55:

Jason Shankel @ 50:

So far, so good, but I'll believe it when I see it.

$5 American says the Dems will back off and start apologizing by tomorrow morning, tho.

Hey Jason,
When Feingold posts on Kos the reasons against impeachment, you know the Dems ain't gonna do the trick for us.

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Hey goatsage, I read Mr. Feingolds post, and I am for impeachment, ( I was against it ) but I thought he was pretty clear and realistic. You may not like it, hell, neither do I, however, he was trying to make clear where he was coming from, and it is not a black or white issue. There are grey areas.

this thing they have created is not going to end with resolutions not with voteing either , they arent going away peacefully, get used to the idea we have been taken by our enemys and its not going to be the faint of heart who will prevail!

harry grow a pair and impeach the bush crime family now

Show Me You Care

I know the title sounds corny. I wanted it to speak to what has been lacking from Senate leader Harry Reid. This man was "playing middle of the road" politics with one of the most contemptuous issues facing America today. This occupation of Iraq should be ended, and any action by our senate less then that is not supportive to our troops.

I am a committed Democrat. Yet, Reid tried my commitment with his failure to stand strong for the withdrawal of our troops. I, in turn, spent many comments promoting unity after the Republicans tried to take advantage of disappointed Democrats who also had a problem with Reid's actions. I recall reading many suspect right-wing comments, on leftest sites, telling would be supporters they had spineless leaders who could not deliver on promises. Even now, those comments exist as they try to make the claims the Democrats have not delivered the presidency, impeachment, or stopped the war in the 7 months they were in majority standing in both Houses.

I have not changed my standings on my Party, and this move to symbolize what we stand for by preparing to work 24 hours has made me understand why I chose Democrats over Republicans. The problems the Democrats have taken on were 12-5 years in construction. I cannot forget it will take a few years to undo what the Republicans have build. It is all about the process our Party seems to be in, and when that process is change, I am okay with their efforts.

Joseph

Doggiebobo: "I guess my follow-up question is…”Great TV for who”??"

Well, there's TiVo. I'm sure there will be plenty of YouTubers recording the whole thing overnight and scouring it carefully the next day for real howlers. As somebody said elsewhere, the filibuster was devised when politicians were used to standing up and talking for hours, making it up brilliantly as they went along. Nowadays, you get to be a senator by fundraising, making deals with corporate biggies, holding meetings, making a few TV commercials, and doing so-called campaign stops where you just shake hands, kiss babies, and regurgitate the stump speech you've done 100 times before. What they call "debates" are just interleaved press conferences. Making these guys get up on their feet and try to be coherent at 4 am is bound to produce some goodies.

Also, it's going to be less than great for the press corps that's going to have to stay up and watch whether they want to or not. Keep this up long enough and they're going to like the R's less and less. That would be nice.

Just wondering if Harry finally found/grew his own, or, is it a post-fix 30 hr doggie-fake-balls vet-implant loan ..

It is sad we have nothing better to get excited about but dems finally moving their arse, just stirring in comfy down we provided for .. while darth cheney is salivating w/images of bombed Iran, just around the corner, filibuster or not .. Even the impeachment is not enough for this repug criminal junta !

I'll believe Reid growing a spine when I see it.

Harry found his gonads!!!

There is no solution to the Iraq War. If Americans really want the war to end, and they truly care for their ‘Soldiers’, then they will immediately, without hesitation, cease and desist from driving their cars. Other than that, you have no one to blame but yourselves. Also, I have news for you folks. Bush is ‘The Leaker’.

In the Name of Brutus

Dames and Gents,

In times unprecedented and tinged with despair, it is appropriate to reflect on the founding of our great nation. It was not with George Washington, but with Brutus, and not the one who killed Caeser. There was another who rebelled against the tyrant monarchy of Rome, The Tarquins. He wrote the Roman Constitution that would stand for 500 years. His sons sided with the monarchy. The monarchy lost. So to punish his sons and found a perfect union, he immolated his own sons.
Machiavelli speaks fluently and voluminoulsy and voiciferously on this subject, in ‘The Discourses’, and yet is proved wrong on several counts by the miracle of America. He says that a nation founded in servitude, as America was a colony, will never win its freedom. He also says that a nation founded on fertile soil that is easily defended, will in time loose all of its freedoms because it will become, eventually, inevitably, sloth and sated, and will forget to protect them.
As regards 'The DC Madam', I am personally involved. You can view my involvement at http://www.maytheygetwhattheydeserve.com/KAT.html
Sometimes a mouse will lead you to a kat, and a kat can lead you to a rat and a rat, ironically, can lead you to the truth. And the truth, as they say, and as it is written, will set you free.
May all those who sincerely and patiently wait for freedom be free and may all those who desire to steal those freedoms find instead the dire consequences that accompany contempt for a great man like Brutus.

As regards Machiavelli,
eram sapiens tamen nefas
And again,
vox vocis publicus est vox vocis deus

May The Republic stand forever and bring the Glory Of The World, with Dignity, into Its Treasury.

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