Congressional Democrats' Responses To SoTU
By Nicole Belle Monday Jan 28, 2008 2:41pmThe Congress has joined the 21st Century and several of the Congressional Democratic members blogged their responses to the final Bush State of the Union speech:
I Continue To Believe That We Must Do More by Rep. John Lewis
Pelosi and Reid: ‘If the President Holds Fast to the Commitment He Made to Bipartisanship Tonight, We Can Make Great Progress for the American People' by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
On the War in Iraq by Rep. John Murtha
On Private School Vouchers by Chairman George Miller
Fighting for Change by Leader Steny Hoyer
The President Needs to Abandon His Partisan Ways by Democratic Whip James Clyburn
President Bush’s Last State of the Union Address by Chairman John Conyers
I Didn’t Hear Anything New by Rep. Hilda Solis
A State of Denial by Rep. Jim McDermott
On Tax Reform by Chairman Charles Rangel
Senator Dick Durbin created a diary and video at DKos.
And 1Democratic Presidential contender Barack Obama released a video with his response.
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Will you join us Mr. President?
Pretty please -- with sugar on top?
Give us a hug, Mr. Cheney.
We can work together.
ROTFLMAO!!!
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BARNEY THE DINOSAUR reacts to the SOTU.
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Pelosi and Reid: ‘If the President Holds Fast to the Commitment He Made to Bipartisanship Tonight, We Can Make Great Progress for the American People’ by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
I cannot resist:
"when monkeys fly outta my butt!"
"Congressional Democrats’ Responses To SoTU"
wow, neat-o...
now if only the democrats would respond to his presidency...
rebutting the SoTU (which i like to call "a nest of lies with a smattering of applause") is one thing, actually standing up to GOP pressure when it matters is another. and on that, the congressional dems have failed (with a few notable exceptions).
Congressional Democrats’ Responses To SoTU
STFU! (?)
The McDermott (State of Denial) blog entry rocks!!! Why can't all elected Dems think and speak that way?
He goes fairly close to calling Bush insane.
Dems to Bush........we must be allowed to help you destroy the nation. Can we not do this in the spirit of bipartisanship?
Dammit all to fuc*ing hell...
After all his lies I can't believe Harry and Nancy still trust that arrogant fucker. It's as if the late Ike Turner apologized to Tina for those years of sick, vicious, beatings. The Repubs are cowardly bullies so they need a couple of good ass whippings before any compromises are made.
Here are a few more not posted above;
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This year, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address occur on the same day.
It is an ironic juxtaposition of events: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication, while the other involves a groundhog.
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How bush has been treating the U.S. Constitution and it's people for the past seven years, and how he intends to continue for at least the next full year!!!
http://www.netdisaster.com/go.php?mode=acid&destruction=massive&url=http...
Will you allow this travesty of injustice to continue?
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It can't happen here? It’s happening here right now.
by Ed Martin
Headlined on 1/28/08
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_ed_marti_080128_it_can_t_happen_...
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James Caroll of the Boston Globe on Each of Bush's State of the Union Addresses: Our one-way trip to disaster
Our one-way trip to disaster
By James Carroll
January 28, 2008
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/0...
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Pelosi and Reid have failed America
By Michael Payne
Online Journal Contributing Writer
Jan 29, 2008, 01:53
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2892.shtml
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Democratic Leadership and the State of the Union Address
By Michelle Malsbury, BSBM, MM
January 29, 2008
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/50554
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Bush's talk may be afterthought
Some analysts expect few surprises, few viewers
Monday, January 28, 2008 2:59 AM
BY JACK TORRY
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
WASHINGTON -- President Bush will have plenty to say tonight when he delivers his final State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, but there is no guarantee that ordinary Americans will pay much attention to him
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/01/...
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And WHAT, may you ask, WAS SO IMPORTANT that Impeachment could not be addressed?
Debating and voting on naming a post office, and praising LSU and West Virginia college football teams for their outstanding seasons?!!?!?!? Read tjhese threads of what NANCY and HARRY THINK ARE SUCH CRITICAL ISSUES THAT THEY REFUSE TO ADDRESS HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION!!!
Here are two blogs watching CSPAN when Dennis had intended to introduce Articles of Impeachment against Bush yesterday, Jan. 28 2008.
We've Waited Seven Years: Kucinich Introducing Articles of Impeachment Against Bush TODAY
Submitted by davidswanson on Mon, 2008-01-28
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/30492
Kucinich Impeachment Against Bush in a Few on CSPAN
by Sue4theBillofRights
Mon Jan 28, 2008
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/28/14203/7139/637/444827
why are posts not appearing when they are submitted?
Hello, site monitor?
Pelosi and Reid: ‘If the President Holds Fast to the Commitment He Made . . . ’
Yeah, and if frogs had wings, they wouldn't bump their butts when they hopped.
Murtha nailed the Iraq War piece:
"The President continues to ignore the bigger picture in Iraq. It is not a question of what happens to Iraq if we leave; it’s a question of what happens to America if we stay. It’s a question of whether America can afford to continue spending $343 million every day in Iraq, while growing our national debt by nearly $1 million every minute. Our children should not have to foot the bill for this Administration’s mistakes."
Nancy & Harry, hi there. Now STFU and resign! Good gawd do you REALLY, HONESTLY think that Busholini is in ANY WAY going to work WITH YOU to do ANYTHING????????
Who's brewing YOUR Kool-Aid?
Face it Amerika, we are one party under Gawd.
After last night, I really give up.
JudyLou @ 12:
The French do the Hustle?
The past seven years have set this country back by decades. The only hope I found in tonight’s address was in the fact that it was this President’s last...
-John Conyers
I think it's set us back a lot farther than mere decades. We can never undo the millions we have killed and the pain we have caused around the world.
It also appears far from likely that we will ever get out of this massive debt that has been inflicted upon us.
I couldn't watch much, that 'clapping' makes me barf, the same with the stock market,they 'clap' when the market drops ???? WTF. Nancy once said: 'To be polite'...screw polite, turn your back on these criminals!
Props to McDermott for an on-target, no-bullsh*t response.
Still Off the Table, by Speaker Nancy Pelosi
How to Fully Fund the War in Iraq Quietly, by Your Democratic Congress
Why Republican Filibusters Always Work and The Democrats Seldom Try, by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Pelosi and Reid: ‘If the President Holds Fast to the Commitment He Made to Bipartisanship Tonight..."
Are they holding their breath? Still?
I figured it out. See, there is the Republican Party which is made up of two parties, the conservatives and the NeoCONS, who always vote as a group. Then there is the Democratic Party, which is made up of conservatives, liberals, corporate whores, republicans, bluedogs, yellowdogs, fleadogs, and spineless dogs, who always vote in different directions. There really isn't a Democratic Party. It is a grouping of all those who aren't Republican.
Every time this loser President talks that unity shit he immediately goes out on the stump blasting the "Democrat" party blaming them for everything and calling them weak. This man really needs his ass beat.
Yes, the same John Conyers who won't bring Kucinichs' impeachment forward, that same Conyers?
Senator Landrieu
"But tonight is a night for setting priorities, and several important ones were left out"
But we do not need the approach the President called for tonight. Rather, we must provide children with quality choices in a quality public school system. We must strengthen the public school system by supporting innovation and improving neighborhood schools
The President also emphasized the importance of keeping our children safe and healthy, but he continues to veto essential health insurance programs for them. I will continue the fight to provide health insurance for the 4 million otherwise uninsured low-income children
ConcernedCanuck @ 21:
Ahhh, Grasshopper... You are now ready for advanced cat herding, U.S.A. style. ;-)
One year left in this administration, and they want to talk about bipartisanship NOW?!
Get rid of ALL OF THEM - Repubs and Dems alike.
In his last State of the Union address, President Bush fired one final salvo his war against public education in signature fashion. Not to content to endorse yet another conservative school voucher scheme, President Bush appropriated the name of the very popular Pell Grant program to market it. And by targeting African-Americans with his "Pell Grants for Kids," Bush zeroed in on the one Democratic constituency conservatives believe might support it.
For the details, see:
"Bush Hijacks Pell Grants for School Vouchers."
re: Jim Mcdermott
For so many reasons I am proud to be part of the district that this man represents. The fightin' 7th! He has fought so hard, for so long, and at such great costs to make our government honest and good for we the people. He is truely one of the good guys.
http://www.house.gov/mcdermott/issues.shtml
STOP George @ 2:
Barney, the most ballsy Democrat.
I just looked up Hoyer's entry, and had to look for my barf bag PRONTO. This is the REAL reason Nancy Pelosi cannot do much about anything. She fought against his appt, was overruled by other lousy dems of her own party. As corrupt as he is.
Hoyer is the worst kind of life-long corpowhore (and most lying) there is. 78% of his funding came from the corpos, most from the banking - and, he was instrumental in pushing thru the 'new bankriptcy law' written by his corpo-donors, and sending many families into streets and poverty of no-return.
Hs says nothin' but BS here ! Slime keeps drippin'..
I'm at work and can't get on youtube to search, but someone please post Joe Biden's post-speech reply on MSNBC. That was a thing of beauty. Not only did he decimate Bush's tired, out of touch rhetoric, but he really made Chris Matthews look foolish in the process. It doesn't take much to accomplish either of those things, but Biden's did a hell of a job doing it.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: or
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
mark c @ 25:
she abandoned an entire city. I'm too angry for words.
Did "PLEASEOSI and REID MY BODY LINGO I'M BLUFFING" really say that? That is about as stupid a thing I have ever heard. Who do these people represent? They got their crap fed to them every day by dick and they are so dull they think he means it when a toady offers them a scrap?
what utter BS. I guess they have been paid off again as well. They sure as hell don't represent Americans any longer
Pelosi and Reid have to go. Fake Democrats and cowards do our country no more good than Bush and his thugs.
Webb's 2008 speech is good.
http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=7787916
thank you mr. mcdermott
Left&Left @ 9:
That's hilarious.
There are no politics. Everything is exactly what it seems.
Kay @ 24:
The same John Conyers who fought Bush more than any other single Representative INCLUDING Kucinich. Who published a book listing 25 major felonies from Bushco. Who held hearings in the basement in order to expose these crimes.
The K. impeachment bill of Cheney could still move forward. But since you have changed over to blaming Conyers instead, it's dead in the water. And once K. filed impeachment over Bush himself, it's all over for either effort. That's because with scapegoats in place, you don't need to actually confront the politics and get the job done.
The Sorry State of a Lame-Duck's Legacy
BLOG | Posted 01/28/2008 @ 10:40pm
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/?pid=276707
The Man Who Learned Too Little
In his final State of the Union, Bush makes more empty promises.
By Fred Kaplan
Posted Monday, Jan. 28, 2008
http://www.slate.com/id/2182951/fr/rss/
Responding Appropriately to the State of the Union
Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:27 PM ET
The Nation --
http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20080128/cm_thenation/45276636
CappuccettoRosso @ 30:
I'm shocked. You mean you discovered the existence of the DLC? Did you realize that removing Pelosi would put Hoyer into the Speaker's seat? Wow, I'm impressed.
Speaker Pelosi did an enormous amount last year, with all the failures. If you want a Speaker Hoyer in 2008, just keep bashing her.
Paul in LA:
I was a big fan of Conyers, but there's something wrong.
How many hearings, Paul?
How many indictments ?
How many indictments were successful?
Blah, blah, blah, all the hearings and words haven't changed a damn thing.
Stop making excuses.
I am an average American, formerly a Republican but independent in my political views and leaning towards true conservative views, not necessarily what is being espoused in the media as conservative these days. I consider myself to have decent ethical and moral values.
I had to watch President George W. Bush’s last State of the Union speech, mainly out of curiosity.
Quite frankly, I was a little surprised. The speech was merely a repetition of things past, nothing new. However, watching how our elected officials reacted to the speech, I found myself feeling very shocked.
Granted, George W. Bush is the President of the US and the position should be given some deference and respect, but his record on many issues is not one that lends itself to bring respect for the man. Here was a President who has violated common ethics, laws, and rules of this country, a proven liar, both to Congress and to the American people, as well as a man considered to be a war criminal by many other well respected countries of the world, a man responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people including thousands of our own military, delivering a rather mundane but political speech, getting members of his own party to jump to their feet, applaud, hoot, yee-ha and generally act like a bunch of school children at recess, over nothing.
How low have politicians sunk to? Where are the real statesmen and stateswomen, those with real ethics and morals? Where is the moral outrage at where our country has been taken? Are there no morally sound independent thinkers within the Republican Party?
Where are the supposed adult men and women? Watching this spectacle, I am certain that if there had been a cliff behind the President, and he told the Republican lemmings to jump off of it, they would have done so. It was scary. It was also revealing.
How have the Republican elected officials come to such positions, where party loyalty to the President figures more importantly than loyalty to our country, the people of our country and respect for the rule of law? It is an important question and needs investigation. Watching the party faithful jump to their feet for ostensibly no valid reasons gives an appearance of something more sinister, almost as if these elected men and women were brainwashed. Try as I may, I cannot shake the feeling that something is afoot which is much more dangerous than anything prior in our history.
I hope I am wrong.
Kay @ 42:
The FBI doesn't do felonies any more, sorry.
How you can blame Conyers for the collapse of the legal system during this coup is completely beyond me.
I personally fought a daily TWO YEAR impeachment struggle focused on Conyers from 2002-2004. He was in full support of that effort -- and I believe he still supports impeaching Cheney if it is possible.
But go ahead and blame him for the legal system's collapse. Might as well blame him for the media conspiracy not to cover his work or Bush's crimes. All you really need is someone to blame.
Kay, maybe, as you say, you support him. Then WHY NOT recognize that it isn't his fault that the investigations did not magically turn into an ability to stop a coup?
Those investigations are CRUCIAL to any prosecution if we can get our democracy back (and the legal system with it). It is important groundwork for a restoration, if there is to be one.
He published those facts, and how many people read his book?
It's $3.71 via Amazon.
George W. Bush Versus the U.S. Constitution: The Downing Street Memos and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, Coverups in the Iraq War and Illegal Domestic Spying (Paperback)
http://tinyurl.com/2f2g35
Paul, you can dazzle with your brilliance, but that response made absolutely no sense to me whatsoever.
I don't intend to continue tit for tat with you, it's boring.
Some of us really would like to see the Dems hold this administration responsible for the damage they've done.
You tell me, Paul, who is it going to be? Absent the tired old hearings with no outcome.
Kay @ 46:
You join Conyers in that desire. And me.
The value of the hearings is the establishment of the facts in the record. The restoration of the legal system is the only way that 'holding responsible' will ever take place. Impeachment, which only removes, is not likely going to happen --especially once Kucinich shoots the cow in the head by filing against the President himself.
So better find someone to blame. Looks like you already have.
Pelosi and Reid: "We agree with the President that we must work together to make progress on our most pressing challenges."
What blithering IDIOTS. After 7 years of power polarization and arrogant ignoring of the Dems, the "leaders" think that he will now work together with them? Where did the Dems get these two fucking idiots?
Paul in LA @ 47:
Ya cuz, when you think of a party that has done so much since 2000, you think the Dems. Partisan Paul strikes again! Don't you dare question my favorite Dems, cuz I'll post nonstop like a Bush supporter.
Medical Diagnosis by Video @ 48:
Apparently you would make a very poor politician.
Supplying credence to those who have none is BASIC to being Speaker of the House.
ConcernedCanuck @ 49:
What a bunch of ragged nonsense that is, Canuck.
oH OH OH OH OBAMA RELEASED A VIDEO...which speech writer did he get to pen the response for him.
He has released an ad in Minnesota..He says he is going to say the planet. And he is going to say the world......People in Minnesota are hard working nose to the grindstone individuals. They don't go for jumping and dancing and screaming and yelling. If a person don't GOT IT he don't GET US and obama doesn't have it.....
Gee what a wonderful person saving us and the planet or should I say what wonderful speech writer.
Meanwhile, the Republican congresscritters were smacking the sides of their monitors, trying to figure out how to "make the hauntbox work".
Okay, I'm kind of new to this, but I just figured out who Paul in LA is.
Thanks ConcernedCanuck, it would have taken me some time to figure him out, I appreciate the heads up.
Probably on the payroll for the DNC.
I find him tiresome, is he always here?
How to deal with him?
Kay @ 54:
Democratic Congress:
Lucy, I mean George, pretty please hold that football for me this time...
Left&Left @ 9:
"you knew I was a snake, before you took me in."
Earmark Murtha? Really?
Kay @ 54:
Oh yes, it is so BORING! to talk about politics without being insulated by those who support your illusions.
As I have said many times, and Canuck knows it, I do not work for the Democrats -- I AM a Democrat.
Even IF President Bush and Vice-President Cheney were impeached TODAY, the simple fact is that the plan ultimately worked, they got control of the tap to the second largest oil reserve in the world.
Lot's of people who are allegedly in power, seem to want to spew their opinions out onto the world, NOW that the damage is done.
Where were they five years ago?
Now that the Republicans have spent as much "political capital" as I would have thought was POSSIBLE to get control of the oil (something like TWENTY TRILLION DOLLARS worth), do you really think the Dems are going to just pack up the US military, and go home?
It reminds me of the guy running a three-card monte game on the boardwalk. And when the rubes get tired of the game, he just switches from a red pack of cards, to a blue one! Fools the SUCKERS every time.
‘If the President Holds Fast to the Commitment He Made to Bipartisanship Tonight, We Can Make Great Progress for the American People’
DAMN!!! It's not even the end of January yet and people are already competing for stupidest statement of the year?
Kay @ 54:
Tiresome IS right! And one of the worst things is he keeps yelling out "I AM a Democrat" as if that makes him better then us lowly working Americans. And he can't see HOW that makes him exactly like the Republicans and his Republican hero Pelosi.
Paul in LA @ 50:
DAMN!!! Another participant in the contest for stupidest statement of the year!
Paul "supplying credence to those who have none" is most definitly NOT a job for the Speaker of the House! Nor for ANY member of the US Congress. If you beleive that kind of claptrap for even a second it is YOU who know NOTHING of politics!
The title for Pelosi & Reid's blog sounds like an abused wife telling herself that if she tries just a little harder, her abusive, alcoholic husband is going to get better.
Bipartisan has come to mean, 'knuckling under to the Stooge-in-Chief'.
(Actually, I take that back. We'd probably be better off if Moe Howard was president, Larry Fine was VP, and Curly Howard was SecDef.)
Fuck Charlie Rangel. That guy can't spend other people's money fast enough, even when NAMING BUILDINGS AFTER HIMSELF.
Without a public mea culpa, that guy stays on my shit list.
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