100 Hours of....Corruption

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Standing ovation for William Jefferson. Reid's property sham. Whines for "minority party" rights...when they were the minority, ignore them when they are the majority.

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Yes, the MW bill is clearly politics. Economic rationalization here, none there. If the Dems are hypocrits, why don't we ever hear from you about the Republican hypocrisy of the last decade? Why bring out the bullhorn now? Aren't they both hypocrits? Didn't we hear this bipartisanship/cooperative BS every election cycle from Republicans too?

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If indeed we did (and I dont remember it), it was still the Dems bullhorn to bring out. They want the power, then their screw ups will be broadcast like every slip GWB (allegedly) made, and in a lot more civil fashion.

[whiskeytown]

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1. Pelosi doing a favor isn't necessarily the reason that American Samoa was exempted. If the cost of living in Samoa is low, it might not make sense to impose the minimum wage. I don't know what the cost of living is, but I bet its lower than the States.

2. I hate to say this, but doing favors for companies in your district is completely standard and does not mean Pelosi is corrupt. Her constituents probably want that company to be healthy for the jobs it provides.

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1. And lower than every other American territory that isnt exempted? It was the only one, till she got caught. Get real.

2. Youre right it isnt, necessarily. But it is still hypocritical given the campaign rhetoric about "transparency", "bipartisanship", "eliminating earmarks", etc. It IS corrupt if she has a substantial ownership interest in the company, which one report said she did. It SMELLS and may actually be corrupt if they made substantial campaign contributions.

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You couldn't smell corruption if it was a powdery line on a mirror in front of you and you sucked it into your nostrils with a $100 bill. phulueese.

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[Poofler]

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Standing ovation for William Jefferson. Reid's property sham. Whines for "minority party" rights...when they were the minority, ignore them when they are the majority.

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Yes, the MW bill is clearly politics. Economic rationalization here, none there. If the Dems are hypocrits, why don't we ever hear from you about the Republican hypocrisy of the last decade? Why bring out the bullhorn now? Aren't they both hypocrits? Didn't we hear this bipartisanship/cooperative BS every election cycle from Republicans too?

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If indeed we did (and I dont remember it), it was still the Dems bullhorn to bring out. They want the power, then their screw ups will be broadcast like every slip GWB (allegedly) made, and in a lot more civil fashion.

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More Civil? Lol. Most of what I hear and read is pretty venomous. On both sides. Stop pretending Republicans are any less civil or less hypocritcal. Everyone looks crappy here. Dems whine about unfair treatment, and yeah, dish a little back, and probably will continue to do so. Republicans spend the last 6 years neutering the minority better than any in recent history, and get all hot and bothered when they have to taste just a little bit of their own medicine, after just a week.

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Republicans spend the last 6 years neutering the minority better than any in recent history, and get all hot and bothered when they have to taste just a little bit of their own medicine, after just a week.


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Funny, hey! The republicans suddenly don't like democracy! No wonder they are not called democrats! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Republicans spend the last 6 years neutering the minority better than any in recent history, and get all hot and bothered when they have to taste just a little bit of their own medicine, after just a week.

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No one's had a long majority in both houses and the executive in recent history. Just the first 2 years under Clinton, and before that the Democrats had control of the House for 40 years, with several full controls by the Dems. To be honest, considering how poorly the Republicans have been treated as minority since the last time they had complete control under Eisenhower, I'm surprised it went so easy on the Dems.

Anyway, both sides like to complain about how unfair the system is to them, but neither seems terribly interested in improving it. I wonder why that is? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Copernicus]

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Standing ovation for William Jefferson. Reid's property sham. Whines for "minority party" rights...when they were the minority, ignore them when they are the majority.

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Yes, the MW bill is clearly politics. Economic rationalization here, none there. If the Dems are hypocrits, why don't we ever hear from you about the Republican hypocrisy of the last decade? Why bring out the bullhorn now? Aren't they both hypocrits? Didn't we hear this bipartisanship/cooperative BS every election cycle from Republicans too?

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If indeed we did (and I dont remember it), it was still the Dems bullhorn to bring out. They want the power, then their screw ups will be broadcast like every slip GWB (allegedly) made, and in a lot more civil fashion.

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More Civil? Lol. Most of what I hear and read is pretty venomous. On both sides. Stop pretending Republicans are any less civil or less hypocritcal. Everyone looks crappy here. Dems whine about unfair treatment, and yeah, dish a little back, and probably will continue to do so. Republicans spend the last 6 years neutering the minority better than any in recent history, and get all hot and bothered when they have to taste just a little bit of their own medicine, after just a week.

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The Republicans neutered the minority? I guess there are no justices that should be sitting that aren't because the minority decided to abandon 200 years of tradition. I guess there were no bipartisan bills passed in the 6 years. I guess the Democrats never had an amendment make it into a bill, even though they were ostensibly allowed to. I guess we have no viable immigration bill because the Republicans railroaded what they wanted through. I guess no Democrats voted for the war on Iraq.

History is too fresh to rewrite it, sorry.

[Meech]

Yes history is too fresh to rewrite.

100 hours <<<<<<<< 6 years.

How anybody can even post this with the likes of Frist, Santorum, Hastert, Foley, Delay, etc, etc, ad nasuem with a straight face is beyond me.

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Yes history is too fresh to rewrite.

100 hours <<<<<<<< 6 years.

How anybody can even post this with the likes of Frist, Santorum, Hastert, Foley, Delay, etc, etc, ad nasuem with a straight face is beyond me.

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It's easy........

Just get into the mindset of being a blind, 100% demagogue party hack.

They exist on both sides. This one in particular is obvious.

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You people expect too much of Pelosi just because she is a woman. All politicians are the same whether male or female.

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Standing ovation for William Jefferson. Reid's property sham. Whines for "minority party" rights...when they were the minority, ignore them when they are the majority.

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Yes, the MW bill is clearly politics. Economic rationalization here, none there. If the Dems are hypocrits, why don't we ever hear from you about the Republican hypocrisy of the last decade? Why bring out the bullhorn now? Aren't they both hypocrits? Didn't we hear this bipartisanship/cooperative BS every election cycle from Republicans too?

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If indeed we did (and I dont remember it), it was still the Dems bullhorn to bring out. They want the power, then their screw ups will be broadcast like every slip GWB (allegedly) made, and in a lot more civil fashion.

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More Civil? Lol. Most of what I hear and read is pretty venomous. On both sides. Stop pretending Republicans are any less civil or less hypocritcal. Everyone looks crappy here. Dems whine about unfair treatment, and yeah, dish a little back, and probably will continue to do so. Republicans spend the last 6 years neutering the minority better than any in recent history, and get all hot and bothered when they have to taste just a little bit of their own medicine, after just a week.

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The Republicans neutered the minority? I guess there are no justices that should be sitting that aren't because the minority decided to abandon 200 years of tradition. I guess there were no bipartisan bills passed in the 6 years. I guess the Democrats never had an amendment make it into a bill, even though they were ostensibly allowed to. I guess we have no viable immigration bill because the Republicans railroaded what they wanted through. I guess no Democrats voted for the war on Iraq.

History is too fresh to rewrite it, sorry.

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It is too fresh, so what was that all that about?

Yes, that is clearly what I meant. I guess there are only two scenarios: fair treatment and absolute repression. Therefore if there were not "no amendments" or "no bipartisan bills" then it was not absolute repression, and hence everything was kosher. If you want links detailing the committee level bullying and general dirty tactics, ask for it. But you've read them already, because you keep up on this stuff. You just choose to ignore it.