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While I'm happy it didn't pass, I loves me some Barney.

Sure, if you were desperate for an excuse as to why your party is filled with thin-skinned crybabies, better at throwing tantrums than at helping the country.

I know you're going to knee-jerk defend them to the last but I find it hilarious that you're actually trying to mount a defense and spin about GOP people admitting that a speech made them so-darn-tootin-mad that they scuttled a bill designed to save the nation from economic crisis out of pique.

I didn't. I blamed the impotent GOP leadership who can't get their kindergarten class to set aside their hurt little feelings for the greater good.

Maybe on your way to blame Pelosi some more you can buy them all lollipops and teddy bears.

Let's say there's a kid hanging from two pieces of rope on either side of a gorge. On one side is Mr. D. Crat and his five men and on the other is Mr. R. Publican and his fgive men. R. Publican suggests that both sides work together to help the kid, and so they do. However, just before the kid reaches safety, one of D. Crat's men starts arguing with one of Mr. R . Publican's men. In response, two of the Reepublicans drop the rope, and the child fals screaming to its death.

The kid had nothing to do with the argument, so taking out hurt feelings on the child is pretty ******* moronic. The lion's share of the blame goes to the Republicans. The Democrats could have stopped sniping, but it's not like the Republican party had stopped sniping. In any case, it's no excuse to vote no on a bill you believe will save the economy.

Gbaji seems to have skipped Intro to Civics that day. The president (and presidental nominee in an election year) are considered party leaders who are tasked with driving party policy and getting the rest of their party to support them. Which is why it's supposed to mean something when a candidate says "If president, I will reinstate the draft" despite the fact that reinstating the draft would require an act of Congress.

I think it's more telling the leader of the Dems, Obama, didn't put any time in to actually get the bill passed, nor did Pelosi work to convince her recaltriant 40%-ers to get onboard either. The bill was intended to fail for two reasons:
1) No one wants to commit themselves until they see which way the wind is blowing, particularly in an election year, and

2) $700 billion is toxic until the public is willing to accept a dollar amount that seems reasonable to solve this crisis.

Placing any kind of blame on the Republicans ignores the fact that if the Dems wanted to be heroes, they could have been, but they chose specifically not to be. Instead, as the majority party they let the opportunity slip away. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, just that the Republicans aren't the culprit here for the outcome.

Totem

Or give her the cold shoulder. *hmph*

It is, when it's only obvious to you and your ultra-right wing puppet masters.

So the debate moderator doesn't matter at all, right?