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- I can't believe they told McConnell he should compromise his beliefs. We have come to the point that any more compromises by the Conservatives and all of your wonderful programs go out the window because of debt. I don't know how it has gone on so long. Finally we have people who are standing up and saying no more. Poor Harry Reid reading his "damaging" quotes saying that Mitch won't play the game anymore.Sixty minutes and the rest of the whiners just can't swallow the fact that the Constitution and the great men who wrote it looked back through history and saw what happened to all previous great societies and put together a remarkable experiment that is very close to being compromised away.
Morley Safers' closing on the kick in the pants storm. Here we go again. The hicks in the middle of the Country are again astounded to see people sit in there houses just above the high tide line and ride out the storm of the century only to be rescued by unfortunate
people charged with saving these morons. Then days later no one was smart enough to fill their car with gas, or fill anything with water, or to have food on hand. Here we have yet another government bailout of people who are too stupid to listen. Let's compromise, make a law, and let half of them die. I pick who dies. That should pass Congress.....right? - Reply to this comment
- Is it time to start sharpening the pitchforks and getting the torches ready?
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- What a fiasco. Everyone I talk to - from PhD academics and technology professionals to blue-collar and no-collar working people - agrees Congress is a dysfuntional mess. Senators Bohner and Reid sit there and deny it stone-faced. Their denials and rationalizations are at best sophisticated, disingenuous misrepresentations; worse case is these two reflect the character of their Congressional peers - self-indulgent egomaniacs uninterested in anything but their own agendas despite the greater good.
It doesn't look like they fooled Steve Croft ... or did they? - Reply to this comment
- I think Steve Kroft should have brought up Grover Norquist which I believe Senator Coburn signed. He also should have asked McConnell about holding a special meeting with 13 other high ranking Republicans which included Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor at an exclusive DC restaurant where they pledged not to cooperate under any circumstances with the new administration. This took place at the same time the inaugural balls were taking place...As everyone knows they followed through with the Grover Norquist pledge and with the No Cooperation pledge.That is why we had total gridlock. No one was permitted to cross the isle. They found that as long as they could get the WhiteHouse back then it would be worth the destruction of our economy.. Why would it bother them. Most of them are millionaires and are set for life. They will all be able to get great 6 figure jobs as lobbyist from the billionaires that have already bought and paid for them. All 14 should be tried for treason. For the very few conservatives that dare to try to cross over on any issue then they can tune into Rush Limbaugh the next day and listen to that blow hard give a 3 hour dissertation calling them Benadict Arnold and letting his idiot listeners know that it is their duty to get rid of this guy with letter writing, calls, and threats. Later that nite Shaun gives it another go ...Fox No-News keep these House members and Senators on a short leash...Steve should have asked them about the fox and Grover affect. Fortunately the Democrats do not have such threats looming...
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- I'm surprised that Steve didn't bring up the biggest problem with The Senate, and all of Congress for that matter, which would be The Grover Norquist Pledge (e.g not voting for ANY tax increase, removing deductions which could increase your taxes, etc.). When you sign The Grover Norquist Pledge how can you compromise if all you can do is try to cut programs?
The Grover Norquist Pledge presents a conundrum for the signers. Firstly, if you don't sign it, Mr. Norquist finds someone to run against you in your primary. Then, if you break The Pledge during your term, he again finds someone to run against you in your primary. Now I don't know if this is legal or not, but I do know that The Norquist Pledge is in contradiction to members of Congress who take a pledge to uphold The U.S. Constitution which includes a clause that states that the U.S. shall pay it's debts. If the U.S. debt ceiling has to be raised to do this, then Congress needs to pass a raising of the debt ceiling. I would say that a pledge to uphold The U.S. Constitution should override a Pledge to Grover Norquist. Congresswoman Michelle Bachman even suggested defaulting on our debt during a debate about raising the debt ceiling which I believe directly affected the United States credit rating by a credit rating company. THIS IS TREASON! Members of the U.S. Congress should not put forth their own interest above the interest of the United States and the people they represent. - Reply to this comment
- 60 minutes silence on BenghaziGate is disgraceful. If A republican president had done exactly what Obama did in the Benghazi debacle, mainstream media would be all over it 24/7, crying for resignations, appointment of a special prosecutor and Senate and House investigations into impeachment. They sent hundreds of reporters to try and dig up dirt on Sarah Palin in 2008, you think they could spare a few to investigate the biggest presidential scandal since WaterGate, where 4 valiant Americans actually died.
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- A homeless veteran would do a better job at doing what's right for this country than our "paid for" congressional puppets. At the very least the Vet has proven what a true patriot is. Until people listen to their heart instead of what they see on TV we deserve what we get. If a term limit is ok for the president it's good enough for the congressional sellouts in there now.
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- This is my first time to comment. These guys have been there long enough. What about limited terms for the house and senate? Has anyone brought this up?
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- A good interview. Mitch had no response to the charge of 400 Filibusters. He apparently thinks it is good for the minority to block the majority. Idiocy. He shook hands with Reid a couple of years ago saying he would not use it so much, but he broke his promise. At that time they could have changed the rules to tame the Filibuster. Too bad that Harry didnt take that opportunity. Perhaps both parties think it is OK for the minority to block the majority.
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- The problem is Party Power and the perks that entails. Harry Reid is the Dictator of the Senate and Obstructionist in Chief. He has not allowed any bills or budgets from the House to be voted on and as a result we have not had a budget in 4 years. He prefers Continuing Resolutions with no accountability and which he can fill with pork for Democratic districts. He is a horrible man that cares nothing about the long term fiscal health of this country.
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