It’s the third vote on whether to allow discussion of financial/Wall Street reform legislation in the U.S. Senate! WHO WILL WIN? We are looking at C-SPAN because why not. John Kerry’s lurching around, deals being made, under-desk handjobs given, it is truly Democracy In Action. We will liveblog it for the next two minutes.
12:46 PM — Uh, 57-42, was that it?
12:46 PM — BEN NELSON DOES IT AGAIN.
12:47 PM — Reid calls for another vote, eh.
12:47 PM — And, as the Bloomberg News says, “every Republican vote against Wall Street reform is another ad for the Democrats,” the end.
12:48 PM — Shelby continues to meet in the night for sexytime with Dodd.
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Did you take the conch shell out of Josh’s hand, Mr. Layne?
Best damn liveblogging I’ve ever seen.
Damn it’s already over. And the party of Fabrice Tourre holds the line. Can we send them all to France now?
Every time a quorum is held, an intern gets his/her wings! Er, whatever interns get.
Succinct, yes.
[re=566115]snideinplainsight[/re]: Copies of The Fountainhead, I hear.
[re=566111]Baldar T Flagass[/re]: This is going in the “News-zeum” or whatever.
“every Republican vote against Wall Street reform is another ad for the Democrats,” except for Cornhusker Ben, (D-assholio).
[re=566115]snideinplainsight[/re]: the recognition they feel they deserve for having a red badge of courage?
This was fun. Same time tomorrow?
To me, it looks like Mitch McConnell has a scared turtle face. Does it to you?
[re=566114]SayItWithWookies[/re]: Ze Frenchman screw the American big time!!!
Make them get up there and do a real traditional filibuster. Every single time. From now on.
Captain Cragen doesn’t look so good.
Science predicts that every time Republicans vote in lockstep against the reform wanted by 65%+ of the electorate, a generic CongressDem gains 30-50 bps on the generic CongressRep, and Politico wins the morning by declaring another triumph for the Republicans.
The UDHJ is the new USFB
Did y’all have to take a giant dose of anti-emetic before liveblogging even two minutes of that horrorshow?
[re=566119]Ken Layne[/re]: Yeah, but, tragically, no one will see it because the hordes of tourists who pay $20 to go to the Newzliteum only go to the Teevee rooms and the place where they can record their own stand-up. And the gift store. Then they leave to go eat chicken fried hot dogs and ice cream and velveeta sundaes and still don’t know what this thing called “journalism” is, also.
How’s that definition of insanity go? Something about doing the same thing and expecting a different result?
Fuck you Harry Reid.
o/t, but I don’t think I want to buy a book that described as “hauting”. WTF bookseller?
“A Coast Guard spokesman said on Wednesday that crews would begin with an initial burn in a confined area of the spill to determine the density of the oil.”
Can I just go on the record right now as saying I think this is a very bad idea?
This is going to blow up in everybody’s face, literally and figuratively, and, given the savaging that W received for totally blowing off Katrina, every conservatard in a million mile radius is going to come out to mock Obama and roast marshmallows while New Orleans burns. The Pres should be giving every ounce of his attention and resources to resolving this before it becomes an ecological and political disaster.
“John Kerry’s lurching around…”
Haha, good one Cuz!
Two minutes? Do I still have to pay the full $50?
[re=566146]Extemporanus[/re]: Wow. Look like twins separated at birth. Good job!
I’ve ranted before about the ineffectiveness of these assholes in the Senate. It just gets my blood pressure up, so I’m just gonna go to the liquor cabinet…
[re=566124]snideinplainsight[/re]: Chinless. Asshat.
I’m with you though, think about how scared REAL turtles are going to look with a wall of flame roaring towards the Gulf Coast. I live in Florida, (west coast), and we can smell that oil smell. Drill Baby Drill, my ass, fuckers. I’m vacationing in the mountains this year, our beaches will be fouled.
[re=566119]Ken Layne[/re]: Ken did you know that Bitchin’ Mitch McConnell’s home state of Kentucky has the highest percapita turkey population in the whole United States of ‘Merica? Why are we not surprised??
[re=566115]snideinplainsight[/re]: A copy of the Fountainhead, the right to administer an underdesk handjob, one of Fabulous Fab’s ex-girlfriends’ email addresses.
[re=566156]proudgrampa[/re]: If you thought that one was creepy and kooky, check this one out, Gramps.
[re=566145]snideinplainsight[/re]: they’re going to do a “controlled burn.” poseidon’s already heard. he’s bringing a storm with steady southeast winds. he told amphitrite he was looking to have himself some fun, said, “i get tired of dodging mats of plastic garbage and being woken up by cruise liners passing by overhead, let’s see how far up that river i can jam a clot of burning oil.” the olympians are placing bets. apollo says, “20:1 you can’t get it to baton rouge.”
I’m an hour late to the liveblog. Did I miss anything?
[re=566204]slappypaddy[/re]: Hopefully they’ll do a better job controlling the fire than they did the oil.
[re=566128]aflurry[/re]: I agree. Oral. All the time.
[re=566152]nappyduggs[/re]:
“She said it’s 50 bucks for 15 minutes, honey.
I said ‘here’s two dollars, keep the change.’
Eight seconds to glory
That’s how I ride.”
Only in US America is a 57-42 vote a defeat for the proponents of the bill.
[re=566115]snideinplainsight[/re]: “whatever interns get….” …buttsecks?
[re=566115]snideinplainsight[/re]: [re=566255]assistant/atlas[/re]: The buttsecks is for pages. Interns get a ticket to some event their bosses don’t want to go to as a make up for staying late. They meet a “special friend” of the boss at the party (sadly, not a sexytime friend, just a sleazy lobbyist). A lifetime of corruption ensues.
And staffers? They get bitter, of course.
[re=566240]President Beeblebrox[/re]: Hey, in the Polish Diet that would have been a resounding win for the opponents, since everyone had a veto. Of course, this sort of minority strangling of the majority on relatively routine issues was repeatedly criticized in the Federalist Papers starting with Madison’s complaints about faction in No. 10 and thereafter, but I digress.
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