Here Are the 29 GOP Senators Who Voted Against the Balanced Budget Proposal

Which would balance the budget by 2033 by cutting spending, except for Social Security.

Which sounds pretty conservative, which is why the #FakeNews "conservative" Senators voted against it.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 02:34 PM

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1 Foist

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 18, 2018 02:34 PM (ymnmz)

2 Fire up Marine one!

Posted by: Max Power at May 18, 2018 02:34 PM (q177U)

3 GOP gonna GOPe.

Posted by: SMH at May 18, 2018 02:35 PM (UiGQV)

4 I can't believe Cotton is on that list.

Posted by: The Guvnah at May 18, 2018 02:35 PM (dH9N5)

5 Stuttering cluster fuck of a miserable GOPe

Posted by: Max Power at May 18, 2018 02:35 PM (q177U)

6 I can't believe Cornyn is NOT on that list

Posted by: The Guvnah at May 18, 2018 02:35 PM (dH9N5)

7 The Federal Budget is a year to year thing. No budget has any effect on following years fifteen years in the future. Except for accumulated debt.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 18, 2018 02:35 PM (roQNm)

8 There's only one party. Uniparty.

And they like to party with your money!!!!

Posted by: simplemind at May 18, 2018 02:36 PM (C6xeQ)

9 Pretty predictable, really.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 18, 2018 02:36 PM (ycWCI)

10 Fire up Marine one!
Posted by: Max Power

Fire up Pinochet One, Two & Three!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 02:36 PM (RkYsP)

11
NRA Party.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2018 02:36 PM (VM6ev)

12 In all fairness, though, are there possibly other reasons they voted against it? Besies the fake ones like "this doesn't go far enough" failure theater.

(Build the dang wall)

Posted by: Max Power at May 18, 2018 02:37 PM (q177U)

13 This is pretty much admitting you cannot do your job isn't it?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 18, 2018 02:37 PM (0tfLf)

14 The uniparty strike again.

Posted by: USNtakim prfoundly deplorable! at May 18, 2018 02:37 PM (0OmEj)

15 7 The Federal Budget is a year to year thing. No budget has any effect on following years fifteen years in the future. Except for accumulated debt.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 18, 2018 02:35 PM (roQNm)

Yeah I believe they can't pass anything binding on future Congresses. Unless you plan on controlling both houses until 2033, that would easy be overturned in the future.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 18, 2018 02:37 PM (4ErVI)

16 This vote is a litmus test for conservatives. Are you a conservative? Do you think we can cut one penny out of every dollar? I think it is a conservative notion that we have long said we are for. Now it's time to step up to the plate and actually vote what you say you stand for

Now that's just crazy talk.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 18, 2018 02:37 PM (fuK7c)

17 I would vote for balancing the budget by 2012 by utilizing time travel machines and and majic money. Who could possibly be opposed to that?

Posted by: RioBravo at May 18, 2018 02:37 PM (iQKgg)

18 Chamber of Commerce Party -
Texas voted for it -both Senators!

So much for Tom Cotton being a conservative.

Posted by: Glenn John at May 18, 2018 02:38 PM (LilNs)

19 20....Freaking 20!!!.... Hogs at the trough....

Posted by: kraken at May 18, 2018 02:38 PM (zSVEm)

20 Todd Young from Indiana made the list. Delightful.

But ... I already had him on the "by Primary if possible, by General if necessary" list anyway.

I just don't believe the conventional wisdom that Any R is better than Any D. Nope - not one bit.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2018 02:38 PM (fiGNd)

21 It's also why Eddie Munster's Super Duper Economic Plan back in 2012 meant nothing.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 18, 2018 02:38 PM (4ErVI)

22 0_0

Posted by: Under Fire at May 18, 2018 02:38 PM (r9UYA)

23 2023, not 2033. At least at the link.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at May 18, 2018 02:38 PM (fftfA)

24 Max is right.
In things like this they always put in some poison language that makes it "intolerable" to vote aye. Gives them cover back home.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 18, 2018 02:39 PM (0tfLf)

25 >>>Fire up Pinochet One, Two & Three!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 02:36 PM (RkYsP)

You'll be shocke, SHOCKED to learn there are people in Chile who still support Pinochet. Crazy!

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-24014501

Posted by: Max Power at May 18, 2018 02:39 PM (q177U)

26
2023.

Hydrate. And eat something will ya?

Posted by: fixerupper at May 18, 2018 02:39 PM (8XRCm)

27

29...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 18, 2018 02:39 PM (fceHP)

28 Cuckey Gardner, true to form, cucked out.

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at May 18, 2018 02:39 PM (+1TiL)

29 House rejects Commie farm bill as conservatives revolt- the hill.com

Posted by: Under Fire at May 18, 2018 02:39 PM (r9UYA)

30 The democrats will be back in power by 2025 and spending will go up, taxes will go up, deficit will go up, debt will increase.

No balanced budget for the foreseeable future.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 18, 2018 02:40 PM (roQNm)

31 Yeah I believe they can't pass anything binding on future Congresses.

Correct. You can't bind a future Congress.

You can, however, cut spending by 1% this year as a sign of good intentions.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 18, 2018 02:40 PM (fuK7c)

32 yeah, at least they killed the farm bill. those are always horrendous boondoggles.

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at May 18, 2018 02:41 PM (+1TiL)

33 Repeal ACA NOW!

Oops; sorry. Reading off an old list...

Posted by: RioBravo at May 18, 2018 02:41 PM (iQKgg)

34 Was this bill a decent thing, or was it a stunt that couldn't work because it can't be binding on future Congresses/budgets?

Posted by: Blue Hen at May 18, 2018 02:41 PM (L3rL9)

35
House rejects Commie farm bill as conservatives revolt- the hill.com

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Fucktards want a DACA fix right before the midterms to depress the Trump vote.

Its a VERY good thing we dont back elected disappointments against a wall in this country.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 18, 2018 02:41 PM (8XRCm)

36 "You can't bind a future Congress. "

I can.

Posted by: Math. at May 18, 2018 02:41 PM (+1TiL)

37 Few are serious about stewardship looks like... and stewardship is a fundamental of governance... or is it " grab all I can get, in office?"... Would not trust these people with Yard Sale Money....

Posted by: kraken at May 18, 2018 02:41 PM (zSVEm)

38 In a system run via bribes, I don't see how you can have members of Congress that vote against their own self interest.

Considering the bribes, insider trading, and 'campaign donations' they get from funneling taxpayer dollars to their friends, there is no way we are getting anything other than perpetual increases in spending, much less a balanced budget. Until they run out of borrowed money.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 18, 2018 02:42 PM (7ZVPa)

39 Evidently, the Uniparty controls about 80 seats in the Senate, less than I thought.

Posted by: Surfperch at May 18, 2018 02:42 PM (b1bLJ)

40 The usual suspects

Senator State
Lamar Alexander Tennessee
Roy Blunt Missouri
John Boozman Arkansas
Richard Burr North Carolina
Shelley M. Capito West Virginia
Bill Cassidy Louisiana
Susan Collins Maine
Bob Corker Tennessee
Tom Cotton Arkansas
Cory Gardner Colorado
Lindsey Graham South Carolina
Orrin Hatch Utah
Dean Heller Nevada
John Hoeven North Dakota
Cindy Hyde-Smith Missisisppi
James Inhofe Oklahoma
Johnny Isakson Georgia
Mitch McConnell Kentucky
Lisa Murkowski Alaska
David Perdue Georgia
Rob Portman Ohio
Pat Roberts Kansas
Mike Rounds South Dakota
Richard Shelby Alabama
Dan Sullivan Alaska
John Thune South Dakota
Thom Tillis North Carolina
Roger Wicker Mississippi
Todd Young Indiana

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 18, 2018 02:42 PM (fceHP)

41 Posted by: Math.

Bitch.

Posted by: The Future at May 18, 2018 02:42 PM (fuK7c)

42 Generalissimo Trump is starting to sound better all the time.

Executions will commence at sunrise.

Posted by: Under Fire at May 18, 2018 02:43 PM (r9UYA)

43 Is it possible that the oil lobby outspent the ethanol lobby?

Posted by: kraken at May 18, 2018 02:43 PM (zSVEm)

44 They can't pass anything binding on future congresses-

Except a shit load of debt.

Posted by: Glenn John at May 18, 2018 02:43 PM (LilNs)

45
Yeah I believe they can't pass anything binding on future Congresses. Unless you plan on controlling both houses until 2033, that would easy be overturned in the future.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 18, 2018 02:37 PM

Correct. You can't bind a future Congress.

You can, however, cut spending by 1% this year as a sign of good intentions.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 18, 2018 02:40 PM

"Bind", you mean like with rope? Chains? Zip ties?

Posted by: Hands at May 18, 2018 02:43 PM (EzdLW)

46 Rob Portman has been a huge disappointment to me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Vigilance Committee supporter at May 18, 2018 02:43 PM (rBnYq)

47 You can't bind a future Congress. "

I can.

Posted by: Math.
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So can I.

Posted by: Soros at May 18, 2018 02:44 PM (COcka)

48 It was ME pounding John McCornyn to get right with his voters. First time I've seen him pay attention in quite a while.

Posted by: DanMan at May 18, 2018 02:44 PM (XTiHL)

49 The Federal Budget is a year to year thing. No budget has any effect on following years fifteen years in the future. Except for accumulated debt.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 18, 2018 02:35 PM (roQNm)

Yeah I believe they can't pass anything binding on future Congresses. Unless you plan on controlling both houses until 2033, that would easy be overturned in the future.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis

They always extrapolate out into the future to show that IT CAN be done at current levels.

That it's a lack of will. Not inability.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 02:44 PM (RkYsP)

50

Wow. Both of my congresscretins voted for the bill.

I need my shocked face. I wonder if it's back from the cleaners yet?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 18, 2018 02:44 PM (GdWl+)

51 I'm astonished that Flake isn't on that list.

Posted by: Surfperch at May 18, 2018 02:44 PM (b1bLJ)

52 I'm starting to think that these guys aren't real conservatives at heart. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at May 18, 2018 02:44 PM (aljs9)

53

Too bad there wasn't small print embedded in the bill that said, if it fails to pass, Term Limits go into effect immediately.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 18, 2018 02:44 PM (fceHP)

54 The GOPe, popularly known as the Fucktard Party, is something to behold.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Vigilance Committee supporter at May 18, 2018 02:45 PM (rBnYq)

55 Maybe Missouri can get rid of Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill.

Posted by: Tami at May 18, 2018 02:45 PM (Enq6K)

56 You can't bind a future Congress. "

I can.

Posted by: Math.
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So can I.
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If we're being honest, so can we.

Posted by: The NSA at May 18, 2018 02:45 PM (eMC4O)

57 21 It's also why Eddie Munster's Super Duper Economic Plan back in 2012 meant nothing.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 18, 2018 02:38 PM (4ErVI)

Actually, it was an outright lie.

Posted by: rickl at May 18, 2018 02:45 PM (xjiRE)

58 46 Rob Portman has been a huge disappointment to me.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Vigilance Committee supporter at May 18, 2018 02:43 PM (rBnYq)

"I know, right?"

- - Natalie Portman

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2018 02:45 PM (VM6ev)

59 If I could only put a finger on why the cucks voted against this. Totes a mystery.

Posted by: Monk at May 18, 2018 02:45 PM (2yfcr)

60 More Wizard of Oz stuff. DC wants the rubes - needs the rubes - to believe the budget is some sort of near-sentient entity. Untamed, dangerous. If you cut spending by 1%, even for one year only, the illusion is gone.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 18, 2018 02:45 PM (eSCZc)

61 Willowed and Then Some:

284 Might be a good time for you to update the "You are here" timeline.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2018 02:33 PM (/tuJf)

Timeline

*Trump? What a Clown
*Trump won't last in the debates.
*Trump will not win a primary
*The other candidates will untie to destroy him
*All the supporters of the other candidates will go to Not Trump!
*Trump will not win enough delegates to be nominated
*The rules committee will unbind Trump delegates
*Trump cannot beat Hillary
*Grab them by the Pussy? Trump is doomed
*Hillary is inevitable
*Sweet God Almighty, Trump won?
*The electors will revolt
*Congress will not certify the vote
*President Donald Trump? AHHHHHHHHHH!
*25th Amendment
*Impeachment
*Russia, Russia, Russia
*Was the FBI & the IC spying on Trump? Ridiculous!
*What in the heck are all of these text messages between Page and StrozK?
*Insurance policy?
*Wait - people are being fired at the FBI?
*Stormy will sink him!
*Aha! Cohen got money from overseas!
*Wrong Cohens?
*They did spy on Trump
*You're damn right we spied on Trump!
*YOU ARE HERE
*We have no regrets as patriotic Americans
*(Your best guess as even my imagination is getting boggled.)
*
*
*

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Purify Your Politics with Cleansing Fire! AtC Brand Flammenwerfers @ the Outrage Outlet at May 18, 2018 02:46 PM (hLRSq)

62 Generalissimo Trump is starting to sound better all the time.

Executions will commence at sunrise.

Posted by: Under Fire

It moved.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 02:46 PM (RkYsP)

63 55 Maybe Missouri can get rid of Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill.
Posted by: Tami at May 18, 2018 02:45 PM (Enq6K)

He can run in Colorado as Phillies Blunt.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2018 02:46 PM (VM6ev)

64 6 Rob Portman has been a huge disappointment to me.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Vigilance Committee supporte

Along with John Kasich. Portman lost me when the Gay marriage crap came down and he has a Gay son so he can't blah blah

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 18, 2018 02:46 PM (FJLkp)

65 the list sure is a mixed bag.

Posted by: concrete girl at May 18, 2018 02:46 PM (TNEdO)

66 It's all sort of a moot point because we haven't actually passed a budget in 8 years. Further, once interest rates start to normalize there won't even be a chance of balancing anything since debt service will be well north of a trillion dollars.

But, reality aside, these Vichy GOP douchebags are the lowest of the low. It's a shame that none of them are going to get what they deserve - to be thrown out of Congress, impoverished and homeless, forced to eat out of trash cans for the rest of their unnatural, useless lives.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 18, 2018 02:47 PM (gyfiU)

67 Was this the bill the voted against because they wanted an immigration bill first?

Posted by: IC at May 18, 2018 02:47 PM (a0IVu)

68 That debt line on the graph will be asymptotic by then. The perpetual motion money machine WILL break down.

Posted by: RI Red at May 18, 2018 02:47 PM (l3msd)

69 >>>"You can't bind a future Congress. "

Isn't that a logical fallacy? Any legislation passed will affect the decisions and actions of a future Congress. What about term limits? Are they unconstitutional because they would "bind a future Congress."

Posted by: Max Power at May 18, 2018 02:47 PM (q177U)

70 55 Maybe Missouri can get rid of Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill.
Posted by: Tami at May 18, 2018 02:45 PM (Enq6K)

Well, we can try, but KC and StL ... hope it does not go like Illinois.... if they knock off the Guv... blood in the water...

Posted by: kraken at May 18, 2018 02:47 PM (zSVEm)

71 reminder, you are all being cucked because these taxes are helping pay for welfare for newly imported invaders.

$100 million from just one state for just one group that gamed that system that got caught.

This whole system is fucking stupid and we who work are getting fucked.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 18, 2018 02:47 PM (sB8d1)

72 Why the fuck would Cotton vote against something that wasnt going to pass anyway? He did nothing except demonstrate that hes yet another two faced GOP-E fuck for brains shitheel.

Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at May 18, 2018 02:47 PM (7n3kj)

73 For the past thirty years the 'Farm Bill' had way more protein funding (welfare) than agricultural considerations. Last I saw it was something like 80-20 welfare to ag.

Posted by: DanMan at May 18, 2018 02:48 PM (XTiHL)

74 52 I'm starting to think that these guys aren't real conservatives at heart. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at May 18, 2018 02:44 PM (aljs9)

Some of them (Young, Murkowski, Capito and Collins) don't even pretend to be Conservatives.

Posted by: Surfperch at May 18, 2018 02:48 PM (b1bLJ)

75 Its almost as if these cucks are buying votes from 51% of the population.

Posted by: Monk at May 18, 2018 02:48 PM (2yfcr)

76 The democrats will be back in power by 2025 and spending will go up, taxes will go up, deficit will go up, debt will increase.

No balanced budget for the foreseeable future.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 18, 2018 02:40 PM (roQNm)
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And I can go to my resht, knowing it was a job well-done.

Posted by: John McCain at May 18, 2018 02:48 PM (vDqXW)

77 so, welcome to America's 2.0 operating system.

- change demographics to get big welfare state client base

- pay them through the nose so they stay voting team welfare state

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 18, 2018 02:48 PM (sB8d1)

78
NRA Party.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Did the NRA oppose the bill?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2018 02:48 PM (IqV8l)

79 Why the fuck would Cotton vote against something that wasnt going to pass anyway? He did nothing except demonstrate that hes yet another two faced GOP-E fuck for brains shitheel.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at May 18, 2018 02:47 PM (7n3kj)

I'm sure they did some jockeying to see who should be on the fail list and who would look like a brave true conservative.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 18, 2018 02:49 PM (fceHP)

80 "You can't bind a future Congress. "

Isn't that a logical fallacy? Any legislation passed will affect the decisions and actions of a future Congress.

Brown v Board of Education
Prohibition

Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 02:49 PM (RkYsP)

81 Waiting for the Cotton obfuscation..... there is always some nice warm Sophistry, from politicians.

Posted by: kraken at May 18, 2018 02:49 PM (zSVEm)

82 You were elected to reign in the overreach of federal government. You scumbag losers won't even do that. Pissed Level: Eleventy!!!11!1!

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 18, 2018 02:49 PM (Y9uH4)

83 well, it would be nice if people paid attention to stuff in the primaries.

But...

it's hard to find out who is cuck and who is maga

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 18, 2018 02:49 PM (sB8d1)

84 Cotton and Inhofe, very disappointing. Portman was a noted budget hawk at one time also.

Posted by: spongeworthy at May 18, 2018 02:49 PM (35Slc)

85 Which would balance the budget by 2033 by cutting spending, except for Social Security

A balanced budget without touching Social Security?

**scratches head**

Posted by: Hands at May 18, 2018 02:50 PM (EzdLW)

86 71 reminder, you are all being cucked because these taxes are helping pay for welfare for newly imported invaders.

$100 million from just one state for just one group that gamed that system that got caught.

This whole system is fucking stupid and we who work are getting fucked.
Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 18, 2018 02:47 PM (sB8d1)

I'm not saying that feminism and gynocentricism is playing a part, but both are playing a large part.

Posted by: Monk at May 18, 2018 02:50 PM (2yfcr)

87 For the past thirty years the 'Farm Bill' had way more protein funding (welfare) than agricultural considerations. Last I saw it was something like 80-20 welfare to ag.
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Which is why the "farm bill" had "work requirements in it". Not for the farmers to work . . .

Posted by: simplemind at May 18, 2018 02:50 PM (jqbBN)

88 72 Why the fuck would Cotton vote against something that wasnt going to pass anyway? He did nothing except demonstrate that hes yet another two faced GOP-E fuck for brains shitheel.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at May 18, 2018 02:47 PM (7n3kj)

I kind of wonder if even republicans vote against certain republican senator's bills because they do not like them- even if they make sense and have no chance of passing anyway. It is a way to say, we are not part of THAT group.

Bizarre, but we live in a virtue signaling society, not a virtuous one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 18, 2018 02:50 PM (ycWCI)

89 *We have no regrets as patriotic Americans
*(Your best guess as even my imagination is getting boggled.)
*
*
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Purify Your Politics with Cleansing Fire! AtC Brand Flammenwerfers @ the Outrage Outlet at May 18, 2018 02:46 PM (hLRSq)
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* Somebody stops writing this book because it's just not believable.

Posted by: Axeman at May 18, 2018 02:50 PM (vDqXW)

90 well, it would be nice if people paid attention to stuff in the primaries.

But...

it's hard to find out who is cuck and who is maga
Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast

No it's not. Primary every incumbent.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 02:50 PM (RkYsP)

91 Universal sufferage was a huge mistake.

Posted by: Monk at May 18, 2018 02:51 PM (2yfcr)

92

The excuses will flow from their mouths soon enough.

Just like the excuses for not voting for the Goodlatte bill.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 18, 2018 02:51 PM (fceHP)

93 "I'm not saying that feminism and gynocentricism is playing a part, but both are playing a large part."

I've heard it coo'ed from a feminist's mouth. All these immigrants are SO fertile. Look at their babies?

Meanwhile us cucks were taught to not have too many kids and certainly not too soon.

So, we're a hard working, low children output society being overrun with welfare class, high children output peasants who couldn't care less.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 18, 2018 02:51 PM (sB8d1)

94 The Republicans are not a fiscally conservative party. The large majority of our indefensible national debt is of their making.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 18, 2018 02:51 PM (QQ+il)

95 Old joke... " you know why a farmer's seed corn cap bill is always curved"?

Posted by: kraken at May 18, 2018 02:51 PM (zSVEm)

96 The GOP is a worthless pile of dog shit.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 18, 2018 02:52 PM (UfMVm)

97 "91 Universal sufferage was a huge mistake."

yarp

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 18, 2018 02:52 PM (sB8d1)

98 Thank Rand Paul for this.

Rand Paul is an a**hole, but I vastly prefer his a**holery to that of McCain, Flake, etc.

Our usual "mavericks" only challenge the GOP from the left, which is why the media adores them.

Paul challenges from the right more than from the left, even if he is downright squirrely on certain issues.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 18, 2018 02:52 PM (0jtPF)

99 Texas shooter wore a bisexual pride heart pin on his hat in a photo from his Instagram account reposted by the Dallas CBS affiliate.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 18, 2018 02:52 PM (I/iGu)

100 Posted by: Max Power at May 18, 2018 02:47 PM (q177U)

It means you cannot pass a law saying that Congress cannot repeal that law, for instance. Term limits are unconstitutional because the requirements to be elected to Congress are in the Constitution; if you want to alter those you have to amend, such as the XXII Amendment providing for term limits for the president.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Purify Your Politics with Cleansing Fire! AtC Brand Flammenwerfers @ the Outrage Outlet at May 18, 2018 02:52 PM (hLRSq)

101 "it's hard to find out who is cuck and who is maga
Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast

No it's not. Primary every incumbent. "

I'm saying, I've tried to find campaign literature during midterms and it's tough.

Also, yes, primary these assholes.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 18, 2018 02:52 PM (sB8d1)

102 Cornyn did NOT vote against?

Don't care. He needs to go anyway.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 18, 2018 02:53 PM (yL25O)

103 Our usual "mavericks" only challenge the GOP from the left, which is why the media adores them.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 18, 2018 02:52 PM (0jtPF)
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And, they only punch right.

Posted by: Axeman at May 18, 2018 02:53 PM (vDqXW)

104 I rate Paul as a net asset. He sometimes steps on the right toes....

Posted by: kraken at May 18, 2018 02:53 PM (zSVEm)

105 Any legislation passed will affect the decisions and actions of a future Congress.

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ya sure. Any act of congress that establishes anything like the EPA or the Department of Education can be undone by a future act of congress should the members of congress be willing to do so. Welfare cn be reformed, should congress decide to do so. Judges could be impeached. The standards for identity documents can be changed.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 18, 2018 02:54 PM (roQNm)

106 Of course, all of this is no different than what the Vichy GOP did (and did not do) when the Tea Party put them back into power in the House in 2011.

They are exactly who we've always known them to be.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 18, 2018 02:54 PM (gyfiU)

107 it's hard to find out who is cuck and who is maga

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We dont get viable alternatives often enough in a primary though. Too many Roy Moores and not enough Dave Brats.

Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at May 18, 2018 02:54 PM (7n3kj)

108 What's the opposite of a flaming skull. A sad clown face perhaps? Audio would the the Wah wa...

Posted by: Keith at May 18, 2018 02:54 PM (USf3s)

109 speaking of mavericks, ahem..how is our good senator from Arizona today?

Posted by: IC at May 18, 2018 02:54 PM (a0IVu)

110 Texas shooter wore a bisexual pride heart pin on his hat in a photo from his Instagram account reposted by the Dallas CBS affiliate.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 18, 2018 02:52 PM (I/iGu)

Getting caught in the middle of something like that might get the ball rolling.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2018 02:54 PM (fiGNd)

111 I'm saying, I've tried to find campaign literature during midterms and it's tough.

Also, yes, primary these assholes.
Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast

Oh, I agree. Especially when they say one thing, then vote 180 degrees opposite once elected.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 02:55 PM (RkYsP)

112 Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 18, 2018 02:52 PM (I/iGu)

Getting caught in the middle of something like that might get the ball rolling.

Posted by: ScoggDog
*Huff*

That's enough of the gay paranoia!!!!

Posted by: Huffy McHuff Huff the Ette at May 18, 2018 02:55 PM (pyM84)

113 http://bit.ly/2KxVSmz
++++
Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog)
++++
Paul Manafort case

Posted by: Schneider's Brown Slave at May 18, 2018 02:56 PM (y3aQB)

114 there is such a thing as a bisexual heart pin?

Posted by: IC at May 18, 2018 02:56 PM (a0IVu)

115 110 Texas shooter wore a bisexual pride heart pin on his hat in a photo from his Instagram account reposted by the Dallas CBS affiliate.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 18, 2018 02:52 PM (I/iGu)

Getting caught in the middle of something like that might get the ball rolling.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2018 02:54 PM (fiGNd)

It's like a Crossfire Hurricane!!!

Posted by: kraken at May 18, 2018 02:57 PM (zSVEm)

116 If I had to come up with a the reasoning behind Cotton's vote it would be some nonsense about military spending.

He doesn't dissappoint often but when he does it's usually a doozy, same for Cruz.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 18, 2018 02:57 PM (UfMVm)

117 Cherrypy ate my post.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 18, 2018 02:57 PM (XUlXc)

118 I object to describing the gop as a useless pile of dog shit since dog shit is useful as a fertilizer and therefore has more value than the gop.

Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at May 18, 2018 02:58 PM (7n3kj)

119 114
there is such a thing as a bisexual heart pin?

Posted by: IC at May 18, 2018 02:56 PM (a0IVu)

No. It's a pan sexual heart.

Posted by: Paolo Calrission at May 18, 2018 02:58 PM (ymnmz)

120 Of course, all of this is no different than what the Vichy GOP did (and did not do) when the Tea Party put them back into power in the House in 2011.

They are exactly who we've always known them to be.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 18, 2018 02:54 PM (gyfiU)

Shit. This is what they did as soon as Trump got swore in regarding ObamaCare.

GOP in '16 - We've passed a bill that proves we can repeal ObamaCare, with a Republican President, without 60 votes in the Senate

GOP in '18 - We're not putting that bill up again

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2018 02:58 PM (fiGNd)

121 I don't like to hate on people but damn if Murkowski pushes me to the limit. I really despise that woman.

Posted by: Bosk at May 18, 2018 02:58 PM (fjMEv)

122 99 Texas shooter wore a bisexual pride heart pin on his hat in a photo from his Instagram account reposted by the Dallas CBS affiliate.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 18, 2018 02:52 PM (I/iGu)

---

Sounds like a Tea Partier.

Posted by: SMH at May 18, 2018 02:58 PM (UiGQV)

123 Cornyn did NOT vote against?

Don't care. He needs to go anyway.
Posted by: TexasDan

For many other offenses.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 02:58 PM (RkYsP)

124 re 69: back in the 1990s, several states passed term limits on members of Congress. The Supreme Court, and I am pretty sure I am remembering this correctly, declared the term limit laws unconstitutional on the grounds that it denied voters the right to vote for whom they wanted to vote for.

another one of the emanations from the penumbra of Jefferson's powdered wig.

Posted by: mallfly suPreme at May 18, 2018 02:58 PM (KxbBq)

125 @114: "there is such a thing as a bisexual heart pin?"

There's an official bisexual pride flag which uses "pink, lavender, and blue [horizontal stripes] in a 2:1:2 ratio." The heart pin uses the same color scheme.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 18, 2018 02:58 PM (I/iGu)

126 Lotta weird stuff going on today in the "news".

Heard the Browns are going to be featured on this season of "Hard Knocks".

Posted by: simplemind at May 18, 2018 02:58 PM (hJs5h)

127 I'd like to go back to those hard-scrabble budgets of 2004 and 2006 when we were funding two wars.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 18, 2018 02:59 PM (QQ+il)

128 115 110 Texas shooter wore a bisexual pride heart pin on his hat in a photo from his Instagram account reposted by the Dallas CBS affiliate.

More gay paranoia on this board. Jen is VERY disappointed.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 18, 2018 02:59 PM (XUlXc)

129 There's an official bisexual pride flag which uses
"pink, lavender, and blue [horizontal stripes] in a 2:1:2 ratio." The
heart pin uses the same color scheme.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 18, 2018 02:58 PM (I/iG
Huh...I learn something new here every day.

Posted by: IC at May 18, 2018 02:59 PM (a0IVu)

130 78
NRA Party.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Did the NRA oppose the bill?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2018 02:48 PM (IqV8l)

Sorry about that.

I am proposing an NRA Party to replace the GOP.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2018 02:59 PM (VM6ev)

131 There's an official bisexual pride flag which uses "pink, lavender, and blue [horizontal stripes] in a 2:1:2 ratio." The heart pin uses the same color scheme.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 18, 2018 02:58 PM (I/iGu)

Pretty dicey for a kid on the Football Team to be sporting around. This invites further scrutiny.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2018 03:00 PM (fiGNd)

132 >>Heard the Browns are going to be featured on this season of "Hard Knocks".

I thought they only featured NFL teams?

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2018 03:00 PM (/tuJf)

133 129 There's an official bisexual pride flag which uses
"pink, lavender, and blue [horizontal stripes] in a 2:1:2 ratio." The
heart pin uses the same color scheme.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 18, 2018 02:58 PM (I/iG
Huh...I learn something new here every day.

Posted by: IC at May 18, 2018 02:59 PM (a0IVu)

You know who else used different colored/shaped patches as identifiers?...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2018 03:00 PM (VM6ev)

134 @99

If you look at his now deleted FB page, he has satanic petagram, German Iron Crosses, Cthuluu pin as well.

Kid looks to have been all kinds of fucked in the head.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 18, 2018 03:00 PM (UfMVm)

135 Hue Jackson on Hard Knocks?

Hard no.

Posted by: eleven at May 18, 2018 03:00 PM (fYChk)

136
What's the opposite of a flaming skull.

A leaky penis

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at May 18, 2018 03:00 PM (10vO4)

137 Lotta weird stuff going on today in the "news".

Heard the Browns are going to be featured on this season of "Hard Knocks".
Posted by: simplemind

Cleveland?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 03:00 PM (RkYsP)

138 The "pressure cookers and pipe bombs" link at Drudge currently goes to the DFW CBS affiliate's website ("Suspect ID'd In Deadly Santa Fe High School Shooting") and the photo is just below the fold.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 18, 2018 03:01 PM (I/iGu)

139 I have to really wonder why Inhofe voted against this. The rest of the people on that list are turds and asswipes but Inhofe is a very good guy and a man of integrity. I haven't seen what his reasoning was supposed to be but I'm going to have to look at it.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 18, 2018 03:01 PM (gyfiU)

140 What's the opposite of a flaming skull.

Anal seepage.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 03:01 PM (RkYsP)

141 136
What's the opposite of a flaming skull.

A leaky penis
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at May 18, 2018 03:00 PM (10vO4)

A bedewed clam...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2018 03:01 PM (VM6ev)

142 Heard the Browns are going to be featured on this season of "Hard Knocks".

I thought they only featured NFL teams?

Posted by: JackStraw
=======\
Clearly they are branching out in a new direction this season.

Posted by: simplemind at May 18, 2018 03:01 PM (cbhOW)

143 I object to describing the gop as a useless pile of dog shit since dog shit is useful as a fertilizer and therefore has more value than the gop.

Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at May 18, 2018 02:58 PM (7n3kj)
---
Carnivore scat is too acidic. Herbivore scat is what they use.

Posted by: Axeman at May 18, 2018 03:01 PM (vDqXW)

144 133
You know who else used different colored/shaped patches as identifiers?...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2018 03:00 PM (VM6ev)

Boy Scouts.

Posted by: kraken at May 18, 2018 03:01 PM (zSVEm)

145 Cherrypy ate my post
++++
Dirty, rotten, filthy, stinkin...
She's my cherry pieCool drink of water such a sweet surprise
Tastes so good makes a grown man cry
Sweet Cherry Pie
Swingin' on the front porch
Swingin' on the lawn
Swingin' where we want
'Cause there ain't nobody home
Swingin' to the left
And swingin' to the rightIf I think about baseball
I'll swing all night yea
Swingin' in the living room
Swingin' in the kitchen
Most folks don't 'causeThey're too busy bitchin'
Swingin' in there 'cause
She wanted me to feed her
So I mixed up the batter And she licked the beater
I scream you scream
We all scream for her
Don't even try 'causYou can't ignore her
She's my cherry pie
Cool drink of water
Such a sweet surprise
Tastes so good
Make a grown man cry

Posted by: Schneider's Brown Slave at May 18, 2018 03:02 PM (y3aQB)

146 140 What's the opposite of a flaming skull.

Anal seepage.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 03:01 PM (RkYsP)

We did the discharge petition the other day.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2018 03:02 PM (VM6ev)

147 Texas shooter wore a bisexual pride heart pin on his hat

--
That makes him a good guy, right? He was doing the right thing shooting up that school full of homophobes.

/dangerous territory; prudence required.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 18, 2018 03:02 PM (roQNm)

148 Sure, I guess you could spin the vote as a logical thought process by saying that 'if' you had a resolution that required spending cuts when the dems were in power, they would obviously cut defense and then say: "Hey we have to cut spending somewhere!"

How the hell is that different now? When you do not even have the fig leaf of trying to balance spending. We have the worst of all worlds, stratospheric spending AND defense cuts.

The other thing is, as I have gotten older, it seems to me writing a blank check to anyone, even in the name of national defense, is not a sound fiscal strategy. If your country goes broke, it is not going to mean a hell of a lot. You will be well defended against people coming in and taking the stuff that you do not have.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 18, 2018 03:02 PM (ycWCI)

149 144 133
You know who else used different colored/shaped patches as identifiers?...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2018 03:00 PM (VM6ev)

Boy Scouts.
Posted by: kraken at May 18, 2018 03:01 PM (zSVEm)

Well, oddly appropriate.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2018 03:02 PM (VM6ev)

150 Look we've all know for quite some time that the GOP is a fraudulent political party.

This vote is not surprising in the least.

We need a new party.

The GOP cannot be reformed from the inside.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 18, 2018 03:02 PM (UfMVm)

151 Boy Scouts.
Posted by: kraken at May 18, 2018 03:01 PM (zSVEm)

Those are badges of merit!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 18, 2018 03:02 PM (ycWCI)

152 Or rather were badges of merit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 18, 2018 03:03 PM (ycWCI)

153

Kid looks to have been all kinds of fucked in the head.

We will find in short order that Little Billy was seriously demented and all sorts of warning bells were sounded but officials did nothing, then the whole thing goes right down the memory hole.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 18, 2018 03:03 PM (oVJmc)

154 151 Boy Scouts.
Posted by: kraken at May 18, 2018 03:01 PM (zSVEm)

Those are badges of merit!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 18, 2018 03:02 PM (ycWCI)

I saw Badges of Merit open for Los Lobos at the Roxy in '87.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2018 03:03 PM (VM6ev)

155 I have my ironic moments...

Posted by: kraken at May 18, 2018 03:03 PM (zSVEm)

156 Carnivore scat is too acidic. Herbivore scat is what they use.
Posted by: Axeman

You do know what cow poop smells like, right?

If they're your cows, it smells like money.

If they're not, it smells like shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 03:04 PM (RkYsP)

157 The GOP cannot be reformed from the inside.
=========
Not without something drastic and unexpected, like say . . .

THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!!!

(honestly that's only sort of a joke)

Posted by: simplemind at May 18, 2018 03:04 PM (Hj9AZ)

158 Considering how many IOUs Congress has already placed in the Social Security 'lockbox' pretty soon Social Security will be the only thing the Government will be funding.

Barring EBT riots and zombie apocalypses

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at May 18, 2018 03:04 PM (fpSpD)

159 What colors are the heart pins for guys who enjoy rubbing their dog's bellies?

(Asking for a friend.)

Posted by: Canid Fever at May 18, 2018 03:04 PM (014lE)

160 So all 29 are "True Conservatives" in the GOPe's book.

The Penny plan has been around for years. Now we know why this simple plan is not implemented, UNIPARTY!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at May 18, 2018 03:05 PM (pw+jk)

161 Didn't even have to look to know Burr and Tillis from NC would be on there.

Posted by: LMD Outer Banker at May 18, 2018 03:05 PM (Vuaet)

162 I wonder what sort of excuse rider they put in these.

"...a balanced budget and a lounge chair in the deportation center"

Muh principles won't let me coddle illegals like that!

Posted by: t-bird at May 18, 2018 03:05 PM (9tO1t)

163 @134: "If you look at his now deleted FB page, he has satanic petagram, German Iron Crosses, Cthuluu pin as well."

The UK tabloid sites really are kinda amazing when it comes to gathering up all these photos and other info more quickly than any American outlet.

And, yeah, this kid seems nuttier than a bad fruitcake.

I'd guess this will be another one of those "we all knew him and worried and complained about him but nothing could be done" stories when it's all said and done.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 18, 2018 03:05 PM (I/iGu)

164 "You can't bind a future Congress. "

==
Then how the hell did are they forced to up budgets automatically 7% every year?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at May 18, 2018 03:06 PM (pw+jk)

165 160 So all 29 are "True Conservatives" in the GOPe's book.

The Penny plan has been around for years. Now we know why this simple plan is not implemented, UNIPARTY!
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at May 18, 2018 03:05 PM (pw+jk)

And Paul called them out... like I said, for all his faults, I rate him a net asset.

Posted by: kraken at May 18, 2018 03:06 PM (zSVEm)

166 103---And, they only punch right.
Posted by: Axeman at May 18, 2018 02:53 PM (vDqXW)
---------------------------
Yeah, that's a better way to put it.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 18, 2018 03:07 PM (0jtPF)

167 "You can't bind a future Congress. "

Oh, but you haven't tried. Let me go get some baling wire...

Posted by: t-bird at May 18, 2018 03:07 PM (9tO1t)

168 You can't bind a future Congress. "

==
Then how the hell did are they forced to up budgets automatically 7% every year?
======
You see, I find it helpful to certain business interests. . . .

Posted by: soros at May 18, 2018 03:07 PM (COcka)

169 164 "You can't bind a future Congress. "

==
Then how the hell did are they forced to up budgets automatically 7% every year?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at May 18, 2018 03:06 PM

I'd like to bind the current congress.

To a large anchor..

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2018 03:07 PM (VM6ev)

170
What's the opposite of a flaming skull.

bruised tail bone

Posted by: Hands at May 18, 2018 03:07 PM (EzdLW)

171 You can't bind a future Congress.

So a Hawaiian judge hasn't weighed in yet...

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at May 18, 2018 03:08 PM (fpSpD)

172 170
What's the opposite of a flaming skull.

bruised tail bone
Posted by: Hands at May 18, 2018 03:07 PM (EzdLW)

Frozen perineum.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2018 03:08 PM (VM6ev)

173 Ryan's Last Gasp?

Posted by: Gumby at May 18, 2018 03:08 PM (2LelM)

174 Texas shooter wore a bisexual pride heart pin on his hat

--
That makes him a good guy, right? He was doing the right thing shooting up that school full of homophobes.

/dangerous territory; prudence required.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 18, 2018 03:02 PM

East German judges declare ---- 'No foul'.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at May 18, 2018 03:08 PM (LOgQ4)

175 The UK tabloid sites really are kinda amazing when it comes to gathering up all these photos and other info more quickly than any American outlet.

And, yeah, this kid seems nuttier than a ~~bad fruitcake.~~ squirrel turd.

Fixed for accuracy.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 03:08 PM (RkYsP)

176 The UK tabloid sites really are kinda amazing when it comes to gathering up all these photos and other info more quickly than any American outlet.
======
TBF the UK tabloids don't have the feds crawling up their butts. Trust the feds never stop a shooting but they do get involved in the coverage.

Posted by: simplemind at May 18, 2018 03:09 PM (C8dsN)

177 173 Ryan's Last Gasp?
Posted by: Gumby at May 18, 2018 03:08 PM (2LelM)

Unless it involves a My Pillow, don't even bother.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2018 03:09 PM (VM6ev)

178 The FBI is largely a media relations company.

Posted by: simplemind at May 18, 2018 03:09 PM (hJs5h)

179 Texas shooter wore a bisexual pride heart pin on his hat in a photo from
his Instagram account reposted by the Dallas CBS affiliate.
Was he a pilot with the Cuban national airline too?

Posted by: andycanuck at May 18, 2018 03:09 PM (Evws/)

180 Then how the hell did are they forced to up budgets automatically 7% every year?

--

Base line budgeting; inflation + 3%+

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 18, 2018 03:09 PM (roQNm)

181 I see Good Ol' Mitch voted against as well.

Most of the GOP supporters I know south of the river are eager to primary him next go-around. Eager enough to vote against him in the General ? No idea.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2018 03:09 PM (fiGNd)

182 I'm starting to think the whole two year House term thing isn't sustainable in our modern world. Folks aren't even pretending anymore that we're not stuck in a perpetual campaign. There's no actual legislating or governing anymore. Just maintaining the momentum of the status quo with tiny nudges here and there.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 18, 2018 03:09 PM (I/iGu)

183 The GOP is dead.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at May 18, 2018 03:10 PM (Dp6qK)

184
Just had time to scan the news today, but I noted that Clapper said 'its a good thing" that the FBI spied on Trump.

So the story has switched from hiding their crimes to now, well we had to do it for the good of the country. And the MSM fell dutifully in line.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 18, 2018 03:10 PM (r+sAi)

185 Perhaps Paul would get more support if he wasn't just grandstanding re: Haspel 2 days ago. A pox on all their houses. And not a small pox a big one!

Posted by: DaveA at May 18, 2018 03:11 PM (FhXTo)

186 Here is an question. If Mueller gave Comey (or anyone else) immunity, can that be revoked?

Immunity is used when a low level crook is needed to testify on a bigger fish.

But giving someone immunity to lie about a bigger fish smacks of a bit like abuse of power. Can that immunity be nullified?

Seems like I remember a couple of Hilldawgs "attornies"(Mills and someone else) got the same treatment in the secret server "matter".

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 18, 2018 03:11 PM (ymnmz)

187 We don't need no stinkin badges of merit!

Posted by: Gold Hat at May 18, 2018 03:11 PM (IqV8l)

188 The GOP is dead.
========
Ayup. Been dead along time too. Folks just took to noticing cause the wind changed and the stink came floatin in on the breeze.

Posted by: simplemind at May 18, 2018 03:11 PM (COcka)

189 You can't bind a future Congress. "

==
Then how the hell did are they forced to up budgets automatically 7% every year?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at May 18, 2018 03:06 PM (pw+jk)

They can repeal how they plan "budgeting" any time they want to. "Binding" means passing a law to say that Congress cannot pass another law.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Purify Your Politics with Cleansing Fire! AtC Brand Flammenwerfers @ the Outrage Outlet at May 18, 2018 03:11 PM (hLRSq)

190 Texas shooter wore a bisexual pride heart pin on his hat

*wonders where to acquire and where to wear one*

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at May 18, 2018 03:12 PM (nBBdT)

191 184

Just had time to scan the news today, but I noted that Clapper said 'its a good thing" that the FBI spied on Trump.

So
the story has switched from hiding their crimes to now, well we had to
do it for the good of the country. And the MSM fell dutifully in line.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 18, 2018 03:10 PM (r+sAi)

Step 4- Trump made us do it.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 18, 2018 03:12 PM (ymnmz)

192 174 Texas shooter wore a bisexual pride heart pin on his hat

--
That makes him a good guy, right? He was doing the right thing shooting up that school full of homophobes.

/dangerous territory; prudence required.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at May 18, 2018 03:02 PM

East German judges declare ---- 'No foul'.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at May 18, 2018 03:08 PM (LOgQ4)

Hawaiian Judge declares ---- "Its a MAGA pin."

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at May 18, 2018 03:12 PM (Dp6qK)

193 But giving someone immunity to lie about a bigger fish smacks of a bit like abuse of power. Can that immunity be nullified?

I thought lying DID nullify any agreement.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 03:12 PM (RkYsP)

194 @176: "TBF the UK tabloids don't have the feds crawling up their butts. Trust the feds never stop a shooting but they do get involved in the coverage."

Yup, and vice versa, when the UK government bans publication of juicy stories, everything gets leaked to American publications, so UK outlets can report on our reporting without detailing the original story.

Both sides of the pond get around domestic surveillance laws in the same way too.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 18, 2018 03:13 PM (I/iGu)

195 Hawaiian Judge declares ---- "Its a MAGA pin."
Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at May 18, 2018 03:12 PM (Dp6qK)

flounderbot gets a .08% increase in sugar ration.

Posted by: Random Hawaii Judge #7 at May 18, 2018 03:13 PM (72PAC)

196 I object to describing the gop as a useless pile of
dog shit since dog shit is useful as a fertilizer and therefore has more
value than the gop.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at May 18, 2018 02:58 PM (7n3kj)

-----

Carnivore scat is too acidic. Herbivore scat is what they use.
Posted by: Axeman at May 18, 2018 03:01 PM

Nearly 200 comments in, and noone have mentioned the its value when placed in a brown paper bag, set alight on a nogoodnik neighbor's porch, and the doorbell rung?

It's like I don't even know you people anymore.

Posted by: J. Random Moron at May 18, 2018 03:13 PM (ctuyM)

197 BTW JJ, your update a couple of days ago about Rauner
being "soft" on gun control helped us do some push back against AWR Hawkins. There was no way for you to know, but Hawkins really screwed with what the folks fighting the dozen or so gun control bills in illinois were trying to accomplish.

Rauner may be a RINO but IL is a blue state and he is at least tough on gun control. He has already vetoed one crap bill that would basically eliminate most small gun shops and dealers in the state and they have a number of others for him to veto as a campaign tactic.

The madigan dems have a special opportunity due to a range of alignment factors this year they don't usually have to push us over the edge into CA, NY or NJ style gun control. At the same time they have ben forcing Rauner to veto the gun control legislation they are pushing.

Rauner's bill has some concessions we could actually live with if passed (given the very real alternatives and the future under a Pritzker governor ship) but it also had a big poison pill in it that switched the fight back to the democrats in a fairly trump/DACA like manner. Supporting gang banger sand cop killers by not signing on with his reasonable alternative.

Unfortunately AWR Hawkins (PhD) neglected to check with the state organizations and lobbyists that supported this and in essences promoted reduced conservative turnout in the most critical state gov election in my lifetime.

Because of your warning on the issue I emailed him about it and he got defensive and of course refused to run a tretraction or present the counter argument. But we were able to get some counter commentary in the comments and we did make the key lobbyists arare (who were a bit psised).

Again, you had no way to know because it is a very hard and complicated fight to the death going on this year and things that were obvious on the surface were not in fact the reality on the ground.

Posted by: Keith at May 18, 2018 03:13 PM (USf3s)

198 193
But giving someone immunity to lie about a bigger fish smacks of a bit like abuse of power. Can that immunity be nullified?

I thought lying DID nullify any agreement.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 03:12 PM (RkYsP)

Lying for the prosecution?????

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 18, 2018 03:13 PM (ymnmz)

199 Binding? Like with cheese and rice?

Posted by: andycanuck at May 18, 2018 03:13 PM (Evws/)

200 What's the opposite of a flaming skull.

On AOSHQ? Ewoks, of course.

Posted by: WisRich at May 18, 2018 03:13 PM (G0vdT)

201 Really crazy thing about this particular vote...

Most of the GOP could have voted FOR it.... just making sure it did not pass.

Yet they CHOSE to side with bigger government.... publicly....

When they could have kept their masks on.

The time of the Great UnMasking continues...

Posted by: Don Q...... at May 18, 2018 03:14 PM (NgKpN)

202 I like Paul quite a bit - not that I agree with him all the time, but he's his own man and that's more than most of those jellyfish and K-streeters on Capitol Hill can say. When people accuse him of grandstanding, what they really seem to be doing is criticizing his position without going to the trouble to make an actual counter-argument.

Posted by: Canid Fever at May 18, 2018 03:14 PM (014lE)

203
Just had time to scan the news today, but I noted that Clapper said 'its a good thing" that the FBI spied on Trump.

Figures. It's a good thing it was the FBI spying on Trump and not a competent organization.

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at May 18, 2018 03:14 PM (10vO4)

204 Hmmm. I thought Tom Cotton was one of the good guys. What's up with that?

Posted by: Emmie at May 18, 2018 03:14 PM (/A+Cl)

205 Just had time to scan the news today, but I noted that Clapper said 'its a good thing" that the FBI spied on Trump.

Just to note, it's believed that not only was the FBI spying on the Trump campaign, it was feeding it false info that, when it came back to them, provided contrived evidence of 'collusion.'

It wasn't just spying, it was entrapment, and sabotage. And the FBI just had to lie to do it.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 18, 2018 03:14 PM (oVJmc)

206 @199: "Binding? Like with cheese and rice?"

Don't forget the cream of mushroom soup.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 18, 2018 03:14 PM (I/iGu)

207 Cut spending? Oh hardy har har.

Posted by: Sen. Doofus (R) at May 18, 2018 03:15 PM (HgMAr)

208 195 Hawaiian Judge declares ---- "Its a MAGA pin."
Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at May 18, 2018 03:12 PM (Dp6qK)

flounderbot gets a .08% increase in sugar ration.

Posted by: Random Hawaii Judge #7 at May 18, 2018 03:13 PM (72PAC)

Yay! Nation of Men! Nation of Men!

That reminds me. We need a new national anthem.

/s

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at May 18, 2018 03:15 PM (Dp6qK)

209 Just had time to scan the news today, but I noted that Clapper said 'its a good thing" that the FBI spied on Trump.

So
the story has switched from hiding their crimes to now, well we had to
do it for the good of the country. And the MSM fell dutifully in line.
=========
Just imagine: Its a good thing that Nixon ordered that Watergate break-in . . .

The game is afoot. Its rules are: 1) we do whatever we want and 2) you do whatever we want.

Posted by: simplemind at May 18, 2018 03:15 PM (COcka)

210 I hate creamed soups. No space homo, I.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 18, 2018 03:15 PM (Evws/)

211 Sorry about the typos, I'm doing about 4 things at once.

Posted by: Keith at May 18, 2018 03:15 PM (USf3s)

212 And typing with one hand is a real bitch, eh, Keith!

Posted by: andycanuck at May 18, 2018 03:16 PM (Evws/)

213 I like Paul quite a bit

Posted by: Canid Fever at May 18, 2018 03:14 PM (014lE)

Me too. Not all the time ... but most of the time.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 18, 2018 03:16 PM (fiGNd)

214 nood shooter fag

Posted by: andycanuck at May 18, 2018 03:16 PM (Evws/)

215 174 Texas shooter wore a bisexual pride heart pin on his hat
.............

Exhibit A for the insanity defense.

Posted by: wth at May 18, 2018 03:17 PM (HgMAr)

216 What's the opposite of a flaming skull.

Parsing error, line 43.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at May 18, 2018 03:17 PM (Dp6qK)

217 Just had time to scan the news today, but I noted that Clapper said 'its a good thing" that the FBI spied on Trump.

*nodding heads*

Posted by: 29 GOP Senators at May 18, 2018 03:18 PM (y3sT9)

218 Nood here; and first in the nood thread after. Shirley, a record!

Posted by: andycanuck at May 18, 2018 03:18 PM (Evws/)

219 And typing with one hand is a real bitch, eh, Keith!
Posted by: andycanuck at May 18, 2018 03:16 PM (Evws/)

It can be, but congress tends to generate quite different urges

Posted by: Keith at May 18, 2018 03:18 PM (USf3s)

220 These guys are never going to vote to cut their own throats. You want a balanced budget, or term limits? Write your STATE Legislators and demand and Article V Convention of the States. It can be done.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 18, 2018 03:18 PM (p6e8W)

221 No space homo, I.
Posted by: andycanuck at May 18, 2018 03:15 PM

Then why do you only put one space after your periods, eh?

Posted by: J. Random Commenter at May 18, 2018 03:18 PM (ctuyM)

222 Yay! Nation of Men! Nation of Men!

That reminds me. We need a new national anthem.

/s
Posted by: flounderbot

It's Raining Men!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 03:19 PM (RkYsP)

223 I can't believe Cotton is on that list.
Posted by: The Guvnah
..............
Ha.. take your pick..

"This would devastate our military"
"This would put our brave men and women in the service in grave danger and in harms way"
"This would cut badly needed funds to.. (insert Congress critter's sacred cow program here"
blah.. blah.. blah..

They only ever talk about fiscal responsibility when there is no vote about to happen..

And they are ONLY willing to cut someone else's priorities..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 18, 2018 03:20 PM (so+oy)

224 It's Raining Men!
That's Shep's anthem!

Posted by: andycanuck at May 18, 2018 03:20 PM (Evws/)

225 202 I like Paul quite a bit - not that I agree with him all the time, but he's his own man and that's more than most of those jellyfish and K-streeters on Capitol Hill can say. When people accuse him of grandstanding, what they really seem to be doing is criticizing his position without going to the trouble to make an actual counter-argument.
Posted by: Canid Fever at May 18, 2018 03:14 PM (014lE)
------------------------------
Sometimes there's plenty to criticize --- but I think he does far more good than harm.

As far as "grandstanding" goes, how else can you put forward a viewpoint today? How else can you hope to reach beyond the choir?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 18, 2018 03:22 PM (0jtPF)

226 It's Raining Men!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 18, 2018 03:19 PM (RkYsP)

Fact: the singers who popularized the song were women (the Weather Girls), but the man who wrote this song was a homosexual.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 18, 2018 03:25 PM (/qEW2)

227 But they all voted for Omnibus.
So everything is peachy.

Posted by: wth at May 18, 2018 03:26 PM (HgMAr)

228 1. There will be nothing close to a balanced budget -- not even a pretty prudent but not really balanced budget -- without welfare reform.

2. Welfare is where a lot of people interface with government. Nobody but government personnel and weirdos like us thinks about the non-welfare stuff that government does. Welfare is where the rubber hits the road for most people.

3. Politicians get into office by getting people to vote for them, even people on welfare. Sometimes ESPECIALLY people on welfare.

4. So, you're a politician. Politics is your job, you're not good at much else, and you need to stay in office. So exactly how do you vote? Yeah.

Conclusion: Bread and circuses until the money runs out. Then come the colander face masks.

Posted by: joncelli, nominal Lutheran at May 18, 2018 03:29 PM (1FhAQ)

229 Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 18, 2018 03:12 PM (ymnmz)
++++
Doesn't matter if Clapper thought it was a good idea, he broke laws. Just like Charle Bronson in the Death Wish movies

Posted by: Schneider's Brown Slave at May 18, 2018 03:31 PM (y3aQB)

230
Conclusion: Bread and circuses until the money runs out. Then come the colander face masks.

Posted by: joncelli, nominal Lutheran at May 18, 2018 03:29 PM (1FhAQ)

****
I'm wearing mine right now -!
Get yours:
https://tinyurl.com/ycqx5tvs

Posted by: Publius Redux at May 18, 2018 03:42 PM (Fb9aZ)

231 Speaking of Beelzebub, Hillary took to twitter:

Every day that we fail to act on gun violence, we are failing our children. This should be a day of soul searching across America - and that soul searching should be matched with legislating to begin dealing with this national shame.
12:02 PM - May 18, 2018

Classless as always bitch. I really want to take advice from a washed up criminal.

Posted by: Cheri at May 18, 2018 04:14 PM (oiNtH)

232 Rob Portman has been a huge disappointment to me.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Vigilance Committee supporte

Along with John Kasich. Portman lost me when the Gay marriage crap came down and he has a Gay son so he can't blah blah
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 18, 2018 02:46 PM (FJLkp)

That's only a skeletal outline of what that fuckhead did. Ohio had overwhelmingly passed a DOMA previously so, not only did Portman stab everyone in the state in the back in deference to his homo son, he went on that bedrock of conservatism, MessNBC, to announce his "evolved thinking" to the world like a duplicitous pile of shit.

Every lowlife action since then has been unsurprising. A poster image of everything wrong with the GOP.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 18, 2018 04:21 PM (y7DUB)

233 The thing is, looking at the list of who voted Nay, not many are surprising. The fact that this list makes up a majority of the GOP really tells you how lefty the GOP really is.

Posted by: gm at May 18, 2018 04:41 PM (7f+Mu)

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