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Friday, August 03, 2007

An Anti-Democracy Outrage In The House

From last night:

This description of the event from The Corner:

An outrage was committed on the House [last night].

While voting on a motion to recommit for the agricultural appropriations legislation, the presiding chair (who is a Democrat member) gaveled the vote closed. The tally was clear and the vote was over. The Republicans had won. Then, realizing what had happened - the Dems allowed just their people to keep voting to change the result. Let’s be clear, this wasn’t holding the vote open - they change the results of a vote that was legally declared over.

Rep. Cantor wrote a blog post describing what happened.

This is an insult to our democracy, something that Stalin would recognize. It is an unprecedented violation of our democracy that can not be allowed to stand. Do we live in a democracy or a dictatorship?

And, what was so important that the Dems went to all this trouble — it was vote to ensure that illegal immigrants couldn’t get taxpayer funding in the agriculture bill. The Dems are so opposed to this, that they would violate our democracy.

Shameless.

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I’ve often wondered why any rational person would think of Democrats as being democratic.  They aren’t.


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Bat One on August 3, 2007 at 08:33 am
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But man you should hear them whine when you call it the Democrat party instead of the Democratic Party.


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Rob on August 3, 2007 at 08:56 am

Bush showed them how to do things like this.

ews48 on August 3, 2007 at 09:29 am
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Bush showed them how to do things like this.

Ja! During his long tenure in the House of Representatives! /sarcasm
What a maroon!

Welcome to Chiquita Pelosi and her banana republic!



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Proof on August 3, 2007 at 12:06 pm
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chiquitadf2.jpg Chiquita Pelosi



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Proof on August 3, 2007 at 12:09 pm
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Rob, I always refer to it as the Democrat party instead of the democratic party.

Steve on August 3, 2007 at 12:20 pm

Democratic is descriptive of a political process. Democrat is the Name of the Party.

And why are ever body in such a rhubarb over this?!? Just bidness as usual in Congress.


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2Hotel9 on August 3, 2007 at 04:26 pm
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