Free trade means more access to the Colombian Gold, which means the price they pay per lid is going up, you gotta look at the big picture, dude....
Spartacus - 05:04pm on 04/10/2008
...the House of Representatives – led by Speaker Pelosi – to change the rules governing legislation to implement our trade agreement with Colombia
The rules President Bush is referring to , requires the House to vote on legislation sent to them from the White House within 90 days.
Nancy Pelosi doesn’t want to make either Barack or Hillary go on the record for or against free trade before the election, for fear of offending any part of their fractured coalition of voters.
Lipstick on a pig? Nancy would rather the voters buy their pig in a poke this November, lipstick and all!
Proof - 07:04pm on 04/10/2008
The new govt of Colombia is very friendly to US-style free enterprise, so of course the Dems don’t want any part of that.
robert108 - 08:04pm on 04/10/2008
This is what I have been talking about. Democrats do not know what keeping your word means. period.
Chief RZ - 08:04pm on 04/10/2008
Can someone please tell me how this is legal? Honestly, I don’t have a clue on this one, but why does someone (Der Fuhrer Pelosi in this case) have the ability to change rules mid-game? I am to the point where I want to divide the country in half and tell the idiot liberals to move to their part. I wonder who would be the first to be bankrupt...taken over by a foreign government...starving? I am more convinced each day that calling someone a liberal is like calling them stupid...yet, I am eerily (sp?) fine with that.
jpgr - 09:04pm on 04/10/2008
god, this is so shocking! when the GOP controlled congress, they made up or changed the rules all the fucking time. now that the democrats do the same thing, you’ve found fucking religion? ha!
youfuckingmoron - 09:04pm on 04/10/2008
Honestly, I don’t have a clue on this one, but why does someone (Der Fuhrer Pelosi in this case) have the ability to change rules mid-game?
It’s a stupid procedural technicality. It’s really sad because on the one hand (if media gives this enough coverage) the Dems have screwed themselves politically, but on the other hand, they have screwed our economy at a bad time to be playing games.
Of course, they may just be banking on the fact that people don’t read the news and will likely blame the administration for the ensuing economic fallout. I’m hoping that, at least, since the generally liberal Wash Post excorciated the Dems for this, so will the rest of the media.
I mean seriously. Are there enough Americans left that are stupid enough to still believe that isolationism is the way to go? Wake up to the… umm… 19th century.
Hairy Polemic - 09:04pm on 04/10/2008
"The message Democrats sent today is that no matter how steadfastly you stand with us, we will turn our backs on you when it is politically convenient.”
This is what Democrats always do. Tell whatever lies needed to get people to trust them, then stab them in the back. This is why America’s reputation among our allies and enemies is so shitty. Ask anyone who has ever allied with us, they get stabbed in the back. And it is Democrats and “progressives” who do it every time.
And note! Our newest suckpuppet is all indignant about anyone pointing out that its Party routinely changes rules and procedural code. By attempting to say “everyone else” does it. Hey, suckpuppet? How about you give us a documented list of the incidents in which Republicans did this? I can think of a couple, how about you enlighten us, suckpuppet.
2Hotel9 - 04:04am on 04/11/2008
Another reason Hill wants to hide from this vote:
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (CNN) – Hillary Clinton used her trademark laugh Thursday to deflect a question about the $800,000 her husband earned in 2005 giving speeches for a Bogota-based group that supports the Colombia free trade agreement — the same trade deal she currently opposes.
Asked by CNN if those earnings represented a conflict of interest given that she has dipped into her family’s pocketbook to pay campaign bills, Clinton threw up her hands and laughed loudly for several seconds.
So she votes for it...she pisses off her base. She votes against it...she pisses off Bill’s gravy train. Hillary does not want to go on the record before November.
Cackle once more for us, Hill! It shows how sincere you are!
Free trade means more access to the Colombian Gold, which means the price they pay per lid is going up, you gotta look at the big picture, dude....
The rules President Bush is referring to , requires the House to vote on legislation sent to them from the White House within 90 days.
Nancy Pelosi doesn’t want to make either Barack or Hillary go on the record for or against free trade before the election, for fear of offending any part of their fractured coalition of voters.
Lipstick on a pig? Nancy would rather the voters buy their pig in a poke this November, lipstick and all!
The new govt of Colombia is very friendly to US-style free enterprise, so of course the Dems don’t want any part of that.
This is what I have been talking about. Democrats do not know what keeping your word means. period.
Can someone please tell me how this is legal? Honestly, I don’t have a clue on this one, but why does someone (Der Fuhrer Pelosi in this case) have the ability to change rules mid-game? I am to the point where I want to divide the country in half and tell the idiot liberals to move to their part. I wonder who would be the first to be bankrupt...taken over by a foreign government...starving? I am more convinced each day that calling someone a liberal is like calling them stupid...yet, I am eerily (sp?) fine with that.
god, this is so shocking! when the GOP controlled congress, they made up or changed the rules all the fucking time. now that the democrats do the same thing, you’ve found fucking religion? ha!
It’s a stupid procedural technicality. It’s really sad because on the one hand (if media gives this enough coverage) the Dems have screwed themselves politically, but on the other hand, they have screwed our economy at a bad time to be playing games.
Of course, they may just be banking on the fact that people don’t read the news and will likely blame the administration for the ensuing economic fallout. I’m hoping that, at least, since the generally liberal Wash Post excorciated the Dems for this, so will the rest of the media.
I mean seriously. Are there enough Americans left that are stupid enough to still believe that isolationism is the way to go? Wake up to the… umm… 19th century.
"The message Democrats sent today is that no matter how steadfastly you stand with us, we will turn our backs on you when it is politically convenient.”
This is what Democrats always do. Tell whatever lies needed to get people to trust them, then stab them in the back. This is why America’s reputation among our allies and enemies is so shitty. Ask anyone who has ever allied with us, they get stabbed in the back. And it is Democrats and “progressives” who do it every time.
And note! Our newest suckpuppet is all indignant about anyone pointing out that its Party routinely changes rules and procedural code. By attempting to say “everyone else” does it. Hey, suckpuppet? How about you give us a documented list of the incidents in which Republicans did this? I can think of a couple, how about you enlighten us, suckpuppet.
Another reason Hill wants to hide from this vote:
So she votes for it...she pisses off her base. She votes against it...she pisses off Bill’s gravy train. Hillary does not want to go on the record before November.
Cackle once more for us, Hill! It shows how sincere you are!