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November 02, 2005
Dems Grow A Pair; GOPs Whine Like Babies
Who would have guessed that Harry Reid would grow a pair and catch Bill Frist and the GOP off guard, let alone make them cry like little girls?
Yesterday, in an uncharacteristically brilliant move, Senate Democrats invoked the legislative body's cryptic "Rule 21" to force a closed discussion over the lack of Congressional oversight and examination of the dark tactics employed by the Bush administration to sell its Iraq invasion to the American people (though, for the record -- not this one!). The move forced the GOP to stop obstructing the Senate duty act on the strong evidence of wrongdoing by the White House and investigate the same.
But much more important, of course, the Dems actually blocked the Bush administration's attempt to capture control of the news cycle (after a week of bad news) by parading out its Supreme Court nominee.
"This past weekend, we witnessed the indictment of I. Lewis Libby, the Vice President’s Chief of Staff and a senior Advisor to President Bush. Libby is the first sitting White House staffer to be indicted in 135 years," Minority Leader Harry Reid said on the Senate floor, before calling a secret session that totally caught the GOP off guard.
"The Libby indictment provides a window into what this is really about: how the Administration manufactured and manipulated intelligence in order to sell the war in Iraq and attempted to destroy those who dared to challenge its actions."
"What has been the response of this Republican-controlled Congress to the Administration’s manipulation of intelligence that led to this protracted war in Iraq? Basically nothing...Unfortunately the unwillingness of the Republican-controlled Congress to exercise its oversight responsibilities is not limited to just Iraq. We see it with respect to the prisoner abuse scandal. We see it with respect to Katrina. And we see it with respect to the cronyism and corruption that permeates this Administration. Time and time again, this Republican-controlled Congress has consistently chosen to put its political interests ahead of our national security. They have repeatedly chosen to protect the Republican Administration rather than get to the bottom of what happened and why..." See Reid's full statements here.
The best part, for my money, is seeing the bully that has stolen our lunch money for five years cry like a little bitch because we learned one of his tricks. I never thought to call the Republicans pussies.
"The United States Senate has been hijacked by the Democratic leadership... They have no conviction. They have no principles...This is a pure stunt." (Hmm, eh, pot calling the kettle black, Bill?) Never, he said, have "I been slapped in the face with such an affront to the leadership of this grand institution." That's because until yesterday, you and your boys were doing the slapping. Well 'wah wah wah.' Don't dish it out if you can't take it cry baby.
Posted by MJuhre at November 2, 2005 01:57 PM