Comments on: Lott’s ultimatum: Do we have the courage to pass this craptastic bill? http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:39:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Obama: We cannot let politics get in the way of passing this crap sandwich http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-1833502 Hot Air » Blog Archive » Obama: We cannot let politics get in the way of passing this crap sandwich Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:04:30 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-1833502 [...] that it would be downright cowardly not to cram that turd of a bill down America’s throat. Comedy gold, in case you’ve never seen the [...] [...] that it would be downright cowardly not to cram that turd of a bill down America’s throat. Comedy gold, in case you’ve never seen the [...]

]]> By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Bush urges Senate: Have the “political courage” to pass this travesty http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-495393 Hot Air » Blog Archive » Bush urges Senate: Have the “political courage” to pass this travesty Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:16:17 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-495393 [...] We’ve heard this before, haven’t we? In two guises, in fact. Anyone can pass awful, ruinous legislation, but to pass it when overwhelming numbers of your constituents begging you to stop? That’s where we separate the men from the mice, my friends. [...] [...] We’ve heard this before, haven’t we? In two guises, in fact. Anyone can pass awful, ruinous legislation, but to pass it when overwhelming numbers of your constituents begging you to stop? That’s where we separate the men from the mice, my friends. [...]

]]> By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Lott: Something must be done about this conservative noise machine http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-468783 Hot Air » Blog Archive » Lott: Something must be done about this conservative noise machine Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:56:12 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-468783 [...] St. John is muzzled because of the campaign, relegated to looking nervous and nodding condescendingly when voters complain to him about the craptacular congressional immigration efforts for which he’s materially responsible. So it falls to tools like this and Lindsey Graham to lob grenades at the base and offer sub-moronic procedural justifications for why the bill should be passed. It’s no different than if we said, “Why don’t we hook up with the nutroots and get Lott and Graham impeached, just to see if we have the balls to do it? Just to prove that our democracy still works? After all, are we men or mice?” [...] [...] St. John is muzzled because of the campaign, relegated to looking nervous and nodding condescendingly when voters complain to him about the craptacular congressional immigration efforts for which he’s materially responsible. So it falls to tools like this and Lindsey Graham to lob grenades at the base and offer sub-moronic procedural justifications for why the bill should be passed. It’s no different than if we said, “Why don’t we hook up with the nutroots and get Lott and Graham impeached, just to see if we have the balls to do it? Just to prove that our democracy still works? After all, are we men or mice?” [...]

]]> By: ricer1 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-451773 ricer1 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:25:49 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-451773 QUOTE OF THE DAY: <blockquote>Maybe we should support stem cell research so we can grow a spine and balls 400lb Gorilla on June 7, 2007 at 7:53 PM</blockquote> QUOTE OF THE DAY:

Maybe we should support stem cell research so we can grow a spine and balls

400lb Gorilla on June 7, 2007 at 7:53 PM

]]> By: csdeven http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-451276 csdeven Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:36:24 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-451276 <blockquote>Laura on June 8, 2007 at 8:14 AM</blockquote> Yeah, I emailed fox and friends and explained that "open borders Geraldo" is a moron. I doubt we'll see it on air. :-)

Laura on June 8, 2007 at 8:14 AM

Yeah, I emailed fox and friends and explained that “open borders Geraldo” is a moron. I doubt we’ll see it on air. :-)

]]> By: Laura http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-451249 Laura Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:14:10 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-451249 Geraldo Rivera on Fox news right now, laments the death of the bill and actually said, "I could never be a politician... to be so opportunistic, so shortsighted... people being terrorized by the law... save your emails... I'm no longer interested in reading them... your emotions have gone beyond your patriotism and your reason." Good grief. I would dearly love to have that video of Rivera saying he could never be so opportunistic. A mental chasm that wide really ought to be charted. Geraldo Rivera on Fox news right now, laments the death of the bill and actually said, “I could never be a politician… to be so opportunistic, so shortsighted… people being terrorized by the law… save your emails… I’m no longer interested in reading them… your emotions have gone beyond your patriotism and your reason.”

Good grief. I would dearly love to have that video of Rivera saying he could never be so opportunistic. A mental chasm that wide really ought to be charted.

]]> By: Bradky http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-451214 Bradky Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:40:00 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-451214 <blockquote>Baphomet on June 7, 2007 at 10:50 PM</blockquote> The post watergate composition of the house and senate will look like the good old days. 61 Dems, 38 Republicans, 1 Ind 292 House Dems, 142 Republicans

Baphomet on June 7, 2007 at 10:50 PM

The post watergate composition of the house and senate will look like the good old days.

61 Dems, 38 Republicans, 1 Ind
292 House Dems, 142 Republicans

]]> By: roydee43 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-451165 roydee43 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:50:13 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-451165 <blockquote>Another one that needs to be taken out by a primary challenger next time he’s up for reelection. thirteen28 on June 7, 2007 at 7:59 PM</blockquote> Thanks for the defining video of lott. The memory of it shoud stay with me at least till the '08 primaries Hopefully others that saw this will remember also. I can't vote against him but I hope to contribute to any reasonable challenger that comes up against him.

Another one that needs to be taken out by a primary challenger next time he’s up for reelection.

thirteen28 on June 7, 2007 at 7:59 PM

Thanks for the defining video of lott. The memory of it shoud stay with me at least till the ’08 primaries

Hopefully others that saw this will remember also.

I can’t vote against him but I hope to contribute to any reasonable challenger that comes up against him.

]]> By: Warner Todd Huston http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450979 Warner Todd Huston Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:01:07 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450979 Need we all remember that Trent Lott only became a Republican because his constituency changed? He USED to be a Democrat. And, we can see so often, he NEVER really changed from that original leaning. Lott is now and always HAS been a disaster as a "Republican". Need we all remember that Trent Lott only became a Republican because his constituency changed? He USED to be a Democrat. And, we can see so often, he NEVER really changed from that original leaning.

Lott is now and always HAS been a disaster as a “Republican”.

]]> By: Coyote D. http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450965 Coyote D. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:44:23 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450965 Each day, each sound bite...it keeps getting worse. Each day, each sound bite…it keeps getting worse.

]]> By: RedCrow http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450813 RedCrow Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:48:23 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450813 From what I've read, the (vast) majority of the the American people don't want this bill. Is this a democratic republic, or a plutocracy??? Vive la revolucion! From what I’ve read, the (vast) majority of the the American people don’t want this bill.
Is this a democratic republic, or a plutocracy???
Vive la revolucion!

]]> By: mylegsareswollen http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450732 mylegsareswollen Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:51:17 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450732 Trent the poofta, once again shoves his wang in his pie hole. What a jackass. Why does MS continue re-elect this schmuck. Trent the poofta, once again shoves his wang in his pie hole.

What a jackass. Why does MS continue re-elect this schmuck.

]]> By: Jim-Rose http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450601 Jim-Rose Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:51:45 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450601 Wow. After this, Chuck Hagel looks like Ronald Reagan. Wow. After this, Chuck Hagel looks like Ronald Reagan.

]]> By: Baphomet http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450594 Baphomet Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:50:17 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450594 Conservatives are digging their own grave by torpedoing this bill. Conservatives are digging their own grave by torpedoing this bill.

]]> By: jman http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450558 jman Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:36:43 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450558 Why cant they show that same "Courage" and BUILD THE WALL they promised us? Why cant they show that same “Courage” and BUILD THE WALL they promised us?

]]> By: Lott’s ultimatum: Do we have the courage to pass this craptastic bill? « Arhive « Latest World’s News http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450511 Lott’s ultimatum: Do we have the courage to pass this craptastic bill? « Arhive « Latest World’s News Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:23:05 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450511 [...] Original post by tips@hotair.com (Hot Air Network, LLC) Read More… [...] [...] Original post by tips@hotair.com (Hot Air Network, LLC) Read More… [...]

]]> By: freakagriep http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450459 freakagriep Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:05:25 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450459 You conveniently left out the part of his speech where he explained why they should NOT vote for cloture. Lott does make sense here, though. At some point, you have to man up and vote for or against the bill. That's the way things get done in the US Senate. After reading the bill, I happen to believe that this bill could have been tweaked to be a decent compromise for both parties. You conveniently left out the part of his speech where he explained why they should NOT vote for cloture. Lott does make sense here, though. At some point, you have to man up and vote for or against the bill. That’s the way things get done in the US Senate. After reading the bill, I happen to believe that this bill could have been tweaked to be a decent compromise for both parties.

]]> By: F15Mech http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450419 F15Mech Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:54:32 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450419 I hope someone points out to "Dirty Dianna" that she had 21 years to fix this problem. I hope someone points out to “Dirty Dianna” that she had 21 years to fix this problem.

]]> By: NoisyRoom.net » Blog Archive » Noisy News Around the Web - 6/7/07… http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450406 NoisyRoom.net » Blog Archive » Noisy News Around the Web - 6/7/07… Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:51:50 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450406 [...] Lott’s ultimatum: Do we have the courage to pass this craptastic bill? - Hot Air [...] [...] Lott’s ultimatum: Do we have the courage to pass this craptastic bill? – Hot Air [...]

]]> By: Jaibones http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450383 Jaibones Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:46:44 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450383 This dickeater goes on to vote no. I have to assume that the liberal Republicans who voted no are reserving the option to rear-end us with the bill later... This dickeater goes on to vote no. I have to assume that the liberal Republicans who voted no are reserving the option to rear-end us with the bill later…

]]> By: Wade http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450348 Wade Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:37:31 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450348 Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment

]]> By: Wade http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450346 Wade Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:36:45 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450346 Wonder if Lott will ask Kennedy for a lift home? Wonder if Lott will ask Kennedy for a lift home?

]]> By: Griz http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450313 Griz Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:25:59 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450313 I can't even watch it. Sickening. And I watch the dam Rosie videos. Lot's of folks showing their true colors lately. And we should wonder why they got so little done in the last 12 years? I can’t even watch it. Sickening. And I watch the dam Rosie videos. Lot’s of folks showing their true colors lately. And we should wonder why they got so little done in the last 12 years?

]]> By: LakeRuins http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450304 LakeRuins Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:23:41 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450304 Hey Teddy a bank robber is motivated by the same things, to provide for their family, but just like the illegal alien they have committed a crimminal act in so doing. Hey Teddy a bank robber is motivated by the same things, to provide for their family, but just like the illegal alien they have committed a crimminal act in so doing.

]]> By: F15Mech http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-450300 F15Mech Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:22:45 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/lotts-ultimatum-do-we-have-the-courage-to-pass-this-craptastic-bill/#comment-450300 BTW the live comments seamded to have moved to <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/amnesty-bill-cloture-vote-in-progress/" rel="nofollow">this thread</a> BTW the live comments seamded to have moved to this thread

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