House vote on stimulus imminent; Update: 244-188, all Republicans vote no
posted at 5:46 pm on January 28, 2009 by Allahpundit
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They’re wrapping up floor debate on the last Republican amendment on C-SPAN 1 as I write this. Is the GOP really going to walk away from this crap sandwich or will the cocktail party at 1600 tonight be even chummier than hoped? A trillion dollars is a small price to pay for bipartisanship!
Prediction: 20 Republicans defect. Exit question: Who said it? “There is a temptation to expand direct interference of state in economy. In the Soviet Union that became an absolute. We paid a very dear price for that.”
Update: Final vote: 244-188. It was 242-190 moments before they gaveled it — with every last Republican voting no — but two no votes switched at the last minute and they didn’t say who they were. I assume they’re Blue Dogs, but I’ll check. Either way, for good or ill, this is entirely the Democrats’ baby now.
Update: Here’s the guest list on that White House shindig, which should be loads of fun after this vote.
Update: WaPo confirms that all 177 Republicans were among the nays.
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We can only pray!
Are you listening Sen. Martinz and…well the other won’t!
jerrytbg on January 28, 2009 at 8:21 PM
No excuse to handle it completely incompetently.
Chuck Schick on January 28, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Eff You.
HornetSting on January 28, 2009 at 8:23 PM
“Whatever”? The Congress forced him to have an illicit relationship with a woman young enough to be his daughter? Congress forced to have her give him blow jobs and have him jack off on her dress? In what alternative universe?
Congress controlled the purse strings, but Bubba controlled his zipper.
Wethal on January 28, 2009 at 8:23 PM
I’m for that…you should run for congress…;)
jerrytbg on January 28, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Somebody’s cranky! ;)
Jim Treacher on January 28, 2009 at 8:26 PM
in 3 – 2 – 1
gatorboy on January 28, 2009 at 8:27 PM
That’s my lady! Way to GO, NC…and all House R’s. My voice got hoarse from calling all you guys…but…wow. Thank you.
Mommypundit on January 28, 2009 at 8:27 PM
great comeback…unless you have only a 3rd grade education you know what I meant…
jerrytbg on January 28, 2009 at 8:27 PM
What about Sen. Martinez? I wrote him about voting against the “stimulus” bill and he bragged that he voted for the other ones and would make sure to vote for what is best for the country. I am getting ready to write him again.
Cindy Munford on January 28, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Of course, Obama inherited this mess.
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Obama, and his lil friendship with ACORN was instrumental in the downfall of this economy. So yes, he did inherit it. From himself, and Franks, and Dodd, and Pelosi, and Reid, and Schumer.
capejasmine on January 28, 2009 at 8:28 PM
BWWWAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!! Robert Byrd is invited to the shindig afterwards!!! I hope they tell him it is “White Hood Optional”.
bloggless on January 28, 2009 at 8:28 PM
For the first time in my adult life….
I am proud of my GOP Conference.
(Haven’t seen all the comments so I apologize if I stole someone’s thunder on that)
If you’re looking for someone to thank, call Cantor.
gippergal1984 on January 28, 2009 at 8:28 PM
When does the senate vote?
Mommypundit on January 28, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Where in the hell were the so called blue dogs? What worth are you if you run as a conservative but vote for a bill that you could fit the entire budget of America since 1776?
Conservative Voice on January 28, 2009 at 8:28 PM
tomorrow?
I’m just wondering when I need to call them…a lot.
Mommypundit on January 28, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Debt free with no house for 2.5 years. I watch with glee as housing values plummet, getting closer and closer to the day when I can buy a house with the cash I made selling out at the top of the bubble.
Never has 3.25% APY money market tasted so sweet.
angryed on January 28, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Here’s the Tagline:”IF BUSH DIDN’T CREATE IT OBAMA WOULDN’T HAVE TO CREATE A STIMULUS”
The left will play this to blame it on GW by saying if GW didn;t create this mess then Obami wouldn’t have to create a stimulus I can’t wait!
xler8bmw on January 28, 2009 at 8:30 PM
2 words for you dude…Barney Frank, Chris Dodd..there is your game..thank you for playing!
AUINSC on January 28, 2009 at 8:30 PM
No offense but you have been a veritable ray of sunshine today.
Cindy Munford on January 28, 2009 at 8:31 PM
I wonder why the moonbat trolls extolling the virtues of this budget busting crap sandwich aren’t worried about the Obama deficit like they were the Bush deficits? He is set to have a larger deficit in his first year than the entire budget in Bush’s first year. How is that now a good thing?
goat on January 28, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Ok, explain to all of us how Obama inherited this. From 2 years of a Democrat controlled congress??? From the Democrat handling/creation of the Fannie/Freddie mess???
Come on!! Thrill us all with your smartness.
Get a life…perfect.
BigWyo on January 28, 2009 at 8:32 PM
All right…let’s take a gander at history, shall we? And, to make it easy, we’ll just look at post Civil War when it is just the Republicans and Democrats:
1865 though 1885: All Republicans. You did have corruption in the Grant and Hayes Administrations, although Chester A. Arthur’s administration saw the Pendleton Act which set up competitive exams for civil servants. And also, Democrats, you had Boss Tweed going full tilt in NYC, so don’t get too cocky. American industrialization takes off full tilt–the transcontinental railroad is built, American steel production overtakes Great Britain as the US becomes one of the top–if not the top, steel producer in the world; J. D. Rockefeller kicks off the petroleum industry. The West was settled: It wasn’t government that created jobs here–it was the private sector.
Grover Cleveland (Democrat): The Depression of 1893
William McKinley, T. Roosevelt, William Howard Taft (Republican): American industrialization continues to lead the world–more jobs created by the private sector
Ok, Harding was a crook and a Republican.
Coolidge–The boom of the Roaring Twenties and a Republican
Hoover–Yes, the Depression occurred on his watch, but Smoot Hawley (increased tariffs) was what made it much worse.
FDR: Historians and economists are now taking the view that many of Roosevelt’s actions actually prolonged the Depression. His massive government interventions–far from getting people to work, actually contributed towards the high unemployment rate by strangling the private sector.
Eisenhower: Jobs through the private sector.
Kennedy: A Democrat who used tax cuts and the private sector to create jobs
Nixon and Ford: Stuck with Johnson’s Great Society and the poor economy caused by that massive increase in government
Reagan: One of the longest periods of economic prosperity in this nation’s history and a Republican. The private sector through tax cuts fueled this economy and pulled the country out of the recession of the Carter years–can you say stagflation?
Bush 1: Raising taxes helped to kill the Reagan recovery–even Republicans screw up (See Harding and Hoover)
Clinton: Thank the Republicans in Congress for killing HillaryCare or this situation would be an even bigger mess than it is now.
Bush II: Tried to warn people about the trainwreck, but no one would listen. Still, the tax cuts during his Presidency did bring about a lengthy period of economic prosperity. Only problem was, the Republican Congress went the same way the Republicans did during the Grant and Hayes administrations–they got fat, dumb, and lazy, and we paid the price as the pork rolled. Spending cuts must come with tax cuts–that is the lesson that should have been learned here.
Bambi: Hasn’t a clue–but he’s going to wave his magic wand and then, according to getalife, jobs, like skittles, will pop out of his butt. Yeah, sure, and if you believe that getalife, I’ve got some swampland to sell you…
Matt Helm on January 28, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Debate starts Monday.
goat on January 28, 2009 at 8:33 PM
\enlightenment lamp on
No, Obama didn’t say this while he ran. As late as Jan. 19 he said the gov’t is the only source that can save this economy. Today, however, he invited the corporate guns to provide cover for him, then, after they lauded him, having come to collet their dues, he lauded them, and said that only the “private sector” can create jobs.
In effect he’s just staging this fiasco to appear to be a bailout, when in fact it is nothing but more welfare, repayment of unions, and more political and other dependency.
The private sector, as he put it, will recover in time. In other words, he pretends to, and talks somewhat conservative, while pursuing his socialist and serfdom agenda. If you’re smart, you know this already.
\enlightenment lamp off
Entelechy on January 28, 2009 at 8:33 PM
EVERY Republican voted against!!! I’m shocked and amazed!!! Finally, some party unity. I’m not holding my breath on the Senate, but that would be amazing too!
CP on January 28, 2009 at 8:33 PM
We need to let every Republican senator know that we’ll rather vote for a Democrat than a Republican who votes for this bestiality. We have nothing to lose, if we have to go down to 20 Republican senators before we turn it around so be it. If Republicans keep acting like the last 10 years we’ll be in the minority for a couple of generations.
I hope they have learned something from the last two elections. Their only chance is to be clearly and unmistakably differentiated from the Democrats.
neuquenguy on January 28, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Those two guys are like OJ, always on the search for the “real killers”. I hope some day someone who got foreclosed on because they got a house they shouldn’t have gives them both a beatdown in a dark alley somewhere. If they were Romans, someone would have brought them to an empty room, given them a sword and left them to do the honorable thing. But, they’re mere Democrats, so we’re stuck with them.
venividivici on January 28, 2009 at 8:34 PM
History shows Dem Presidents start wars.
ex-Democrat on January 28, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Additionally …salacious statements like that just show the incredibly low level of basic respect you have for this site… go back to dkos…child.
jerrytbg on January 28, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Thanks Matt!
jerrytbg on January 28, 2009 at 8:37 PM
The House Republicans are my favorite Republicans. I’ve raised a toast to them. I don’t care what happens. They’ve got my respect.
Esthier on January 28, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Well, I gotta admit that I’m shocked.
Shocked, but pleased.
Now will the Senate Republicans stick together, or will Mr Reach Across The Aisle and his gang of usual suspects get together again and broker a deal? (Although Snowe at least has shown some rare common sense in the last few days, I gotta give her that.)
LegendHasIt on January 28, 2009 at 8:38 PM
If Geithner or Holder are any indication, yup.
McLame + Hatch + Grahamnesty + McConnell = A DISGRACE
ex-Democrat on January 28, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Forgot – no, he didn’t play them. He’s not sure of his plan. If he were sure-footed on it, he wouldn’t give a rat’s ars about the other side. He has the votes in the Congress. Why do you think he wanted some conservativ votes? To have cover when the plan fails. If he’d be sure it would succeed he’d go it alone, and in 2010 take the full credit and destroy the other side. It’s all a political game, and about who wins. Anything else is pontification, idealism and emotionalism. He knows the game well. The other side just needs to internalize that there is no more to it.
Entelechy on January 28, 2009 at 8:39 PM
And then lack the cojones to finish them . . .
califcon on January 28, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Kind advise – don’t wager any funds on it.
Entelechy on January 28, 2009 at 8:41 PM
I probably would take the following off of the list.
1) McConnell. He should have gotten a clear signal from Boehner with the vote.
2) McCain. Even he’s pretty detestable on most days, he hates waste and pork.
3) Grahamnesty. He’s McCain’s lap dog.
Hatch has caught a terminal case of Hopenchange fevah.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on January 28, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Sink or swim time for the left. Big round up here.
petertheslow on January 28, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Entelechy on January 28, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Exactly, the GOP played Obama for the fool he is, he needs GOP cover for his socialist plans.
goat on January 28, 2009 at 8:43 PM
I’m beginning to believe Hatch is turning senile…He needs to be replaced.
jerrytbg on January 28, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Correct. And so did GWB–from Carter and Clinton via the Community Reinvestment Act.
baldilocks on January 28, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Indeed, it’s about time that they actually do own something and feel how it is to be a grown up and lead. They’ve pointed fingers for long enough. The voters, for good or for bad gave them the baton. Now, run with it, take the glory, or gore yourselves on its tip.
goat, indeed.
Entelechy on January 28, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Bingo baldi…btw…nice site.
jerrytbg on January 28, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Heh, baldi, but there are inheritances, and then there are inheritances…everything is now as if the world was just created.
Reality checks are sweet.
Entelechy on January 28, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on January 28, 2009 at 8:41 PM
That is one of McCain’s few redeeming features, he does hate waste and pork. Who knows we could get some bipartisan support from the other side while holding ours together. There are a few red state Dem Senators that voted against TARP.
goat on January 28, 2009 at 8:47 PM
R.E. the senate vote, perhaps they (senate Repub`s) will feel pressured into a nice fat NAY vote after seeing the House solidarity…I has my fingas crossed.
NY Conservative on January 28, 2009 at 8:49 PM
everything is now as if the world was just created.
Reality checks are sweet.
Entelechy on January 28, 2009 at 8:46 PM
LOL.
goat on January 28, 2009 at 8:49 PM
FWIW, here are the House Dems who voted against it:
Allen Boyd (FL)
Bobby Bright (AL)
Jim Cooper (TN)
Brad Ellsworth (IN)
Parker Griffith (AL)
Paul Kanjorski (PA)
Frank Kratovil (MD)
Walt Minnick (ID)
Collin Peterson (MN)
Heath Shuler (NC)
Gene Taylor (MS)
Notorious GOP on January 28, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Congrats to the Republicans who seem to have grown some kahunas.
This is what they should do every time.
Actions like this will help the country begin to understand that a 3% majority is shoving Socialism down the throats of the American people. The msm will certainly never tell them.
notagool on January 28, 2009 at 8:52 PM
“We are taking America in a new direction,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
She got that right. She’s taking us to hell. In her designer handbasket.
scalleywag on January 28, 2009 at 8:55 PM
This is a letter to your Congress, urging no Abortions in other Countries. Is called The Mexico City Policy.
Let your voice be heard in the democratic process and take a legislative stand against President Obama and his pro-abortion policies!
http://www.sba-list.org/c.ddJBKJNsFqG/b.4179747/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?aid=11655&msource=c4alerts&tr=y&auid=4454107
sheebe on January 28, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Ummmm, dude? I think you meant cojones, not kahunas.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on January 28, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Oh yea and get this one
On drudge they have a link to where
George Soros of all the creeps
is calling for Obama to
Pint money like crazy
To allow for inflation
to force oil back up over 70 dollars a barrel
With a Carbon TAX (gee another scam )
Just to recapitalize the banks..
and save the economy??
I smell something fishy..
sounds like some very rich people are screaming for the messiah to print money like crazy
just to re-inflate their wealth???
I wonder where all the liberals are
Why arent they all demanding this persons ass?
why because it soros who funds all of their liberal stupidity…
so soros is crying begging obama to print more money
to save his sorry ass?
Sounds like germany 1933 all over again
anyone got a wheelbarrow
Put the name soros on the front and wait for obama and the clueless dems to start up the printing press
Hey its all run by a tax cheat anyway
Can i bring my wheel barrow over and fill it up please?
jcila on January 28, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Notorious GOP on January 28, 2009 at 8:51 PM
I wonder how many of those are freshmen or sophmores from conservative districts. I know a couple are.
goat on January 28, 2009 at 8:56 PM
For once I can be proud of the Republicans.
Maxx on January 28, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Here’s a cartoon to explain it all.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on January 28, 2009 at 8:57 PM
The wishy washy GOP senators are going to be fun to watch on monday… Orin Hatch trying to take the ‘high road’ by insisting to fight this battle with a nerf gun while the democrats use tactical nukes was his argument with Gaithner… pathetic
The house GOP has shown true leadership here… we can only hope that the senate has enough stand up senators to put a stop to this madness SPENDING bill and give us something that will actually make a difference THIS YEAR…
Tax cuts.. NOW!
Housing market incentive for purchase.. NOW!
Eliminate capital gains.. NOW!
Accelerated write-down on capital expense.. NOW!
Along with prudent adjustments to unemployment bennies
gatorboy on January 28, 2009 at 8:57 PM
May this vote signal the Change we need.
jay12 on January 28, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Way to go house Repubs!
I watched the house Dem leaders getting testy towards the end of the debate. Testy, because they know this porkfest is an embarassment for their party.
OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS LIED…….THE STIMULUS DIED
Rovin on January 28, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Oh yea
Putin and whein from china
just SLAMED the USA becase
over-reliance on the dollar is
DANGEROUS????
me thinks that putin and china both know
Obama is going to Yank the printing press handle
and fire it all up..
And since a lot of their securities are TIED up in US dollar backed paper
they will get hosed..
Opps so
obama is being asked by europe and soros to
Print money like crazy
Russia and china
are getting ready to BAIL..
Because they know
The democrats will Destroy whats left of the dollar
thank you very much all you obama-wakos
You voted for this ….
Your gonna get it..
thanks to team obama
the peso is going to be worth more than the dollar..
I think i need to buy gold but its probably too late..
jcila on January 28, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Ellesworth from Indiana is in tight race. He barely won over Joe Donnelly. Kanjorski will be in a tight race, too, because PA is starting to get tired of Dems like him and Murtha. Shuler is a former football player from a conservative area in NC, but he is a fairly strong Blue Dog.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on January 28, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Not too worry; I shan’t wager. Not even a toothpick, much less one copper plated zinc penny.
I know those Senate fraternity boys all too well.
LegendHasIt on January 28, 2009 at 9:00 PM
You mean all none of them? :)
baldilocks on January 28, 2009 at 8:04 PM
All of them would do also. Didn’t want to sound greedy.
sheebe on January 28, 2009 at 9:00 PM
A few clips from Rush today…
He doesn’t need a Republican vote at all. I think the pressure… The result of the meeting was he knows he’s in trouble ’cause he desperately wants Republican support, ’cause when this goes down the tubes, he wants to be able to say that all of Washington was complicit. He doesn’t want Republicans to be able to run reelection campaigns in 2010 and 2012 saying they opposed this when we’re in the mess that’s even deeper than it is today. So he wants Republicans there. He doesn’t want a repeat of what happened in 1993 where not one Republican voted for the Clinton budget, which then led to the Republicans’, partly a factor, taking over the House in 1994. He doesn’t need the Republicans at all. As I said yesterday, why in the world…? If this is so great, if this is so wonderful, if this package of his is going to reignite an economy like we’ve never seen before, why wouldn’t he want all the credit?
Do you realize he could destroy the Republican Party forever? If his plan works, and none of them vote for it, can you imagine what he could say four years from now? It would be the end of the Republican Party. And if that’s the case, why not do it? Because we know that in politics the objective is to wipe out your opponent. It just is. Well, the Democrat objective is. It used to be ours, but we’re going to get that back. We’re gonna get that back. So there’s a lot going on here that is underneath the surface. We’ve got perception galore today, because the picture that Obama wanted was these two CEOs and a bunch of other CEOs in the audience singing his praises, suggesting we’ve gotta get this done. They’re smiling, and they’re talking about how competent he is, how open he is, how much he listens — and he goes out and sounds like Reagan.
RUSH: Stop the tape! Blunt-force comment: He doesn’t believe a word of what he said there, because his plan has none of this in it. Folks, there’s a game going on here, a giant con game right out of Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals. It is clear that he is in trouble. He thinks he’s in trouble in getting what he wants here. He’s using conservative language to a conservative group of people to promote a socialist, leftist agenda. It’s all intentional. It is all contrived. The key here is perception. He is creating perceptions. He’s a likable guy. He speaks well. But he conceals his real politics with his language. So you’ve heard two Barack Obamas separated by 20 days. You might say, “Well, how do we know which one’s real?” Go look at the stimulus plan and tell me if you can find anything in there that does anything to strengthen business, to get government out of people’s way. You will not. So what we just heard at the White House today was smoke and mirrors, a 100% show. And of course the Drive-By Media that analyzed it after it was over fell for it hook, line, and sinker. I, of course, didn’t; which is why I remain Enemy #1. Pioneers take the arrows, folks, and I have a thick skin and am eager for them to keep aiming.
RUSH: I also… My memory, ladies and gentlemen, is dancing quite rapidly here. Snerdley, help me out. Didn’t Obama say at some point that he would not sign a stimulus bill that had a lot of pork in it? He said line by line, he will not sign a stimulus bill that has pork in it — and 80% of this bill is pork!
Yep Rush, he said that on at least a few occasions while campaigning. Don’t expect the MSM to remind Obama of that or any of his other lies.
Keemo on January 28, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Rovin on January 28, 2009 at 8:59 PM
LOL +10
goat on January 28, 2009 at 9:01 PM
How many testicles does it take to refuse the Messiah?
Let’s see. 177 x 2 = 354
Now, how many GOP women are there in the House? Let’s guess at … 25.
354 less (2 x 25) = around 300 + some Palinesque (gutsy) GOP ladies.
Great job!
Now let’s sit back, buy some popcorn before the price goes up, and watch the economy tank further and we blame the Messiah.
Sapwolf on January 28, 2009 at 9:02 PM
EXcellent! LOL. I love the smell of asphalt in the morning.
scalleywag on January 28, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Of course, Obama inherited this mess.
This gop vote was nothing but a game and the real vote comes back from the Senate.
That is when your outrage for all the gop yes votes will be fun to watch.
Have a good evening.
getalife on January 28, 2009 at 8:21 PM
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Yes, then we ALL pay! You get to pay too. Oh what fun. Unless of course, you’re one of those benefitting from the redistribution?
Watch soon. Now that we’ll have to hand over our dollars by force, all the charities will need bail outs. THUD
capejasmine on January 28, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Don’t give up!
I belong to the Ca. site. Some very interesting readings, and idea’s. But, there are some freaky ones on there too, like the 9/11 Truthers. Guess there is a nut in every shell. It is a great site.
sheebe on January 28, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Has this bill gone to the House? Or is it a done deal????
sheebe on January 28, 2009 at 9:04 PM
I’d say some of them, say, 12, grew an extra pair today. So that brings it up to 370 something
scalleywag on January 28, 2009 at 9:04 PM
I think we should take sheebe’s implied tactic and headem’ off at the pass…
jerrytbg on January 28, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Keemo on January 28, 2009 at 9:00 PM
More like 88% greasy liberal pork according to the WSJ.
goat on January 28, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Well we won’t have to worry about filing for a tax refund next year. The government will send us a letter saying they’ll get back to us on that, there isn’t any money left. Then Pelosi will go to Iran and ask dinner jacket for a loan.
scalleywag on January 28, 2009 at 9:09 PM
If you are referring to the Stimulus Bill, it has passed the House with ZERO Republican support, the subject of this thread. Debate in the Senate starts Monday, it would be good to contact your Senators since it will need 60 votes and there is a better chance to stop it there. I hope I haven’t misunderstood your question.
Cindy Munford on January 28, 2009 at 9:10 PM
…and he’ll say not until you apologize. And she will.
scalleywag on January 28, 2009 at 9:10 PM
sheebe on January 28, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Do you mean the Senate? That debate starts Monday.
goat on January 28, 2009 at 9:10 PM
sheebe on January 28, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Sheebe, you’re in California? North or South? I am in Venice, the veritable belly of the beast. And “a nut in every shell?” love it!!!
califcon on January 28, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Might be a bad idea, I am just so mad and I feel that why can’t we fire them? We voted them in. I am spewing in other words. Cool post though..
sheebe on January 28, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Your one post was brilliant by the way. I am in Nipomo, It is North of Santa Maria. Venice use to be the best place. I lived there for a while, then Santa Barbara for about 13 years.
sheebe on January 28, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Way to go GOP!
Like Farmer Hoggett said after Babe the Pig rounded up the sheep in the pen:
“That’ll do pig.”
Makes the eyes water.
This is high-tide for the arrogant Messiah and the Dims. Let’s take it to them downhill all the way like Napoleon retreating from Russia.
Sapwolf on January 28, 2009 at 9:13 PM
will obama really blow the whole wad (politically speaking) on this porkfest?
gatorboy on January 28, 2009 at 9:14 PM
I wish my Senators were not Boxer and Feinstein so it does me little good to call them. The Ca GOP does have a good challenger for Boxer in ‘10 though, his name skips me at the moment.
goat on January 28, 2009 at 9:15 PM
I told my wife the diamond earrings she wanted were out of the question now. I told her I have to cut a check for $10,000 to give to Obama so he could plant some new grass on the National Mall that got all screwed up last week.
izoneguy on January 28, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Dumb, dumb, dumb on the part of the Republicans! A bloc vote against the stimulus package makes the Republicans look vengeful and stupid and worse, partisan…all the reasons they got ousted in the past election. Shame, shame. The people spoke, listen! It’s a new day, that requires new tactics, not more of the same.
Halli Casser-Jayne
http://www.thecjpoliticalreport.com
The CJ Political Report on January 28, 2009 at 9:16 PM
The Republicans have found the keys to the testicular lock box and retrieved their testicles. O happy day.
I’m glad they figured out they had NOTHING to lose and everything to gain by this. Bravo, and it’s about f@#$%^g time.
Mojave Mark on January 28, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Keep in mind, ladies and gents, THIS is the guy who said he’d eliminate pork and cut programs that don’t work!
Ryan Gandy on January 28, 2009 at 9:17 PM
You’re needed at the huffpo.
Mojave Mark on January 28, 2009 at 9:17 PM
gatorboy on January 28, 2009 at 9:18 PM
If your rep is a Republican, call and tell him or her THANKS!
And keep up the good work.
INC on January 28, 2009 at 9:19 PM
gatorboy on January 28, 2009 at 9:14 PM
He does strike me as being premature, maybe thats why Michelle is so uptight.
goat on January 28, 2009 at 9:19 PM
but… but… but… we don’t have TIME to actually do those things now you see… were in the middle of a CRISIS!!!
It takes a steady hand at the helm… too bad we don’t have it now
gatorboy on January 28, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Hope and change in the GOP – Oh Happy Day!
Jim62sch on January 28, 2009 at 9:20 PM
gatorboy on January 28, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Too bad, indeed. Now excuse me while I go puke.
Ryan Gandy on January 28, 2009 at 9:20 PM
goat on January 28, 2009 at 9:19 PM
true true…
“Michelle, uh, look, I uh, …”
gatorboy on January 28, 2009 at 9:21 PM
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