- OH GOD, SUCH LOSERS: They just banged the gavel for the bailout vote, and some Republican (who voted against it) asked about a motion to reconsider. So is he just going to vote for it if they raise it a second time — which they probably will, in some form — so as to say he didn’t vote for it the first time? Brilliant.
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Maybe a few of them checked out their stock portfolios after the first vote.
Now they can vote for it after they voted against it. Political genius
We’re Boehned.
Everyone who changes their vote from the first vote to the 2nd should be hung from the Capital building by their genitals.
Oh, maybe the Republicans just wanted to vote against it to express their displeasure, not knowing that maybe some consequences would ensue. Then after 435 frantic calls from individual stockbrokers, the idea kinda got across that this wasn’t some silly game. Kinda reminds me of the hilarity of that “let’s invade Iraq” vote — ah, good times.
so he is a moron AND has no balls? I mean, hell, if you are going to be a moron and bring about the collapse of the US economy, at least have the nuts to own up to your position.
“I thought you were going to vote for it.”
“No, I THOUGHT you were going to vote for it.”
Is it wrong to say that we are all Freddy Rumsen of Mad Men tonight? Ie: drunk and pissing themselves?
I blame McCain. They had a deal last week, why does Congress hate Americans?
See, here’s the problem:
Everybody know this needs to be done, but nobody wants to be responsible for it.
It’s like amputating a patient’s legs to save his life.
Brilliant, because “I was against it before I was for it” is a TOTALLY different meme.
This thing is going to come down to Rock Paper Scissors.
Sarah Palin to the rescue! What? What?
Gallup daily – Obama maintains 8 point lead.
Is that a better position to be in with their constituencies?!?! I was against it before I folded like a cheap suit 10 minutes later?!?!?
I wonder if Walnuts regrets huddling with Boner now (yes, I know that’s not how you spell it!)
So, if we’re in the tank, and the markets are tanking, and being “in the tank” means you’re a socialist liberal…wait….does this mean Obama wins right now and we’re all communists?
I for one, welcome our melanin-enhanced comrade.
I have lost everything now, Wonkette, so please just promise me that when the end of the world comes, someone here will be liveblogging it. I want to go out in style.
House repubs: “Look let’s just vote it down and see how the market reacts”
[SOUND OF ALTITUDE ALERT HORN]
Market: “WHOOOOP WHOOOOP PULL UP! WHOOOOP WHOOOOP PULL UP!”
[SOUND OF 'GO AROUND' INITIATION]
House repubs: *nervous laughter* “Hahahha just kidding!”
[re=113753]ManchuCandidate[/re]: Great reference!
Seriously WTF? Just when I thought members of congress couldn’t be more idiotic and ridiculous…
Oop, almost forgot: I guess we’re all going to have to become methbillies now, right?
[re=113756]graceless[/re]: I agree. When I lose my job and get evicted, I’m going to live in one of his houses.
…quick, someone send WALNUTS! in to fukk it up!!!
[re=113768]TJBeck[/re]: Wait until tomorrow, when Republicans in Congress are called dimwitted fucktards by everyone on the planet.
[re=113749]grendel[/re]: even the women? It’s bad enough that my IRA is below the Mendoza line, but do also I hafta think of Pelosi’s lady parts?
I’m surprised that 94 Democrats voted against it. Why would Pelosi bring this to the floor if it didn’t have support?
HuffPo says Hopey is going to fly in to vote for the bill. Walnuts is still thinking about it. Translation: he ain’t going to do shit & then crap all over Obama for supporting it.
[re=113769]El Bombastico[/re]: Well, you see, anyone resorting to this little parliamentary parlour trick doesn’t have to be truthful; such reps can simply say “I voted against the bailout” without ever mentioning that they changed their minds 3 minutes afterward, and chances are that no one will ever call them out on it–because that would be “partisan,” i.e. “elitist.”
You seem to forget that we as a nation could give a rat’s ass about facts, much less about educating ourselves enough to vote in our own fukkin’ interests.
Wait, McCain didn’t fix everything? He better go have dinner with Lieberman again, just to get things back on track.
http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/
[re=113775]voyetra8[/re]:
It’s national “Fuck with the World Monday.”
Take that, World!
alas, the house has been invaded by austin powers characters. congressman mustafa will vote for any bill if it comes to the floor three times. and soon dennis hastert will appear as fat bastard and give a passionate speech on how dennis kucinich looks just like a baby.
Capitalism survives to fail on own accord!
Hey, good news for Grover Norquist — the economy is now so small you can drown it in a bathtub. Oh, he wanted to do that to the government?! Oopsie.
[re=113791]madtowngooner[/re]: Yes, by the nipples.
[re=113780]SuperRounder[/re]: Hiya, Roommie!
someone on one of the blogs referred to this as “the prisoner’s dilemma” and said the Republicans (especially) were trying to put themselves in the place of opposing the vote as long as the vote passed. then they could blame the whole thing on others and get away with it. but a failed vote and a huge drop in the market might get their attention. it isn’t that the legislation is wonderful, but the choice is not between “wonderful” and “even more wonderful”. so the usual goofy antics of the house republicans are less appreciated.
and yeah. let’s have a week or more of these nuts jabbering on about some pet idea that will make everything ok again. maybe the gold standard.
[re=113780]SuperRounder[/re]: Let’s just all show up, now. He’s got 511 houses. He’ll probably never notice.
we are all meth-addicted snowbillies now.
[re=113804]Texan Bulldoggette[/re]: Well, this isn’t going to make it to the Senate if the House doesn’t pass it, so fat lotta good that will do.
For the economists in the crowd: this is the “Free Rider” effect
For the game theorists: this the “Stag Hunt” game
For everyone else, this is a facepalm
Aha! McCain can now suspend his campaign again and say Sarah can’t debate because she needs to focus on the economy.
Genius!
[re=113775]voyetra8[/re]: win.
[re=113795]Canmon (the Inadequate)[/re]: Some Whip isn’t doing his job well today…
[re=113830]grendel[/re]: false. it will go to the senate. if they pass it, the house will have another shot.
[re=113749]grendel[/re]: Problem is, anyone who votes against it and then votes for it doesn’t HAVE genitals.
McBoehner
The Republican douchesacks are blaming some kind of “partisan speech” by Pelosi for this whole fiasco.
WTF?
upshot…no more obesity epidemic
[re=113827]Cogito Ergo Bibo[/re]: If it helps, I have something WALNUTS! can smoke to get rid of that blinking problem he has. Prolly not as good as the stuff they smoked back in ‘Nam, but the economy is fucked, getting the good stuff is hard as hell these days.
Unfortunately it’s not just the Repugs. A (step) family member of mine who is a House Dem said she was voting against it, because it didn’t have foreclosure relief or something. Christmas this year should be interesting.
Technically, I think that in order to file a motion to reconsider, you MUST vote against it, or something like that. So if you know it’s going down to defeat, you have to vote against the bill in order to file your motion to reconsider. It’s why you frequently see Harry Reid siding with the Republicans on stupid cloture votes. I don’t understand parliamentary procedure well, though, so someone else could tell me if I’m wrong.
Boehner just point blank blamed the speaker for the failure of the bailout. I love this guy.
House repubs are all on teevee blaming Pelosi now!
Why does Nancy hate America?
nooooooooooooooooo you’re doing it wrong, Congress!
[re=113820]grendel[/re]:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w6L93kD3xw
[re=113782]AngryBlakGuy[/re]: Right! McCain! Fasten your suspenders! I mean, suspend your undergarments! I mean, depends your campaign! I mean … fuck it, get in there and do what you do best! No! WAIT! FUCK! .. I mean, don’t do anything.
That’s it, I’ve had enough. I can’t watch these pasty old pukes in suits amble up to the podium to let us know how much work they haven’t accomplished. Can they just admit they’ve given up and hand the keys to the Capitol over to the Chinese ambassador already?
just heard the repub troll say Spelosi.
claiming to be above partisanship while badmouthing the other side the entire time.
Effing CANTOR is blaming party leadership. The GOP killed this thing!
Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck.
Whew. You know, this Great Depression(tm) will lead to the next Greatest Generation(tm). Let’s start selling War Bonds!
Why do the Rethugs keep blaming Nancy P and the Dems for this? This started out as Paulson’s bill, you effing Assklowns. STFU, now.
Who was that wanker who HELD UP a copy of Pelosi’s speech and said that the bill failed because she didn’t verbally suck off each Republican leader yesterday or something? Whiny little pissant.
[re=113857]CorkPopper[/re]: When you see her next, you should punch her in the stomach. Just saying.
Hopey is giving them hell!! yay for teevee@work.
I have never been more delighted to have no investments whatsoever.
[re=113874]JadedDIssonance[/re]: That was Cantor, right? I hates him soooo much, right now. “The Dems brought this thing to the floor without enough votes. I blame their party leadership.” How about blaming you stupid Republitards who crapped out at the 11th hour for purely political reasons?
Chris Matthews is IN THE TANK for Obama (or at least against McCain) on MSNBC right now.
[re=113882]ex-patate[/re]: I seriously don’t understand how/why he can attempt to claim the mantle of bi-partisanship and still pull that shit.
Hopey just said the words “When I am President” and the market jumped 30 points!
So i have cauliflower, cucumber seeds, tomato plants….now i need some goats.
Oh, hi! This is huskymescan. You caught me planning my Great Depression II kit. At least this is my chance to become PetiteMescan.
[re=113876]DangerousLiberal[/re]: What the hell else are they going to do? Once a fuckatrd, always a fucktard.
[re=113887]Cogito Ergo Bibo[/re]: Yeah, that was him…Chief Deputy Republican Whip. Whipped Cream. mmmm.
[re=113876]DangerousLiberal[/re]: I was thinking it had been too long since the last time the Germans decided to try to take over the world… Economic depressions are ripe environments for Nationalists to take over and form totalitarian regimes.
On MSNBC, they are whaling on Pelosi for whaling on Republicans prior to bill being offered.
I have never liked Pelosi. Bad time for her to be pointing fingers.
[re=113884]JadedDIssonance[/re]: What did he say?
Angry WALNUTS! is blaming this on Barry, for his “phoning it in” while Grampy was on the hill doing the work of the angels, presumably.
Well, then why didn’t it pass if Grampy is so in control of his party? ASS.
Anyone else see this as a good thing. Both sides seem to think that this is a bad idea in a lot of ways. The only people who seem to want to push it through is the Bush Admin. Dem leadership does not like the lack of oversight and Republicans can’t stand the idea of giving money away. The Bush white house keeps its distance so that neither side would have to say its because of Bush that they oppose and both implode with indecision.
As for me I am looking forward to seeing the financial fallout pull down some shitty companies and knock a few down a bit and make them affordable. Now is the best time to invest when everyone is selling their asses into poverty buy at the lowest price you will ever see in your life time.
This plan seemed doomed from the beginning considering that when Japan did it there was 3 years of economic vomit to clean up. Why cant we just let these companies slit their own throats and have better companies buy up the brands and names that made much of their money.
[re=113823]qwerty42[/re]: And everyone who knows anything about Prisoner’s Dilemma reasoning knows its fuckall stupid shit.
[re=113854]StrangelyBrown[/re]:
Pelosi used some words that hurt the Rs manly feelings and they didn’t vote for it because they couldn’t say yay around their cute pouty lips. Isn’t that Palin’s job?
Hey the measure failed — what happen to Paulson’s & Bernanke’s financial Armageddon?
For Goldman Sachs employees – the Armageddon is delayed t-time…
Thank you John McCain – you enormous MAVERICK!! Dems and Repubs reach across the aisle and only you are mavericky enough to pry them apart. When you’re done fucking up the economy why don’t you shoot Todd and Cindy and run away with Sarah to live on a yacht in international waters – YOU MAVERICK!!!
I’m so surprised and feeling totally betrayed. Might Mouse McCain flew in to save the day and it tanked.
the WTF campaign season rolls on. With the financial mess to add to the pile of flash cards they’re drilling the adorable Ms. Sarah on, (so many former soviet republics, so little time) now she has to figure out derivatives–but hey, she could really turn the NRA members heads with some naked short selling.
Men wouldn’t even notice Biden was on the stage.
No more votes today. Will be Thursday at the earliest, as all are running out the door as the Christian Right Wing heads out to celebrate at the nearest synagogue. They love and respect all creeds, as we all know and as they have demonstrated time and time again.
I will be moving into this comment space until the financial situation gets better. Please all of you, keep the noise down before 7 and after 11.
Barney Frank’s bitch-slapping the whiny Repubs: “I’ll talk uncharacteristically nicely to them if that’s what they need.”
Yesssssssss….
[re=113966]ex-patate[/re]: I love Barney. Wonder if he’d find it offensive to get a big wet kiss from a chick who has grown to love him this week.
“And everyone who knows anything about Prisoner’s Dilemma reasoning knows its fuckall stupid shit.”
oh, c’mon, tell us what you really think.
This whole thing is just a scam to try and geMcCain into the whitehouse. IF they send the economy into the shitter, they know the best way to rebuild the economy is to go to war, and who better than to get us into a war in short order than McCain????
[re=113966]ex-patate[/re]: God I have the biggest non-sexual totally hetero political crush on Barney this week. He is just kicking all kinds of ass in every way.
[re=113991]azw88[/re]: And as an American living overseas, I have learned that war profits garnered overseas are tax deductible. Ya’ll want to come over to England and wage a small skirmish on an English village???? BUBBLE AND SQUEAK FOR ALL!!!!!!!!!!!
That was a Boehner of a hairball bill. “Pelosi” means hairy in Italian, so you could say it was a hairy boehner, but I think Boehner means soft johnson in DC…where am I going with this?
Just how many damn seats to those useless Democrats have to have before they can actually do something. Note to Nancy pants. You got the power baby. Try using it and pass the damned bill already.
[re=114565]Obamanot[/re]: It’s a sure bet Boehner and McCain can’t lead their passel of jackoffs, so I’m in the unusual position of agreeing with you.
Actually we all know why Nancy pants can’t perform like a HOUSE LEADER. Those tricky Democrats are not going to vote for something they might have to defend to their constituants in the future. Career first. No wait. Stocks first. No wait. What has Nance got on me first. No wait. Will she use it? No wait…oh screw it. A big fat NO to the economy. (Still Agreeing with me? I thought not.)
[re=114691]Obamanot[/re]: Well, we all know that you’re a sad, deluded asshole, so your reply isn’t a surprise.
Did you think criticizing Pelosi would get people riled here? Besides, it’s pretty common knowledge that pelosi gathered the votes she needed as long as the Republicans kept their side. Big surprise the fucked that up. But you knew that.
Good luck with your psychosis.
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