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- inactive, on 02/15/2008, -8/+107Republicans - Putting Party Ahead of Country Since 1960.
Nice job, guys. We can't have any administration stooges held responsible for their actions, now can we? - kdawg1012, on 02/15/2008, -6/+85I can only hope (with no real hope, though) that the House will keep immunity from happening. Can anyone/anything stop this Dictator and his henchmen/henchwomen??? January can't get here soon enough.
- rhabd0mancer, on 02/15/2008, -1/+79I hope somebody locked the door after they left.
- Insightful, on 02/15/2008, -5/+66Cowards - all of them.
- reuscel, on 02/15/2008, -3/+63And the Democrats are the ones always being portrayed as whining little pussies? Weird.
- DeePsix501, on 02/15/2008, -1/+48Hilarious!
The republicans call the fact that the democrats won't pass their bill and hold bush staff in contempt as a political stunt, then proceede to walk out and give a speech on the steps. THAT is a political stunt! They had the damn podium waiting for them. What a crock of *****. - inactive, on 02/15/2008, -1/+46Give them all termination notices.......Nobody cares for these neocon stooges..
- MicrosoftBob, on 02/15/2008, -6/+44***** the GOP.
- ZenFountain, on 02/15/2008, -1/+34With any luck we'll see something like the good old days when members of congress dueled and beat each other with canes.
- milkmit, on 02/15/2008, -1/+32I don't easily anger, but this PISSES ME THE ***** OFF.
NO ONE -- the President, the House, these Republican COWARDS especially, is above the law. They are there to debate and vote on laws, not cry like babies and refuse to take part in the process if they don't get their way. Nevermind the fact that possible crimes have been commited (who am I fooling, HAVE been commited; but I'm idealistic/foolish enough to respect the law enough to let the process do its part in determining that, officially, for better or worse), which should rightfully be investigated, regardless of which party was involved.
I DARE anyone to spin this ***** into anything other than one of THE most un-patriotic acts they could commit. The adherence to law is what gives the Constitution its lasting power (and vice versa), and if they refuse to respect that, they do NOT belong as part of the process.
I hope every last one of these filthy mother ***** that helped ***** this country up so bad in the last 7 years loses their job permanently. - aliengoods, on 02/15/2008, -3/+33No, they should be waterboarded.
Not really for information, just because they're trying to give up my civil liberties so let's take some of theirs in kind. - hawkeye17, on 02/15/2008, -5/+35And Republicans wonder why they are losing their grip on the country?? I'll tell you why...they are epically STUPID. Acting like children or inhuman neanderthals(like the ***** who tried to call a vote during a mans MERMORIAL SERVICE today) isn't exactly a good way to win the hearts and minds of voters.
- WayneCA, on 02/15/2008, -1/+30"If the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act were to expire, Americans would be at risk."
What is the problem with obtaining a warrant?? Can someone explain this to me? - inactive, on 02/15/2008, -1/+27Yes, in order to protect America, we must let people in high places break the law! And we must not force them to actually show up for their subpoenas! These are all very dangerous things!
- orlyfactor, on 02/15/2008, -0/+26...and STAY OUT!
- relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -3/+28Keep walking all the way to the ocean, you *****.
- Ceeman, on 02/15/2008, -3/+26Why are the democrats wasting our time with this? We have baseball players to investigate!
- SuperOmegaSlack, on 02/15/2008, -1/+23"UPDATE II: Even without the Republicans, the House contempt vote against Miers and Bolten passed, 223-32."
Nice!!! - bjs3171, on 02/15/2008, -1/+20"embarrasing political activity"
no, *****, the "embarrasing political activity" is exactly WHY they're bringing the contempt charges. - FearFactory, on 02/15/2008, -3/+21I hope they keep walking and don't come back.
- orangefly, on 02/15/2008, -0/+18"Bush is my hero"
i feel so sorry for you.... - rironin, on 02/15/2008, -0/+18Why does it seem like Digg commenters are the only people who get outraged about this *****? I mean... I know there are plenty of people out there that are just as pissed as me, but... how the hell are there still enough people supporting these douchebags to let this go on? It's surreal.
- WiseWeasel, on 02/15/2008, -1/+19Except for Ron Paul (TX), Walter Jones (NC) and Wayne Gilchrest (MD), who voted for the measure, breaking with party lines. A sole Democrat, Henry Cuellar (TX) also shamed himself by opposing it.
- stox, on 02/15/2008, -0/+17In related news, the approval rating for Congress surges for the first time in years.
- jimbruno, on 02/15/2008, -2/+18Why does he assume a wave of Republicans leaving the house floor would lead to anything but cheering and celebrations?
- ghotli, on 02/15/2008, -1/+17The GOP has had it coming for awhile. They are going to bitch and whine for the next ten years, but their public support is dwindling and they will eventually have to pay for their abuse of power in this political era. I enjoy watching them squirm. They might win today, but down the line these guys are *****.
- Gabberwok, on 02/15/2008, -0/+15A shockingly large percentage of the US population probably has no idea about this. While Digg users can be misguided, stupid, and borderline psychotic at times, we are all generally much more informed than the average American. Whether it's all relevant or accurate information is another question. If you really want to kill this bill, you're going to have to pull the plug and do some off-line grass roots mobilization to get the rest of your community to speak out against it.
- cybertron3, on 02/15/2008, -2/+16Can we repair some damage in the government while they are out?
- bjs3171, on 02/15/2008, -0/+13if someone could produce the names of the House members that walked out, I'll send a few of them a nice thank you note.
- pintomp3, on 02/15/2008, -0/+13people are too distracted by the testimony of baseball players.
- krnldmp, on 02/15/2008, -1/+14The ones that walked out are the ones you want permanently out of public office.
- tyler42, on 02/15/2008, -1/+13The Republicans walking out should send a clear message to the Democrats that they are finally doing something right since we put them back in control.
- walkingdogs, on 02/15/2008, -0/+12Maybe if we addressed the actual issue for being attacked all this peripheral garbage would be irrelevant. And for you who are the real brainwashed among us, that would be our continual occupation and meddling in affairs we have no business being involved in and preaching do as we say not as we do. Also if we took a lot of the money wasted on military operations and put it towards getting off of middle east oil then we wouldn't have to worry about any of those countries anymore. We could then leave them to worry about themselves and their in-house quarrels and they would quickly forget about us.
- Firehed, on 02/15/2008, -1/+13I've contacted my local sleazebag. What I got in response was a waste of MY 41 cents that it took to send the letter - canned garbage about how we need to protect the telcos that completely ignored my complains and failed to address my concerns.
I wasn't expecting much, but what I got was frankly insulting. - korehyun, on 02/15/2008, -0/+11It's about time that the Democrats finally shows some balls and stand up and say no more to this Bush administartion. They have cowarded out on so many issues on the past and it has been pissing me off!!! Finally, for the first time in a long time I am proud to say that I am a Democrat and an American
- Gabberwok, on 02/15/2008, -1/+12They don't even have to do that. FISA allowed investigators just to call to request a warrant from a special court that in its history has almost never refused a warrant. The Bush administration thought that was too much oversight. My bet is they are trying to monitor close to ALL international communications and doing some really heavy data-mining - since they don't know what they're looking for before they find it, they wouldn't be able to ask for warrants.
- pirating, on 02/15/2008, -1/+12I think that It's funny how they accuse the democratic congress of "grandstanding" but then 5 seconds later they stage a highly publicized walkout and hold a press conference about it on the steps rather than staying in there and casting their vote like they were elected to do!! Yeah, that makes sense...
- korehyun, on 02/15/2008, -0/+11I have to say it is about time that the Democrats finally show some balls and do the job that Americans sent them to Congress to do. They've coward down to Bush on so many issues in the past and it has pissed me off. But finally today I can be proud to say that I am a Democrat and an American!!!
- fuhcough, on 02/15/2008, -2/+13Brilliant. I counted 27 walk-outs... let's see... $165200/yr salary... carry the one...
Fired those ***** for walking out on the job. I swear sometimes though jackasses forget that they're EMPLOYEES and they weren't elected by divine right.
Anybody else got a problem with saving $4,460,600/yr in tax dollars? - synack, on 02/15/2008, -0/+10Good lord, this is just getting absurd. What are these people, children? They are tasked to help guide this country, not throw hissy fits. I am happy to see the bill still passed in their absence. Did they really think it would work? They probably didn't think at all, did they?
- vilyn, on 02/15/2008, -1/+11We the people need new representation! These people are all losers.
- bowens44, on 02/15/2008, -0/+10Only in the mind of a right wing lunatic is defending the Constitution a 'useless resolution'.
You're pathetic - PeppermintPig, on 02/15/2008, -0/+9To those GOP members who support this legislation: Don't let the door hit you on your way out.
- thecatcantalk, on 02/15/2008, -1/+10No *****, man. I'm a chef. Anyone on my team who walked off the job in the middle of dinner because his "feelings were hurt" would be fired on the spot. ***** these worthless Congressmen, of both parties! Republican or Democrat, it's like choosing between the Tin Woodsman and the Scarecrow; one has no heart, the other's got no brains. A pox on both their Houses (pun intended)!
- pintomp3, on 02/15/2008, -1/+10both parties put party ahead of country. the republicans seem intent on putting party before constitution though.
- thecatcantalk, on 02/15/2008, -1/+10Let's pretend they're air traffic controllers, and fire the entire Congress...and then replace them with illegal aliens!
- GoodDamon, on 02/15/2008, -0/+9That would be because they respond to challenges with thoughtful, detailed analysis and careful decision-making instead of ripping their shirts off, thumping their chests, and shouting, "USA! USA! We're number 1!" That's what gets them portrayed as pussies. Of course, when Republicans actually act like whining little pussies, the media never actually applies any investigative journalism to the situation, or they might start saying things like, "Hey... You say this is playing politics, but weren't you guys acting about 10,000% more partisan when you were wasting Senate time doing things like threatening to destroy the filibuster, while the Democrats are performing their constitutionally-mandated duty of acting as a check on executive power?"
Which would, of course, lead to more whining. - glasnostic, on 02/15/2008, -0/+8its classic school yard behavior. often the ones who posture the most are the least likely to actually do something.
- Skooma714, on 02/15/2008, -3/+11The cops have to get up, go to the court, get a warrant...
Too much work. -
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