Despicable Congressional Cowardice
As expected, the House passed the modified bailout bill recommended by the Senate earlier in the week. Some believe this was a good decision, others do not, but most would agree that today's passage was a foregone conclusion. I happen to be against the bailout for a variety of reasons, all of which are now moot.
The specific conduct of about half the NAY votes today really turned my stomach, though. Up until the magic threshold of 218 YAY votes to pass the bill, the yays outnumbered the nays by about 2 to 1. Once the 218 vote number was hit however, there was a sea change and the nay votes then outnumbered the yay votes by over 2 to 1.
What that means is that a third of the NAY votes waited for the bill to pass before they voted. In other words, they wanted the bill to pass but they also wanted to be able to say they voted against it if it becomes the federal disaster that some predict it will.
These spineless shitbags should be horse-whipped in their home districts. I hope every single one of them, Republican and Democrat, gets thrown out on their goldbricking asses in the next election.
If you're going to oppose something, show some fucking balls and oppose it. On a related topic, McCain just made it one hell of a lot harder to pull the lever for him and Palin next month. Here's another hypocrite wailing about pork and earmarks and then he turns around and supports a Senate bill that comes in at more than 450 pages and over $100,000,000,000 more than the bill that failed the House. You can't make this shit up.
If there is any bright side to this mess, it is this clip of Bill O'Reilly excoriating the idiot Barney Frank. Enjoy:
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I agree that those who voted one way once they saw the outcome do not deserve to keep their jobs; they might as just not vote. They indeed are cowards and it's a shame that information is not made public (or is it?). We saw the same thing on Monday when once it was clear the bill wasn't going to pass, several switched their votes from yay to nay.
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The video you posted is just O'Reilly shouting; nothing new. He's enough to make your head spin which is odd considering it's supposed to be a "no spin zone." Oh well, I guess one good thing came out of it. The video proves that miracles do in fact happen...you found an episode of the O'Reilly Factor with a guest other than Anne Coulter. Then again, maybe she was on before/after Mr. Frank.
Thanks.
Too true about O'Reilly. Thanks for the chuckle.
By the way, the votes are public so we will know who these lowlifes are.
The final votes are public,
The final votes are public, but I we can't see voter progression. I'd like the names of those who waited to vote or worse yet, switched their vote after the outcome was clear.
Barney Frank is an Ass
Barney Frank looked like and is a complete asshole... Bill was right, yelling or not. And it was Frank that resorted to name calling, saying Bill was stupid, because he knew Bill was right and that he, Dodd, the SEC chairman all f*cked up and only the SEC chairman is man enough to admit it. I mean shit, we wouldnt be in this situation if it wasnt for Frank, Dodd, and the Clinton administration back in the 90's pushing for the Community Reinvestment Act, telling lenders to allow people who couldnt afford 100K mortgage to lend 300K mortgages. Say what you want, but Frank is largely to blame for all of this and whats sad is he knows it and wont admit it. And as Bill not only pointed out, but showed the clip right before the fight, Frank did say that Fannie (or was it Freddie or both), would be sound in the future. Which to the average Joe means a reasonable investment, which lost hundreds of millions. Frank is an asshat
If Frank and Dodd had a shred of decency
They would resign, effective immediately.
Of course, if they had a shred of decency they wouldn't be politicians.
Absolutely ridiculous. These
Absolutely ridiculous. These guys are supposed to be running the country and they can't even stand up for what they think should happen?
Disturbing and pathetic.