Valentine’s Day Open Thread [2.14.13]

February 14th, 2013 • Related • Filed Under
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Chuck Hagel’s confirmation as Secretary of Defense is now in serious jeopardy because the traitorous Senate Republicans have decided to filibuster a confirmation vote for the first time in the history of the United States. It would appear that while Hagel would be confirmed if a majority vote was held, it would appear that the chickenshit coward Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who refused to reform the filibuster when he had the chance, lacks the 60 votes to break the unprecedented and McCarthyite filibuster by the traitorous Republicans.

I have no sympathy for Harry Reid and Senate Democrats. They are the perpetual Charlie Brown and the conniving Repubicans are the Lucy and the football. Maybe one day they will get the spine and do something real to break the Republican Party’s traitorous obstruction, but until then we are now left with no Secretary of Defense, and a broken government.

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  1. Comment by Jason330 on 14 February 2013 at 12:23 pm:

    Does this filibuster abrogate whatever “agreement” Reid thought he had with the GOP? Or is this allowable under the “gentleman’s” agreement?

  2. Comment by Delaware Dem on 14 February 2013 at 12:25 pm:

    It should. But that chickenshit Reid will cower in the corner still.

  3. Comment by socialistic ben on 14 February 2013 at 12:26 pm:

    Im starting to realize now that all the griping i did about Obama and the ACA and other legislation was really Harry Reid’s fault.

    who knew a Mormon leader named “Reid” wouldnt be able to deliver despite huge team advantages.

  4. Comment by puck on 14 February 2013 at 12:32 pm:

    Reid did keep the Senate from passing the full extension of the Bush tax cuts again (you know they wanted to). That’s something at least.

  5. Comment by socialistic ben on 14 February 2013 at 12:33 pm:

    damnnit puck…. let me make my witty Harry-Andy Reid comparison in peace.

  6. Comment by puck on 14 February 2013 at 12:36 pm:

    Andy Reid prevented a lot of passing too.

  7. Comment by V on 14 February 2013 at 12:50 pm:

    Happy Valentines Day DL, I got you the weirdest present ever.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PpccpglnNf0&noredirect=1

    SFW but headphones are a must.

  8. Comment by cassandra_m on 14 February 2013 at 1:35 pm:

    And this guy certainly did not get his Valentine’s Day present — 4 pounds of marijuana he Fed-Exed to himself.

  9. Comment by cassandra_m on 14 February 2013 at 3:11 pm:

    This is very cute — 7 Tales of Presidential Courtship

  10. Comment by mediawatch on 14 February 2013 at 3:21 pm:

    For years I have been unable to understand why Democrats in the Senate chose Harry Reid as their leader. Is every single one of them more spineless than he is?

  11. Comment by cassandra_m on 14 February 2013 at 3:55 pm:

    And how awesome is this for Valentine’s Day? Illinois passes marriage equality bill!

  12. Comment by Andy on 14 February 2013 at 3:56 pm:

    Modern Dems act more like 1950s 1960s Rockefeller Republicans then Dems

  13. Comment by Jason330 on 14 February 2013 at 4:02 pm:

    TPM commenter on Harry Reid’s complete fuck up:

    Reid’s failure to enact real filibuster reform looks like it could cripple the President’s second term. Hagel is delayed or blocked. Cordray is blocked. Any serious legislation will be blocked until its had its teeth ripped out by (former Clinton impeachment manager and current “moderate”) Lindsey Graham and Susan Collins.

    And the biggest issue that no one ever talks about is the federal judiciary… If the GOP gets away with blocking Hagel, a decorated veteran and a Republican, I’m willing to bet just about anything that the President’s next SCOTUS nominee is DOA unless he nominates a pro-lifer.

    Reid had one chance to ensure the President could get his nominees through and he failed. The bureaucracy, the courts, and the American people—not the GOP—are the ones who are going to face “serious consequences” for the GOP’s actions.

    I agree with DD that this level of nullification is treasonous. It is pitiful that Harry Reid didn’t see this coming.

  14. Comment by puck on 15 February 2013 at 6:47 am:

    Nihilistic Republicans become a national AP story:

    Unyielding GOP politicians doing what voters ask

    HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz flew home from Washington last week, leaving behind a capital baffled by Republicans like him in Congress: those who stubbornly refuse to compromise with President Barack Obama, a tactic that some see as damaging the GOP brand and pushing the nation repeatedly to the brink of fiscal chaos.

    Back in his Utah district, Chaffetz drove to the Dairy Keen and barely had bitten into a bacon cheeseburger before a diner begged him to stop Obama’s health care overhaul.

    “It’s the stupidest plan in the world,” said Phoebe Eason, 69, leaning over her booth to complain about a clause that forces her husband, a podiatrist, to pay more for medical devices.

    “I’m doing everything I can to repeal it or take out these sections,” Chaffetz reassured her. Minutes later, he headed to a town hall where some constituents asked why the president hadn’t yet been impeached.

  15. Comment by Jason330 on 15 February 2013 at 7:57 am:

    AP reporter follows a crazy person who represents crazy people and they say crazy things. Funny how craziness is central to the story, but it never gets mentioned in the first four paragraphs.

  16. Comment by puck on 15 February 2013 at 9:39 am:

    I love the subtleties in the writing:

    a tactic that some see as damaging the GOP brand and pushing the nation repeatedly to the brink of fiscal chaos.

    Ya think?

    Chaffetz drove to the Dairy Keen and barely had bitten into a bacon cheeseburger before a diner begged him to stop Obama’s health care overhaul.

    Let that sink in for a moment.

    and,

    Dairy Keen? Wow, Utah really is homophobic.

  17. Comment by Jason330 on 15 February 2013 at 9:58 am:

    The “Dairy” is scandalous. Locals want it changed to “The Keen”

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