December 6, 2012 will go down in
history as the first time that a Senator filibusters himself in Congress. That
has never happened before and this is one more example of the obstructionism and
absurd behavior of the Republican Party.
On this memorable day, Senator
Mitch McConnell [R – KY] tried to play poker with something as crucial to the nation
as the Debt Ceiling.
McConnell went to Congress and demanded
take out for an immediate vote to pass his proposal. Needless to say he was
expecting Majority Leader, Senator Harry Reid [D – NV], to object instead
Senator Reid called the bluff by agreeing.
It was bizarre to watch Senator McConnell’s
reaction to an unsuspected outcome. He forgot to be prepared in case things
didn’t go as planned, but it was obvious he only thought of plan A. He didn’t
realize that Democrats are fed up with the Republican’s tactics – which they
have used and abused – and as good poker players, Democrats called his bluff
and McConnell desperately tried to look as dignified as he possibly could while
filibustering his own bill.
Mitch McConnell’s proposal consisted in giving the President the power to raise the debt ceiling without the need of approval from Congress. The idea behind this bill was to place the blame of any financial fiascoes solely on the President and the Democratic Party. The last thing he was expecting was that the Democrats agree to a rushed vote, and that is when he filibustered his own bill!
On Thursday, November 29th
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner visited the offices of the Minority Leader to
outline President Obama’s proposal to prevent the fiscal cliff. This clown,
McConnell, had the audacity to say to the Weekly Standard that the proposal
made him “burst into laughter”… Well karma is just like a boomerang, comes back
to you with the same or higher force as you threw it, and today McConnell is
the laughing stock not only in Congress, the country but the world. After
decades in Congress he will go down in history not for any good deeds, great
service or dedication, he will go down in history as the most inept and corrupt
senator that ever served in the Senate.
. He forgot to be prepared in case things didn’t go as planned, but it was obvious he only thought of plan A."
ReplyDeletethat is because the repubs were convinced romney would defeat president obama. a plan b never entered their heads. too bad, at least their mines would have had something inside
This happened after the elections. Republicans just thought that this time around Democrats were going to be the same wimps they've been during the last four years, they didn't expect they would have grown a spine overnight as they did.
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