The Democratic House caucus just voted on the next Majority Leader, and Nancy Pelosi’s choice, John “ethics is crap” Murtha suffered a “thumping.” Stenny Hoyer beat him 149 to 86. The word from Washington is that many Democrats are despondent that the caucus was torn apart so soon after winning the majority. Now, to make matters worse, the Speaker has essentially suffered a no-confidence vote from her own caucus.
Before the election, I knew there was a chance we could both the Senate and the House. But with a Senate Majority Leader being investigated by the Justice Department, and the Democratic Senator from New Jersey the subject of a criminal probe by a top-notch US Attorney, and the Democratic Speaker of the House a seeming incompetent who can’t even obtain the support of 40% of her caucus for Majority Leader, I do not think there could be a better way to start the 2008 Presidential election.
Competence and corruption. Those sound like two really good issues to me. Later on tonight, be sure to check Wizbang Politics for a round-up of the major races next year – Philadelphia Mayor, Kentucky Governor, Louisiana Governor, and Mississippi Governor.
How about, “Murtha is crap?” That explains much he’s said and done the last year.
Old boy needs to go back to trading deals a la “Abscam” and leave poor old San Fran Nan alone.
Pelosi:
Let’s see how she’s doing so far. John Murtha:
and Hastings:
Lee, is this about the time I should be telling you the Democrats are lying?
“Now, to make matters worse, the Speaker has essentially suffered a no-confidence vote from her own caucus.”
Yeah, right after she was voted Speaker by a UNANIMOUS vote. lol! What an airhead.
Didn’t I read yesterday that the dim’s love child Osama Obama is now involved (as a target) in a federal investigation of the Chicago mob? They sure know how to pick they’re hero’s, or do phony hero’s and criminals automatically seek out the dim party for cover.
Now that ‘Stretch’ Pelosi is the new SOH, I can’t wait for the objective and unbiased MSM to give her the same months-long anal exam they gave Newt Gingrich when he was elected SOH. You know, the one that comes with unflattering Time magazine covers (remember ‘the Gingrich that Stole Christmas’) and rumors and anonymous comments from political enemies repeated as fact.
I’m sure we’ll be seeing Pelosi get the same treatment from the MSM any day now.
“Lee, is this about the time I should be telling you the Democrats are lying?”
Well, let’s look at reality (for a change) Heralder…
“…Nancy Pelosi’s choice, John “ethics is crap” Murtha suffered a “thumping.” Stenny Hoyer beat him 149 to 86.
Looks like the Democrats made the right choice to me — the rest of this noise from you and others is just residual whining from the right. It’s kind of comforting hearing conservatives bitch like little kids … so I don’t mind.
OH, and then let’s not forget the racist, bigoted *sshole that the GOP voted in – what’s his name — Lott? That’ll help your KKKause, I’m sure —
With all buzz that Pelosi holds a grudge and doesn’t like to be contradicted, this should be an interesting two years. But I do give the Dems credit for not putting John “I have the votes and a hand out” Murtha at the top.
Lee,
They did make the right choice, (although in my opinion it was choosing the lesser of two evils, still…) despite Pelosi lying about not being dazzled by money and special interests.
Pelosi Lied Murtha Died!
Lee, you’ve spent a good deal of your time trying to call out the President for lying, I think it’s only fair the favor gets returned every so often, which was the entire point of me bringing it up.
I don’t, however, see any bitching…only gloating. You, and the left should be very understanding about that as you’re still gloating about winning the majority.
Heh, that was pretty clever. Yeah, Lott is a racist and a bigot, I have no defense for him.
Murtha never had a prayer – and Pelosi was wrong for backing him — but unlike the Republican’ts the Democrats as a group have shown they will make the right choice and do the right thing.
Lott was not “the right thing” by any stretch of the imagination, but the GOP seems to be on a self-destructive course these days.
Poor old Lee. Can’t come up with anything to say so he reverts to his previous lies.
Lott (I don’t like him either) was and is not a racist, he made a stupid remark in an attempt to honor a dying old man. He paid for the remark. The KKK Kleagle guy belongs to you, jack boots, white sheet and all.
The conservatives aren’t whining. You mistake a roaring laugh for a whine. Time for a hearing check up.
We do agree, the dim’s made the best choice, but your leader Peeeloshi didn’t, she lost big time. That’s why we laugh while 40% of the dim’s are in hiding.
So far the dim’s have made this election the comedy of the century. Keep it up. People feel better when they laugh, even if laughing at other people’s stupidity.
I’m still waiting for the sweeping clean up of corruption in congress. Will Peeeloshi remove half of the dim’s and then resign herself. She and her family have now been identified as part of the corruption she wants to clean up. Where do I mail the gallon of clorox, or part of the 10 gal. of Vanish (stain remover) I bought in an auction at the local school board. It’s guaranteed to remove pet stains and the smell. Sounds perfect for removing all traces of the criminal dim’s in congress.
You know things are going bad for the republicans when good news for them are:
-Lieberman wins
-Hoyer is the majority leader
-Lott is minority leader
-Martinez is the chairman
LOL
lee, the democrats as a group have shown that they will make the right choice?!!! With who? Alcee? Studds? Byrd? Jefferson? Murtha? Are those the right choices they have made that you are referring too?!
That remains to be seen, there are still a few morally and ethically questionable people being backed…the Democrats still have the opportunity to mess up.
I love how Lee tries to bring Trent Lott into the discussion. How he was treated by the MSM for his comments was quite revealing in comparison to how Robert “KKK” Byrd is viewed by the MSM and his esteemed Democratic colleagues in Congress. Here you have a guy who was a member of the KKK and actually recruited new members in his role as a “Kleagle” being praised as “the conscience of the Senate”. Then you had Christopher Dodd lionizing the guy saying he would have been a “great leader” for any portion of American history. I guess that would include the time he was running around with a white sheet over his head or when he famously filibustered the Civil Rights Act when it came to the floor for a vote – a landmark piece of legislation that never would have made it into law without the support of Republicans. Dodd got off almost totally unscathed for his comments while Lott lost his job as Majority Leader in the Senate. Republicans pay the price for their ill-advised comments and actions while Democrats as usual get off scot free and are often re-elected and promoted to even higher positions of leadership. Feel free to defend guys like John Murtha, William “Cold Cash’ Jefferson, Bill Clinton, Robert Byrd and Christopher Dodd all you want. You look like a complete ass when you accuse the Bush White House of corruption based upon no evidence whatsoever – merely your biased suspicions and willingness to believe anything and everything because you have such an unhealthy and unhinged hatred of the President…
BarneyG2000,
We tend to not have a cut and run mentality, but instead try to see the best in a bad situation.
Way to go Scrapiron, that’s sticking it up old “pucker puss” (lee lee)’s cowardly ass (the one under his nose). Did you noticed when p’p’ (lee lee) doesn’t have a comeback that he agrees with you? Hilarious!
B’ google (shit for brains)–if that is bad for Reps keep up the good work. Speaker Stretchface just got her ass kicked big time! (he he) Oh and by the way have you ever heard of the word VETO(snicker snicker)
Ignoring the trolls… Heralder said: “the Democrats still have the opportunity to mess up.”
Oh, and they will Heralder guaranteed – but so far this week – when the votes were in and counted – it’s the Democrats making good decisions (Hoyer) and the Republicans making the bad decisions (Lott).
Both parties will continue to make the same blunders they made before the election. This blog will jump all over them when they do – and even when they don’t (see the airhead comment about Pelosi getting a “no confidence” vote — right after her unanimous election to Speaker — lol).
According to Murtha’s account, many House Dims. were for him, before they voted against him.
jhow, didn’t you know that scrapie is a spoof?
“Speaker Stretchface just got her ass kicked big time!”
Add “unanimously elected” to the list of things that aren’t what they use to be.
That’s the Liberitive Demuplicans for ya.
Or, if you prefer, the Consiberal Republicrats.
Wow, Pelosi won unanimously?
What a tremendous achievement . . . since she was unopposed.
Must have been those dastardly Republicans who forced her to endorse Murtha, eh? What, did they catch her just coming out of anesthesia from her latest plastic surgery?
Lee and the other trolls. Lott is voted in as a leader in the senate. You don’t like it because Lott made kind comments to a retiring, very old senator that you judged racist. Your senator Byrd is without question a racist.
Senator Kennedy has no respect for human rights, just ask Mary Jo and her family.
Senator Leahy cannot sit on the intelligience committee because he cannot honor his pledge of confidentiality.
Senator Durbin, leader in the senate, calls our honorable troops nazis.
If you ask me, the dems have no bragging rights for integrity.
WildWillie, ask “W” how thrilled he is with the Lott selection? Lott will make the Presidents life two years of hell, and the Dems will sit back, laugh and reap the benefit in ’08.
“Wow, Pelosi won unanimously?
What a tremendous achievement . . . since she was unopposed.”
Classic. lee, still ducking or care to answer:
“lee, the democrats as a group have shown that they will make the right choice?!!! With who? Alcee? Studds? Byrd? Jefferson? Murtha? Are those the right choices they have made that you are referring too?!”
Lee,
Lott got whacked for saying something nice about a old man…
You have Dodd who even after he rallied for Lott to be taken out, did almost the identical thing himself fawning all over Bird. Yet him, you’d hold up as a hero!
Hypocrisy through and through.
“Wow, Pelosi won unanimously?”
What a tremendous achievement . . . since she was unopposed.”
So a “no confidence vote” would be an abstention. How many Democrats abstained? Zero.
D. Dore – I don’t remember praising Bird. Got a link? If you’ve been around here long enough you know I don’t toe the Democratic party line – unlike the morons in this echo chamber who repeat the right-wing talking points without even understanding the words. When a Democrat is an idiot – like Murtha – I say so.
lee, you don’t TOW (correct spelling) the democrat line?! BULLSHIT man! Making a comment such as “Democrats as a group have shown they will make the right choice and do the right thing.” while ignoring the “decisions” they have made on Alcee, Studds, Byrd, Jefferson, Murtha et. al. and ignoring people asking you, several times, about this statment, is most certainly towing the democrat party line.
“We tend to not have a cut and run mentality, but instead try to see the best in a bad situation.”
No, Republicans put us in bad situations. Like unwinnable wars and terrible debt.
Trent Lott only won by one vote. That tells me that there are Republicans still thinking independently rather that the unanimous vote for Pelosi which indicates a massive group-think mindset (nevermind that she was unopposed).
This is the Ms. Pelosi who up until just two weeks ago was slinging out all manner of vile accusations and used very unflattering language to describe her opponents – and now, just this morning says, i>”As I said to my colleagues, as we say in church, let there be peace on Earth and let it begin with us. Let the healing begin.”
I threw up a little in my mouth. What a hypocrite. Did her church teach her to be such a harpy for the last six years too? And all her peers don’t have any problem with this.
Perhaps, Lee. But what I have observed here is that you are quick to point out Republican corruption while ignoring behavior that is often worse from the Democratic side of the aisle. It is not enough for you to bash a Democrat only when you are called upon to do so. Perhaps you should take it upon yourself to call out the scoundrels on the liberal side of the equation when such information comes to light that they are, indeed, corrupt. You would have a lot more credibility than the tiny bit you have around here as of now…
As for your statements that we are simply morons who only follow right-wing talking points – I beg to differ. I have not been happy that the President and congressional Republicans have been unable to contain government spending despite tax cuts that have had the effect of boosting the economy while INCREASING overall tax revenues – which is the way our economy and tax system should work. I am unhappy that the illegal immigration issue has not been solved or even worked on to the level it should have been by now. I have been unhappy about the progress in the war in Iraq but am not so blind as to blame the President and Republicans for everything. War is not always predictable and I really don’t recall any liberals who didn’t support the intervention claiming that there would be this level of sectarian violence – they only did not support overthrowing Saddam Hussein by force. It was not also a given that terrorist elements like Al Qaeda would automatically move in to Iraq either. Things could have been handled better but we need to move on and find the best strategy moving forward. The initial invasion was a remarkable success while the clean up and maintaining order part has been a lot tougher. Staying the course has NEVER meant not changing stratgies and tactics as events warrant it – that is the biggest myth liberals have been spinning since the infamous “mission accomplished” speech.
The Democrats don’t have any plans and their entire 2004 campaign really revealed nothing as to what they plan to do about Iraq or anything else. They simply ran a campaign that was opposed to what the President and Republicans have done and are trying to accomplish without ever revealing what they plan to do once they gain control. Of course, if most Americans actually knew what their agenda was they never would have voted for them in the first place.
jp2:
Well that’s an odd thing to say, seeing the the Democrats agreed with our course of action until things got difficult.
Lee, you moron, get a clue.
So Peloser was voted in as the speaker. Her selction for the second in command was not. In fact he was slapped down bad and that is where the no confidence part of that vote comes in. Get it? Her candidate was Murtha, the caucus had no confidence in that selection, so they voted for the best candidate. Thus the no confidence vote.
Jeez, work on your comprehension you useless tool. {bitchslap}
The Party that includes Robert Byrd (D-your pocket) has very little room to cast aspersions on anyone else – considering that Senator Byrd really WAS a Grand Pooh-Bah in the Klan for a long time! And, coincidentally, like Lott (for whom I have NO affection) a king of pork barrel politics!
Wonder if the 2 go together!
Since when does lee have a tiny bit of credibility?
I love how Lee tries to bring Trent Lott into the discussion. How he was treated by the MSM for his comments was quite revealing in comparison to…
Perhaps in comparison to how Kerry was treated?
Why you folks continue to engage Lee in any type of discourse is beyond me. Never wrestle in the mud with a pig. You both get dirty, but the pig enjoys it.
This is really funny. Since the Dems won, there’s post after post on here of these alleged disasters that have befallen them. But instead, Republicans don’t realize that this is how government is supposed to work. Government is supposed to be an adversarial process. There’s supposed to be dissent and debate.
The last six years have implanted blind agreement and authoritarian DNA so deeply inside you that you don’t even realize that anymore. You’ve so accepted for yourselves the impossibility of dissent or of losing a vote, that you project those events as catastrophes upon Democrats.
Well, I’ve got news for you. We welcome them.
As Scrappy says, just keep smiling and laughing.
D-Hoggs you moron – it’s TOE the line, like I said, you sniveling idiot troll — you’re now on ignore.
DelataOps: “Perhaps, Lee. But what I have observed here is that you are quick to point out Republican corruption while ignoring behavior that is often worse from the Democratic side of the aisle.”
That’s true for the most part – I don’t always comment on the stupidity of Democrats – there’s usually enough trolls chiming in that I don’t have to.
BarneyG2000: You’re right, I’m a spoof. A 65 YO, Retired military-22yrs-Vietnam Vet, pulled the entire 12 month tour in country, Volunteer Firefighter for past 12 + years, Volunteer EMT for 8yrs, own my own 4 BR home on a TVA lake, on 2.3 acres (don’t owe one dime on it, built it myself), got eight deer in the side yard right now, Own 3 trucks and a Bass boat. Guess i’m one of Hanoi John’s worst nightmare’s, too stupid to stay out of the military and wars. By the way, what is a spoof???? I was once a spook, or was that on a spooky gun ship.
ROFL
Now tell us what you have volunteered to do for your fellow man in your lifetime.
This I’m impressed with. For once, Scrapiron sounds like a real flesh and blood person in his post – not an angry James Bond villain.
lee, how convenient for you to be able to ignore the substance of my post because of MY MISTAKE, which I feely admit and apologize for. Continue ignoring, we see right through your hypocrisy.
“Well that’s an odd thing to say, seeing the the Democrats agreed with our course of action until things got difficult.”
Wrong.
3% of House Democrats voted for tax cuts.
Half the Senate/House didn’t give the authorization of force for Iraq.
I would hardly call that agreement. Again, Republicans really have gotten us into a mess, financially and militarily.
JP2: I wouldn’t brag about that. 85% of house Democrats (and 72% of Senate Democrats) voted against the tax cuts even in 2001 – before 9/11 and before Iraq. Even with a surplus they didn’t want people to keep more of their own money. But that’s the Democrat way.
Republicans are such sore losers! The American people dismissed you b/c they were tired of your BS.
Nancy is a wonderful Madame Speaker. Go ahead and turn green with envy. Nancy has held her party together until she moved them on to the top.
Now that’s woman power!
“Now, to make matters worse, the Speaker has essentially suffered a no-confidence vote from her own caucus.”
Good God! It’s amazing the crapola that you Wizbangers find to bloviate about endlessly!
Have you all FORGOTTEN that in 1994 Newt Gingrich’s favored candidate Bob Walker lost the election of majority whip in the House to Tom Delay? Or maybe you people just don’t read any history?
As we all know, Newt Gingrich’s ability to lead the House wasn’t impacted one iota by this, and Tom Delay turned out to be probably the most formidable majority whip in history.
So it’s probably a bit too soon to write Pelosi’s obituary and celebrate Hoyer’s victory now wouldn’t you think?
“So it’s probably a bit too soon to write Pelosi’s obituary and celebrate Hoyer’s victory now wouldn’t you think?
You nailed it, Larking, with the “wouldn’t you think?” question. Getting these bloggers to think is the hard part. It’s very easy for them to link and cut and paste — getting them to think is much more difficult.
Even with a surplus they didn’t want people to keep more of their own money.
A surplus in the deficit doesn’t mean a surplus in the debt, you economic genius.
lee, “It’s very easy for them to link and cut and paste — getting them to think is much more difficult”
YOu would know lee as that is your MO, link to all of your totally biased sites as fact and when called on something, just ignore. Of course getting you to think, let alone respond to a question asked over and over again, is impossible. But not surprising given you have no answer.
lee, “the democrats as a group have shown that they will make the right choice”
D-Hoggs, “Really?!!! With who? Alcee? Studds? Byrd? Jefferson? Murtha? Are those the right choices they have made that you are referring too?!”
Thanks for telling me I don’t know the difference, Brian. Did I say that, you pompous horses butt?