Maybe Evan Bayh can help on this one!

KYL INTENT ON DESTROYING U.S.

... fixed it for you ....

The link to the WaPo article contains an extra slash that prevents it from opening.

Of course he realizes it. Why do you keep giving these jackasses credit that they most certainly do not deserve? Or is Kyl another one of those "confused" rightwingers that just needs to be shown the error of his ways?

Why are the Dems shouting from the rooftops: "When will Repubs stop playing games with national security?"

- Stalling on START
- Delaying defense appropriations due to homophobia
- Plotting with foreign leaders against the administration
- Ignoring DoD and SecDef attempts to curtail unnecessary/unwanted sunny-day-only fighter jets
- Warmongering for another unwarranted war with Iran

What have I left out? The headline should be "Republicans Weak on Defense--Country in Danger"

Typos weaken my point (sigh)

First sentence should read "Why AREN'T Dems shouting from rooftops"

Theoretically, the elected representatives of a democracy personify the will of the electorate, to the extent they were elected by a majority. They occupy their positions as representatives of the people's wishes.

Therefore, the conclusion that Americans wish America destroyed is inescapable. Perhaps they have some new vision of what can be made of the splintered pieces that we are as yet unable to see. Whatever it is, it seems to be worth the relinquishing of every advantage - some arrived at easily and some the result of bitter struggle - that the USA has gathered in better than 200 years.

The headline should be "Republicans Weak on Defense--Country in Danger"
Posted by: Old Patch

Or "Republicans Endanger America"

So what is his E-mail address? Let us flood it with Please vote for START Now! Why do we hear so little about this? Where is our President and the Senators who support START?

The Obama Administration should take the same position as prior administrations:

Never negotiate with terrorists.

Will no one write a sternly deploring letter ?

"Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Arizona, who is taking the lead for Republicans on negotiating with the administration on the treaty passage..."

Why the heck is the minority party negotiating with the president for passage of an international treay? They can't just simply vote on the merits of the treaty? Do they want tax cuts for the rich in exchange for a yes vote on something that will improve American, and world security?

"and he doesn't even realize it."

He realizes it, but no one else will, because those that control the media won't mention it, therefore it didn't happen.

Steve Rep. Rangel? Any news? I was hoping to read about due process and how two million dollars just isn't enough to defend yourself.

Actually Kyl is on very firm ground - by definition any project/idea/treaty supported by Barack Hussein Obama will be to America's detriment.

It's as shameful a moment for Kyl as at any point in his career -- and he doesn't even realize it.

Anyone who would hold a big national security item like this hostage in order to extort funding has no shame.

Will no one write a sternly deploring letter ?

Posted by: FRP on November 16, 2010 at 3:57 PM

Haha! That's perfect, and sadly, probably all that will be done.

delNorte, the short answer to your question is 60,67. To bring the matter to the floor for a vote the Senate must vote at least 60-40. To pass a treaty the Senate must vote at least 67-33. There are 41 Republicans in the current Senate. Almost nothing comes to a vote unless the Republicans allow it.

Maybe the positions of Pepresentative and Senator will be the next jobs to be outsourced. Surely there has to be some country somewhere that has people who are qualified to fill these jobs, because there are surely not enough here.

More thought and effort goes into deciding who will appear on "Dancing With the Stars" or "American Idol" than who will be this nation's political leaders. Maybe Simon Cowell will available in 2010 to scrwwn candidates?

So what is his E-mail address? Let us flood it with Please vote for START Now! Why do we hear so little about this? Where is our President and the Senators who support START?

There are times when I honestly believe members of the Christian right are actively working to bring about Armageddon. They want their rapture so they go meet Jesus.

You give far too much credit to Senator Kyl. It won't be just his fault America fails. It will be every Senator who votes against it that is at fault.

Kyl is just one idiot among many.

I'm just absolutely appalled that a SINGLE Senator can block legislation. The Senate is an disgrace.

The administration reached out to Kyl in good faith...

There's the problem right there. Obama needs to appoint a Czar for Fucking Over Republicans, someone who can find military bases to close, contracts to void, and other means of keeping these bastards in line. Has Alan Grayson found a new job yet?

Hear, Hear!!! Czar for Fucking Over Republicans!! What a great idea! Unfortunately, it would require someone with courage, not to mention someone who would ignore feverish pleas to negotiate. If you even say the word "negotiate" around a Democrat, they go all dreamy-eyed and flopppy, it's just irresistable to them. They even like to negotiate on done deals, as you've probably noticed.

Start by cancelling all the sweeteners offered to Kyl in exchange for his (non-)support. Maybe the treaty goes through, maybe not, but he doesn't get his deal after backstabbing.

Sounds obvious, but it seems to me that one of the problems in Obama's first two years was their tolerance of duplicity and bad actors (starting with the all the Republican poison pills in the stimulous bill, which were kept even after they voted against).

"a Czar for Fucking Over Republicans"

Wasn't that supposed to be Rahm's job before he bailed? You remember Rahm,don't you--the guy who was supposed to be tough and knew Congress so well?

Kyl; this is the guy who thought that inspections were ongoing while he stalled. Dangerous. And dumb, no, stupid. Dumb means not knowing any better. Stupid means knowing better but doing it anyway.

Kyl and the Republican leadership are laughing their asses off while the "world as we find it" boys go back to their rooms to congratulate each other on the fine show of bipartisanship they've just displayed. More and more, 'we ask, they tell' is the recurring narrative in Uncle Obama's Administration.

Is it too much to hope that this travesty will wake Obama up to the fact that there is no compromising with these people. He tries and tries and tries and gives them what they want, and they still punk him with no intention of support.

I just hope that he will stop bending over and start fighting for this country. We need him to step forward and lead us, rather than continuing to give in to people whose first priority is to destroy him, whatever it takes.

Jon Kyl made up a fake conversation that never took place in a Congressional debate and submitted it as a brief to the Supreme Court. If anybody thinks they can negotiate in good faith with a lawmaker who fabricates evidence and submits it to the Supreme Court for fun then they are not bright people.

If Obama wants to make the START treaty a priority, stop everything and explain it real slow to the country. Instead he's going off to a NATO meeting or some other shit. Send Biden and rip the GOP in public and say Jon Kyl is preventing the US from inspecting Russian nuke sights.

I thought a stolen nuke was supposed to be part of the reason we were worried about terrorists so much?

"Even Jon Kyl, with his limited intellect, should be able to understand ..." Says the truly limited "intellectual."
I love the Technicolor landscape that splats on the canvas when your head explodes, Steve. It's just sooooo acid-trippy.
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