Yo Ass Better Call Somebody
January 28th, 2009 at 11:12 am by Preston Taylor HolmesYou may or may not be paying attention, but President Hussein trotted his posse over to the U.S. House yesterday and reminded the House GOP that he is the Chosen One™ and that they need to do what he say… do what he say! (apologies to Cleavon Little)
Unfortunately, because the GOP has largely abandoned conservatism and gotten its ass kicked in the last two elections, the House GOP has no stroke, but at least it looks like they’ll fight it as much as they can. They’re still making me want to puke with this “new tone” garbage.
But Republicans came out of their meeting with Obama full of praise for his willingness to listen to them. And in the evening, Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel invited a group of Republican congressmen to a White House sit-down.
In addition, Obama leaned on Democratic leaders to withdraw two elements of the stimulus bill that had been ridiculed by Republicans: an expansion of family planning funds for poor families and $200 million to resod the National Mall in Washington.
Those gestures haven’t translated into votes by House Republicans, who applaud the bill’s $300 billion in budget cuts, but object to much of the $500 billion meant to be spent on public works projects.
“What we’re concerned about, some of the spending in this bill has nothing to do with creating jobs or preserving jobs,” Boehner told “GMA.”
I called my Congressman’s office (Jimmy Duncan), and they assured me that he was a “no” vote. I encourage all of you to do the same – even if they’re already voting against this pile of shit, you should let them know that you appreciate them and that they need to keep standing up against President Hussein’s march to socialism.
More importantly, this gigantic shit pie will be heading over to the Senate, where the GOP couldn’t find it’s backbone with two hands and a road map. I called Lamar Alexander’s offices in D.C. and Knoxville this morning – and in traditional milquetoast fashion, he hasn’t decided yet. I’m hopeful that his vote against tax cheat Tim Geithner is a sign of a willingness to fight, but he’s been quick to lay down in the past, so we’ll see.
Ironically, Senator Corker’s office says that he is a “no” vote on the stimulus package “in its current form”. So be watching as they make some minor change that Corker can use to claim that it is now palatable and will be a great help to the economy. It’s funny how once great businessmen like Corker lose all their knowledge and experience in private industry as soon as the lobbyists start their regular visits.
The reality of the situation is this – we must have the Senate GOP stand up against our new Marxist executive branch and fight for the limited government and free market principles that they have abandoned. If they can somehow find their spine, that would truly be hopeandchange.
Call, fax and e-mail your Senators now. If, for some reason, you don’t know who your Senators are, you can start here.
January 28th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Obama Woos GOP Over Stimulus Plan…
President Obama met face-to-face with congressional Republicans who have been chafing over parts of …
January 28th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
I just wrote Corker and Alexander and kept both of my somewhat well thought-out messages profanity free.
January 28th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
It’s damn hard not to start every letter to an elected official with the greeting “Dear Douchebag”.
January 28th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Almost as hard as not ending it with “Oh yea, and FU”.
We should write Jim Cooper too to thank him for being one of the 11 dems who voted against his Master.
January 29th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Call, fax and e-mail your Senators now.
Yeah, right. I live in California. I’m surprised Dianne and Babs haven’t had me kicked out yet.
If, for some reason, you don’t know who your Senators are…
…then you are a freakin’ dumbass who is too stupid to vote.
Ooops. Sorry guys…don’t want to insult the usually erudite group of visitors to this site.