Whatever word he used instead of ponies was great too, I just can’t remember what it was. I wish I would have saved it, I meant to.
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Sure things to bet on Part 1
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Bullshit. Putting things off by a few weeks is hardly a cave, nor a retreat. This move saves a lot of Dems in the next election. Give this time, you holier than thou, get what you want now, you know how to do it best Sanders wing!
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I turned them off 8 years ago.
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Rachel is still good, she’s the only one I really follow. She keeps her eye on the ball and does more reporting on the actions and not the distractions.
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Oh I did a long time ago
Time that can be utilized doing something more productive like watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune which are more informative without the HA!
Our Host had a thing out last night about the teen-ager arrested for threatening to gun down “fake news” reporters at CNN. Reminded me of the following:
[Theodore Schleifer, CNN December 21, 2015] Trump – who frequently lambasts the media as “scum” or “horrible” – reassured reporters at rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Monday that he had no desire to execute the press who cover him. “I hate some of these people, I hate 'em,” Trump told the crowd. “I would never kill them. I would never do that.” Then he decided to reconsider. “Uh, let’s see, uh?” he said aloud, his voice rising. “No, I would never do that.”
How … clever.
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I disagree. CHIP was funded for six years, and this deal expires in three weeks. That will be the time to hold out for the Dreamers.
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Yes, Josh Marshall needs to reign in these writers. This approach is not the type of thoughtful analysis we depend on TPM to provide.
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Did McConnell actually say this?
I think I did watch her show past 2010 for awhile but then young grandkids started coming along in 2011.
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[quote=“cervantes, post:20, topic:67627”]
Yes, and I asked that person if Pelosi, Clyburn, et al., who also criticized this “deal,” were among those “purity ponies.”
[/quote]There’s a different dynamic and different considerations in the Senate and the House. I didn’t hear many Democratic Senators criticizing the votes (other than a few in safe states or no election this year). However, all Democrats in the Senate and the House want the same thing and the same best result here - they all want to protect the DREAMers - although they may need to take different paths and approaches to get there.
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I’m not dissatisfied with the outcome, but what I fear is the nations’ short term memory loss. How many other outrageous things will Trump & Co. do during those three weeks? We need to keep McConnell’s promises front and center, along with all the times Trump has changed his tune. We can’t have a functioning government if we keep replaying Charlie Brown and Lucy with the football.
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From Daily Beast:
In a short address from the Senate floor just after 9 p.m. on Sunday, McConnell said “it would be my intention to proceed on legislation that would address DACA [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals], border security, and related issues”
These re-makes are amusing. I understand you do some of them yourself.
It’s too bad today’s Republicans have never read the earlier Hobbes.
Or perhaps they have, and they actually want a “war of all against all.”
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This is an AP story. I don’t think they’re allowed to do anything but “Democrats in Disarray” and the occasional “This is good for McCain.”
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Exactly - It’s not a cave unless the budget passes in three weeks without a fix for DACA. If you fart in a room, your dog will smell it for three weeks. How short term has our thinking become? I don’t think Schumer got played. Quite the opposite.
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Perhaps one ought to forego “cable news” entirely unless there’s an interview with someone you might not otherwise talk to?
[quote]Instead of blaming Schumer, why not take aim at those red state senators…and find a person who can sell the Dem agenda to the blockhead republicans in their districts?
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“Take aim”? One of those “red-state senators” was Doug Jones in Alabama, whose election victory over Roy Moore some of us are still savoring.
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That’ll do it! 
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Agreed.