Republicans Think Best Way To Block Dems’ Bill Is To Argue About Definition Of ‘Infrastructure’

[tiowally]

Getting back to our pre-pandemic normal. Sad.

[rollinnolan]

@pluckyinky

Whatever the case may be, it’s always a good thing when the opposition to very popular legislation is this lame. Their opposition to pretty much everything Dems do these days is so transparently bad lately. I could be totally wrong, but I think most Americans are tuning them out.

Totally agree. The GOP is striking out every time they try to explain opposition. It boggles the mind how bad they have gotten. Boggles in a good way.

[tena]

When you are trying to redefine words, you are so losing!

[tena]

[dave_adams]

After all, it’s worth replacing your tires, wheels, steering and suspension systems three times more frequently than you’d have to if the roads were decent as long as the price of gasoline doesn’t go up. We can all get giant back-country SUV’s and climb our way out of the pot-holes. It’ll be really cool.

And it’s not like people need better Internet service. Fuck that if anyone has to actually pay for it. It’s not like it’s the backbone of the economy or anything.

Seriously, are Republicans that stupid???

[addicted4444]

To be fair, they succeeded in 2009 and 2010 when Dems were unprepared.

Fortunately, it seems like most Dems have learnt their lesson. Exceptions (cough…Manchin…cough) do however exist.

[arrendis]

@juvenal

Where’s the bumper sticker phrase, like “Dems wanna kill Gramma with their infrastructure bill!”

Joke’s on them, mine are both dead!

[pluckyinky]

@sniffit

Face it, the country is too stupid and is busy Darwinning itself over the GQP desire for permanent minority-rules white Christian hegemony, the “middle’s” fucktarded MSM-driven belief in false equivalence bothsiderism, the “independents’” refusal to learn enough to take a position on anything and the Dems’ constant, unadulterated messaging failures.

You said the same thing last year before Dems held the House and won the presidency and the Senate. And some of us can’t afford to face that as a reality or we might as well swallow a bullet now.

[sniffit]

This is a temporary reprieve if we don’t make use of it. Neither Manchin and Sinema…and certainly not the GQP nor MSM…will let us make use of it. That pretty much completes the country’s story. There’s always Australia I suppose…hehe

[kovie]

So can I get my credit cards to cancel my balances due by redefining the definition of “debt”?

[eggrollian]

Two guys find themselves about to get robbed in an alley. One guy, Joe, says, “Hey, Fred, remember that $50 I owe you? Here it is.” And he gives Fred the money. The robber originally was just going to take their wallet contents and depart, but he finds Joe’s behavior reprehensible. So instead the robber takes out his wallet and hands $1000 to Fred, and commands “Ok, loan this $1000 to your friend.” Fred gives the money to Joe. The robber then proceeds to rob them both and says to Joe, “Now you own him $1000.”

Now you understand how international development banking works.

[fgs]

What id Dems flipped the script on the filibuster and filibustered in favor of their bill for 50 days! Each day, they should call out a different Republican by name, while listing a road, a bridge, a neighborhood full of lead pipes, a county with shitty internet and a crumbling dam, in the Republican-of-the-day’s state, that Republican of the day is preventing from being funded by his or her political games. They can stop as soon as the cloture vote reaches 60.

[johncrandell]

All during the 2016 fall election campaign, ‘infrastructure’ was the Republican’s chief program point, along with building ‘the wall.’ After the election all of them including JabbaSaurus Rex shut up about it. Biden and Schumer and Pelosi ought to be using the fact of their apostacy, reinforce the idea that Repugs are the party of NO, that the GOP is now basically un-America Amalgamated.

[dickweed]

Paul Krugman (paulkrugman)

[davidn]

The Republican’s economy did fine last year; CEOs of big corporations got significantly more money in their pockets.

[cub_calloway]

@sniffit

There’s always Australia I suppose

Except that the entire Australian biome wants to kill you. Nothing personal.

[not_so_fluffy]

[jhand]

Defining “infrastructure” was so much simpler during the former guy’s administration. He would announce an upcoming “infrastructure week,” and no one bothered to define it because everyone knew the former guy was full of shit. “Infrastructure” was whatever you wanted it to be because it wasn’t going to happen. Just like former guy’s Covid response plan.

[careysub]

For a couple of million or so people Trump’s pandemic disaster is what killed her.

[dickweed]

Another of the many nice differences between Republicans and Democrats, especially presidential!