re: #219 drcordell

Jesus Christ in a handbasket. Go look at THIS CHART and you can see clear as day exactly what I am talking about.

When Bush was in power, the Democrats respected the will of the electorate and actually allowed the party in power to implement their chosen policies. They could have filibustered every. single. Bush proposal. But they didn’t, because they actually have a sense of shame.

The GOP does not have this sense of shame. They are shameless. They are willing to grind the governance of this country to an absolute gridlock, so long as the Democrats do not accomplish any of their goals.

If you disagree with my contentions, then explain to me why more cloture motions were filed this year than ever before in the history of the Senate?

We aren’t trying to block every last attempt to govern the country. We are trying to head off what if implemented will be a terrible blow to the nation: your version of health care reform.

We expect that the national sense of betrayal and hurt that will arise should these measures pass will undercut your party’s chances in elections for decades to come. If we cared only for our partisan fortunes, it would be easy enough to say that we shall never consent, while consenting, and let those measures pass. And then ride to a hollow political victory on the wave of blowback that would follow.

We are the loyal opposition.