Democrats show fear: Would rather campaign than do their job?

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Democrats are showing their fear again!

I wonder why NPR doesn't have anything on it? Are they too far left to be objective?

Even the liberal news says they are abandoning their post and their job to try to save their ass!

But hey - Obama joins in instead of doing his job too!

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As Congress moved toward a messy end to a session fraught with partisan fire, President Barack Obama campaigned for Democrats in Iowa and Virginia, accusing Republicans of being dishonest about what needs to be done to revive the economy and restore middle-class dreams.

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With their House and Senate majorities on the line, Democratic leaders called off votes and even debates on all controversial matters.

BIG surprise.
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Here is the most telling of the report:

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Democrats urged Congress to preserve the tax cuts for all Americans, even the wealthiest. Democratic leaders opted to avoid the risk of being branded tax hikers and punted the matter until after the elections.

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One can draw parallels to the Republicans and leaving to campaign before a budget was finalized in 2006 when they lost control of the congress.

There are just things some democrats do not be on the record right now if they expect to have a prayer of keeping their seat, and in the same position republicans are just as willing to go into CYA mode.

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One can draw parallels to the Republicans and leaving to campaign before a budget was finalized in 2006 when they lost control of the congress.

There are just things some democrats do not be on the record right now if they expect to have a prayer of keeping their seat, and in the same position republicans are just as willing to go into CYA mode.

You mean because Obama said he would not raise taxes, "you will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime."

I guess they will just wait until they CAN'T raise taxes so they can blame it on the conservatives. Irony here is that the conservatives would be insuring that Obama kept his promises, nit the party he affiliates himself with.

Now if we can get them to cut spending - we might just have something.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
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Democrats are showing their fear again!

I wonder why NPR doesn't have anything on it? Are they too far left to be objective?

They do. NPR's pretty much the only objective domestic news around any more.

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Democrats are showing their fear again!

I wonder why NPR doesn't have anything on it? Are they too far left to be objective?

They do. NPR's pretty much the only objective domestic news around any more.

Hmmm - either I was too early or I missed it.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

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Elective politics in a democracy/republic is vile. In The Gathering Storm (1948), Winston Churchill wrote, "Nobody has much to be proud of during an election campaign." (He was mainly a Conservative party member, with a brief stint in the Liberals for a few years after WW1, before switching back.) His comment was a general, non-partisan indictment of the shameful way people tend to behave during election campaigns.

Anyhow, we all know the cliche about how elective democracy is a god-awful way to run government, with the only thing worse being everything else. But the plain fact is, politicians can't get elected or re-elected without raising money constantly, and without campaigning exclusively (at the expense of everything else, including their elective duties) in the last run-up to the election.

It's an election year, and the last month-or-so before the election: nobody works at their elected job. That's just the way it is. The only thing worse is.... well, you know.

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Elective politics in a democracy/republic is vile. In The Gathering Storm (1948), Winston Churchill wrote, "Nobody has much to be proud of during an election campaign." (He was mainly a Conservative party member, with a brief stint in the Liberals for a few years after WW1, before switching back.) His comment was a general, non-partisan indictment of the shameful way people tend to behave during election campaigns.

Anyhow, we all know the cliche about how elective democracy is a god-awful way to run government, with the only thing worse being everything else. But the plain fact is, politicians can't get elected or re-elected without raising money constantly, and without campaigning exclusively (at the expense of everything else, including their elective duties) in the last run-up to the election.

It's an election year, and the last month-or-so before the election: nobody works at their elected job. That's just the way it is. The only thing worse is.... well, you know.

DAMMIT!

QUIT FUCKING MAKING ME AGREE WITH YOU!

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Democrats are showing their fear again!

I wonder why NPR doesn't have anything on it? Are they too far left to be objective?

They do. NPR's pretty much the only objective domestic news around any more.

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I needed that

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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They do. NPR's pretty much the only objective domestic news around any more.

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I needed that

Any time you see a problem with their news reporting, let me know. Remember, it's "news" not entertainment in a news format. And it's a dying breed

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They do. NPR's pretty much the only objective domestic news around any more.

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I needed that

Any time you see a problem with their news reporting, let me know. Remember, it's "news" not entertainment in a news format. And it's a dying breed

If you really belive their reporting is a close to unbiased as it gets
You need the kool aid rehab too

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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They do. NPR's pretty much the only objective domestic news around any more.

Thanks

I needed that

Any time you see a problem with their news reporting, let me know. Remember, it's "news" not entertainment in a news format. And it's a dying breed

If you really belive their reporting is a close to unbiased as it gets
You need the kool aid rehab too

I find it telling that the only thing anyone can disgree with or even attempt to argue with on the subject is the bias of NPR.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

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Any time you see a problem with their news reporting, let me know. Remember, it's "news" not entertainment in a news format. And it's a dying breed

If you really belive their reporting is a close to unbiased as it gets
You need the kool aid rehab too

Bias towards factual reporting and keeping opinion in the editorial content? Sure. If you're concerned about the "news" that they don't cover then you may have a point. I don't recall NPR or PBS covering "Boo-gate"
I can live with that bias

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I find it telling that the only thing anyone can disgree with or even attempt to argue with on the subject is the bias of NPR.

That's because Congress leaving the funding of the country to the last minute right before the winter break is a pretty common occurrence.