I didnt even see his last name! LOL- I feel like an 8th grader laughing at this so hard. This and that dog-sign post. Hilarious! This just became my favorite blog.
Really? I know that “Brothers, we are not professionals” ;) but I thought he acted a little childish and well, unprofessional. I like intensity, but it needs to be controlled!
I even like that he called out the Repubs and I think he hit the nail on the head with his point, but he made himself easy to blow off. He called a spade a spade, but he looked like a loon doing it.
All of the old folks watching C-SPAN probably got jolted out of their afternoon naps by this rare bit of Congressional drama. I think that we need more of this kind of passion in Congress.
I loved his passion. He’s promoting medical care for 9/11 emergency responders, right? Of COURSE we should be voting yes on that. I can understand his frustration if this thing is being lollygagged around over a bunch of lameass procedural stuff.
Right – this is a bill involving care for the 9/11 responders who got sick because they breathed in the toxins in the dust that was all over lower Manhattan in the days following the attack. Why some Republicans think blocking care for those heroes will play well with the American public is beyond me.
Not that I am defending anybody’s side, but I think the republican issue with the bill was that there was an immigration rider attached to it, that would keep certain government officials from checking immigration statuses or something. The GOP saw this as an attempt to move surreptitiously (spelling…) on immigration reform they want, and the GOP took issue with that.
Congress needs to resolve the issues of riders and ammendments on its bills before its individual members go about screaming at each other. But it was entertaining.
First responders from 9/11 should get medical care.
Republicans supported keeping companies in New Orleans from checking immigration statuses. And they waived minimum wages there.
When it comes to helping companies hire illegals to rebuild, they support immigration protection. Republican politicians: you should be ashamed of what you’re doing to America; you’re tearing our fabric apart without a second thought.
Yes, it’s a little ironic because it was the Dems who politicized the issue by tacking on unrelated and controversial matters. They do things like this precisely so they can accuse the other side of not caring about 9/11 responders.
Feeling aside, he’s distorting the facts, and he knows it.
Thanks Jake and Charity for pointing out the REAL reason the other side doesn’t like this bill, and this happens all the time in Congress. A littlea hystrionics from the left always plays well in the media, until you know the whole story. As for his name, if the shoe fits….
I appreciate kung-fu moves, even (especially) if they are choreographed and verbal! But its still all entertaining fiction. Weiner is covering for the Democrats here, who are trying to get a bill through without the amendment process. This requires a super-majority, not a simple majority. If Weiner followed his own rant, then he, too, would focus on the substance and not the procedure. Weiner also needs to manage the real risk that, if the GOP did attach customary amendments, some of the embattled Democrats that are in danger of losing their seats (Intrade is pricing a GOP majority in 2012 at 60%, and Intrade is more predictive than the polls) will no longer vote for the bill.
It looks like it worked, at least here! Still, I love this blog, love the humility, and we all need to remind ourselves we see through the glass darkly.
This is absolutely hilarious.
“The gentleman is correct in sitting!” lol- great.
If he was my rep. I would be a little embarrassed.
That’s the guy who just married Hillary Clinton’s top aide two weeks ago. Bill Clinton officiated at the ceremony.
I hope that’s not how their marital arguments go, or they’ll need a guest room for a live-in parliamentarian.
with a last name like that, i’m sure that poor guy got picked on in school…
i was thinking the same. you would think he would have learned not to draw attention to himself. but, um…clearly not.
Melissa,
I didnt even see his last name! LOL- I feel like an 8th grader laughing at this so hard. This and that dog-sign post. Hilarious! This just became my favorite blog.
Thanks!
I like this guy.
Me too.
Really? I know that “Brothers, we are not professionals” ;) but I thought he acted a little childish and well, unprofessional. I like intensity, but it needs to be controlled!
Nothing else works around the bullies that are our Congress.
I even like that he called out the Repubs and I think he hit the nail on the head with his point, but he made himself easy to blow off. He called a spade a spade, but he looked like a loon doing it.
Passion still exists in Congress! I want them advocating that passionately for things I believe in… Bravo.
THIS.
wow. i don’t even know what he was talking about.
But didn’t he look a little like the guy in Amazing Grace. he certainly debated like him. :)
Ya- it’s totally context-less, but I thought his passion was really cool, although it’s hard to understand what he’s so passionate about.
And he did remind me of the actor that played William Wilberforce as well!
All of the old folks watching C-SPAN probably got jolted out of their afternoon naps by this rare bit of Congressional drama. I think that we need more of this kind of passion in Congress.
Wow. loved the passion, and his position.
wish they’d listen.
I loved his passion. He’s promoting medical care for 9/11 emergency responders, right? Of COURSE we should be voting yes on that. I can understand his frustration if this thing is being lollygagged around over a bunch of lameass procedural stuff.
Right – this is a bill involving care for the 9/11 responders who got sick because they breathed in the toxins in the dust that was all over lower Manhattan in the days following the attack. Why some Republicans think blocking care for those heroes will play well with the American public is beyond me.
Not that I am defending anybody’s side, but I think the republican issue with the bill was that there was an immigration rider attached to it, that would keep certain government officials from checking immigration statuses or something. The GOP saw this as an attempt to move surreptitiously (spelling…) on immigration reform they want, and the GOP took issue with that.
Congress needs to resolve the issues of riders and ammendments on its bills before its individual members go about screaming at each other. But it was entertaining.
First responders from 9/11 should get medical care.
Republicans supported keeping companies in New Orleans from checking immigration statuses. And they waived minimum wages there.
When it comes to helping companies hire illegals to rebuild, they support immigration protection. Republican politicians: you should be ashamed of what you’re doing to America; you’re tearing our fabric apart without a second thought.
Yes, it’s a little ironic because it was the Dems who politicized the issue by tacking on unrelated and controversial matters. They do things like this precisely so they can accuse the other side of not caring about 9/11 responders.
Feeling aside, he’s distorting the facts, and he knows it.
Thanks Jake and Charity for pointing out the REAL reason the other side doesn’t like this bill, and this happens all the time in Congress. A littlea hystrionics from the left always plays well in the media, until you know the whole story. As for his name, if the shoe fits….
I appreciate kung-fu moves, even (especially) if they are choreographed and verbal! But its still all entertaining fiction. Weiner is covering for the Democrats here, who are trying to get a bill through without the amendment process. This requires a super-majority, not a simple majority. If Weiner followed his own rant, then he, too, would focus on the substance and not the procedure. Weiner also needs to manage the real risk that, if the GOP did attach customary amendments, some of the embattled Democrats that are in danger of losing their seats (Intrade is pricing a GOP majority in 2012 at 60%, and Intrade is more predictive than the polls) will no longer vote for the bill.
It looks like it worked, at least here! Still, I love this blog, love the humility, and we all need to remind ourselves we see through the glass darkly.
“THE GENTLEMAN IS CORRECT IN SITTING!” RAWR!
That would look good on a T-shirt!
Dude’s my hero!