JUST SENT MAX BAUCUS A FLAMING EMAIL

[montanacowboy]

I TOLD HIM THAT JON TESTER HAD THE COJONES TO DO WHAT HE WAS A COWARD TO DO

I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR THAT POS AGAIN - SCREW HIM TO HELL

[SoCalDem]

1. The republican who replaces him (and tips the senate red) thanks you

That said, the real blame goes to Harry Reid and the rest of the dems who could not bring themselves to shut down the 60 vote thing TWICE when we could have done it.

[geek tragedy]

2. Joe Manchin represents the state that hates Obama more than any other.

He found a way to actually lead on this issue.

Max Baucus is a sell out and a coward.

[SoCalDem]

3. There willl always be blue-dogs..but this is why the 60-vote things HAS to end

Long gone are the days when dems held a substantial majority.. For the foreseeable future we will have a razor thin edge (in either favor), and there are hardly any republicans who will stray our way, and there are always dems who will vote with republicans (see the Bush Era senate)

[geek tragedy]

4. The filibuster killed the NRA's reciprocity amendment, which got 57 votes today.

The problem isn't the filibuster, it's the Senate's membership.

[HiPointDem]

5. just in time for the republican monopoly in 2016

[L0oniX]

9. I'm "chaining" that one to Obama. n/t

[L0oniX]

8. "there are always dems who will vote with republicans" hell...

we have a POTUS joining the republicans in proposing cuts to SS.

[SoCalDem]

10. Politics is ugly, nasty, dirty, no matter who's in charge

It's been this way for a very long time (maybe forever)..

We all just do what we can, and keep trying & hope nothing too awful happens to us..

[hatrack]

11. What's the difference anyway? WHAT'S THE FUCKING DIFFERENCE?

The GOP apparently are such star-spangled super-heroes that they control all whether in the minority or majority, whether they hold the White House or not, so WHY BOTHER?

Why even try to hold people accountable for their actions or decisions?

Why try and remember how members of Congress voted, or what presidents do as opposed to what they said they'd do?

Why have fucking primaries, or elections?

I'm tired of being wrapped in the novacained cotton-wool of "political realism" or inside baseball Beltway bullshit, and being soothed and reminded that it could be worse.

HOW? Please explain to me how it would be any different than it already is - fucked-up, venal, arrogant, dysfunctional and soaked in blood.

[ChangeUp106]

12. That's the Problem

See that's the problem and the trap that the Democrats are stuck in. And please understand that I'm not aiming this at you.

It's always "well if we don't vote for this fake Democrat than a Republican will win..."

Sadly that's true. But we HAVE to change it. We must put pressure on these clowns or find a way to get real D's elected

[SoCalDem]

13. Elimination of the 60 vote "rule" ends the nonsense too

That allows for a few "rowdy" dems to misbehave and still hold their seat needed for a majority..

[Cha]

6. thank you, montanacowboy

[L0oniX]

7. This should be no surprise after Obama put him in charge of fucking over single payer health care.