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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP SMACKED DOWN: “Not only can they not govern, but we’ve learned that they can’t even count.”
Not only can they not govern, but weve learned that they cant even count. Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY), quoted by CQ Now, on the House GOPs failure pass a three-week Homeland Security funding bill.
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GOP SMACKED DOWN: “Not only can they not govern, but we’ve learned that they can’t even count.” (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2015
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randome
(34,845 posts)1. That's the spirit. Don't rant and wail, simply tell it like it is.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space.
Gregory Peck, Mirage (1965)[/center][/font][hr]
chillfactor
(7,580 posts)2. "but we’ve learned that they can’t even count”
Love it and ain't that the truth...course having an alcoholic as a leader doesn't help....fuzzy math on his part
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)9. Or a racist for the whip
livetohike
(22,157 posts)3. Two more years of this. They have to be the most incompetent Congress
in history.
Kber
(5,043 posts)4. I guess that explains the budget deficits they tend to run up
rurallib
(62,441 posts)5. maybe those science and math classes could have come in handy after all
kairos12
(12,869 posts)6. Along with science, the reichwing are math deniers.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)7. I'm not good at math myself, but goddamn... nt
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)8. great statement
can't count
And Netanyahu is on the way!!
father founding
(619 posts)10. How homeland security would work during a shutdown
According to a NBC news article,Workers who perform those jobs would be required to work but would not be paid until Congress acts.
If this is the case, shouldn't the same rule apply to Congress
C Moon
(12,221 posts)12. +1
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)11. The GOP <<is>> "The Party of NO!"
Gothmog
(145,487 posts)13. This is so very true