Whoa! Dobson speaks!

[charlyvi]

From AmericaBlog:

James Dobson is not happy:

"This Senate agreement represents a complete bailout and betrayal by a cabal of Republicans and a great victory for united Democrats. Only three of President Bush’s nominees will be given the courtesy of an up-or-down vote, and it's business as usual for all the rest. The rules that blocked conservative nominees remain in effect, and nothing of significance has changed. Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Antonin Scalia, and Chief Justice William Rehnquist would never have served on the U. S. Supreme Court if this agreement had been in place during their confirmations. The unconstitutional filibuster survives in the arsenal of Senate liberals.

"We are grateful to Majority Leader Frist for courageously fighting to defend the vital principle of basic fairness. That principle has now gone down to defeat. We share the disappointment, outrage and sense of abandonment felt by millions of conservative Americans who helped put Republicans in power last November. I am certain that these voters will remember both Democrats and Republicans who betrayed their trust."


http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/05/dobson-has-been-betrayedthe-other-side.html


Music to my ears.

[wtmusic]

1. Bwahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahaha!!!

:bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

:party: :party:

:bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

[GetTheRightVote]

2. It is starting to look better and better to me, the filibuster lives and

so will the right to use it, the Dems will use it, I am sure.

:kick:

[charlyvi]

8. And the moderate Repubs seem to be

coming to their senses. They know the religious right would eat them alive along with us and the entire American way of life. Hurrah!

[insane_cratic_gal]

45. Would eat them alive.?

You mean, have been eating them alive!

I almost feel sorry for them, almost.

Now if the religious right would just form their own party. There is what roughly 30 percent of them in the country? Which means they Can never be elected again, I'd feel much better.

[FreedomAngel82]

37. They haven't used it much yet have they?

This was all about the judge's and other bills (such as the Patriot Act and part two) that would've made it through anyways.

[Coexist]

3. Dobson, dobson, dobson. you make me smile.

[FSogol]

4. If Dobson is mad

then this compromise must be good.

At any rate Frist has lost. We should keep emphasizing this fact.

[charlyvi]

16. Frist is a weenie!

Frist is a weenie! Frist is a weenie! Neener, neener!

:bounce: :bounce:

[Kerrytravelers]

5. Isn't selective memory grand?

[dweller]

6. mo' preachin'

Gather' round me,
Eviry body,
Gather 'round me
While I preach some,
Feel a sermon
Comin' on me.
The topic will be sin
And that's what I'm agin.'
If you wanna
Hear my story,
Then settle back
And just sit tight
While I start reviewin'
The additude of doin' right.
You've got to
Accent-tchu-ate the positive,
E-lim-my-nate the negative,
Latch on to the affifmative,
Don't mess with Mister In-between.
You've got to spread joy
Up to the maximum,
Bring gloom down to the minimum,
Have faith, or pandemonium
Li'ble to walk upon the scene.
To illustrate my last remark,
Johah in the whale, Noah in the Ark,
What did they do
Just when everything looked so dark?
"Man" they said,
"We better
Accent-tchu-ate the positive,
E-lim-my nate the negative,
Latch on
To the affirmative,
Don't mess with Mister In-between."
No, don't mess with Mister In-between.


jus' whistlin'

dp

[NWHarkness]

7. I keep telling people we won

I never expected Dobson to agree with me though!

[charlyvi]

10. Bwahahaha!

That is funny----WOW, we agree with James Dobson!

[knowbody0]

9. unconstitutional filibuster

betrayed republicans. get well soon sucka

[xray s]

11. see. I told you so

this is a win for us (no, not really, Dobson knows he won and this is just reverse psychology spin coming out of Rove to throw us off :crazy:)

[Rowdyboy]

12. PERFECT!!!! I'm 100% convinced we won now!

[Gothmog]

13. Music to my ears also

Thanks for sharing.

[lovuian]

14. There is a God Dobson !!! And he is not with you hon!!!

Read it and weap honey!!!

[charlyvi]

19. God is very, very upset with Mr. Dobson right now.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

[saltpoint]

15. Dobson says he was "betrayed," that the "cabal" of Republicans who --

-- did Frist in are guilty of "betrayal."

But of whom?

Of Dobson and his extremist lunatic-fringe nutcase Christian fundamentalist shit-for-brains nazis. And frankly I don't care if they feel betrayed or not.

They can dish it out in Colorado Springs and Kansas and so on, so they better learn to take it when McCain (who is by no means a liberal) disagrees with them.

That's really all that happened. 14 senators disagreed with Frist who was fronting for Dobson. Boo hoo hoo.

[silverweb]

17. That makes my day!

I was just barely accepting of this compromise until now, but if Dobson and his ilk are this unhappy about it, then I'm thrilled!

:woohoo:

[Jack Rabbit]

18. What kind of revisionist history is this?

The Democrats could have blocked Thomas, Scalia and Rehnquist with a filibuster, but chose not to do so. I'm not sure I agree with that tact, but enough Democrats felt there was nothing to be gained by attempting to block those nominations that they let them pass.

The rules at the time of those nominations are no different than they are now. What makes Dr. Dobson think they were any different then?

One other point to make concerns Dr. Dobson's abuse of the English language. He is no more a conservative than Attila the Hun. These right wing morons should learn to use the correct words.

[charlyvi]

23. True. They aren't conservatives.

In the small government, out of your private life kind of way. He's a batshit crazy religious blasphemer. And he'll rot in hell for it.

[MuseRider]

20. If this manages to let out

the "real" Republicans then I suppose I will feel better. They have for too long been held by the religious right and the NeoCons and now apparently they want out from under that huge thumb.

So the "real" Republicans come out from under the thumb, the NeoCons and TheoCons lose their support. Bush's** poll numbers suck and continue to get worse. I still don't like what happened today but if it has pushed this result we may be OK in the long run.

[charlyvi]

27. I think it's a good thing.

Many republicans will follow these moderates; they are moderate too. The wacko fringe right for too long has controlled the repub party; the moderates' standing up to them will give many repubs an alternative vision--moderates stand in relief to the crazoids, thereby accenting the lunacy of the fringe.

[MuseRider]

28. IF that happens

I will be very happy. I still do not know where I stand on the whole deal today though. This would be a very nice side benefit.

[kbm8795]

21. Someone needs to tell James Dobson

. . .that he can't even run his own organization effectively, and no one nominated him or appointed him to run our country.

I wish these extremist crazies would stop getting so much airtime. . .frankly, their opinions shouldn't mean any more than anyone else's. So what if they have a herd of sheep? He can pray to Moses, part the Pacific Ocean, and take them to China for all I care.

[rndmprsn]

22. let the rethug implosion begin...

i'll buy the popcorn and lets watch it with glee...and help them along too.

[WillyT]

24. Be Vewwy, Vewwy, Qwiet... We're Hunting Wepublicans, Huh, Huh, Huh...

LOL!!!

[Pushed To The Left]

25. I love it!!

When the radical right is upset, I'm happy!!!!!! :bounce:

[karlrschneider]

26. Damn...where's that mini-fiddle?..........

Ah,

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:


:D

[GreenPartyVoter]

29. Ah, LOVELY! :^D

[OnionPatch]

30. So my husband says

The Dobson statement was a "smoke-screen" and made to make the Dems feel as if they had gained something. He wears his :tinfoilhat: at all times.

Dobson refers to the "millions of conservative Americans who helped put Republicans in power." Obviously, he hasn't read the public opinion polls on the nuclear option. Apparently, a good number of those Republicans he spoke of didn't believe their vote gave congress the power to abolish the senate rules.

[charlyvi]

31. Dobson doesn't have a firm grip on reality.

Why look at polls when God is on your side! (sarcasm)

Religious fundementalist surround themselves with no one outside of their world. We might pollute them, so he probably does feel the majority of repubs are on his side. Maybe they'll break away and found their own party.

[LizW]

I would almost think that, too, BUT

a negotiator uses that "oh, you really kicked my butt" reverse psychology when he WANTS the deal, but doesn't want you to know he wants it.

Dobson doesn't want this deal. He wanted the pure power grab of the nuclear option.

Dobson's one and only job is to stir up the religious right, and the prime method of doing that is by telling them they are being attacked and threatened. He's going to make the deal sound as bad as possible for the Repugs, so they will get all fired up and murderous.

[charlyvi]

44. But not all repugs are part of the religious right.

The corporate repugs and the NRA did not want to end the filibuster; when dems are in power, the filibuster is what they depend on. They don't want the Senate to change. The religious right is scaring the shit out of the moderates; they know Dobson would eat them alive along with us. I think we're seeing the beginnings of some backlash.

[emulatorloo]

41. How many accounts does your Husband have on DU?

cuz I am hearing many echoes of him all over the place tonight. . .

(Nice to see Dobson spitting mad, isn't it?)

[deadparrot]

32. There seems to be widespread disagreement

on how this "extraordinary circumstances" thing works out.

Angry liberals seem to think that a select few right-wingers get to decide what constitutes "extraordinary," while the angry right-wingers seem to think that "extraordinary circumstances" is a phrase that means little and can't be enforced.

I have to admit, I'm a little hazy on what it means, who or what can stop a filibuster, etc.

[Pithy Cherub]

40. Hazy w/ ya! Going with SCOTUS definition of porn on this one:

We'll know it, when we see it. :toast:

[Disturbed]

42. He is a loon but ...

his group are worth around $125 Million. Also, there are other groups that are allied with his. Let us not scoff too much because these folk have the potential of being RW terrorists who will keep marching towards TheoFascism. They are not Conservatives. They are TheoFascists and dangerous.

[smoogatz]

33. He's right.

Senate Republicans sold out the religious right on their precious SCOTUS appointment. That's over--ain't gonna be no wingnut Supreme Court nominee this time around. Frist is toast--all his public genuflecting on "Justice Sunday" was pure bullshit, and Dobson's calling him on it. The corporate wing of the Republican party is much more interested in advancing its real agenda: permanent tax cuts for the rich, elimination of the estate tax, and Social Security privatization. Of course, the Democrats are in no way obliged to play ball--they can stall, stall, stall until 06, at least. This is a huge victory for Harry Reid--the Democrats have bluffed the Republicans out of their socks.

[johnaries]

49. OK, that did it. I'm happy now!

I didn't like it much at first, but the more I read about it the better I felt about it.

This made up my mind. Time to celebrate!

:party: :toast: :bounce: :headbang: :applause::woohoo:
:party: :toast: :bounce: :headbang: :applause::woohoo:
:party: :toast: :bounce: :headbang: :applause::woohoo:

[GreenPoet64]

34. I feel so sorry for this guy . . .

he and the religious right wing are having such a hard time installing their theocracy. :sarcasm:

[proud patriot]

35. Dobson not happy makes proud patriot laugh

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :rofl:

[wtmusic]

36. What if Dobson wigs out, decides it's Rapture time,

and talks Junior into pushing the button? :scared:

[charlyvi]

43. Junior can't find the button.

He's trying to find it, but it's hard work.

[donheld]

38. Anything that makes Dobson pissed pleases the hell out of me

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[smartvoter]

39. Amen to that!!! nt

[DenaliDemocrat]

46. Fuck you Dobson you asshole....

glad you are pissed off. It could not happen to a nicer dickhead!!

[mzmolly]

47. You took the words right outta my mouth!

Music to my ears.

Here is a song for Mr. Dobson: :nopity: }(

[RandomKoolzip]

48. The religious right makes these kinds of threats all the time.

There's no way they'll stop voting republican. That's like asking the men in Focus on the Family to stop beating their wives and molesting their children; they cannot help themselves...it's like instinct.

[mitchum]

50. Maybe that grifting asshole will kill himself in a fit of pique

A boy can dream, can't he?