OFFICIAL HOUSE THREAD #6

[LSK]

Debate continues. Here we go, the final round.

Thread 5 here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5399940&mesg_id=5399940

Theres my stinking scum Congressman. Ugh. Glad hes not running again.

[Endangered Specie]

1. I tell you, watching the House of Commons is alot more fun

[Bill McBlueState]

5. that's what my wife just said

There's that giant mace on the table, and you wonder if it ever came down to it, would someone use it?

[GOPNotForMe]

7. The US House reminded me of the House of Commons when

Jean Schmidt got attitude. It was great. They shouted and shamed that shrike into place.

[rodeodance]

97. I hope to catch that on one of the news clips.

[rodeodance]

100. we had a candle vigil tonight--they read the names of the dead troops

sad.

[Stand and Fight]

2. Henry Hyde is up... A mean one if ever there was one. n/t

[earthside]

10. What a sad, pathetic man ...

... his time has come and gone ... long ago.

[cspanlovr]

3. EWWWW

the disgusting mr. hyde

[tsuki]

26. Hyde--No body wants war...except Halliburton, Cheney, PNAC, GE,

Defense Contractors, and all the neutered GOP salivating for the deaths of other. The GOP always has something better to do, like raid the treasury.

[Nitrogenica]

The resolution to attempt to swift boat the Democrats

here we go

[cspanlovr]

4. EWWWW

the disgusting mr. hyde

[Solon]

14. You said twice...

I think it deserves another mention...what a fucking, disgusting, asshole.

[Wheezy]

6. Thank you for being so diligent, LSK

[LSK]

15. thank all of you for making DU so awesome!

:toast:

[rodeodance]

17. Hyde does not realize we have already lost this war in Irag--!

[Sydnie]

21. I second that LSK! You do indeed own these threads tonight

:)

[Coexist]

8. Standing O for Rep. Murtha!

At least something decent came from a Republican.

[Ilsa]

Who did they applaud?

[Endangered Specie]

9. Hyde-R: "war is hell but some things are worth dying for"

ok, then how come you arent out there fighting and dying?

[Ilsa]

18. Iraq is worth dying for? WTF? eom

[rodeodance]

or getting blown up!! Mr Hyde--enlist please!

[The Witch]

11. I'm here with my phone. WHO SHOULD I CALL?

Already called Ms. Slaughter.

Ms. Pelosi's voice mail box is full and nobody is answering the phone.

Who else? Conyers? Is he in the house? My congressman is Tomcat Davis (R-VenereAl).. who else? Jackson lee? waxman?

[LSK]

23. im pretty sure the Dems are united and have made up their mind

Call your friends to watch all this go down.

[The Witch]

29. They need to WALK OUT

and i'm willing to call to make it happen.

[LSK]

49. i read earlier that they can just vote "present"

[Stand and Fight]

12. Jack Murtha is in the House... Seriously! To a standing ovation! n/t

[librechik]

13. standing ovation from both sides for Murtha

that was nice

[librechik]

22. and now the lies begin

:puke: Hyde

[LiberalEsto]

34. He's a lyin' sack of crap

Let's all sing along to the lovely ditty they play on the Stephanie Miller show:

"You lying sack of crap...."

[ncrainbowgrrl]

51. He's a lying, stinking...

:hi:

[mb7588a]

16. 210-202

resolution is adopted. motion to reconsider laid on the table, HR 308 adopted.

There will now be an hour of debate before final vote on Duncan's resolution:

HR 572 will now be considered "Expressing the sense of the House that the deployment of U.S. forces in Iraq be terminated immediately.

Hyde (R-IL) and Lantos (D-?) get 30 mins.


One word from me:
snore.

[Stand and Fight]

25. Yes, Tom Lantos from California is a Democrat. n/t

[ceile]

32. who's Duncan? n/t

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. I thought that the vote they just finished was to allow the resolution

which was set forth today (to withdraw immediately) to be voted on today. Not to continue debate. I know, it's a finer point which doesn't really change anything. This was a change in the rules vote.

[rodeodance]

30. it was a vote on the rules of debate (one hour only)--that is why Dems

said NAY!--this is an important debate and it is being done in one hour!!!!!!!

[Duer 157099]

20. You wouldn't think this was the same group talking last night

about how they had to stop spending money, even if it affects the poor, the disabled, the elderly, they needed to balance the budget after all.

And now they pontificate about the rights of the poor Iraqi's to freedom and how we can't abandon them.

OK, let's summarize:

1) OK to abandon American citizens
2) not OK to abandon foreigners on foreign soil

OK, who's the traitors?

[Mutley]

That is a point the Democrats should pick up...

"1) OK to abandon American citizens
2) not OK to abandon foreigners on foreign soil

OK, who's the traitors?"

I think that would work really well.

[tsuki]

42. Stunt. Stunt. Stunt. Stunt. Stunt. Stunt. Stunt. Stunt. Stunt. Stunt.

[Bill McBlueState]

24. what's that smell?

Kinda smells like bitter old man.

:whew:

[Greeby]

27. k, I gotta go to bed (3am here)

liveoaktx, do your thing for this last debate :hug:

[Stand and Fight]

28. Duncan Hunter.... Yuck...

Tom Lantos is speaking...

[rodeodance]

33. Murtha is up next. Lantos is giving him some time--yeah!

[rodeodance]

36. Lantos says getting less than 8 seconds each for this serious debate!

[rodeodance]

37. says this debate is a sham (paraphasing).

[Coexist]

31. Another ROUSING ovation for Murtha!

Hold him up, Dems.

[AuntPatsy]

35. Im not sure I can take much more of this suspense,....hours

of high drama, just not used to it being so ongoing, I cannot stop watching even though the husband is mad that I won't change the channel...

[rodeodance]

39. Dunan is up--take a walk to the next bog Mr. Dunnky

[KerryOn]

53. My wife made ME change the channel...

... so she can watch Hockey!

Should be the other way around.
Keep me informed.

[AuntPatsy]

65. lol that is too funny, actually he is working so he cant make me change it

but he could be in here any moment, hopefully not since he said he might be up all night...

I feel for you..

Mathur is on right now, what a treasure, you should be able to watch him at least, ask her?

[KerryOn]

73. Thnaks, This is working out...

Hockey is between periods.

[mb7588a]

38. Hunter v. Murtha! YEEHAWWW. nt.

[Stand and Fight]

40. Lantos has given up the balance of his time to Jack Murtha...

Duncan "Two Kinds of Fruit" Hunter is up now... :puke:

[rodeodance]

44. shucks--he forget his chicken gitmo platter!!

[Stand and Fight]

48. Can you believe it? Where's the rice pilaf?

I hope that the Republicans have some of those prayer rugs because they're going to need them! :rofl:

[Sydnie]

52. Don't forget the two fruits!

Scurvy is nasty! :rofl:

[Stand and Fight]

62. Scurvy indeed! Let's hope they get it ten-fold, the bastards.

[KharmaTrain]

41. Hyde Looks Real Bad

Not that I mind. LSK...I'm one district over from you...we're ready to drop in with cash and boots to help elect a Democrat from the 6th District to join us here in the 8th.

Henry's health and bad kharma are catching up with him. No pity here...this goon has done a lot of damage in his years in the House and the end of his Congressional tenure is a welcome thing.

Cheers...

[LSK]

45. it cant be too healthy to be a lying greedy bastard i guess

[earthside]

Blowing Up in Repugs Faces!

Tom Lantos is not my favorite Democrat, but he is hanging the radical Republicans on their hubris and arrogance.

These despicable radical Republicans are going to get their just desserts for pulling this reprehensible stunt.

I hope the Dems just vote 'Present' to show that they are not agreeing to this contrived resolution.

[rodeodance]

50. its a risky vote for Dems. Palosi told them to vote with the Repugs--at

least it said that in an article that i read tonight.

[Stand and Fight]

43. Murtha v. Hunter...

This should be very good. I wish they would let Murtha use some of his Marine training on that puke piece of shit Hunter.

[Duer 157099]

46. Although somewhat irrelevent, is it really believable that

the troops, being told they'd be coming home immediately, would get pissed off and start a riot? That's how the repukes are making it sound!!

Damn, I'd bet they'd have a helluva party!!

What's wrong with the people in upsidedown world???

[Stand and Fight]

56. They would be very happy.

I got out of the Army last year. Many of my close friends from my former unit just got back and some are re-deploying. They want this war to be brought to a swift end.

[Mountainman]

69. They would all call each other short timers.

When we got close to leaving Vietnam we called ourselves short timers. We even had canes that were about 20 inches long. We were happy to know we were leaving that hell hole. I imagine things haven't changed much.

[The Witch]

47. I'm gonna puke

Listen to them with their fake-lofty rhetoric. They might even believe what they're saying, but the puppetmasters know what's what, and this isn't what. Dear lord.

[stepnw1f]

54. Like Programmed and Pre-scripted Borg

GOP=Collective Fascism=Borg

[rodeodance]

55. the pugs remind me of Hannity tonight.

[rodeodance]

59. well, curt Weldon says it is not right for murtha not to get a response

from the WH.---good for him.

[The Witch]

57. Whoa. That came out of nowhere.

Wow.

[rodeodance]

76. when a hawkish Dems turns---people are smart enough to listen!

[ncrainbowgrrl]

58. What's up with Weldon tonight?

He's sounding almost reasonable. Have I been watching too much C-SPAN? Am I going crazy?

[Roxy66]

64. I think it's a show

[LSK]

60. the star of the show is up now

Heres Murtha!

[RepublicanElephant]

61. am i hearing things? a reasonable repub who wants dubya to meet with...

murtha?

he's truly the man of the hour.

[Coexist]

63. I must be sleepwalking.

jeepers.

[KerryOn]

66. We are in a Civil War....

Think about it?

The only difference is they are not using guns. I posted last night that I would not be surprised if they start throwing punches soon.

Today it almost happened.

[rodeodance]

71. M. saying that 45% of Iraqi think OK to kill US troops. um...

[Sydnie]

74. I posted that in the first thread (I think) of this sham today

I honestly thought someone was going to get knocked out this afternoon.

You're right, we are in a civil war ... for civil rights, for personal freedoms and for the future of our own country ... and it is happening on C-SPAN this time instead of ABC, NBC, and CBS.

[LSK]

67. INSURGENCY

That is the key. They want us to go. End of story.

[Coexist]

70. Murtha is shutting them all up

I hope they feel ashamed.

[Stand and Fight]

68. Curt Weldon (R) says the right thing --

"It is a shame that Mr. Murtha had to wait for five months for a response from the White House... The president ought to sit down and have a talk with Mr. Murtha..."

Wow... You don't say, Weldon? Did you lose your packets of kool-aid old chap?

[rodeodance]

72. 4 to 1 says Murtha--calls to his office--for some direction on this war.

[Coexist]

75. "The war is not going as advertised" I love that line! nt

[rodeodance]

79. I really wish all of America was listening!

[The Witch]

77. How can anyone listen to this and not be moved.

This is the most amazing speech ever.

I feel like I'm watching history.

Please, let him stir some hearts of stone tonight.

Let's bring our brothers and sisters and mothers and fathers and daughters and sons home!

Please!

[annabanana]

78. Those gravestones don't say Democrat or Republican..

They say American.

(standing O, both sides)

[rodeodance]

82. he is talking of how silly and arrogant the WH was about going into war.

[understandinglife]

80. Finally....I am weeping as I type....finally is all I can manage ...

Peace.

[Sydnie]

91. I am right there with you UL ... pass the tisues please

:hug:

[Idioteque]

81. The Republicans don't know what they've done...

By calling this vote, they've just started the beginning of the end of the war.

[Sydnie]

83. I hope so ... I pray so ... I need it to be so. n/t

[rodeodance]

88. M says what demoralizes the troops is going to war without the right

equipment. etc. etc.

[erinlough]

85. I totally agree. This is going to hurt, not help republicans. n/t

[stepnw1f]

87. yup

[LSK]

84. this is the moment we get our country back

Please please.

[stepnw1f]

92. Never Ask...

for what was already given to you, me and everybody on DU right now. People died for what belongs to all of us. And before that, creation itself, gave us that right from birth.

[The Witch]

86. he's repeating his speech... and it's a good speech.

but will he be attacked for that?

[rodeodance]

89. he is real concerned about the current state of our military.

[rodeodance]

94. says our ground equipment is worn out!! 50Billion$$ needed and he does

NOT know where it will come from.

[skooooo]

90. So this is still live?

I wasn't sure...

[LSK]

93. yes

[ncrainbowgrrl]

96. yep. Still live. Past *'s bedtime though...

think he's watching?

[Sydnie]

98. yes, very much so n/t

[uppityperson]

95. If they do, they will look like the vengeful fools they are.

[Coexist]

99. Murtha is schooling us all on the situation of our military

and how things really stand.

Damn.

[RepublicanElephant]

101. repubs look stupid, sitting on their hands when murtha talks about...

...bi-partisanship.

[LSK]

102. new thread time

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5400798

[ncrainbowgrrl]

103. Locking- please use thread #7

Thanks, y'all