They're Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

[tannybogus]

Thought Congress had Adjourned? GOP Lawmakers to Return for Energy Debate

ABC News' Viviana Hurtado Reports: House Republicans tell ABC News that at least 30 members of Congress, emboldened by Barack Obama's "shift" on off shore drilling, are flying back to DC from their Districts today and tomorrow to attend a special debate on energy policy. This "session" is scheduled for Monday, August 4th beginning at 10 am ET. As expected, no Democrats will participate.

One House Republican says, "I'm a 25 year veteran of the U.S. Congress, and I've never seen anything like this."

GOP members say they would not be holding this debate tomorrow, if the Democratic nominee had not modified his position on off shore drilling.

They believe that with Obama and his Republican opponent John McCain, appearing to be in "agreement" about off shore drilling, then Speaker Nancy Pelosi should recall the Congress from recess, and put an energy bill on the floor in August.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/thought-congres.html

[cliffordu]

1. Are we through some kind of looking glass here?? 90 days before the election

and these fucking idiots try to become relevant NOW???

[Skittles]

2. didn't this happen for Schiavo?

[yourout]

3. What bile crap.........this whole theatrical exercise is just a waste of taxpayer money......

designed to take a shot at Obama while lining the pockets of big oil.

How many tax dollars are going towards the travel for this bullshit.

[JackBeck]

4. As long as they're not home fundraising.

Nice to see them already treating Obama as the President.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Lawmakers need to spend some time with their constituents...

...that is usually done in August.

Americans have been anxiously awaiting this time and now the GOP want to hide out in Washington?

Fuck them, Congresscritters are supposed to come home so we can give them a piece of our minds.

Is that why the GOPhers are reluctant to come home? So they don't have to face the people?

I thought the GOP were the ones who bitched when Pelosi wanted to go to a five-day work-week? Now they want to work through their vacations?

Chickenshits.

[JackBeck]

7. Excellent observation.

:yourock:

[ColbertWatcher]

8. Thank you. n/t

[gratuitous]

6. Without a call back to session, this is just another temper tantrum

But that's fine. Every Democratic challenger to these spoiled brat garbanzos should be sure to explain in very fine detail that instead of talking to voters in August, their Republican representative is sitting in a darkened House of Representatives, yammering about how they can help the oil companies some more. And golly, don't you feel like it's time we helped the beleaguered oil companies struggle back to their feet again? Because you, Representative Scalyskin's constituents, don't matter to him nearly as much as Exxon's profits.

[ConsAreLiars]

9. Damn, they seem determined to give drama queens a bad name.

I'm sure they will fail since no number of insane, foaming-at-the-mouth suits who lack any sense of humor will ever compete in the same arena.