The Trouble With Democrat Men
they're checking them at the door of Nancy's house...apparently
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Or so you would assume, if Vice President Dick Cheney is to be believed. And, given that he watches these formerly-known-as-men-turned-metrosexuals in ACTION on a daily basis, I'm hard pressed to see where I could disagree with his assertions that:
Murtha "and the other senior leaders...march to the tune of Nancy Pelosi to an extent I had not seen, frankly, with any previous speaker," Cheney said. "I’m trying to think how to say all of this in a gentlemanly fashion, but [in] the Congress I served in, that wouldn’t have happened."
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"They’ve produced absolutely nothing that I can see that’s of benefit or consistent with the promises that they made when they went out and ran for election."
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"I don’t think they’re doing all that well. That probably wouldn’t surprise anybody. I just think — I think if you look at the track record on what they’ve been able to move, on important items that are sort of basic, need-to-do-every-year kinds of things, like the appropriations process, I think the record is pretty dismal."
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"The refusal to move the war supplemental to support the troops until after the first of the year is a mistake. I say that in part as a former secretary of defense.It’s a terrible way to run a railroad. I’m, frankly, surprised at why, after all of the efforts they’ve made to try to hook up various provisions on Iraq to the spending bill, they’ve been unsuccessful.
I’m puzzled why they are so wedded to their political view that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid [the Senate majority leader] aren’t going to move that legislation — said ‘absolutely not, there won’t be another vote on this matter in this Congress.
As Politico highlights, Cheney - when asked if 'these men had lost their spines' - said this:
They are not carrying the big sticks I would have expected.
I'll leave that hang where it may...
God am I gonna miss that man.
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As CS Lewis would say, they are "men without chests." Not only do they not have the strength of their convictions,... they aren't even sure what their convictions are.
That's one of the many reasons I love the Founding Fathers. Those guys had HUGE sticks.
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“It must not be supposed that folly is as powerful as truth,
just because it can, if it likes, shout louder and longer than truth.”
--Augustine
Think you might have an oxymoron in your title, though.
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Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
haystack's 12th:
Conservatives (and Presidential Candidates especially) shall offer no aid and comfort to the opposition in times of legislative conflict (and ensuing political campaigns).
He is the true "Consistent Conservative".
If the GOP wins in 2008, Cheney should be brought back into the fold. If you really want Democrat heads to explode, nominate him for another tour as SecDef. I also wouldn't mind seeing him head to Turtle Bay to raise hell at the UN.
rick554
I'm all in favor of keeping this fine man in government, but alas I dont think he wants to keep going. HOWEVER, Mary Cheny is a chip off the old man's block. She's the one to watch if things go well next year. We need people like her!!
My eyes!!! My eyes!!! Stop the bleeding!!!
This piece brings to mind a certain insult volleyed about in the Ozarks about being [cat in boots] whipped. (I won't use the actual term, because it is pretty vulgar and this is a family site!) And now we have the cat and the whip in living color, documented for all to see.
How humiliating for the "men" in Congress.
I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful 100 percent.
"they do have not big sticks" I said it in a more unflattering way but the jist is the same.
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