So they would rather pander to 14,000 wind dings than do their jobs?

How surprising.

I'll check back tonight -- gotta travel today (see if I can make the country line ahead of the sheriff and his pack of sniffer dawgs) -- to see how many on the Riiight emerge to condemn these slackards. I recall considerabe heat emanating from their huts over votes-missed counts when politicians of a different political persuasion were involved.

When it's a choice between strengthening the Patriot Act, or showing up for the Tea Party Patriots, what's a GOP lawmaker to do? We'll give you one guess...

I'm actually kinda glad they didn't participate in strengthening the patriot act...I'd really love to hear their reason why and then take a look at their voting records though.

I thought you libbies hated the Patriot Act. Now you're criticizing reps for not "strengthening" it?

And what's the diff anyhow? The Dems run everything--you and your PelosiReidBidenBoxer and Air America crowd have made it clear this is your show. Repubs shouldn't bother to show up at all.

"I'm actually kinda glad they didn't participate in strengthening the patriot act.."

Damn straight. I'd much rather see them go to teabagging ceremonies then "strengthen" that Orwellian-named "Patriot Act".

Repubs shouldn't bother to show up at all.

#4 | Posted by rightisright at 2009-11-07 09:59 AM

I agree. Why start now?

One measure, offered by Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the ranking Republican on the committee, would have extended the "lone wolf" provisions of the Act, which would allow the FBI to surveil or search foreign nationals even if it can't be shown that the person is an agent of a foreign power. Many believe that had this been in effect before 9/11, the FBI might have caught Zacarias Moussaoui. And Republicans had said that extending the lone wolf provision this time around was crucial to protecting national security. Even some Democrats supported the measure, giving it a good chance of passage. But it failed by a single vote, 15-15. Reps. King and Gohmert were absent.

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And a third, brought by Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL), which would have bolstered the ability of local law enforcement to use a device that records phone numbers from a particular phone, failed by 12 to 10, with King, Gohmert, Jordan, Poe, and Franks all absent. (A subsequent amendment that did essentially the same thing later passed, it's worth noting.)

So, which of those two laws would you libbies have wanted passed?

How 'bout you, Doc?

But doesn't this make them traitors?

OCU

"I thought you libbies hated the Patriot Act. Now you're criticizing reps for not "strengthening" it?"

Nice (but lame) attempted deflection. (Problem: Poorly thought through, ineffeftively executed.)

This thread isn't about the Patriot Act. It's about missing votes in Congress.

That was a BIG deal with GOPers when it came to Kerry and Obama. When it comes to office-holding GOPers? Well, not so much.

LOL