Lawerence O'Donnell visibly upset by Dole treatment today.

[Spamature]

Just saw Lawrence O'Donnell's comment on Bob Dole appearance in the senate in support of the international handicapped rights treaty. Even though he's a former Democratic staffer he was really bothered by the way the GOtParty lunatics in the senate absolutely humiliated their former party leader. Well Republicans it's your monster. You created it and set it loose on this country and the world. We can only hope you pay for their sins again and again in many elections to come.

 

[degsme]

They will. This is the end of conservativism for a while. Its about a 60 year pendulum. Coolidge in the 20s, McCarthy in the 50s, Reagan in the 80s..

The only diff is that Reagan figured out how to drive a coalition to victory that had 30 years of staying power unlike McCarthy (though Harding/Coolidge/Hoover was a good 10 year run)

 

[amfh]

Thank you for bringing this to light - I was unaware until I read your post.
Here's a link to the story
http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...e58c7a-3e39-11e2-8a5c-473797be602c_story.html
This makes me mad.
And sad.

 

[Saladin2]

Shameful and embarrassing for America....Much of the world must think America has turned into a bunch of hateful self centered ass holes

 

[NightSwimmer]

Shameful and embarrassing for America....Much of the world must think America has turned into a bunch of hateful self centered ass holes

You know it. I know it...

Bob Dole knows it.

 

[Friday13]

They seem to want to restore the disgust of the world for US during the Bush43 admin...even China signed on to this one. How could reaffirming what is already federal law in US be a threat to US security? They're crazier than I thought.

 

[Saladin2]

Felt sorry for Dole and the wounded vets present...Shameful really...39 Republican ASS HOLES couldn't bring themselves to vote to help the disabled...

 

[NightSwimmer]

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[MaryAnne]

If this does not expose the Republicans for what they are,I am really not sure what will.Disgusting and Degrading.We need a list of those who voted no.

 

[middleview]

I disagree that it reflects badly on conservatives....it speaks to the values of those who control the republican party. They are conservatives in some sense, but do not represent conservatives. The RNC is about power and money....that is it. They pay lip service to conservative values.

 

[NightSwimmer]

I disagree that it reflects badly on conservatives....it speaks to the values of those who control the republican party. They are conservatives in some sense, but do not represent conservatives. The RNC is about power and money....that is it. They pay lip service to conservative values.

Anyone who maintained the belief that the GOP represented conservative values after witnessing the behavior of the radical extremist Republicans under the Bush II administration needs to get their heads examined. The GOP worked fastidiously for many years to denigrate the word "liberal", but in the end, they did far more damage to the word "conservative".

The great irony is that "conservative" had long been a code word for those who didn't want to admit publicly to being a "Republican".

 

[TomFitz]

Score one for the flat earth crowd.

This is the sort of thing that the rest of the world laughs at us about.