Comments on: Breaking: Pelosi reportedly moves to shut down House revolt; Tourists fired up!; Pence: “We will be here through the break”

By: Pro-drilling Democrats, please RSVP, ASAP « Republican Party of Jefferson County, TN

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:48:34 +0000

[...] spend copious amounts of money on skyrocketing fuel. Does Nancy Pelosi and her friends care? I don’t think so. Explore posts in the same categories: [...]

By: terryfrank.net » GOP Uprising! Show Your Support!

terryfrank.net » GOP Uprising! Show Your Support! — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:19:05 +0000

[...] on Friday, Michelle Malkin as well as the Politico began following a story on GOP leadership refusing to leave. The uprising [...]

By: Yashmak

Yashmak — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:17:54 +0000

Constituent services is the name of the game for Reps.

-Rusty

It seems to me that what they are trying to do is exactly that. . .serve their constituency. This is the first time in weeks I’ve been proud of our congress. . .at least that portion that has stayed on to do its job.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:52:09 +0000

The ACLU’s Congressional Scorecard has given Pelosi a lifetime rating of 93% for her voting record on civil liberties.

Well, there ya go…

By: Deviant Standard Deviants « So Many Idiots, So Little Time

Deviant Standard Deviants « So Many Idiots, So Little Time — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:34:45 +0000

[...] for summer break, and most Repubs did the same. Only a small handful chose to stick around to “debate” how to solve the energy crisis. (Too little, too late in my opinion; this was mostly for show. So what if it energizes the 40+ [...]

By: A Fun Little Stunt « Tai-Chi Policy

A Fun Little Stunt « Tai-Chi Policy — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:54:29 +0000

[...] House Republicans were immensely popular with the tourists watching the proceedings, and refuse to stop, even when the Democrats tried to turn off the lights and [...]

By: Silent Running » Blog Archive » Call them back, Mr. President

Silent Running » Blog Archive » Call them back, Mr. President — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:38:11 +0000

[...] Republicans, to their credit, temporarily seized the opportunity, and refused to leave until Capitol Security was called later in the day to clear the [...]

By: atheling

atheling — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:37:56 +0000

On August 2nd, 2008 at 8:04 am, sfcmac said:

Though the Republicans made their point, it’s too bad they didn’t plan on doing this for the entire 5 week ‘vacation’. That would be a great way to prove the Democrat’s priorities; leisure comes before the importance of doing their job. The Republicans showed some spine….for awhile, anyway.

I thought they said they would be back during the 5 week break. You don’t expect them to stay over the weekend, do you? Or overnight?

Does anyone know if they will be back, as the caption says?

By: Right Wing Nation » Blog Archive » GOP Working

Right Wing Nation » Blog Archive » GOP Working — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:25:29 +0000

[...] Democrats are at the Mall. Start here, if you are unaware of the GOP revolt yesterday. See here and here for more coverage. Guess a 14 percent approval rating isn’t low enough for [...]

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:04:50 +0000

House GOP takes a stand on drilling – Democrats turn out the lights…

Sorry – I know I’m way behind on this story but Hot Air’s got all the bases covered here, and MM has more here.
It was an excellent idea, showing the GOP were committed to trying to come to a resolution on this issue while Democrats were mo…

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Tapscott: GOP missed opportunity in Capitol Hill rebellion

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:43:06 +0000

[...] on energy. As the protest grew and media coverage expanded, Pelosi made a huge mistake in ordering Capitol Hill police to evict the Republicans from the [...]

By: Boomer

Boomer — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:11:44 +0000

I am disappointed the GOP members went home too and did not spend the next 5 weeks keeping an active presence in OUR house. I don’t care if they just sat in there and read the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, the Federalist Papers, or read from any books or poetry in the same manner of the old classic Mr. Smith goes to Washington. For a brief few moments I had hope something would change. I agree with on-my-soap-box I feel like I need a shower too.

I am not sure if I will stick with calling her royal heinous Queen Pelosi, The Wicked Witch of the West, Reichfurher Pelosi, or as my wife suggested Comrade Peloski. Any way you look at it until this evil obstructionist woman is thrown out as Speaker of the House our Republic is in great peril.

By: Viper1

Viper1 — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:55:37 +0000

Prepare for the next revolution… this may be how it starts..

By: Pasadena Phil

Pasadena Phil — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:11:27 +0000

This could be a breakthrough for Dems too. Pelosi has been unable to coral the new, more conservative Blue Dogs since taking over as Speaker. This could be the opening the Blue Dogs need to change leadership.

The reason Pelosi froze this bill was because the bill was certain to pass because of its popularity among the Blue Dogs and others. That would have been a stern rebuke of her leadership and she was not being offered a face-saving way out. I look for the Blue Dogs to break this stand off which would be a great development for not only the lower ranks of the GOP, but for the equality elitist Democratic party. We may be witnessing the end of Pelosi regardless of what happens in November.

Rep. Donald Manzullo yesterday:

“After relating how his father, an Italian immigrant, came to live in Illinois and own a little grocery store, Manzullo brought the crowd to its feet with this line: “The people of this country are rising up and saying, ‘We want our country back!’”

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0808/GOP_Talkathon_Part_IV_Come_on_Down.html?showall

By: sfcmac

sfcmac — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:04:11 +0000

Though the Republicans made their point, it’s too bad they didn’t plan on doing this for the entire 5 week ‘vacation’. That would be a great way to prove the Democrat’s priorities; leisure comes before the importance of doing their job. The Republicans showed some spine….for awhile, anyway.