Schumer: Surrender to one-party rule or else; Update: Against one-party rule before he was for it

By Michelle Malkin  •  October 29, 2008 05:18 PM

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Nancy Pelosi promises that total Democrat control will mean a Congress that is the most “bipartisan” ever. (link) Now, Sen. Chuck Schumer tells us that American cannot afford anything other than complete one-party rule.

Via CongressDaily:

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Charles Schumer of New York today argued that in the current climate a politically divided government is a bad thing. He was seeking to counter a closing GOP argument that voters should not give Democrats control of the White House, the House and a potentially filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. “They can’t win on domestic policy; they can’t win on foreign policy; they can’t win on sort of trying to tag our candidates; so the latest theme is, ‘Oh, let’s have some balance in government. Let’s have divided government,’ ” Schumer said at a press briefing. “Our view is very simple, and that is Republican senators, Republican incumbents aren’t for checks and balances. They’re for blocking change and backing [President] Bush.”

The National Republican Senatorial Committee has made an argument against a filibuster-proof majority in a handful of its races, and the theme is making its way into some of the closing TV ads for Republican senators, particularly in North Carolina and Kentucky, which have long leaned to the right. In Kentucky, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney sent a fundraising appeal on behalf of Minority Leader McConnell arguing that should Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama be elected president, Republicans need to preserve some semblance of control in the Senate. “We believe Americans don’t agree with Democrats that one-party rule is OK,” said a NRSC spokeswoman. “If Democrats control all branches of government, there are no checks and balances, there’s no debate and Democrats are beholden to radical liberal special interests.”

This is a “Kneel before Zod!” moment, people:

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A reader notes:

So he does not stand by his earlier statement?

Chuck Schumer on a one party rule (FOX News Sunday, 4/10/05):

“And again, you can’t just have one-party rule here.”

“The point is that there have to be checks and balances here. A check and a balance does not necessarily always mean a majority vote. We have 60 votes before you can do certain kinds of spending increases. The Senate is always supposed to be, Chris, the cooling saucer.”

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  1. #1
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:25 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Biden… the 4 horsemen!

  2. #2
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:25 pm, FilmLadd said:

    Yes! Zod! Gotta love the 80′s Superman references.

  3. #3
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:25 pm, WhereAreMyKeys said:

    I’m more worried about a Pelosi/Reid Capitol Hill than I am about an Obama Presidency.

    Remember Nancy’s “First 100 hours”? That will pale in comparison to what the first 100 hours will look like come January.

    Ugh.

    Where Are My Keys?

  4. #4
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:26 pm, brooklyn red said:

    Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Biden… the 4 horsemen!

    Schumer, what the horses left behind…

  5. #5
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:26 pm, tre said:

    The Carter years and Clinton’s first term showed what Dem’s do when they’re in control.

    Case closed.

    Granted, the Republican’s do need to come to their senses, but they’re still better than Dem’s.

  6. #6
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:27 pm, jdubya said:

    My prediction:

    Schumer, Pelosi, Frank, Dodd, Waters, Rangel, etc. won’t be around to see their political wet dreams come to fruition.

    These tools cannot hold power and maintain it for any period of time. They will fail. They always do.

  7. #7
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:27 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    “Our view is very simple, and that is Republican senators, Republican incumbents aren’t for checks and balances. They’re for blocking change and backing [President] Bush.”

    What an ass. He conveniently omits the fact that DEMOCRATS blocked bill after bill and judicial appt after judicial appt. Doesn’t he remember some Republicans threatening the NUCLEAR option by eliminating the filibuster?

    They were doing that because of the complete obstructionist behavior of the democrats.

    Hey Schumer. Kiss My A$$ buddy. You are so full of it, it’s coming out your ears.

  8. #8
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:27 pm, d1carter said:

    Lie, lie big, lie often…It is the BO way.

  9. #9
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:28 pm, tre said:

    Schumer, what the horses asses are left behind…

    Fixed it for you, Brooklyn.

  10. #10
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:29 pm, vickisoup said:

    Frightening. They are the most power- hungry Congress ever, that’s for sure.
    :shock:

  11. #11
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:29 pm, Paul Revere said:

    Chuck Schumer is a total ass. He and his sugar baby, Kay Hagan, down here in NC are vewwy, vewwy mad at Elizabeth Dole for daring to bring up religion! Chuckie poo is sooooooo sure Senator Dole is toast. I can’t wait to see his mug on camera election night (and you know he’ll find one) screaming about a stolen election. F U Schumer and Hagan!

  12. #12
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:32 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    I must say that having the “Superman” theme playing in my head is
    better than the “Sanford and Son” theme!

  13. #13
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:32 pm, sonofdy said:

    ZOD FOR PRESIDENT!!!!

    ALL HAIL ZOD!!!

  14. #14
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:32 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Remember Nancy’s “First 100 hours”? That will pale in comparison to what the first 100 hours will look like come JanuaryNovember 5th

    IF TEH ONE is elected they ain’t waiting for January.

  15. #15
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:33 pm, brooklyn red said:

    vickisoup re:
    Frightening. They are the most power- hungry Congress ever,

    perhaps they will turn on each other…

  16. #16
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:37 pm, sonofdy said:

    http://www.zod2008.com/

    You have nothing to lose but your freedom!!!

    ZOD 2008. (He doesn’t need a vp)

  17. #17
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:41 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    perhaps they will turn on each other…

    Only if they lose big time. Then watch the fun begin!

  18. #18
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:43 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On a more serious note, the House of Representatives was turned on its ear for five weeks this summer (it was sooo cool to sit on the House floor with some of my family!)

    The DemoNcratic Socialist Communists know that voters are mad about gas prices and their attempts to prevent the USA from becomming Energy Independent. (Heck, we could even become an oil EXPORTER, since we have over three times as much oil as Saudi Arabia!)

    Why are the Democrat[ic Socialist Communist]s allowing Communist and Muslim countries (Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, etc.) to get RICH from oil, while we are blocked from accessing our own oil & natural gas and kept enslaved to those countries? The answer is easy to see. Remember Comrade Pelosi dressed in Palestinian garb?

    I have a hard time believing that simple supply/demand economics has brought the price of gas down so dramatically right before an election.

    WHO IS MANIPULATING GAS PRICES in an attempt to help Democrats?

    DRILL HERE! DRILL NOW! DRILL ANWR!

  19. #19
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:43 pm, sonofdy said:

    vickisoup re:
    Frightening. They are the most power- hungry Congress ever,

    perhaps they will turn on each other…

    That happens in every monolithic political structure.

  20. #20
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:45 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:
  21. #21
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:46 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Is Washington, D.C. a “sister city” of Moscow?

  22. #22
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:47 pm, Hangfire said:

    Useless bastard! If I was in a crowded lifeboat, and we had to resort to cannibalism to stay alive, I know he’d be the first I would fillet.

  23. #23
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:49 pm, sausage said:

    They are the most power- hungry Congress ever, that’s for sure.

    Politicians being power hungry? Never!

    /agree that total Democratic domination is not a good thing

    //love Zod.

  24. #24
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:50 pm, Hangfire said:

    Schumer makes Alan Colmes look like John Wayne.

  25. #25
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:51 pm, zyzzyg said:

    As scary as this thought is, should the Democrats actually win the Presidency, House and Senate (60+), it will be up to a Pres Obama to keep the them in line.

  26. #26
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:53 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    (Not new, but highly appropriate here)

    A Man of Integrity Speaks: Orson Scott Card is a Democrat and a newspaper columnist, and in this opinion piece he takes on both while lamenting the current state of journalism:

    These are facts. This financial crisis was completely preventable. The party that blocked any attempt to prevent it was … the Democratic Party. The party that tried to prevent it was … the Republican Party.

    Yet when Nancy Pelosi accused the Bush administration and Republican deregulation of causing the crisis, you in the press did not hold her to account for her lie. Instead, you criticized Republicans who took offense at this lie and refused to vote for the bailout!

    What? It’s not the liar, but the victims of the lie who are to blame?

    Now let’s follow the money … right to the presidential candidate who is the number-two recipient of campaign contributions from Fannie Mae.

    If you who produce our local daily paper had any personal honor, you would find it unbearable to let the American people believe that somehow Republicans were to blame for this crisis.

  27. #27
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:53 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    I do recall that it was the Democrats who blocked just about everything Bush wanted to do – including his cabinet picks, judges, appointments, legislation, etc.

    It’s the Democrats who are the party of “NO”

  28. #28
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:54 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    ITookTheRedPill said:
    Is Washington, D.C. a “sister city” of Moscow?

    No. But not so strangely, Beijing, PRC IS!

  29. #29
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:56 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    I believe this is the election where we turn the tide and finally heed
    Joe McCarthy’s warnings to rid our government of Communists.

    They’re running scared, and the best defense is a good offense.

    Don’t believe Schumer’s B.S.

  30. #30
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:56 pm, txvet2 said:

    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:50 pm, Hangfire said:

    Schumer makes Alan Colmes look like John Wayne.

    Nothing could make Alan Colmes look like John Wayne. Maybe Gene Wilder in Blazing Saddles?

  31. #31
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:56 pm, Bud Fox said:

    Schumer reminds me of a certain character from a certain Shakespearean play who wants his pound of flesh.

  32. #32
    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:56 pm, backwoods conservative said:

    As I recall, when the Democrats were the minority party in Congress they argued that they should get their way because the Constitution set things up to avoid a “tyranny of the majority.” Therefore, in order to practice what they preach, they should be prepared to win the election and let the Republicans run the government.

  33. #33
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:00 pm, sfcmac said:

    Schumer is indicative of just how unhinged and nihilist the left has become. Unfortunately, they keep getting re-elected by equally unconscionable constituents.

  34. #34
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:01 pm, Azygos said:

    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:25 pm, Dexter Alarius said:
    Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Biden… the 4 horsemen!

    Well. they are at least one end of the horse anyway.

  35. #35
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:01 pm, brooklyn red said:

    sonofdy re:That happens in every monolithic political structure.

    yes, & I am counting it…

  36. #36
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:02 pm, Drews2Cents said:

    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:26 pm, brooklyn red said:
    Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Biden… the 4 horsemen!

    P.R.O.B.

    We are getting PROBed where the sun don’t shine…

  37. #37
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:03 pm, shooter said:

    ZOD in Kenya/ swahili = obama
    hussein in Kiswahili= ZOD
    ZOD in Bantu = ZerObamaD

    so there.

  38. #38
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:03 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:54 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    ITookTheRedPill said:

    Is Washington, D.C. a “sister city” of Moscow?

    No. But not so strangely, Beijing, PRC IS!

    Unreal. I was joking, but I see you’re right.

    Well, that could be seen as further evidence of my belief that there are actually two different groups of communists competing for control of our government:

    ChiComs–>USA<–RusComs

  39. #39
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:06 pm, sonofdy said:

    ZOD’s economic plan.

    http://www.zod2008.com/

    All personal debt and equity removed more than two degrees from any personal checking account shall be decreed part of the fantasy market; no different from Monopoly money. It will simply cease to exist. Your business tycoons, bankers, and derivatives brokers will be forced to return to the basics and build a stable foundation for long term riches. I shall impose forced labor for all in return for a fair salary and all of your worldly goods. And with that, you shall give me your eternal allegience.

  40. #40
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:08 pm, magicarb said:

    Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Biden… the 4 horsemen!

    Or, the way Biden (J-O-B-S) counts, the 3 horsemen.

  41. #41
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:09 pm, MrScribbler said:

    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:53 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    It’s the Democrats who are the party of “NO NYET”

    Fify.

  42. #42
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:13 pm, sonofdy said:

    http://www.zod2008.com/1040zod.pdf

    Lord Zods new tax form (Obama might use it if he beats the great and powerfull Zod.)

  43. #43
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:13 pm, Hangfire said:

    If Barry Obama is elected, I will be most distressed by the fact that I’ll be older than the President…….

  44. #44
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:14 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    actually two different groups of communists competing for control of our government:

    While they may not yet actually control the government (yet), they do own too much of our economy.

  45. #45
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:14 pm, FilmLadd said:

    On October 29th, 2008 at 5:53 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    A Man of Integrity Speaks: Orson Scott Card is a Democrat and a newspaper columnist, and in this opinion piece he takes on both while lamenting the current state of journalism

    He’s also a fantastic science fiction writer, don’t forget.

  46. #46
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:15 pm, FilmLadd said:

    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:08 pm, magicarb said:

    Or, the way Biden (J-O-B-S) counts, the 3 horsemen.

    Which of those three is the pale rider? Nancy? Pelosi? Reid?

  47. #47
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:15 pm, FilmLadd said:

    Oops, mentioned Pelosi twice when I meant to say Biden, the palest of the pale.

  48. #48
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:19 pm, Lucifer Jones said:

    Guess what. I think McCain will win. If he does not, then the Dems will destroy themselves, hopefully before they destroy the US.

  49. #49
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:28 pm, localmalcontent said:

    Sniveling creep, that Shumer.

  50. #50
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:28 pm, Henry said:

    Left-wingers are incapable of conspiring because they are all egomaniacs.

    – Norman Mailer

  51. #51
    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:33 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:

    Schumer is scum. He’s always been scum. He will always be scum.

    “Schumer cited as cause of IndyMac failure.”

    ECS

  52. #52
    On October 29th, 2008 at 7:16 pm, SoCal said:

    Zod was cool!

  53. #53
    On October 29th, 2008 at 7:18 pm, txvet2 said:

    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:28 pm, Henry said:

    Left-wingers are incapable of conspiring because they are all egomaniacs.

    – Norman Mailer

    Do you have to be an idiot to be a good writer, or is it just a side effect in some cases?

  54. #54
    On October 29th, 2008 at 7:20 pm, vickisoup said:

    What I’m getting from him is that the Republican members of Congress are completely irrelevant and merely impede the process of achieving the common good and promoting the general welfare.
    He thinks that because he’s an arrogant piece of poo.

  55. #55
    On October 29th, 2008 at 7:56 pm, Terry_Jim said:

    Ten years, and still Senator Putzhead.

  56. #56
    On October 29th, 2008 at 8:21 pm, Flyoverman said:

    These are the occasions that I wish the elecorate had a memory that was longer than the attention span of a three year old.

    Frustrating.

  57. #57
    On October 29th, 2008 at 8:37 pm, love2rumba said:

    The Senate is always supposed to be, Chris, the cooling flying saucer.”

  58. #58
    On October 29th, 2008 at 8:53 pm, Papa Louie said:

    Nancy Pelosi promises that total Democrat control will mean a Congress that is the most “bipartisan” ever.

    By “bipartisan” she means there won’t appear to be any opposition or contention in Congress because Democrats will have the votes to push their agenda through without debate. Just to be safe, she’ll use our money to bribe Republicans to go along with their raid on the treasury. And if some still won’t play ball, they’d better get used to being vegetarians because Nancy will tell them:
    “No pork for you!”

  59. #59
    On October 29th, 2008 at 9:30 pm, sbw999 said:

    I dont think that there should be one party domination. This is a democracy however, and if this is what the majority of voters want** a democrat lock-out of Republicans through a filibuster proof majority, and a socialist in the WH** then so be it. We will reap what we sow.

    It is also sad when the Republicans’ main argument that people should vote for them is that it won’t be good if Democrats control the Congress and the WH. Wow, that’s so inspiring. Thank you John McCain.

  60. #60
    On October 29th, 2008 at 9:39 pm, Donut44 said:

    Lest we all forget we have the republican party to thank for so much of this. Spineless to the end.

    One party rule would not be a far cry from what we have currently and so many on here seem to have the same response as Schumer when it comes to two party rule . . . You will cooperate with the ideology of a vote for Dem or Rep or you are stupid!

    The greatest damage to the liberty of Americans in the last 20 years has come from the republicans who have seen an opportunity to capitalize on the term conservative, when in reality they were merely trying to uphold the status quo of DC and would call themselves whatever is the prevailing buzz term of the party.

    Does anyone really believe that as the ship is sinking that the elite of the GOP will go down with it, or do you think they will be paddling the democrats rescue boat away from the wreckage?

  61. #61
    On October 29th, 2008 at 10:23 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On October 29th, 2008 at 6:13 pm, Hangfire said:

    If Barry Obama is elected, I will be most distressed by the fact that I’ll be older than the President…….

    When I became older than my doctors I gave it up.If Barry Obama is elected more than our egos will suffer.

    If McCain is elected we have the assurance that Governor Palin in next in line.

    One Party rule? That has it’s precedents: Russia, China, Cuber and America for long stretches. I do know people who think we are better off for LBJ, Carter and Clinton. I know people who think they are alien abductes with homing devises in their heads, usually the same people.

  62. #62
    On October 29th, 2008 at 10:24 pm, Papa Louie said:

    Flyoverman said:

    These are the occasions that I wish the elecorate had a memory that was longer than the attention span of a three year old.

    No kidding. The last Democrat to get elected President was from Hope Arkansas. He, too, promised “hope”, “change” and a “middle-class tax cut.” Once elected, he changed his mind and gave us the middle finger instead. His tax cuts became tax increases for everyone.

    Now, Obama is promising the same thing, and people are eating it up. He won’t keep his promise to lower taxes anymore than he kept his promise to accept public financing for his campaign. If people had any kind of memory at all, they would recall that Democrats never keep promises to lower taxes. They always have an excuse ready to go as soon as the election is over.

  63. #63
    On October 30th, 2008 at 1:57 am, PKAmmoTroop said:

    THERE IS NO PELOSI, ONLY ZUUL

  64. #64
    On October 30th, 2008 at 6:29 am, Patrick Chester said:

    THERE IS NO PELOSI, ONLY ZUUL

    What a lovely singing voice you must have…

    As for Schumer, I guess the appropriate response of “you and what army” is probably why Obama wants that civilian national defense force.

  65. #65
    On October 30th, 2008 at 7:56 am, Veretax said:

    The funny thing is as I’m reading that bit from Schumer, I’m not hearing schumer, but Barney Frank with slurred speech and spittle all combined LOL.

  66. #66
    On October 30th, 2008 at 9:48 am, thetoysurgeon said:

    a socialist policy is abhorrent to the British ideas of freedom. Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the object worship of the state. It will prescribe for every one where they are to work, what they are to work at, where they may go and what they may say. Socialism is an attack on the right to breathe freely. No socialist system can be established without a political police. They would have to fall back on some form of Gestapo, no doubt very humanely directed in the first instance

    Winston Churchill

  67. #67
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:13 am, pueblo1032 said:

    In the late 80s I had the good fortune to live in TULSA, OK… One of the favorite bumper stickers of the time come to mind… “Dear LORD, please give me another oil boom, and I promise not to PISS it away”. The DEMS will have a similar bumper sticker after the 2010 ELECTIONS… They have a tendency to SELF DESTRUCT… Always have, always will…

  68. #68
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:41 pm, cheapseat said:

    pelosi ‘BIPARTISANSHIP WILL IMPROVE WHEN WE CONTROL EVERYTHING” shumer “THE REPUBLICANS ARE NOW WANTING DIVIDED GOVERNMENT” reid “THE DO NOTHING CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLICANS NEED TO BE REPLACED” biden “I’VE FORGOTTEN MORE ABOUT FOREIGN AFFAIRS THAN MOST SENATORS KNOW” pelosi (extra credit cause she’s so quotable) “WE NEED TO REPLACE THIS CULTURE OF CORRUPTION” can you say hypocrites.

  69. #69
    On October 30th, 2008 at 1:00 pm, wckelly60 said:

    The American People: “Oh God.”

    Barry Obama: “Zod!”

  70. #70
    On October 30th, 2008 at 1:41 pm, rpg1616 said:

    Pelosi’s promise is almost as convincing as when she promised the Most Ethical Congress Ever.

  71. #71
    On October 30th, 2008 at 6:19 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:

    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:13 am, pueblo1032 said:
    In the late 80s I had the good fortune to live in TULSA, OK.

    Where’d you go? You’re going to miss the Wanenmacher Arms show on the 8th and 9th!

    ECS

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