Filibuster-mania: Socialist Bernie Sanders blocks Senate tax deal
It’s hour five of FiliBernie! — the class war demagogue Bernie Sanders’ filibuster of the tax deal on the Senate floor.
You can watch it streaming live at C-SPAN.
Democrat Sen. Mary Landrieu joined in briefly to declare that while she hasn’t taken a stand on the bill, she’ll vote “loudly” however she decides.
Ok.
My question is whether any Republicans can get it on the action and provide some counterbalance. The “Wall Street greed” diatribes are getting noxious.
Just waiting for Sanders to drag out Democrat Rep. Joe Crowley’s photo of Leona Helmsley’s dog. 3,2,1…
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Update 2:34pm Eastern. Sanders just called America’s wealth producers “crybabies.” Is Senate GOP going to let this go unanswered?
“Greed…greed…greed”
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Earth to Bernie…… socialism fails every time because people won’t produce for a gov that steals. We don’t work for you and your social programs. You work for us and your job performance stinks.
go Bernie go…please waste as much time as necessary to keep the senate bottled up.
This will be fixed by 10 am January 6th.
I agree, go Bernie, I’d rather have the tax rate go up than have them pass amnesty, or any of their other “dreams”.
He is reading from A. Huffington’s book now…his very good friend…
I tend to agree. Keep the DREAM Act off the schedule for a while. Talk Bernie, talk some more.
Bernie, you’re fired. – J S Ragman, with apologies to the Donald.
These socialist morons actually believe that if the tax rate was 100%, the tax revenue would go up. They have no comprehension of the Laffer Curve or the fact that if a worker has 100% taken from him in taxes, he’ll just stop working. If you take 100% from business, they’ll close down. The more you raise the tax rates the greater the chance that revenue will drop because the tax payers will just stop. Everything.
Repeal the 16th amendment and pass the FairTax.
Oy vey, Bernie. Move back to your kibbutz.
Bernie Sanders (channeling John Houseman): “We make money the old-fashioned way, we steel it!”
Bernie just keep blathering till January
Someone get Bernie his Mao jacket to keep him warm and blathering
Although as usual, since the lone self described socialist, although certainly not the only socialist in DC, is talking, it is the behind the camera machinations we need to keep our eyes on.
Bernie the Fish will get the sign from somewhere off stage left when this one man play is over.
Never trust a leftist, no matter what the party designation
Somehow I figure the only ones that would be allowed to speak would probably agree with Bernie (i.e. Snow, Collins, etc…)
steel = steal (slap!)
The bastard taught at Harvard. Go figure…..
I’m getting very tired of this. If Washington can’t get by on the 35% of my income and profits and all the other taxes I pay; car tax, real estate taxes, etc., etc., then that is no longer my problem, it’s Washington’s problem. Spend less!! When I was a stay at home mom, raising my four children, I had to fit the household budget to meet my husband’s income. If I had started whining that I needed more, I knew what the answer would be. The crybabies are those who think that Washington is still not getting enough, they need disabusing of that notion.
I see that the Senate is up to it’s usual bribes for votes again as Reid makes sure that there are some in the tax cut extension bill:
Makes me wonder whether or not the R’s will filibuster this bill come Monday or if they will still vote Yea on it?
My guess is yes.
Why aren’t they asking the Dems why they are trying to take unemployment from the people right here at Christmas time?
Go, Bernie!! This is nothing but a larded-up grabbag of Democrat goodies and pork, with the usual Republican suspects signing off on it. Nothing good in it but a temporary extension of the Bush tax cuts. It isn’t worth it. Get them out of town and let the Republican House take up the tax extension next year.
‘Fess up. You heard Rush say that, didn’t you?
The Republicans will let the Dems play out the clock and then take a knee when they get the ball.
I say let the filibuster go on, when he’s done, DeMint can take over. Tie the Senate in knots so nothing gets passed. I don’t trust anything coming out of this Congress. Let the new Congress straighten out the mess* left by Pelosi and Reid.
(*as much as humanly possible)
Senator Mitch McConnell (R – KY) Minority Leader – You, sir, are a CO-FAILURE of the highest degree
Representative John Boehner (R – OH) incoming Speaker of the House – You, sir, are a CO-FAILURE of the highest degree
These two bozos have said nothing and done nothing to stop this Democrat scam. I believe it was these two who told their (liberal) wealthy donors that they would not oppose Obama’s health care agenda.
Instead of Tea Party hero Michele Bachmann, we have an empty suit RINO running the House minority without a purpose.
AmericaFirst,
You forgot my Congressman, 2nd fiddle of the GOP House “leadership”, Eric Can’t/or(won’t). He’s had a spinectomy since rising to “leadership”. It may be a requirement for “leadership” in this GOP.
They have learned nothing.
Oh dear, is bernie trying to be Mr. Smith goes to Washington on us? Keep talking till your little vocal cords give up and your bladder explodes you slug slime bernie! You can talk till Dec. 31, 2010 as far as I am concerned to stop anything else coming out of dc.
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Kill this obnoxious bill! I don’t care who does it but do it! The Republicans should join in on the filibuster rebut Sanders’ rants. Retake the initiative by killing this bill for the right reasons, not on a Democratic Party lie.
I agree. What a bunch of idiot morons. This congress is looking more and more like the POLITBURO every day.
Thieves, liars, and bungling fools. Just shut up and go home before I die laughing.
I started to like Bernie a bit after he spearheaded the auditing of the Federal Reserve, but now he’s back on my bad list
All my life I have worked hard and saved so I could enjoy the fruits of my labors as well as pass it on to my children. Long way from a fortune but if it would have been a fortune who the hell says the government is entitled to it? I don’t envy the rich. It’s their money.
Far as I am concerned the Dems and Sanders can fillibluster the whole lame duck session.
Don’t forget, guys, if they don’t pass a bill today, January paychecks will likely have more taxes withheld, and there will be costs associated with switching from the current tax rates to the pre-Bush rates, and then back to the pre-Bush rates.
Back to the current rates, sorry, sleepy today.
You do realize they never intended a vote on the bill today…it is and has been scheduled for Monday.
For the most part this is Reid letting the Dems vent their frustrations today, so hopefully they will vote for it on Monday.
There are plenty of costs that we will all burden within the bill itself. As I posted earlier there has been tons of earmarks added to this bill to get votes. I would rather deal with the costs of having to switch back and forth with the tax rates then to be stuck with a long term crap sandwhich I have to digest for years!
Bernie isn’t a Democrat, but now an Independent formerly the Senate’s only registered Socialist. The most progressive people in the Senate (on economic policy) have drawn their proverbial ‘line in the sand’ and will not willingly go along with this tax agreement they were not even consulted in, in making. Obama *ASSumed* that he could get all on the Dem/left side of Congress to go along, but he miscalculated that some of the strongest opposition to his tax cut deal would come from those very close to his own ‘camp’ of thinking… I doubt Reid had much to do with Sanders filibuster if anything.
Perhaps I am alone in thinking this; but I think the topic of this thread is an example of one our domestic enemies.
Sorry, but our country is approaching, if not already in, existential crisis; and it’s time to speak honestly and truthfully.
While I think the extension of the cuts is important, if Bernie wants to freeze this dangerous lame duck in place until it passes away, I’m definitely for that!
First Do No Harm. Government in Gridlock Governs Best!
“Tax the rich,” hah. A lot of the wealth in this country is GONE! One may make $XK per year, but their net worth is now a ton less thanks to Freddie, Fannie, Wall Street, credit default swaps, bank failures and the Madoff types. Not to mention the overall slide of the economy as a result. Both parties are screwing this up. And BTW – when will they get to CUTTING SPENDING?!
You are not alone, granite. Bernie’s a wart on America’s backside.
*Keep at it Bernie, go all the way to Christmas; This will stop the Dream Act from coming up, and there couldn’t be a better gift than that!
Michelle Bachmann’s getting irritated. This SOB’s filibustering is holding up her transportation project funding.
dateline – Kentucky
Colonel Harlan Sanders admits that; “Cousin Bernie has been gettin’into my 11 secret herbs and spices.”
Bernie is the most honest member of Congress. He’s a socialist and is proud to not only admit it, but to proclaim it and campaign as one. I’d love to see him defeated, but Vermont may be the only state in the country where the population is nearing 100% Marxist. However, in the current situation, he’s in the position of being one really useful idiot, and I’ll cheer him as long as he maintains his filibuster, no matter how much I detest the content of what he’s saying.
I agree that Obama thought that he could just tell the Dems/Lefties to vote for it and they would. What I am pointing out is that Reid had already scheduled a vote for Monday meaning this fillibuster is more of a show than anything.
Reid figures let Bernie, and any other Dems/Lefities, vent today and possibly over the weekend so come Monday they will go along with the vote. He figures if he lets them have their moment now it will help him to hold things together next year when every Dem/Left vote will not be able to be spared.
I dont know if this thinking will work, but that is what I figure is going on….why else has Reid not called for a cloture vote to end the fillibuster?
Well, the Sock Puppet/Bubba show is on and I had to turn the channel to snow. I did listen to Bubba spew about him making so much money and not paying his fair share under the extension of the Bush Tax Cuts. Memo to Bubba: Right on the IRS web site is a address and all the information you need to write a check to the United States as a gift.
Clinton is on Fox for the president. He is saying the deal is a good one, and he is asking the ”dems to vote for it.
He is doing the speaking about all the stuff that Obama doesn’t have the know how to speak about. He is saying that this deal is a great one. Blah blah. Obama is standing by grinning like a puppy dog with his master telling him he’s a good boy..UNBELIEVEABLE!!! He is even talking about foreign policy. Obama is leaving for a party, and leaving it to ‘Clinton!!
That Landrieu is a piece of work. I saw her pontificating on Greta last night making the usual wrongheaded assumptions about taxes and wealth and just talking over any objections to her ridiculous thinking.
She made an interesting remark that shows her true colors when she said her constituents told her that they don’t mind paying when people are in need but when the economy is good, can’t the government give a lttle back.
Note she already took their money and she decides whether to give them any. This is the mantra, its the governments money and they just let you keep some. They decide how much to give you and how much the government will keep. Totally bass ackwards.
Plus, what economic reason or study that supports the “million dollar” mark where people should pay more? Or did she just pull that number out of her arse because she can use it for class warfare? What a loser.
I’ll give him that. He’s honest about it.
LOL, not surprised really. What does Clinton know? Under Clinton (primarily), the US enacted two of the most harmful trade policies that helped usher the destruction of the US economy: NAFTA and liberalization of trade with China.
He is very much part of the problem, not the solution.
I can never keep those muppets straight–is that ‘Statler’ or ‘Waldorf’?
Great strategy to stall the vote on the DREAM Act!!!! And all other bills before this corrupt Senate led by Reid.
Go Bernie!!!
She and Patty Murray should be a guest tag-team on “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader?”
Mr. Hamilton: I want a Waldorf Salad.
Basil Fawlty: [Waldorf Salad is not on the menu] I beg your pardon?
Mr. Hamilton: Get me a Waldorf Salad.
Basil Fawlty: Well, I think we just ran out of Waldorfs!
Hey, I’ll chip in for pizza if it will keep this guy keeps talking. I’m with those of you who think we should filibuster the lame duck, go home and start over in January.
PhredE
I agree with you about Clinton. I was just surprised that Obama would call him for a pep rally, and turn over the entire presser to Clinton, to brag on him and hispolicies, and then of all things take off to go to a party!!
Actually, nothing these people do shuld surprise me!
And he won as one. Vermont is as bad as Kalifornia if they actually choose a socialist/communist as their Senator.
I saw what happened in Communist Russia. They called themselves Socialists (USSR).
Tell me Bernie, how many people will you kill to get your utopian society? Stalin and Lenin killed millions of people to make it happen. So did Mao. How many are you willing to kill?
Everyone please excuse the goofs in typing. I have my keyboard on my lap, along with a Chihuahua. Not a great combination!
What a perfect time to tag-team over to Jim Demint – and have him start reading Atlas Shrugged!
I didn’t know Chihuahuas could type. They must use the hunt and peck method with their claws. No wonder they have typos.
Hi Tanya, oh, I know. I was merely pointing that out for the lurkers and opposition here. Say ‘Hi’ and give a big scratch behind the ears for me to the pup for me.
I guess this means that Hillary is running in 2012. Bill be running the WH for the next 2 years “triangulating” while the TOTUS vacations.
What a gig being Prez is turning out to be for the TOTUS. He turns everything over to Pelosi for the first two years then hands it off to BJ Clinton for the final two years. Brilliant!
This idiot can keep blabbering until the ball drops in Times Square. The new congress will then take up and fix whats broken. Then hopefully do little else until Obama is gone.
I will say this though….. where’s a Republican with a spine when you need one?
TBone,
I don’t allow her to type, she would hog the whole thing.She’s tiny, buat such a little diva.
I understand the record, 21 hours and change, was set by Strom Thurmond. I also understand it will be voted on Monday. Other than making a stand on principle, which as a self confessed socialist I cannot see him having anyway……what’s the point?
I realize that this is a long shot but is it possible that Obama is about to step down? The symbolism of leaving BJ alone on the podium as he leaves for the WH Xmas party is pretty damning. Kind of invites the question doesn’t it?
This Socialist screed is tiresome, indeed.
Capitalism succeeds because it doesn’t seek to change human nature.
Bernie Sanders imagines himself to be morally superior by advocating higher rates of government theft from those who already pay 70+% of the total tax burden.
Right, because it’s not like people in government ever get greedy or anything.
That isn’t a long shot. A long shot is trying to win the lottery. This is more like the odds against a bolt of lightning striking the ocean and spontaneously creating life.
I wonder why Bill doesn’t just run instead. The Dems proved that they can’t get all that excited about Hillary. But Bill knows how to play them. Even the Black Caucus would run to Bill.
Oh, and for proof this whole Democratic Angst is a sham: The Black Caucus voted against Obama.
+1!
Something interesting, Phil, you’re apparently not alone:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2640861/posts
It was almost as though an abdication to the Clintons had taken place…
There was Bill in the WH briefing room telling the reporters that to better understand the current situation they needed to look back to a speech given by FDR at Choate “before he got polio” in 1927 analyzing the challenges for “progressives”…
Personally, I don’t think Owebowmao’s ego will let him quit. He’s not done “transforming” us yet.
If Hillary wants the nomination in 2012, she’ll leave as SoS sometime next year to set up a run. I don’t think she will, but if she does, it will be nastier than last time, bet on it.
For the Rs, is it more important to have a pair of cojones than a spine ?
Talking about lame-duck, it must be great to be M Steele, travel around the country on a paid book tour and then sit at home with a RNC hotshot title while the paychecks get direct deposited.
I had such high hopes from him.
Dam, I used that word HOPE while referring to a Republican.
Just how “United” do we wish to be with people who would send a Bernie Sanders to the Senate?
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Let your sidearm be like American Express:
Don’t Leave home without it.
Resistance is mandatory
What a beautiful display of how socialists are the most greedy, selfish, and narcissistic people in existence.
I despise Bernie, my rep. DeFazed of Or. is a proclaimed socialist also, I say talk, talk, talk till the new year is here. As Mark Levin said the country won’t fall apart in 2 months.
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McConnell must not have noticed the election last month, we’ll have to wait till ’14 to nail him to the wall. I did send him a reminder of this, not the it will do any good. He’s no more than a “good ol pal” repukian. Another waste of good air.
how’s that she’s not Senator? and by the way she spells her name with one “l”.
Fawlty Towers FTW! Loved that show!