Comments on: Hand me a 40 of Mad Bitch http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:33:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ruckus http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/#comment-1577931 Ruckus Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:50:25 +0000 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1577931 @<a href="#comment-1576449" rel="nofollow">J. Michael Neal</a>: Thought that issue had been settled on the second day after the switch was turned on. @J. Michael Neal:
Thought that issue had been settled on the second day after the switch was turned on.

]]> By: Daddy Love http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/#comment-1577277 Daddy Love Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:38:26 +0000 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1577277 Palin 2012 Palin 2012

]]> By: asiangrrlMN http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/#comment-1577239 asiangrrlMN Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:20:32 +0000 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1577239 @<a href="#comment-1576802" rel="nofollow">El Cid</a>: It worked. I will write in El Cid for every ballot from now on! @El Cid: It worked. I will write in El Cid for every ballot from now on!

]]> By: LT http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/#comment-1577152 LT Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:15:39 +0000 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1577152 @<a href="#comment-1577123" rel="nofollow">Warren Terra</a>: Cheers, WT. @Warren Terra: Cheers, WT.

]]> By: Political Pragmatist http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/#comment-1577146 Political Pragmatist Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:12:22 +0000 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1577146 No one seems to have read the transcript. Don't bother, there is nothing in it. Empty. It seems Milbank went to the trouble of trying to find the most snarky, least funny thing he could to answer every question. Like a bad standup on the borscht belt. How do these guys get a column and I can't? No one seems to have read the transcript. Don’t bother, there is nothing in it. Empty. It seems Milbank went to the trouble of trying to find the most snarky, least funny thing he could to answer every question. Like a bad standup on the borscht belt.

How do these guys get a column and I can’t?

]]> By: Warren Terra http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/#comment-1577123 Warren Terra Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:57:52 +0000 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1577123 LT, JC posted about that problem last night. I didn't read the thread; follow the link at the top to the next post ("Pravda"), then the next. Also, try appending "/index.html" to "balloon-juice.com". LT, JC posted about that problem last night. I didn’t read the thread; follow the link at the top to the next post (“Pravda”), then the next.
Also, try appending “/index.html” to “balloon-juice.com”.

]]> By: LT http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/#comment-1577101 LT Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:45:47 +0000 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1577101 John, I'm sure you've heard this plenty, but just in case, y'know? Your site hasn't loaded for me since Sunday. (I often come from the DKos link list, but tried other ways.) Now I hit an Atrios link and get to this post, but when I hit the "Consistently wrong..." link for the home page - nada. Blank screen like before. John,

I’m sure you’ve heard this plenty, but just in case, y’know? Your site hasn’t loaded for me since Sunday. (I often come from the DKos link list, but tried other ways.) Now I hit an Atrios link and get to this post, but when I hit the “Consistently wrong…” link for the home page – nada. Blank screen like before.

]]> By: liberal http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/#comment-1576992 liberal Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:02:05 +0000 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1576992 @<a href="#comment-1576763" rel="nofollow">aimai</a>: <blockquote> If the Dems don’t break the fililbuster rule (somehow) and get the Senate to Majority Rule we are toast. We won’t get to sixty votes in my lifetime and, what’s worse, we won’t learn anything from Republican intransigence. </blockquote> Another problem with not going by plain old majority rule in the Senate is that it's already screwed up because small rural states get outsized representation. And <em>that</em> problem cannot even (realistically) be fixed by constitutional amendment; and as the country urbanizes, it's only going to get worse. @aimai:

If the Dems don’t break the fililbuster rule (somehow) and get the Senate to Majority Rule we are toast. We won’t get to sixty votes in my lifetime and, what’s worse, we won’t learn anything from Republican intransigence.

Another problem with not going by plain old majority rule in the Senate is that it’s already screwed up because small rural states get outsized representation. And that problem cannot even (realistically) be fixed by constitutional amendment; and as the country urbanizes, it’s only going to get worse.

]]> By: liberal http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/#comment-1576981 liberal Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:03 +0000 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1576981 @<a href="#comment-1576480" rel="nofollow">jcricket</a>: <blockquote> Their home states are growing ever more reactionary... </blockquote> Is that really true of NE? (My wife is from the panhandle.) It's overall pretty right-wing now; not sure what it was like in preceding decades. There's that bit of Obama getting some electoral votes in NE in 2008, though I'm not sure how useful that data is. @jcricket:

Their home states are growing ever more reactionary…

Is that really true of NE? (My wife is from the panhandle.) It’s overall pretty right-wing now; not sure what it was like in preceding decades.

There’s that bit of Obama getting some electoral votes in NE in 2008, though I’m not sure how useful that data is.

]]> By: gil mann http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/#comment-1576836 gil mann Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:17:27 +0000 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1576836 <blockquote>not one mention of Kodos?</blockquote> GO AHEAD, MILBANK. THROWWWW YOUR VOTE AWAY.
not one mention of Kodos?

GO AHEAD, MILBANK. THROWWWW YOUR VOTE AWAY.

]]> By: El Cid http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/#comment-1576802 El Cid Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:46:23 +0000 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1576802 @<a href="#comment-1576652" rel="nofollow">asiangrrlMN</a>: I figured it would be seen as pandering to my thread electoral base [i.e., <i>you</i>] to propose myself as a write-in for 2011 1/2, I went with the more populistisharian solutionizing. @asiangrrlMN: I figured it would be seen as pandering to my thread electoral base [i.e., you] to propose myself as a write-in for 2011 1/2, I went with the more populistisharian solutionizing.

]]> By: Nick http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/#comment-1576784 Nick Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:33:43 +0000 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1576784 @<a href="#comment-1576647" rel="nofollow">jenniebee</a>: In the past, we've been able to reconcile that with getting Republican votes. The Democratic caucus, even when it had 70+ members NEVER stayed united, not even when LBJ was majority leader, but Republicans were always willing to work across party lines. @jenniebee: In the past, we’ve been able to reconcile that with getting Republican votes.

The Democratic caucus, even when it had 70+ members NEVER stayed united, not even when LBJ was majority leader, but Republicans were always willing to work across party lines.

]]> By: chrome agnomen http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/#comment-1576766 chrome agnomen Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:14:14 +0000 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1576766 unfortunately it's all according to plan. unfortunately it’s all according to plan.

]]> By: aimai http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/#comment-1576763 aimai Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:58:28 +0000 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1576763 <a href="http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1576580" rel="nofollow">Sly</a>, I've got to agree with Jenniebee. If the Dems don't break the fililbuster rule (somehow) and get the Senate to Majority Rule we are toast. We won't get to sixty votes in my lifetime and, what's worse, we won't learn anything from Republican intransigence. Between the woman who is willing to sacrifice the baby in order to get half, and the real mother who will sacrifice control of the baby in order to save its life, there just isn't any half way point. The dems will never be as irresponsible to the needs of the country as the republicans. And they will never hold the line against the republican agenda. aimai Sly, I’ve got to agree with Jenniebee. If the Dems don’t break the fililbuster rule (somehow) and get the Senate to Majority Rule we are toast. We won’t get to sixty votes in my lifetime and, what’s worse, we won’t learn anything from Republican intransigence. Between the woman who is willing to sacrifice the baby in order to get half, and the real mother who will sacrifice control of the baby in order to save its life, there just isn’t any half way point. The dems will never be as irresponsible to the needs of the country as the republicans. And they will never hold the line against the republican agenda.

aimai

]]> By: WereBear http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/02/08/hand-me-a-40-of-mad-bitch/#comment-1576753 WereBear Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:25:20 +0000 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=34315#comment-1576753 @<a href="#comment-1576700" rel="nofollow">Tax Analyst</a>: Well, I'm voting for Captain Kirk! His pauses are to die for, and he always knows what to do. @Tax Analyst: Well, I’m voting for Captain Kirk! His pauses are to die for, and he always knows what to do.

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