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finally someone with the balls to shut Joe Lieberman up -- (link)

Posted by mr. squiggles (aka chris) Dec 17 '09, 14:49

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dcnow/2009/12/franken-shuts-down-lieberman-on-senate-floor.html (latimesblogs.latimes.com)

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It's quite amusing to see such pettiness being applauded as courageous. - Stephen Dec 17, 15:16 28
- agreed, Lieberman is being ridiculously petty by holding health care hostage to settle old grudges -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 17, 15:22
- perhaps if health care opponents weren't in the business of delaying for the sake of delaying. - Reagen Dec 17, 15:22 8
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    - Sure it is. It just depends on what your motivations are for citing the example. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 15:32 1
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  - Oh come on, he asked for an additional minute, not an additional ten hours. - Stephen Dec 17, 15:30 4
    - you mean like the republicans wanting to read the entire single care health care provider bill outloud? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 17, 15:33
    - So now "enforcing the rules" is being a petty ass? I'd love for you to use that line next time you get a ticket. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 15:31 2
      - yah, you're missing what's usual. the story I read about it was from AP and called it "a routine request" -- this isn't law-breaking or a one-off. -- nm - b.festive. Dec 17, 15:34
      - Apples and oranges man. - Stephen Dec 17, 15:33
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  - adopt Feingold! - Dano Ho Ho Dec 17, 15:26 1
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  - But Coleman? Sure, he was all aces. *rolls eyes* -- nm - con_carne Dec 17, 15:20 1
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- Except that droning on and on is itself a petty delay tactic ... - Beryllium Dec 17, 15:18 11
  - I hardly see asking for an additional minute as a petty delay tactic. - Stephen Dec 17, 15:24 10
    - He knew ahead of time what his allotment was. The onus was on himself to pace his speech better. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 15:28 9
      - You could say this of every other politician that asks for additional time, and gets it... -- nm - Stephen Dec 17, 15:31 7
        
        so what if I do? - Beryllium Dec 17, 15:33 6
        
        you can, but you're missing what made this story hit the news. -- nm - b.festive. Dec 17, 15:36 5
        
        "senator not given usual minor extension of time to speak" is not news - Reagen Dec 17, 15:38 4
        
        that was in my mix. if it wasn't for the person to whom it was applied, it wouldn't be nearly as much of note. -- nm - b.festive. Dec 17, 15:42 3
        
        the people is 99% of it. Senate committee procedure is not on anyone's "two shits" list. -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 15:44 2
        
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        we agree, man. -- nm - b.festive. Dec 17, 15:45
      - it's *very* common for speakers to ask for more time. in this case, he asked for only another moment. under most circumstances, it would have - b.festive. Dec 17, 15:30
- Thank you. I was trying to phrase my feeling on this and you hit it perfectly. -- nm - Fuzzymeister Meisterfuzzy Dec 17, 15:18
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- If he was gonna do it he would have done it last year - eag Dec 17, 15:15 4
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    - your IM is by no means a given when you look at which seats are up. -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 15:30 2
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- What if the GOP rejects him? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 15:13 2
  - No way. For all their Conservative posturing and running people out of the party, if Joe gets re-elected, they won't look a gift horse in the mouth. - Mop (226 lbs) Dec 17, 15:17 1
    - They'd take him in a heartbeat with his seniority. -- nm - Remlik Dec 17, 15:19
So why was Al in charge of the senate today - eag Dec 17, 15:01 4
- yep. here you go. nm but: -- (link) - b.festive. Dec 17, 15:07
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  - *revokes your Overthinkers Coalition membership card* --nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 15:08 1
    - I think Crash Davis might revoke his Ambulators card to. -- nm - Remlik Dec 17, 15:19
On the flip side, they gave Al Franken a gavel, so this was bound to happen eventually. -- nm - Qale Dec 17, 15:00 6
- Oh wait. I see the video now. He didn't even use the gavel? How can you not use a gavel?! -- nm - Qale Dec 17, 15:03 5
  - I wonder what McCain meant when he said it "harms the comedy of the senate" ... - Beryllium Dec 17, 15:07 4
    - A Comedy of Errors. -- nm - Qale Dec 17, 15:08 1
      - "I know it's urgent, but it's not THAT urgent" ... on the one hand, he's kind of right. On the other hand ... - Beryllium Dec 17, 15:09
    - comity. -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 15:08 1
      - ah. I see. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 15:09
Although I'm not sure why Democrats expected him to be with them. He wasn't elected as a Democrat. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 17, 14:57 1
- In the past, he has said he would support an expansion of Medicare. - con_carne Dec 17, 15:02
I need to find the video of this later. -- nm - psilotum Dec 17, 14:56
Watch. -- (link) - Mop (226 lbs) Dec 17, 14:55
I think that is so great. I so hope that fool is voted out of office. When is his term up? -- nm - Jovian Dec 17, 14:53 4
- Well, see the problem with that logic is he WAS voted out of office in the primary and then kind of slithered his way in the general. -- nm - Qale Dec 17, 14:58
- 2012. -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 14:55 2
  - Well, *everyone's* term is up in 2012. -- nm - mara Dec 17, 14:56 1
    - Unless you're on the ark. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 17, 14:58
And of course McCain has to open his stupid mouth. -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 17, 14:52
Reid, take note. -- nm - TWuG Dec 17, 14:50

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