House Republicans lack any class and are clearly repugs

[Yellowdogtexan]

House republicans are pure trash and have no class. The house repugs are upset that there was going to be a vote on the motion to hold two bushies in contempt. To protest this vote, these pieces of slime interrupted the funeral of Tom Lantos. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/14/house-in-chaos-after-repu_n_86639.html"During what was supposed to be a somber memorial service in Statuary Hall for Rep. Tom Lantos, who died Monday, the House chamber became mired in chaos over procedural votes," the Politico reports.

House Republicans are upset that Democrats are voting today on contempt citations for White House aides Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten, and vowed to hold 'protest votes' to suck up time and delay the contempt proceedings.

But Democratic aides were shocked when, during the middle of a memorial for Holocaust survivor and Congressman Tom Lantos, GOP Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart demanded a procedural vote on the floor, forcing members to leave the service early, even "while dignitaries were still giving tributes to Lantos."

"The disrespect that has been shown by a Republican member of Congress in calling a political procedural motion during the memorial service for the late Chairman Tom Lantos is incomprehensible," said Stacey Bernards, a spokeswoman for House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). "It is unjustifiable, and Republican leaders should restrict their members from further such action."....

The Florida Democratic Party has released a statement:
"Everyone from the Israeli Foreign Minister to Condoleezza Rice to Bono took time out to mourn the loss of this respected Holocaust survivor and Congressman, but apparently, even a memorial service can't stop Lincoln Diaz-Balart from playing politics," Florida Democratic Party spokesman Alejandro Miyar said. "This is simply shameful."

"The disrespect that has been shown by a Republican member of Congress in calling a political procedural motion during the memorial service for the late Chairman Tom Lantos is incomprehensible," Stacey Bernards, a spokeswoman for House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, told Politico. "It is unjustifiable, and Republican leaders should restrict their members from further such action."

Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to ever serve in the U.S. Congress, represented California's 12th District for almost 28 years. He died of esophageal cancer Monday at the age of 80.House republicans are pure scum and have no class. Only a piece of trash would interrupt a funeral for such a bullshit reason.

[Lone Laugher]

YDT.....I would love it if you would refrain from making those generalizations. Name names.....there are some good people on both sides of the aisle.

[Yellowdogtexan]

YDT.....I would love it if you would refrain from making those generalizations. Name names.....there are some good people on both sides of the aisle.The GOP House leadership deliberatedly planned the disruption of Rep. Lantos funeral/memorial service as payback for the vote on the contempt resolution on Bolton and Miers. The republican leaders of the House planned both the silly and impotent walkout and the disruption of the funeral/memorial service for Representative Lantos as part of a calculated plan to punish the Democrats for bringing the House Judiciary Committee contempt motion to a vote on the floor. I have nothing but contempt for the House republicans who participated in this stunt and they truly deserve the designation of repugs.

This was not the action of an isolated republican but part of carefully planned set of manuevers planned by the GOP House leadership to show disrespect to Represenative Lantos as payback for the Democrats trying to fulfill their oversight function and enforceing the subpoenas issued to Josh Bolton and Harriet Miers. The concept that the GOP House leadership decided that it was okay to pull this stunt shows the contempt these repugs have Rep. Lantos and for the democratic process. Any House republican who participated in this stunt is a repug and I do not apologize for the use of such term as to these poor excuses for human beings.

[Lone Laugher]

I just watched a video of the walk-out. Of course it was staged...and of course it was silly. The fact is, however, that these people are simply fighting for their political lives. They are no better or worse than any Democrat doing the same thing on any number of occasions.

I don't like the staged drama either...and I think their attempts to frighten the American people into asking for a loss of privacy rights is repulsive...but lets not fall victim to the rhetoric of the stupid.

[Yellowdogtexan]

I just watched a video of the walk-out. Of course it was staged...and of course it was silly. The fact is, however, that these people are simply fighting for their political lives. They are no better or worse than any Democrat doing the same thing on any number of occasions.

I don't like the staged drama either...and I think their attempts to frighten the American people into asking for a loss of privacy rights is repulsive...but lets not fall victim to the rhetoric of the stupid.Both the walkout and the disruption of Rep. Lantos's memorial service was planned and staged in advanced. http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=cqmidday-000002671580A solemn Statuary Hall memorial service for House Foreign Affairs Chairman Tom Lantos, D-Calif., was interrupted Thursday by bells calling members to the floor to vote, triggering an angry partisan wrangle.

The memorial for Lantos, a highly respected 14-term House veteran and the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in Congress, became entangled with the two partisan issues of the day — a debate over electronic eavesdropping rules and a Democratic effort to hold White House officials in contempt of Congress.

The Democratic efforts and the Republicans’ procedural vote counter-punch had been planned in advance, but the choreography was thrown off by the timing of the bells, infuriating both sides.

“If there’s anyone in Congress who doesn’t deserve to have it happen to him, it’s Chairman Lantos,” said Rep. Jason Altmire , D-Pa. “Everyone was so shocked it happened to him.’’

“It was completely disrespectful and inappropriate,’’ said Brendan Daly, Speaker Nancy Pelosi ’s spokesman. Pelosi, along with Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer , D-Md., spoke at the service for Lantos, who died Monday of esophageal cancer.

Republicans said they had warned Democrats that when they brought up the Judiciary Committee’s contempt resolution against White House chief of staff Josh Bolten and former counsel Harriet Miers they would protest by moving to adjourn.The concept that the GOP house leadership decided that it was okay to disrupt this memorial service is simply wrong. The GOP lacked the votes to block the contempt motion against Miers and Bolton and so responded by threathening in advanced to disrupt the funeral and then carried out such threat to punish the Democrats for bringning the contempt motion.

I know that politics is dirty but the disruption of this memorial service crossed a line for me. Elections have consequences and the Democrats are in control of the House and had the votes to bring the contempt motion against Miers and Bolton. The republicans also know that the GOP will lose in the courts when this contempt motion is litigated because the claim of executive privilege is so silly that the courts will reject it out of hand. However to punish the family and the memory of Representative Lantos as part of a partisan plan to disrupt this vote is simply wrong. Again, I strongly believe that the term repug is appropriate for the GOP House Leadership.

[AYFR]

The Dems have done the same before.
I also seem to remember the Texas Dems running to Oklahoma.

[Yellowdogtexan]

The Dems have done the same before.
I also seem to remember the Texas Dems running to Oklahoma.First you are talking about the Texas Legislature which has very different rules from the US House of Representatives. As a Texan, you should know that no true Texan can sleep soundly while the Texas legislature is in session. That is why we only let them meet once every two years.

Second, the breaking of a quorem is very different from the intentional disruption of a memorial service by calling for a vote during such memorial service. Prior to the staged walk out, the republicans intentionally disrupted the funeral/memorial service for Rep. Lantos by calling for a vote for a motion to adjourn. That was one part of a planned strategy to punish the Democrats for bringing up the contempt motion for vote. The Democrats have not brought the contempt motion up earlier because the GOP threatened bad acts and here the GOP carried through with their threats by showing profound disrespect to Representative Lantos.

Finally, the US House rules are very different from the rules of the Texas legislature. The walkout had no effect on the ability of the House to pass the contempt motion and such contempt motion passed while most of the republicans were staging their silly protest. The walkout today and the planned disruption of the memorial service for Rep. Lantos had no effect other than to punish the Democrat and the family of Representative Lantos for the Democrats calling for a vote on a motion that was appropriate and necessary.

The intentional disruption of this memorial serivce was the act of some low life repugs, i.e. the House Republican leadership. I hold them in contempt for their actions.

[Saguaro]

I have to agree with YDT ,walking out in protest when a "funeral" is taking place is disgusting.
What is the difference between what that guy Phelps does at military funerals ? It is still the ultimate disrespect

[AYFR]

I have to agree with YDT ,walking out in protest when a "funeral" is taking place is disgusting.
What is the difference between what that guy Phelps does at military funerals ? It is still the ultimate disrespect

Don't get me wrong, I find it equally distasteful. Wasn't defending the Reps just pointing out that the Dems have staged a walked out on a vote before as well.
Politics as usual.

[Yellowdogtexan]

The House Republicans just showed their total lack of class yet again when Rep. Lantos successor gave her first speech on the floor of the House. http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_8877705?nclick_check=1 For a few feel-good moments on the floor of the U.S. House today, Jackie Speier basked in bipartisan applause as she was sworn in as its newest member. Her family, supporters and kids cheered as she embraced her new colleagues.
Then, in her first speech in Congress, Speier spoke out about Iraq, and the boos and hoots began from the Republican side of the aisle.

"When will we get out of Iraq?" was the most frequent question she heard, she told the House, while campaigning in the special election she won Tuesday to succeed the late Rep. Tom Lantos.

"The process to bring the troops home must begin immediately," she said, as several Republicans loudly booed. Rep. Darrell Issa, a Vista Republican, bolted from his seat and left the floor.

The hoots grew in volume as Speier, a Hillsborough Democrat, continued.

"The president wants to stay the course and a man who wants to replace him suggests we could be in Iraq for 100 years," she said, a reference to Republican John McCain's assertion that U.S. forces could be there decades, if they are not under attack.

"The House is not in order," shouted Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. Some Democrats applauded. Speaker Nancy Pelosi banged her gavel. "Why are they booing my mother?" Speier's middle-school daughter Stephanie asked, according to a staffer.The house republicans are really disgusting creatures. They showed a total lack of class for Rep. Lantos' funeral and then greeted his replacement with boos and hisses. Issa in particular is a disgusting creature.

[John Gault]

The House Republicans just showed their total lack of class yet again when Rep. Lantos successor gave her first speech on the floor of the House. http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_8877705?nclick_check=1The house republicans are really disgusting creatures. They showed a total lack of class for Rep. Lantos' funeral and then greeted his replacement with boos and hisses. Issa in particular is a disgusting creature.

You might want to note that this is your opinion and not a fact every now and then.

Is name calling really a form of debate?

[Yellowdogtexan]

The facts are clear here. Initially the house republicans staged a planned disruption of the funeral of a respected House Democratic leader as a political stunt and then followed this stunt up with jeers and booing of this leader's replacement. If you find this conduct appropriate, then you are entitled to your opinion. I am entitled to my opinion.

The conduct by the GOP in this instance has been disgusting and poor. After being in power for so many years, the GOP house leadership is acting like thugs because they do not like being in the minority. There is simply no excuse for the behavior of the GOP here and if you want to defend such behavior, then please tell the board how you can justify or excuse such conduct.

[Ringo]

The facts are clear here. Initially the house republicans staged a planned disruption of the funeral of a respected House Democratic leader as a political stunt and then followed this stunt up with jeers and booing of this leader's replacement. If you find this conduct appropriate, then you are entitled to your opinion. I am entitled to my opinion.

The conduct by the GOP in this instance has been disgusting and poor. After being in power for so many years, the GOP house leadership is acting like thugs because they do not like being in the minority. There is simply no excuse for the behavior of the GOP here and if you want to defend such behavior, then please tell the board how you can justify or excuse such conduct.

Get a grip Doggie, as its your Power Whores(MALE LIBERALS) who have BOGGED the progress of America down, by continually looking for nothing more than witchhunt Politics!! See if your friends there at work will assist you to get over your latest tantrum!!

Speaking of DISRUPTING a funeral or MEMORIAL service, your wimps on parade during Wellstones Memorial was about as damned TACKY and LIBERAL as I have seen!!

Liberals talking ethics are usually very damned FUNNY, as believable as having a beer with Superman, or that Bill Clinton is joining the Tibetian Monks!!

:mw:mw:charge:sheep:tb:minnie

[Trueblue]

Get a grip Doggie, as its your Power Whores(MALE LIBERALS) who have BOGGED the progress of America down, by continually looking for nothing more than witchhunt Politics!! See if your friends there at work will assist you to get over your latest tantrum!!

Speaking of DISRUPTING a funeral or MEMORIAL service, your wimps on parade during Wellstones Memorial was about as damned TACKY and LIBERAL as I have seen!!

Liberals talking ethics are usually very damned FUNNY, as believable as having a beer with Superman, or that Bill Clinton is joining the Tibetian Monks!!

:mw:mw:charge:sheep:tb:minnie

Like you watched more than a couple of clips from that memorial service. :lmao

[issac the dragon]

This was hardly the first time that the R.'s have shown they have no class. They have been very consistant about that since they won 8 years ago. And it includes their president, shaking his finger under the German Chancellor's nose, and John walking out of meetings that he was bored with because they weren't going his way. To be a Republican is to be crude. I expect no less.

[John Gault]

The facts are clear here. Initially the house republicans staged a planned disruption of the funeral of a respected House Democratic leader as a political stunt and then followed this stunt up with jeers and booing of this leader's replacement. If you find this conduct appropriate, then you are entitled to your opinion. I am entitled to my opinion.

The conduct by the GOP in this instance has been disgusting and poor. After being in power for so many years, the GOP house leadership is acting like thugs because they do not like being in the minority. There is simply no excuse for the behavior of the GOP here and if you want to defend such behavior, then please tell the board how you can justify or excuse such conduct.


Sorry but you are incorrect. What you show is that a few republicans were insensitive not that all are basically classless scum as you claim.

Tell me, does the name calling make you feel better? Bigger? stronger? smarter? I cannot get a sense for what you are trying to accomplish with such talk.

What you have done is made a value judgment on a large group of people based on the actions of a few of them.

Given that logicv can I say that all blacks are criminals?
Are all lawyers crooks and liars? All hispanics members of gangs?

It makes no sense for you to make your points using the very same tactics you claim to deplore.

Let me also make this point, you say the republicans scheduled something at the same time that the democrats were holding a memorial for the Honorable Mr. Lantos? Could they not have changed the time of that service or were they more interested in getting the political points than they were in actually giving honor to Mr. lantos' memory? Does the bad and insensitive behavior of one group require the bad and insensitive behavior of the other?

[John Gault]

This was hardly the first time that the R.'s have shown they have no class. They have been very consistant about that since they won 8 years ago. And it includes their president, shaking his finger under the German Chancellor's nose, and John walking out of meetings that he was bored with because they weren't going his way. To be a Republican is to be crude. I expect no less.

So you too will brand all for the actions that YOU judge to be bad?

Is that your brand of tolerance in action?

[Yellowdogtexan]

Sorry but you are incorrect. What you show is that a few republicans were insensitive not that all are basically classless scum as you claim.Your claims are WRONG and are not supported by the FACTS. Again, the GOP leadership staged both a silly and impotent walkout of the House and the disruption of the funeral of Rep. Lantos to protest the actions of the Democratic leadership in the House as to the FISA bill. This was a pre-mediated and calculated display of contempt by the republican leadership in the House. If you have any FACTS that back your claim, then provide them.

[Yellowdogtexan]

Speaking of DISRUPTING a funeral or MEMORIAL service, your wimps on parade during Wellstones Memorial was about as damned TACKY and LIBERAL as I have seen!!As is normal for you, you are WRONG. Lets look at an account from someone who was actually there (i.e. the person who will be next holder of Senator Wellstone's senate seat). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-franken/reflections-on-the-wellst_b_15459.html Mainly, there was a lot of lying. Rush Limbaugh claimed that the audience was "planted," when, in fact, Twin Cities' radio and TV had to tell people to stay away because Williams Arena was jammed to capacity three hours before the Memorial was scheduled to begin. Thousands were crowded into an overflow gym to watch on a screen and thousands watched outside on a cold, late October night.

A pained Limbaugh asked his audience the day after the memorial: "Where was the grief? Where were the tears? Where was the memorial service? There wasn't any of this!"

This was a lie. I was there. Along with everyone else, I cried, I laughed, I cheered. It was, to my mind, a beautiful four-hour memorial.

I didn't boo. Neither did 22,800 of the some 23,000 people there. This has been a much discussed, much lied about aspect of the memorial. A number of Republicans, like Peggy Noonan and Weekly Standard writer Chris Caldwell claimed that 20,000 people had booed Trent Lott. (Caldwell claimed that 20,000 people booed a whole litany of people who weren't booed at all.) We'll never get an actual count - but I'd say about two hundred people booed Trent Lott when his face came on the Jumbotron. This was about a minute after 23,000 people cheered for Bill Clinton when his face appeared on the Jumbotron.

The Jumbotron was carrying the C-SPAN feed, and unless you were watching live, you almost certainly have never seen the moment that Trent Lott was booed. That's because none of the cable news shows repeated it. That's because you can't hear him being booed. And that's because so few people booed him. Also, I swear, it was a good-natured "kill the umpire" boo, (and Lott actually grinned) but I could never prove that. What I have proven is that you couldn't hear the boos on TV because on my book-on-tape I played the audio of the C-SPAN video to compare the 23,000 cheering for Clinton with the smattering of boos for Lott, and you CANNOT hear the boos.

Caldwell, who never saw the memorial, also wrote that there was almost no mention of the others who died on the plane. That was complete bull. There were beautiful eulogies for Will, Tom, and Mary.

Kellyanne (Fitzpatrick) Conway went on TV the day after the memorial and told a nationwide audience that the Jumbotron instructed the crowd "when to cheer and when to jeer." (The speeches were close-captioned and would indicate when there was LAUGHTER and APPLAUSE.)

Even though the words on the closed captioning followed the speaker's words by five or so seconds and were often misspelled, Sara Janecek, a Minnesota Republican lobbyist, said the speeches on the Jumbotron were proof that the speeches had been written and vetted by the cynically politically motivated Democrat who ran the event. Actually, the people who spoke at the Wellstone memorial were all chosen by the families of those who died. No one's speech was vetted. The Wellstone people had all spent the previous five days going to funerals. It never occurred to them to vet the speeches. The irony is that because they weren't thinking politically, they opened themselves to being accused of staging a political event..

It was the Republicans that tried to cheapen Paul Wellstone's life by dishonoring his death. It was the right-wing media, not the friends and family who spoke at the memorial or the people who came to it, that seized an opportunity to use a tragedy for political gain.
I am so glad that Al Franken will soon hold Senator Wellstone's senate seat and that the idiot Norm Coleman will be kicked out of the Senate.

[John Gault]

Your claims are WRONG and are not supported by the FACTS. Again, the GOP leadership staged both a silly and impotent walkout of the House and the disruption of the funeral of Rep. Lantos to protest the actions of the Democratic leadership in the House as to the FISA bill. This was a pre-mediated and calculated display of contempt by the republican leadership in the House. If you have any FACTS that back your claim, then provide them.

In this instance it is not the facts in question. I stipulate that the republican leadership acted poorly and in an insensitive manner.

That does not make every republican scum.

That is where you are wrong. You use the same tactics you claiim to deplore.

[Yellowdogtexan]

In this instance it is not the facts in question. I stipulate that the republican leadership acted poorly and in an insensitive manner.

That does not make every republican scum.There are courses that can help you with your difficulty in understanding the written word. If you look at the title of this thread and the OP (original post), you will see that I called House Repuiblicans scum and repugs. That opinion is backed up by FACTS. I did not call all republicans scum, just the ones who deserve it, i.e. the House republicans. Again, there are course that can help you with your reading comprehension.

Again, the House Republicans are indeed scum and repugs

[issac the dragon]

So you too will brand all for the actions that YOU judge to be bad?

Is that your brand of tolerance in action?

That is my opinion of the behavior of Republicans in the last eight years. I watch C-SPAN a great deal of the time. From Bush to Cheney, McHenry, McCain, and most of the others, they are rude, vulgar, and disrespectful of any who they do not agree with. On occasion I expect them to be violent. Perhaps the Democrats will join them. But so far, they haven't.

[John Gault]

There are courses that can help you with your difficulty in understanding the written word. If you look at the title of this thread and the OP (original post), you will see that I called House Repuiblicans scum and repugs. That opinion is backed up by FACTS. I did not call all republicans scum, just the ones who deserve it, i.e. the House republicans. Again, there are course that can help you with your reading comprehension.

Again, the House Republicans are indeed scum and repugs

Lets start with the fact that you cannot win a debate by declaration of victory or by claiming your opponent has a defficiency in understanding. Your insistance that your opinion is a fact is not a fact, just your assertion, nothing more.

You could not possibly know enough about all 190+ republicans in the house to make such a broad based value judgement.

Do not talk down to me, you are not qualified for the job.

[John Gault]

That is my opinion of the behavior of Republicans in the last eight years. I watch C-SPAN a great deal of the time. From Bush to Cheney, McHenry, McCain, and most of the others, they are rude, vulgar, and disrespectful of any who they do not agree with. On occasion I expect them to be violent. Perhaps the Democrats will join them. But so far, they haven't.

If you have watched C-Span as you claim, then you know full well of the animosity on both sides. Both sides have said and done the same things.

You are blinded by your obvious hatred for Busha nd all things republican. I do not hate democrats personally, I just think that are misguided.

[Trueblue]

If you have watched C-Span as you claim, then you know full well of the animosity on both sides. Both sides have said and done the same things.

You are blinded by your obvious hatred for Busha nd all things republican. I do not hate democrats personally, I just think that are misguided.

I think you might be blinded by bias.

Both sides are subject to error, pettiness, arrogance, stubbornness.

But I believe what Issac refers to are the parade of dirty tricks and Delay-type tactics over the last few decades.

[Ringo]

As is normal for you, you are WRONG. Lets look at an account from someone who was actually there (i.e. the person who will be next holder of Senator Wellstone's senate seat). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-franken/reflections-on-the-wellst_b_15459.html I am so glad that Al Franken will soon hold Senator Wellstone's senate seat and that the idiot Norm Coleman will be kicked out of the Senate.

Yea America needs another candy assed wannabe Entertainer, who will Vote right along the Socialist path, thinking he will be an American hero!! It sure appears YOU have met your match, although I believe YOU are NO match for the new guy, as he has no HATE in his heart, just facts! I will enjoy watching you squirm!!:sheep:mw

[Ringo]

Like you watched more than a couple of clips from that memorial service. :lmao

These people did, and NOTE THE SOURCE!! I did watch part of the Coretta King Service and that showed me the Class YOUR Party has, and its GUTTER Politics!!:Q:mw

[Yellowdogtexan]

Lets start with the fact that you cannot win a debate by declaration of victory or by claiming your opponent has a defficiency in understanding. This is actually very appropriate when the so called opponent is silly enough to make a fool of himself with moronic statements. Again, if you had read the OP and the other posts and understoond what you were reading, you would have seen that I was not attacking all republicans. Again, it was you who attempted to claim that I was attacking all republicans and that simply showed that you are either a very poor debater or you lack the ability to read and understand what has been posted on this thread. In either case, it was you who was wrong.

The attack was directed to House republicans who all participated in a coordinated course of conduct at the direction of their leadership. Again, it was the GOP house leadership who decided to disrupt the memorial service for Rep. Lantos and it was all of the republican members of the house who left the house floor in a silly and impotent attempt to protest votes on the FISA issue. If any house republicans disapproved of the actions of their leadership, they have been silent and are therefore deserving of the contempt that I feel towards them.

I note with much amusement that despite their protests and whines, the house republican leadership has given up on protesting the FISA issue and moved on. However, that did not stop them from booing and disrupting the first speech of Rep. Lantos' replacement which further demonstrated how little class house republicans have.

[John Gault]

I think you might be blinded by bias.

Both sides are subject to error, pettiness, arrogance, stubbornness.

But I believe what Issac refers to are the parade of dirty tricks and Delay-type tactics over the last few decades.

So it is your assertion that the democrats have not done these things?

Tell me, how do you think the democrats stopped hundreds of Bush appointee's and judicial nominations during the time when the republicans had the majortiy in the house and Senate?

I am curious if someone is going to claim 'dirty tricks' can someone please provide some specific information on those?

Delays?

Blinded by Bias? I am definately biased, no doubt but my eyes are wide open.

Both parties use every parlimentary tactic there is to get what they want even when what they want is obviously not what the people want.

I can give many examples on both sides. For you to claim that either party is more or less to blame is you being blind not me.

Personally I like them doing it, both sides.

The less they spend time addressing the issues the better of America is in general.

Every time the republicans and democrats agree on something it is usually not that good for America.

Case in point that you would agree with. A majority of both parties supported going to war in Iraq.

Blinded by bias, hardly, but you should consider taking off your blindfold sometime.

[John Gault]

Again you don't seem to understand. You don't win a debate with name calling and invective.

I will in the future simply ignore any post you respond to me with that does this. I will repost them with the offending language in red and bolded.

I have a news flash for you, being rude and insulting just shows your lack of ability to compete in the marketplace of ideas. I accept the victoory each time you respond this way. Thank you.

This is actually very appropriate when the so called opponent is silly enough to make a fool of himself with moronic statements. Again, if you had read the OP and the other posts and understoond what you were reading, you would have seen that I was not attacking all republicans. Again, it was you who attempted to claim that I was attacking all republicans and that simply showed that you are either a very poor debater or you lack the ability to read and understand what has been posted on this thread. In either case, it was you who was wrong.

The attack was directed to House republicans who all participated in a coordinated course of conduct at the direction of their leadership. Again, it was the GOP house leadership who decided to disrupt the memorial service for Rep. Lantos and it was all of the republican members of the house who left the house floor in a silly and impotent attempt to protest votes on the FISA issue. If any house republicans disapproved of the actions of their leadership, they have been silent and are therefore deserving of the contempt that I feel towards them.

I note with much amusement that despite their protests and whines, the house republican leadership has given up on protesting the FISA issue and moved on. However, that did not stop them from booing and disrupting the first speech of Rep. Lantos' replacement which further demonstrated how little class house republicans have.

You really need to find another tune, this one is old.

[Yellowdogtexan]

Again you don't seem to understand. You don't win a debate with name calling and invective.Again, I note with great amusement that you do not deny that you lack the reading skills necessary to participate in this discussion. Again, it was you who claimed that I said that all republicans are scum and that statement was simply WRONG. You are evidently unable to back down from this silly position and that is very funny to me.