The reception attended by most the Senators, was to promote the disability treaty which vote counters thought would pass. Both Roberts and Moran promised the Dole's they would vote for the treaty. Dole sat in wheelchair on the floor of the Senate and was wheeled off by Elisabeth when the vote started.
Both Kansas Senators Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran then slithered to the bench and whispered their votes against the treaty. Both cowards had stood next to Dole 5 minutes earlier with their hands on the ailing giants shoulder. Neither coward was willing to call out their vote for fear the CNN broadcast would pick up their betrayal of Dole. Others failed Dole as well, but these two from his own state, this was vile and disgusting, and for what, bowing to the tea bags and the fear media. What a sad day that the GOP couldn't stand up for disabled people around the world, this treaty had one goal and impacted only one thing, disabled people elsewhere, it imposed rights copied from our own laws, it would not have affected us in any way. Instead, it showed the 100+ nations that have ratified the treaty that we are hostage to and afraid of the political midgets among us.
Profiles in GOP Courage. What a display.
I hope this costs them big.
ReplyDeleteSnakes. Hope they catch flak for this crap.
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Women leaders in government are not less corrupt, and that’s a fact. We don’t get the right women in government, we just get what we get.
ReplyDeleteOK, cant argue with that. Both Kansas Senators are men, not sure what your comment is directed at, maybe I didn't understand it, but glad you commented.
DeleteI simply made an observation. Our political system is flawed and I see no way of fixing it.
DeleteOr as a sage once said, "I don't have a solution but I admire the problem."
Nota, Skinny, jadedj:
ReplyDeleteAgreed, Agreed, Agreed.
This was a pure show of strength by the teabags, the GOP is still scared shitless of these fucks, at the same time the rest of us think they lost so many races they are powerless.
Anything with UN attached to it causes a knee-jerk reaction among the knuckle-draggers and mouth breathers. They see everything UN-related as some conspiracy aimed at taking away their guns/rights/property/liberty/tri-cornered tinfoil hats, etc.
ReplyDeleteJohn Birch would be proud to know his idiotic paranoia has survived to the 21st century.
Everyone can just kick back and relax, next year there will be more women in congress and things will start getting better.
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahaha
Me thinks he does not like females in roles of power, or on top.
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