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So Ben Nelson, the fine Democrat from Nebraska (of Cornhusker kickback fame) tried to insert a sweetheart provision into the financial regulation bill that would help Berkshire. The Dems tell him to piss off and they schedule the vote on a MOTION TO PROCEED (not actually voting on the goddamn thing, but beginning the rider/attachment/kill the bill with pork bullshit portion of the events). Natch, Nelson votes with the Republicans to filibuster and everyone smiles broadly. The guy who less than a month ago Republicans were deriding as being a earmarking leech scumbag crosses to vote with them because Democrats won't let him be a earmarking leech scumbag and the Repubs welcome him with open arms. Nothing shocking there.
Here's where it gets fun. They know they'll look like assholes carrying water for Wall St. if they don't find some cover, since they actually are carrying water. So they pull up some (natch) unsigned document from the Fed that says that if the government doesn't promise to bail out future companies that do exactly what these scumbag banks did, our economy will be irreparably damaged.
The Republicans, with a straight face, are arguing that we must bail out banks if we want to save capitalism in America. bwahahaha! Let's watch the wave of hate all over the Republicans as they are, to a man and woman, swept out of power by the new conservative movement. After all, this is the very purpose of the tea party, no? The Republicans are calling your bluff Tea Baggers. Reward Democrats for doing exactly what you want. The rest of us are waiting to see if you're partisans or if you actually give a shit about what you're spewing. A more obvious test couldn't possibly be designed.
Amazingly timed leaked Fed documents written so even middle school tea baggers can understand the screws being put to the Democrats: http://av.r.ftdata.co.uk/files/2010/04/Senate-Ag-bill-comments-april-24-2010-FED.pdf
The Financial Times, the parent of The Economist and a leading free market publication, can't even pretend it's not a bank shake down: http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/04/27/212446/the-mysterious-fed-staffers-document/
I expect the bus, Beck, the whole bit. Git em! Every single Republican senator!
Here's where it gets fun. They know they'll look like assholes carrying water for Wall St. if they don't find some cover, since they actually are carrying water. So they pull up some (natch) unsigned document from the Fed that says that if the government doesn't promise to bail out future companies that do exactly what these scumbag banks did, our economy will be irreparably damaged.
The Republicans, with a straight face, are arguing that we must bail out banks if we want to save capitalism in America. bwahahaha! Let's watch the wave of hate all over the Republicans as they are, to a man and woman, swept out of power by the new conservative movement. After all, this is the very purpose of the tea party, no? The Republicans are calling your bluff Tea Baggers. Reward Democrats for doing exactly what you want. The rest of us are waiting to see if you're partisans or if you actually give a shit about what you're spewing. A more obvious test couldn't possibly be designed.
Amazingly timed leaked Fed documents written so even middle school tea baggers can understand the screws being put to the Democrats: http://av.r.ftdata.co.uk/files/2010/04/Senate-Ag-bill-comments-april-24-2010-FED.pdf
The Financial Times, the parent of The Economist and a leading free market publication, can't even pretend it's not a bank shake down: http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/04/27/212446/the-mysterious-fed-staffers-document/
I expect the bus, Beck, the whole bit. Git em! Every single Republican senator!