That is not good, agenda-pushing, public relations.
Related: God Turns Gulf of Mexico Into Gulf of Oil
Gee, EVERY TIME YOU TURN AROUND THESE DAYS something HISTORIC is happening!!
Instead I get something like this as my national lead:
"Kerry to move ahead on climate change bill; Reid says it will come before immigration" by Matt Viser and Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | April 28, 2010
WASHINGTON — Three days after climate change legislation lost its top Republican supporter, Senator John F. Kerry declared yesterday that he was nonetheless moving “full speed ahead’’ on the bill. His efforts got a potential boost as Senate majority leader Harry Reid said that he would accommodate a Republican demand by putting Kerry’s bill ahead of immigration legislation on the agenda.
Also see: Carbon Tax Morphs Into Energy Bill
Kerry, meanwhile, is sending the bill to federal agencies so they can assess the impacts of the measure — a process that would allow the bill to come to the floor in June, before the legislative agenda is overshadowed by what is expected to be a brutal campaign season. “We’re full speed ahead, folks, notwithstanding this moment of public stall,’’ Kerry told reporters yesterday....
Yeah, f*** what the public wants or thinks, right, John?
Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, not known as a press-shy politician, scooted away from reporters much of the day yesterday, so it was unclear whether Reid’s comments would be enough to persuade him to rejoin the climate change efforts. Graham has suggested that immigration legislation should be removed from the current calendar because it is politically unfeasible and would divert from efforts to pass a potentially divisive climate change bill.
Also see: Coincidence? Graham Withdraws Support For Dem Legislation A Week After Blackmail Charge
But the MSM is telling you all you need to know, dear readers.
Reid said both would still be on the agenda, with climate change probably going first.
“Common sense dictates that if you have a bill that’s ready to go, that’s the one I’m going to go to, because on immigration we don’t have a bill yet,’’ Reid told reporters yesterday. “If the energy bill is ready, we’ll move that more quickly than a bill we don’t have.’’
What a DISASSEMBLING PoS!!!!
Graham’s stance has intertwined two divisive issues — climate change and immigration — in an election year when both parties are trying to prepare themselves for midterm elections. Democrats, having passed health care legislation, are trying to push through other initiatives, including legislation to overhaul financial regulations and immigration reform.
Republicans are trying to block or significantly alter the Democratic proposals.
Before Reid’s comments, an exasperated Graham said “nothing has changed’’ since he decided to pull his support for his own climate change bill. He accused Democrats of using immigration as a political tool....
Yup, OIL is GUSHING INTO the GULF and these guys and the BG are POLITICKING!!!!
While Graham was part of a bipartisan group of senators who crafted an immigration overhaul bill in 2006 — an effort that caused him political headaches in his conservative state — he said there was “no way’’ the Senate could pass immigration reform now. “We’ll never get 60 votes’’ to overcome a filibuster, Graham said yesterday....
So what? Just do an end run around it like health care.
And other senators complain that working on immigration will take attention away from addressing still-high unemployment....
Oh, yeah!
REMEMBER when they said AFTER HEALTH CARE we are going to get to JOBS?
Yeah, you GOT F***ED AGAIN, Americans!!!
Even proponents of immigration reform are skeptical of passing a comprehensive package in a volatile election year....
Hey, since when did WASTING TIME become an obstacle to them?
They DO IT ALL the TIME!!
For Democrats, passage of immigration reform is viewed as a key to solidifying the Latino vote, which could increase their chances of electoral success this fall.
Yup, it is ALL ABOUT POLITICS!
I guess those JOBS DON'T MEAN S*** for SUCCESS, 'eh, AmriKan voters?
Yup, it is ALWAYS the SPECIAL INTERESTS that are SERVED, not YOU!!!!!!
Obama released a video this week to 13 million supporters asking for the voter groups that elected him in 2008 — including women, young people, African-Americans, and Latinos — to turn out in full force in November to stave off expected Democratic losses in both chambers of Congress.
PFFFFFFFFFTTT!!!!!!!!!
This guy is worse than George W. Bush!
Republicans believe the immigration issue can cut their way, however, by rallying their base and bringing over independents worried about border security.
I'm VOTING OUT EVERY DAMN INCUMBENT, I don't care what the letter!!
And GOD HELP THEM if there is a THIRD-PARTY LINE!
Communist, xenophobe, gay, fascist, doesn't matter.
It could be the DEVIL HIMSELF and he is GETTING MY VOTE!!
Maybe if we DUMP ALL INCUMBENTS then they will FINALLY get the MESSAGE down there.
BETTER YET, DO NOT VOTE!!! Let's see them claim a mandate when 1% of the voters turned out!
Think of it as a NONE of the ABOVE without the paperwork.
Reid, Democrat of Nevada, has a personal stake in the matter. Facing the toughest reelection fight of his life, Reid desperately needs to turn out Nevada’s Latino vote — a group that favored Obama by 50 points in 2008 and delivered the Democratic presidential candidate’s victory there — to keep his job in the Senate next year.
Oh, PURE STINKING F***ING POLITICS, huh, Harry?
The SOONER DemocraPs have the KEYS TAKEN AWAY the safer the CAR WILL BE!!!
GOOD GOD, readers!
These are the same people screaming politics at Repuglicans?
“He’s going to need every single thing to break for him,’’ said Jon Ralston, a veteran political columnist and analyst in Las Vegas. “He knows that if he doesn’t get the base out to vote for him, he’s in trouble.’’
GOODBYE, Harry, you spineless worm!
Update: Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico set on fire
Oh, what a site that must be.
