Tie,
Congress (democrats) did what they did purely for political advantage, that's no secret. They do this stuff all the time with legislation and the only reason you noticed it with oil because you were watching. Republicans did the same thing in the 90's when after Clinton and the Welfare to Work thing (truth is this was a bi-partisan deal with republican congress and some democrats too) gained Clinton popular approval and this seemed to be shifting to Gore who was the likely nominee in just a few short years. Republicans saw the handwriting and even shifted and adopted the slogan "Compassionate Conservative" in order to match move for move with Gore and da boyz.
Clinton and Gore then acting on Gore's idea of re-inventing gov't which BTW has lots of privatization overtones (didn't say I agree or disagree, just that those ideas were out there) decided to make Social Security an issue towards some form of privatization. Instead of getting down to business and doing something about it, republicans feared a positive outcome on this issue and being this was in the 2nd Clinton term, Gore could dramatically benefit for a positive outcome and the democrats maintain control of the White House. Republicans needed something to knock the luster off the Clinton/Gore shiney paintjob and so far Clinton had evaded checkmate via Whitewater, Travelgate and the like. Thus Monica Lewinsky came to the forefront.
No arguement Clinton lied and he for sure violated his oath as an officer of the court and he suffered the consequences for it too. Did it rise to the level of impeachment? In principle, yes but this wasn't done out of principle, it was done for political advantage for the republicans. Truth is, you could make a strong case to impeach nearly if not ever President of the 20th century and our current one for various violations of the oath to uphold the Constitution but we as a nation have also made our own principled decision to no longer consider those disgressions, grievious enough to enact the political death penalty if you will. Democrats were right in 86'/87' to go after Reagan for Iran/Contra but the reason had nothing to do with the Constitution. Reagan was popular, Bush 1 seemed assured to ride those coattails and democrats needed to scratch up that paintjob to help their cause in 88'.
It's all about getting the party elected or into power if you will. I mean it's got so brazen now that Chris Matthews recently admitted on Morning Joe (MSNBC) that it's his job (Chris) going forward to make Obama's Presidency successful. Now that comes as no real shock quite frankly but what Chris doesn't admit is that he wants to ride Obama's coattails in 2010' when he runs for the Pennsylvania Senate seat up for grabs. Not only does he have a political vested interest but he has a personal one as well.
As for linking the comments of Sen. Inhofe in the first place, this had nothing to do with suggesting Republicans control Congress. Where you came of with that in light of the audio link makes me wonder if you even listened to it. Schumer's comment after the announcemnt of the economic crisis and the behind closed door meeting Congressional and Senate leaders had with the Bush adminstration that something was said that made Schumer as he said, "gulp." Making Schumer "gulp" is not an easy task by any stretch but it begs the question what would do such a thing. Inhofe in a radio interview IMO offered the explaination and also why for the first time that an US Army brigade was assigned internal domestic duty. If martial law was in fact in play, you'd need some measure of force to back it up. A brigade seems rather small to me for such measures (so it could be nothing to do with nothing)but regardless one has to wonder just what is/was/will be up and the timing of it all. Schumer may have only gulped as martial law might have postponed elections and his political dreams of power get skuttled.
Truth is Tie, I consider both political parties the absolute bottom of the sewage pond. They violate the law of the land at will and think nothing of it but then point the boney finger of contempt at the otherside atthe first hint they might be doing the same. They take honest, descent hardworking Americans and manipulate them every which way to Sunday just for political advantage. Well meaning folks who voted for Obama on the belief that things in Washington would change are starting to awaken from the utopian Land of Oz into realizing Obama is turning more and more into the wicked witch. I wonder what some of those Union democrats are thinking now looking at Obama's economic team and not seeing one labor voice among them?
I never raised the issue of democrats in Congress playing games because quite honestly, I assumed that was a given for everyone.
As for my "being superior" to you or anyone else, it has been you who have made those allegations and have continued to do so. You made a post and another poster had a moment of comic relief with it and I thought it cleaver and funny and shared back the laugh. Now instead of yuk, yuking back, you get in a twist and here come the attacks.
Example?
Your not willing to accept this easily attainable diagnosis that your brain has a malignancy
you could put down the evasive mumbo jumbo I'm superior to the rest of the world
The goal of this is to create the attack MO where I respond back in attack fashion and thus the argue shifts to your advantage where we no longer discuss facts and issues but trade insults. Not interested.
Tie, why don't you make your life better and do this. In a single mouse click, you can vanguish me from all existence. It will be as if I fell off into some blackhole, crushed under the gravity of your truth and erased from all time. Hit the ignore button Tie, you know it's the right thing to do. Why continue to listen to me scurry and make noise outside your box when you can once and for swat me dead!
You boldly declared after I lied
that I knew who Susan was (sorry but kicking your box I just could not resist that day no mater how hard I tired and for all of 2 extremely long seconds I tired real hard
) that you would ignore me from then on. Proof?
Post #61 under the "Presdient Obama" thread in which you were responding to a post by TOS (post #50 of same thread) in which you said the following:
Wkmacs response on this particular thread shows the possibility that he may actually know who this person is and has chosen to help hide this criminal. If so I won't have anything to do with him or his postings anymore.
Gez and things were going so swell too!
You gotta admit, for a few days you stuck to that and come on, it felt good didn't it? Admit it. The idea I no longer existed was just wonderful and good feeling. You can have that again Tie, just a single mouse click away.
As to exactly how I feel about what I say here on this site relating to some bogus superiority thinking? On numerous occassions in posts acroos this website I've stated that what we all say here is just in truth pure BS. We're just a bunch of nobodies with such little to do in life that we come here to create some false world of percieved self importance. In the midst of it all, we make a friend or 2, learn some things in the process and have lots of laughs when you don't take this crap so damn serious. Read my signature line below Tie, does that sound like the rantings of someone who thinks they have a superioity issue or
is it the words of someone who loves jerking the chain of someone who's chain is so easy to jerk in the first place?
Hear that scratching sound outside your box, hear that
big rat sniffing around outside? Wanna killit for good?
Click the button Tie! Listen to Jesus and click the ignore button! Role play and pretend Susan and I are married or something just to justify your righteous motive!
) what will America look like in 4 if not 8 years from now because of it?
Too funny wkmac!