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ancianita

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45. EXACTLY. THANK YOU.

Fri Mar 14, 2025, 09:04 PM

Mar 2025

We lost a presidential election. We have to stop this sore loser flogging of Democrats.

We are the minority party. Not responsible for one damn thing rethugs have done to this government.

We are the party of SANITY.

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I read EarlG post and am convinced that the senate has to vote YES [View all] question everything Mar 2025 OP

Thanks, but to be clear EarlG Mar 2025 #1

i know. We are screwed but I think that yes is the lesser of two evils question everything Mar 2025 #10

So the vast majority of Dems in the House and Senate were wrong? HereForTheParty Mar 2025 #76

Certainly the ones up for reelection question everything Mar 2025 #77

Sometimes doing the right thing choie Mar 2025 #82

I didn't read your post as an endorsement senseandsensibility Mar 2025 #16

I read EarlG's post as saying Schumer didn't handle it well and "the buck" stops with Schumer. TomSlick Mar 2025 #27

The federal courts, dude, will be funded and save granny. If "the buck" stops now, will the thanks be given later? ancianita Mar 2025 #41

There is no constitutional requirement to fund Medicaid. TomSlick Mar 2025 #44

OR Social Security, OR Medicare, OR all the agencies a shutdown would destroy. ancianita Mar 2025 #46

I know that you will lose every battle from which you run. TomSlick Mar 2025 #48

I certainly won't engage in friendly fire when I do. You'd have thought you won the battle but you'd have ancianita Mar 2025 #50

Schumer didn't win any battle today because he didn't fight one. TomSlick Mar 2025 #62

You're already wrong and don't even know it. ancianita Mar 2025 #64

I am not so foolish as to confidently predict the future. Only time will tell. TomSlick Mar 2025 #65

It's exactly what you did. ancianita Mar 2025 #67

It must be a terrible burden to be the smartest person on DU. TomSlick Mar 2025 #75

lol just a faithful Democrat supporting Democrats ancianita Mar 2025 #87

Granny will be on the curb in no time. waterwatcher123 Mar 2025 #68

I'm in the granny demographic, so I'll weigh in and say they will be killed by corporate owned ancianita Mar 2025 #71

Medicaid pays for nursing home coverage for many elderly people in the United States. waterwatcher123 Mar 2025 #81

Understood. ancianita Mar 2025 #88

That might be true Katcat Mar 2025 #25

Wrong. n/t valleyrogue Mar 2025 #52

I thought about it XanaDUer2 Mar 2025 #2

I'm not sure. If it so easy to enable Trump GOD Mode, the Republicans would be shutting the gubmint down ASAP. TheBlackAdder Mar 2025 #38

I respect that opinion, Quiet Em Mar 2025 #3

He is going to do that anyhow. boston bean Mar 2025 #17

He already has to support his tariffs. He declared an emergency because of "fentanyl" Nanjeanne Mar 2025 #63

Seems damned if you do, damned if you don't to me. paleotn Mar 2025 #22

Yeah. Quiet Em Mar 2025 #33

Exactly! Why would you ever give away leverage? n/t returnee Mar 2025 #61

I agree... 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2025 #4

As does mine. paleotn Mar 2025 #23

Thanks! And misery loves company! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2025 #47

We are not the governing majority. mr715 Mar 2025 #5

They put their names on the bill iemanja Mar 2025 #8

Yes, exactly. mr715 Mar 2025 #9

That includes Angus King and Jeanne Shaheen, who actually voted Yes on the final bill itself. Celerity Mar 2025 #20

Exactly. Schumer owns the bill. TomSlick Mar 2025 #30

EXACTLY. THANK YOU. ancianita Mar 2025 #45

I don't think we agree mr715 Mar 2025 #53

You might think so, ancianita Mar 2025 #59

Not sure that was the point of the OP leftstreet Mar 2025 #6

Not on funding through Sept 30 iemanja Mar 2025 #7

So Trump and the MSM wouldn't blame a shutdown on Dems? paleotn Mar 2025 #24

Are they incapable of making an argument? iemanja Mar 2025 #70

No. These Democrats cosigned on dramatic social program cuts. Self Esteem Mar 2025 #11

Then we get to explain mr715 Mar 2025 #12

Yup! Self Esteem Mar 2025 #13

Omg. Let's hope that something has been done Alliepoo Mar 2025 #18

Fetterman has already said he will never, ever, ever displacedvermoter Mar 2025 #34

Fetterman didn't vote for the CR MichMan Mar 2025 #74

He voted for cloture, so split the fucking difference displacedvermoter Mar 2025 #86

The difference now angrychair Mar 2025 #14

Oh ok BannonsLiver Mar 2025 #15

How badly we lost with this no-win vote depends on how much more this administration allegorical oracle Mar 2025 #19

Chuck Schumer Had Two Bad Choices. He Made the Worse One Celerity Mar 2025 #21

We have to burn down the house so we won't be blamed for burning down the house. Iggo Mar 2025 #26

We WON'T be blamed either way. WE are the MINORITY PARTY. This is ALL on the GOP & its owners. ancianita Mar 2025 #29

The CR is a bipartisan bill because Schumer voted for it. TomSlick Mar 2025 #31

Go ahead. Blame your own minority party leadership. Now what. ancianita Mar 2025 #32

I blame them for not leading. TomSlick Mar 2025 #37

Flog on, flog on, flog on. ancianita Mar 2025 #40

Stop the bullshit. You blame them for not leading the way YOU want. ancianita Mar 2025 #43

Courts, dude. Vote to shut down government, and you "united NO's" will shut down the courts. AND then ancianita Mar 2025 #39

No he didn't MichMan Mar 2025 #72

he only voted for cloture. there were 2 non republicans who voted for the bill itself: shaheen & king orleans Mar 2025 #83

It Only Reinforces The Image of Dems As Watery Weaklings DrFunkenstein Mar 2025 #35

WHAT "only reinforces the Image." WE ARE NOT WHAT WE ARE CALLED. WE ARE WHAT WE ANSWER TO. ancianita Mar 2025 #36

Dems were haunted for years over voting for the AUMF that let Bush go to war with Iraq DSandra Mar 2025 #80

I didn't say "It's all on the Dems." Iggo Mar 2025 #90

Not to mention that a shut down would shut down all federal courts which are the legal record ancianita Mar 2025 #28

Our government and society shouldn't be run based on the fear of what Trump and his goons might do. Ping Tung Mar 2025 #42

Being blamed for the shutdown won't work, either. valleyrogue Mar 2025 #54

WE WOULD BE BLAMED EITHER WAY Skittles Mar 2025 #58

But here we are ... sadly. KPN Mar 2025 #57

Whatever happened to the belief in the statement BlueKota Mar 2025 #49

You think it would have been okay to shut down ALL services. valleyrogue Mar 2025 #55

He's going to do it anyway BlueKota Mar 2025 #66

It is correct. valleyrogue Mar 2025 #51

It was shitty option vs shittier option. Initech Mar 2025 #56

Not my conclusion but oh well mountain grammy Mar 2025 #60

I am not going to. BlueKota Mar 2025 #69

What are you talking about? voted4wellstone Mar 2025 #73

Please consider this . . Stargleamer Mar 2025 #78

They could've at least shut it down and accused Republicans of conducting a coup... DSandra Mar 2025 #79

That was my opinion, too. Vinca Mar 2025 #84

More evidence that the executive has way too much power in this system Meowmee Mar 2025 #85

Oh no - they'll get blamed? Horrifying Ruby the Liberal Mar 2025 #89