An interesting position, given your discussion of Delay. Senior staffers from his office, and elsewhere in the GOP House leadership, are on the record as defining "bipartisanship" in almost exactly those terms after the 2002 and 2004 elections.

In other words, they will "reach out" to Democrats who agree with their proposals, but see no purpose to compromise to bring in more. The established Hastert rule that no legislation can pass the House unless a majority of the GOP members support it, speaks volumes.

S_A_M

Recently, I voted at my firm on an issue where we compromised to get agreement. The compromise was not exactly what I wanted. I supported the proposal. One can support a compromise, you know. And if the majority of the House republicans don't support something. should it pass? This isn't a coalition government.

No, I understand and agree. My point was, this much-vaunted bipartisanship certainly isn't coming from the Dems, either, and so it's just fun to hear anyone complain about it.

Vatican Spins Off U.S. Catholic Church
 

In one of his first official moves, Pope Benedict XVI today announced that the Vatican would "spin off" the U.S. division of the Roman Catholic church, but retain a 49-percent stake in the new entity, called R.C. Lite.
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To counter Pope Benedict's dogmatic conservatism, several church sources said America's leading Roman Catholic politician, Sen. John F. Kerry, D-MA, is considered a shoo-in for the New-World Papacy.

"We need a pope with nuanced ideas," said one unnamed U.S. Bishop. "He needs to be a uniter, not a divider. He can't be afraid to change his deeply-held convictions in light of shifting public opinion. He must be courageous enough to keep his beliefs separate from his behavior and decision making."

If Mr. Kerry accepts the R.C. Lite leadership post, insiders say he will assume the name Benadryl XIII."


(Scrappleface, of course.)

And here I was thinking that if Gore had let Clinton campaign for him, Gore would have won.

Stay on message- Gore did win!

Rats and Zingers
 

God FORBID they elect a Hispanic Pope considering Latin America is holding the fucking Catholic Church together. As IF there's a need for representation of the modern, nihilistic, chain-smoking, ugly, leder-hosen-wearing European-Germans, who could GIVE a crap about Catholics or any other God-fearing religion!!! Typical that this Nazi (I lose!) Pope takes the namesake of a traitorous fellow European who took a whimpy stance in World War I and who is honored by......you betcha.....Muslims. At LEAST if those whackadoo Cardinals were going to elect a European Pope, they'd have found one with typical relaxed Euro-mores, which mean Priests would have at least gotten the ticket to hit the Pooty Store. Confounding.

btw, i encountered this t-shirt yesterday. not on Ty, but it should be:

http://store1.yimg.com/I/spymuseumstore_1824_4739517

Rats and Zingers
 

Um, that may have been the root problem as it is.

(Oh, wait - is "pooty" definitionally female?)

I'm available to run, though given my background, I won't be able to hold the religious right vote.

Rats and Zingers
 

Well, in this context, Pooty would generically mean "down there" and would not be gender-specific. As in, Vatican Doctrine does not allow any Pooty Store Shopping whatsoever. Anyone having to put up with one of those sleazy Europeans as their Pope should at least get the benefit of sleazy European values.

http://www.yperit.cz/images/Auferste...nger-small.jpg

Wow. That's good.

Of course, the murder rate has been rising since the Scopes trial, so the connection between teaching evolution and murder sprees seems pretty rock-solid to me.

strategic bombing
 

If you really think this of me, you are a complete idiot.


This phrase is approaching the use of "Nazi" as an automatic disqualifier -- it demonstrates the speaker's inability to speak and disagree rationally about an issue. Accordingly, you will understand if I decline to engage in further discussions about history with you.

I will suggest that you and Delay and the rest of the crew settle your difference by playing poker. If their experiences are like mine, that should work out well for you.

Sorry, I agree with Billmore here. Most voters don't even know who Delay is, especially in CA. He will have minimal effect on CA races. If you think CA Republicans are not getting elected because of Delay, you've got far bigger problems on your hands.