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Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by JiggaJonson.

Niiiiice.

A bit more context; the bill in question was the Republican Study Committee's (RSC) alternative to Paul Ryan's budget plan. A plan so conservative that Republicans would be sure to lose the middle in the next elections if it were to become their official plan, but which individual members want to say they voted for to impress their hardcore base in the primary. Incredibly, within just minutes of the Democrat's ploy the Republican leadership ordered the exact number of votes be flipped to ensure that it couldn't pass, even if all Democrats voted present, down to a single vote.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/how-democrats-railroaded-republicans-into-almost-passing-a-budget-too-conservative-for-them.php

Caught trying to pad their voting record, oops. Guess they'll have to figure something else out to get the money bags to dump cash into their reelection funds.

The story in the description is interesting, but none of it comes through in the video so I can't see any reason to vote for this.

Yeah, I wanted to post this but came to the same conclusion.

I'm glad it made Top15 though. I have been telling this story repeatedly. It is so cool I can't hardly stand it.

Talk about hijinks!
The guy who figuted out how to screw with this vote knew that the Reps would manage to avoid the embarrassment. So after getting permission from the Dem leadership, he stayed silent. Five minutes before the vote was to take place, he sent out a blackberry text saying 1) vote late 2) vote present. Then he sent folks out onto the floor to explain.

The Reps didn't see it coming. They had to scramble to avoid having this super conservative budget pass.

Seconds after it was defeated, the head of the some conservative Rep committee tweeted something like "ah, too bad, we tried to get it passed, we really did, maybe next time."

For those who blather on about the liberal press -- I looked for this story in the NYTimes the next day -- wasn't there.

Besides the joy of Reps getting egg on their face, there is the positive benefit that the Reps will perhaps be a bit more careful in the future -- the Dems have figured out a strategy to expose the lie and the rift inherent in the deep split in the Rep party.

This is so much fun, I can't hardly stand it.



>> ^xxovercastxx:

The story in the description is interesting, but none of it comes through in the video so I can't see any reason to vote for this.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/how-democrats-railroaded-republicans-into-almost-passing-a-budget-too-conservative-for-them.php

Here's the article that gives a factual account, rather than my paraphrased nonsense above.

edit: I blew past the fact this link had already been posted. Oh well. It is worth posting twice.

One small problem: this 'superconservative' budget is nothing of the kind. 38 billion or even 100 billion in spending cuts is fking couch cushion money, especially to taxocrats.

>> ^quantumushroom:

One small problem: this 'superconservative' budget is nothing of the kind. 38 billion or even 100 billion in spending cuts is fking couch cushion money, especially to taxocrats.


Except that it was apparently still too conservative for the GOP to pass.

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'hipocrisy, democrats, republicans, 2011, sun tzu would approve' to 'hypocrisy, democrats, republicans, 2011, sun tzu would approve' - edited by bareboards2