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Title: Al Franken Tears Into Mitch McConnell On Senate Floor For Being An Unpatriotic Coward
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Bipartisan Report
URL Source: http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/02 ... g-an-unpatriotic-coward-video/
Published: Feb 26, 2016
Author: Joe Clark
Post Date: 2016-02-26 14:02:57 by Willie Green
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Views: 4563
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Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is a very funny guy. Many people remember Franken as a brilliant comedian on Saturday Night Live, who was best known for his neurotic character Stewart Smalley. However, Franken took to the Senate floor recently to shame Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans for their brazen, shameless cowardice and disservice to the Constitution.
McConnell and Senate Republicans made it clear just hours after former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s body went cold, that they would not “move forward” on nominating a replacement while President Obama was sill in office. In fact, that was the first statement McConnell sent via Twitter after he learned of Scalia’s death.
Using the American people as cover, Republicans have vowed to desert their constitutional duties, in hopes of gaining political leverage by 2017. Frankin and other Senate Democrats made it clear that they would not stand by and let the Republicans make a mockery of the constitution. Here is a partial transcript followed by the YouTube video of Frankin’s speech before the Senate.
‘It is our duty to move forward. We must fulfill our constitutional obligation to ensure that the highest court in the land has a full complement of justices.
Unfortunately, it would seem that some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle do not agree—and they wasted no time in making known their objections. Less than an hour after news of Justice Scalia’s death became public, the Majority Leader announced that the Senate would not take up the business of considering a replacement until after the presidential election. Quote, “[t]he American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice,” he said.
The only problem with the Majority Leader’s reasoning, Mr. PRESIDENT, is that the American people have spoken. Twice. President Barack Obama was elected and reelected by a solid majority of the American people who correctly understood that elections have consequences, not the least of which is that when a vacancy occurs, the President of United States has the constitutional responsibility to appoint a justice to the Supreme Court.
The Constitution does not set a time limit on the President’s ability to fulfill this duty. Nor, by my reading, does the Constitution set a date after which the President is no longer able to fulfill his duties as Commander in Chief, or to exercise his authority to, say, grant pardons or make treaties. It merely states that the President shall hold office for a term of four years. And by my count, there are in the neighborhood of 11 months left.
If we were to truly subscribe to the Majority Leader’s logic and extend it to the legislative branch, it would yield an absurd result. Senators would become ineffective in the last year of their term. The 28 senators who are now in the midst of their reelection campaigns and the 6 senators who are stepping down should be precluded from casting votes in committee or on the Senate floor.
Ten committee chairs and 19 subcommittee chairs should pass the gavel to a colleague who is not currently running for reelection or preparing for retirement. Bill introduction, and indeed the cosponsorship of bills, should be limited to those senators who are not yet serving in the sixth year of their terms. If the Majority Leader sincerely believes that the only way to ensure that the voice of the American people is heard is to lop off the last year of an elected official’s term, I trust he will make these changes.
But I suspect he does not. Rather, it seems to me that the Majority Leader believes that the term of just one elected official in particular should be cut short. Which begs the question, M. PRESIDENT, just how short should it be cut? As I said, by my count, approximately 11 months remain in Barack Obama’s presidency. 11. Now, 11 months is a considerable amount of time.
Sizable. It has heft, to be sure, but I wouldn’t call it vast. Then again, there’s a certain arbitrariness to settling on 11 months. After all, it’s just shy of a full year. Perhaps, in order to simplify matters, an entire year would be preferable. Or maybe just six months—half a year. It’s a difficult decision, M. PRESIDENT. If only the American people had a voice in selecting precisely how much time we should shave off the President’s term.’
Not only will McConnell and Senate Republicans not vote for any nominee President Obama puts forward, regardless of qualifications, but McConnell has also made it very clear that Republicans will not even meet with the President’s nominee.
‘I don’t know how many times we need to keep saying this: The Judiciary Committee has unanimously recommended to me that there be no hearing. I’ve said repeatedly and I’m now confident that my conference agrees that this decision ought to be made by the next president, whoever is elected,’ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday.
When asked if he would meet with President Obama’s nominee, he said:
‘I don’t know the purpose of such a visit I would not be inclined to take it myself.’
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) accidentally exposed the true nature of his party when he said:
‘I don’t see the point in going through the motions, if we know what the outcome is going to be. I don’t see the point in going through the motions and creating a misleading impression.’
Well, there you have it, folks. Senate Republicans simply don’t want to give the American people the “misleading impression” that they plan to fulfill their constitutional obligations in good faith.
Republicans are flat out refusing to do their jobs, in hopes of a political return come November. During the Iraq War, if a soldier refused to deploy during George W. Bush’s last year in office and gave that excuse, he or she would probably be in serving time in Leavenworth.
The Founding Fathers of this country would probably have had traitors like the Senate Republicans imprisoned or worse, for what they are doing to this country.
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#1. To: Willie Green, All (#0)
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is a very funny guy.
This Al Franken?
Yep, he should be taken very seriously because he does know how to steal an election.
потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
#2. To: Willie Green, All (#0)
How I Stole an Election by Al Franken
"After election night, Norm Coleman led Al Franken by 725 votes, but by time the democrats quit counting, he lost by 312 votes. How could this happen? Voter fraud. If you would merely toss out the 393 convicted felons who voted, Coleman would have won by 81 votes. Actually, there were 1099 questionable votes by felons, but the confirmed cases added up to 393.
Of course, as always democrats were able to count on the dead, who cast a total of 2812 votes for Franken. Minnesota Secretary of State, Mark Ritchie is a partisan who has extremely close ties to ACORN , was supposed to have purged the dead from the rolls monthly, but didn’t and ACORN turned in 43,000 voter registrations. (I didn’t know Daffy Duck and Catherine the Great lived in Minnesota) That brings the fraudulent vote count to 3,205.
To further cast doubt on the election, before a recount was even started, Franken picked up 435 votes and Coleman lost 69. Minnesota has 4130 precincts. Only three precincts reported errors. All three heavily democratic districts and all three showed a net gain for Franken. Now we have 3,709 fraudulent votes.
So next time a liberal tries to tell you that voter fraud doesn’t exist, have someone read this column to him or her. A senator gets a seat with 10 times more fraudulent votes than his margin of victory.
Steven Ahle is the Editor of Red Statements and a regular contributor to The D.C. Clothesline."
потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
#3. To: Willie Green (#0)
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is a very funny guy. Many people remember Franken as a brilliant . . .
I stopped reading the article right there
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD . . . "
~Psalm 33:12a
#4. To: Willie Green (#0)
" traitors like the Senate Republicans "
Well Willie, did you feel that way when Chuck Schummer and other demrats said they would not have any hearings of Bush's nominations in his last 18 months?
Yes or no?
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
There are no Carthaginian terrorists.
President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood
A friend will help you move ,But a good friend will help you move a body..
#5. To: Rufus T Firefly (#3)
" Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is a very funny guy. "
Then he should stick to comedy, and avoid serious topics.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
There are no Carthaginian terrorists.
President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood
A friend will help you move ,But a good friend will help you move a body..
#6. To: Stoner (#4)
Tell me... who did Bush try to appoint to the SCOTUS during his last 18 months?
#7. To: Willie Green (#6)
" Tell me... who did Bush try to appoint to the SCOTUS during his last 18 months? "
I really don't remember. But there has been replays of Chuck Schumer saying that. Are you saying that Chucky & Co did not say that?
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
There are no Carthaginian terrorists.
President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood
A friend will help you move ,But a good friend will help you move a body..
#8. To: Willie Green (#0)
Al Franken's opinions on the matter are EXACTLY mine; McConnell is another god-damned communist tearing apart the US Constitution.
#9. To: Stoner (#7)
Are you saying that Chucky & Co did not say that?
Hell, I don't know... I never lived in NY, so I don't give a rat's patoot what he says...
but I DO live in Texas, so you can bet I'll be voting FOR whoever runs AGAINST Cornyn & Cruz.
#10. To: Willie Green (#9)
I'll be voting FOR whoever runs AGAINST Cornyn & Cruz.
Willie Green is going to vote for Trump! Will wonders never cease?
#11. To: Willie Green (#0)
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is a very funny guy.
When did that happen?
#12. To: Roscoe (#10)
Willie Green is going to vote for Trump! Will wonders never cease?
Perhaps... but only to make sure that Creepy Cruz goes down in flames...
Of course, I can also cross-over to vote for Bernie instead of the Hildebeast...
Decisions, decisions...
#13. To: Willie Green (#12)
only to make sure that Creepy Cruz goes down in flames...
Can't argue with that.
#14. To: Willie Green (#0)
Al Franken Tears Into Mitch McConnell On Senate Floor For Being An Unpatriotic Coward
That would be funny if I thought you were being sarcastic,but unfortunately you are serious.
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is a very funny guy. Many people remember Franken as a brilliant comedian on Saturday Night Live*"
"Many people" from what planet? I always thought he was pathetic,and have never considered pathetic people to be funny.
What he IS,is a big-mouthed snarky communist Jew that hates America. Something is clearly wrong with the people in Mn,or he would have never been elected. Then again,they also elected Jesse Ventura and Mondale,so electing Franklin didn't come as a big surprise.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
#15. To: Stoner (#5)
" Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is a very funny guy. "Then he should stick to comedy, and avoid serious topics.
You never watched his skits on SNL,did you? He always played neurotic,pathetic characters,and it has been said that writers and comedians base their skits on what they know.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
#16. To: Stoner, Willie Green (#7)
I really don't remember. But there has been replays of Chuck Schumer saying that. Are you saying that Chucky & Co did not say that?
Joe Biden also gave a speech about that on the Senate floor. That is available online,also.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
#17. To: buckeroo (#8)
Al Franken's opinions on the matter are EXACTLY mine; McConnell is another god-damned communist tearing apart the US Constitution.
Yeah,but it's all about the context. Franken is only outraged because he promotes the communist cause,and this hinders him. He had no outrage when Schumer and Biden were saying the same thing about Bush judicial appointments.
"Situational outrage".
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
#18. To: Roscoe, Willie Green (#10)
Willie Green is going to vote for Trump! Will wonders never cease?
Well,fascism IS the adult brother of communism. Maybe he is evolving?
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
#19. To: sneakypete (#17)
Bush judicial appointments
I see that you want to talk about the merits of Harriet Myers. What was so GREAT about her providing jurisprudence at one of the highest levels of government power?
#20. To: buckeroo (#19)
I see that you want to talk about the merits of Harriet Myers.
No,you don't. I was speaking about hypocrisy.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
#21. To: sneakypete (#15)
" You never watched his skits on SNL "
I sure did. My two favorite's were:
1. Where he did Senator Paul Simon ( "I think they like the bow tie" )
2. Where he played Joe Schmuck reporter, doing the one man reported during Gulf War One, where the incoming middles homed in on his signal.
I thought those were funny.
I also remember him playing the gay guy " I'm smart enough, I'm good enough, and dogone it, they like me "
Didn't care for that one.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
There are no Carthaginian terrorists.
President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood
A friend will help you move ,But a good friend will help you move a body..
#22. To: sneakypete (#16)
" Joe Biden also gave a speech about that on the Senate floor. That is available online,also. "
Yeah, forgot that one. Just heard a reply of that today on the radio.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
There are no Carthaginian terrorists.
President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood
A friend will help you move ,But a good friend will help you move a body..
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