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	<title>Comments on: Statesmanship Is Dead; Al Franken Killed It</title>
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		<title>By: Jeff O</title>
		<link>http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/2009/12/18/statesmanship-is-dead-al-franken-killed-it/#comment-3423</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeff O</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did McCain say it hurts the "comity of the Senate" or the "comedy of the Senate"? Because frankly, the minority party and its smarmy fellow-traveler have turned the allegedly august body into a joke.

Personally, I think Franken made a mistake in not allowing the worm his extra minute to finish up his drone. But if McCain -- the former POW whose disgraceful, rightwing-placating Presidential campaign showed him to be America's foremost moral coward -- thinks Franken's loss of patience with another stalling tactic is the most glaring example of "what's happened in the Senate" that's "wrong," well, he’s just suckling up to the righwingers who despise him anyway.

Surely a far more egregious example of “what's happening in the Senate” was the Republican effort to filibuster the military spending bill in order to delay consideration of healthcare -- holding those in harm’s way hostage to their partisan maneuvering. And if McCain had any moral courage at all, he'd cite THAT as something that's happening in the Senate that's more than wrong; it's reprehensible.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did McCain say it hurts the &#8220;comity of the Senate&#8221; or the &#8220;comedy of the Senate&#8221;? Because frankly, the minority party and its smarmy fellow-traveler have turned the allegedly august body into a joke.</p>
<p>Personally, I think Franken made a mistake in not allowing the worm his extra minute to finish up his drone. But if McCain &#8212; the former POW whose disgraceful, rightwing-placating Presidential campaign showed him to be America&#8217;s foremost moral coward &#8212; thinks Franken&#8217;s loss of patience with another stalling tactic is the most glaring example of &#8220;what&#8217;s happened in the Senate&#8221; that&#8217;s &#8220;wrong,&#8221; well, he’s just suckling up to the righwingers who despise him anyway.</p>
<p>Surely a far more egregious example of “what&#8217;s happening in the Senate” was the Republican effort to filibuster the military spending bill in order to delay consideration of healthcare &#8212; holding those in harm’s way hostage to their partisan maneuvering. And if McCain had any moral courage at all, he&#8217;d cite THAT as something that&#8217;s happening in the Senate that&#8217;s more than wrong; it&#8217;s reprehensible.</p>
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