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Can You Spot The Partisan Legislation?

8 points by araneae 17y ago

bitwize 17y ago
Elections have consequences.
- smallblacksun 17y ago
  The point was that the people saying that republicans always vote against social reform, or that major social reform bills are always starkly partisan, are lying.
  - hexis 17y ago
    I think we can be sure that they are wrong, but not that they are lying.
    - anamax 17y ago
      > I think we can be sure that they are wrong, but not that they are lying. Reckless disregard for the truth only works a couple of times. (Since journalists claim to fact-check things, they get even less of a pass.) We mistrust known liars for obvious reasons. Those reasons also apply to folks who don't care whether they get it right. BTW - The author missed another one. Congressional Republicans voted overwhelmingly for Social Security when it was enacted during FDR's term.
- billswift 17y ago
  Non sequitur
tallanvor 17y ago
Can you spot the partisan blogger? Seriously, the guy links to newsbusters. Really the only thing his graphics show is just how good the Republican party has gotten at forcing their members to toe the party line.
jellicle 17y ago
Actually the vote tallies just demonstrate how wingnutty the Republican Party has become in the last few years. The legislation at hand is, literally and without exaggeration, almost entirely Republican in nature. It's nearly identical to proposals made by Republican presidential candidates. It's nearly identical to what Mitt Romney pushed for and got in Massachusetts. It is an unexciting law that contains massive giveaways to favored Republican industries like the drug companies. And yet, not a single Republican in 2010 could manage to vote for it. And Republican columnists and Republican think-tank members who pointed out the law is exactly what Republicans say they want... they got fired for violating Party orthodoxy. That speaks volumes about the modern Republican Party, and says very little about the healthcare law.
MaysonL 17y ago
It was only partican legislation because the Republicans refused to make it bipartisan, instead as a matter of strategy decided to kill it, and failed.

8 points by araneae 17y ago

bitwize 17y ago

Elections have consequences.

smallblacksun 17y ago
The point was that the people saying that republicans always vote against social reform, or that major social reform bills are always starkly partisan, are lying.
- hexis 17y ago
  I think we can be sure that they are wrong, but not that they are lying.
  - anamax 17y ago
    > I think we can be sure that they are wrong, but not that they are lying. Reckless disregard for the truth only works a couple of times. (Since journalists claim to fact-check things, they get even less of a pass.) We mistrust known liars for obvious reasons. Those reasons also apply to folks who don't care whether they get it right. BTW - The author missed another one. Congressional Republicans voted overwhelmingly for Social Security when it was enacted during FDR's term.
billswift 17y ago
Non sequitur

tallanvor 17y ago

Can you spot the partisan blogger? Seriously, the guy links to newsbusters. Really the only thing his graphics show is just how good the Republican party has gotten at forcing their members to toe the party line.

jellicle 17y ago

Actually the vote tallies just demonstrate how wingnutty the Republican Party has become in the last few years. The legislation at hand is, literally and without exaggeration, almost entirely Republican in nature. It's nearly identical to proposals made by Republican presidential candidates. It's nearly identical to what Mitt Romney pushed for and got in Massachusetts. It is an unexciting law that contains massive giveaways to favored Republican industries like the drug companies. And yet, not a single Republican in 2010 could manage to vote for it. And Republican columnists and Republican think-tank members who pointed out the law is exactly what Republicans say they want... they got fired for violating Party orthodoxy. That speaks volumes about the modern Republican Party, and says very little about the healthcare law.

MaysonL 17y ago

It was only partican legislation because the Republicans refused to make it bipartisan, instead as a matter of strategy decided to kill it, and failed.