Five Hypocrites and One Bad Plan

Here's the reason why any assertion of that type fails on face:



You can't count votes UNTIL THERE IS A VOTE CAST.



It's one of the things about Congress in general that sends me over the edge. They slink around playing games within their caucuses, trading votes for YOUR earmark if you vote for this for me... It's all disgraceful.



Write the bill, run it thru committee, and then hold a vote for it. Why is that so hard? When it's over, we can see very clearly how the vote turned out. Until you hold an actual vote, there is nothing but hearsay and gamesmanship to rely upon from reporters and party officials.



Politicians play little games for their constituents, tut-tutting this or "we have to look very seriously at the implications of" that prior to voting on a bill. They're sending pointed messages, but not to us.



They look at watches and wait for the lobbyists to come in drop some duckets into a certain PAC.... And then games go on and on.



So if you put any stock in that slop, then you will buy anything. "Votes" in Congress are the pump that brings in campaign funds. And when 'tough' votes can be deliberately avoided (such as the one you want to cite) then Congresscritters can actually get money from BOTH sides of the issue. A bonus for maintaining pure dishonesty.



Obama knows how it works. But he plays along.
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