Comments on: The Accountability Problem http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/06/the-accountability-problem Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:52:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: DrDick http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/06/the-accountability-problem/comment-page-1#comment-52368 DrDick Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:32:25 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=13437#comment-52368 Please name three Republicans who have based their votes on anything else in the past 30 years. They are overwhelmingly the party of "What's in it for me?" and always oppose any and all policies which might benefit others (see welfare and unemployment benefits). Please name three Republicans who have based their votes on anything else in the past 30 years. They are overwhelmingly the party of “What’s in it for me?” and always oppose any and all policies which might benefit others (see welfare and unemployment benefits).

]]> By: David Nieporent http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/06/the-accountability-problem/comment-page-1#comment-52355 David Nieporent Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:50:57 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=13437#comment-52355 Great. As long as you're basing your vote on a deep-rooted principle like, "What's in it for me?" Great. As long as you’re basing your vote on a deep-rooted principle like, “What’s in it for me?”

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]]> By: Frank Capra And The Austerity Pimps: Doo Wop Group From The Chambers Of The Senate « Around The Sphere http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/06/the-accountability-problem/comment-page-1#comment-52205 Frank Capra And The Austerity Pimps: Doo Wop Group From The Chambers Of The Senate « Around The Sphere Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:10:38 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=13437#comment-52205 [...] Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns and Money pivots off Yglesias: The filibuster is indefensible for a whole host of reasons, but this dynamic seems especially difficult to justify. Democratic theory can offer justifications for any number of potentially counter-majoritarian veto points, but it’s hard to imagine circumstances in which it’s a good idea to empower a minority while practically leaving accountability with the majority. The fact that even a lot of progressives retain a sentimental attachment to the filibuster is as baffling as any reality of American politics. It can’t even really be nostalgia — for what, the filibuster of the Civil Rights Act? Even the Capra movie really isn’t that good… [...] [...] Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns and Money pivots off Yglesias: The filibuster is indefensible for a whole host of reasons, but this dynamic seems especially difficult to justify. Democratic theory can offer justifications for any number of potentially counter-majoritarian veto points, but it’s hard to imagine circumstances in which it’s a good idea to empower a minority while practically leaving accountability with the majority. The fact that even a lot of progressives retain a sentimental attachment to the filibuster is as baffling as any reality of American politics. It can’t even really be nostalgia — for what, the filibuster of the Civil Rights Act? Even the Capra movie really isn’t that good… [...]

]]> By: Bill Altreuter http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/06/the-accountability-problem/comment-page-1#comment-52194 Bill Altreuter Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:21:28 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=13437#comment-52194 The last actual filibuster that I recall was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_D%27Amato#United_States_Senate" rel="nofollow">Al D'Amato's</a>. Has it really been that long? The last actual filibuster that I recall was Al D’Amato’s. Has it really been that long?

]]> By: Jay http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/06/the-accountability-problem/comment-page-1#comment-52192 Jay Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:19:26 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=13437#comment-52192 AS A LIFELONG REPUBLICAN----AND ONE UNEMPLOYED FOR 8 MONTHS NOW, I REALLY NEED THE EXTENDERS BILL PASSED----LIKE YESTERDAY. IF MY REPUBLICAN BROTHERS FAIL TO ACT ON THIS LEGISLATION---FOR ME AND MY FAMILY---I AM GOING TO GO OUT OF MY WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT NEVER GET ERELECTED. YPOU CAN BET I'LL BE FIRST IN LINE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE VOTING AGINST THE REPUBLCAIN PARTY. REPUBLCANS SHOULD BE KNOWN AS THE PARTY OF JACOB MARLEY AND EBENEEZER SCROOGE. MERRY CHRISTMAS. I AM SURE THEIR'S WILL BE SO. GOD HELP THE REST OF US. AS A LIFELONG REPUBLICAN—-AND ONE UNEMPLOYED FOR 8 MONTHS NOW, I REALLY NEED THE EXTENDERS BILL PASSED—-LIKE YESTERDAY.

IF MY REPUBLICAN BROTHERS FAIL TO ACT ON THIS LEGISLATION—FOR ME AND MY FAMILY—I AM GOING TO GO OUT OF MY WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT NEVER GET ERELECTED. YPOU CAN BET I’LL BE FIRST IN LINE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE VOTING AGINST THE REPUBLCAIN PARTY.

REPUBLCANS SHOULD BE KNOWN AS THE PARTY OF JACOB MARLEY AND EBENEEZER SCROOGE. MERRY CHRISTMAS. I AM SURE THEIR’S WILL BE SO.

GOD HELP THE REST OF US.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/06/the-accountability-problem/comment-page-1#comment-52189 Anonymous Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:55:34 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=13437#comment-52189 <em>Democrats are at least as much to blame as Republicans.</em> I have absolutely no idea how you would arrive at that conclusion when 98% of Democratic Senators voted for the bill and 0% of Republicans voted for the bill. Democrats are at least as much to blame as Republicans.

I have absolutely no idea how you would arrive at that conclusion when 98% of Democratic Senators voted for the bill and 0% of Republicans voted for the bill.

]]> By: bph http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/06/the-accountability-problem/comment-page-1#comment-52186 bph Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:17:11 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=13437#comment-52186 They changed the rules, a threat is all you need now. They changed the rules, a threat is all you need now.

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