On May 15, 4:08=A0am, dilbert firestorm <scan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> D.F. Manno wrote:
> > Yep, 178 Republicans voted against a Mother's Day resolution. From the
> > Wa****ngton Post's Dana Milbank's blog:
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> > > =8A On Wednesday afternoon, the House had just voted, 412 to 0,
> > > to pass H. Res. 1113, "Celebrating the role of mothers in the
> > > United States and sup****ting the goals and ideals of Mother's
> > > Day," when Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), rose in protest.
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> > > "Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote," he announced.
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> > > Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), who has two young daughters, moved
> > > to table Tiahrt's request, setting up a revote. This time, 178
> > > Republicans cast their votes against mothers.=8A
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> > > House Minority Leader John Boehner, asked yesterday to explain
> > > why he and 177 of his colleagues switched their votes,
> > > answered: "Oh, we just wanted to make sure that everyone was on
> > > record in sup****t of Mother's Day."
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> > > By voting against it? =8A
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> >
<http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/08/AR20080=
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> > 0802999.html?hpid=3Dnews-col-blog>
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> > or <http://tinyurl.com/3egjos>
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> > Even the original sponsor of the bill voted against mothers.
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> > That's going to be real popular at Republican homes on Sunday.
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> a stupid meaningless resolution........ that doesn't do anything.
Of course it is, and of course it doesn't. I'm just surprised that in
this era where "Gotcha!" constitutes deep political discourse, so many
Republicans were willing to provide this sort of ammunition.
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