{"id":27321,"date":"2007-10-30T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T04:45:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T04:45:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T04:45:20","slug":"the_democrat_protest_congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/10\/30\/the_democrat_protest_congress\/","title":{"rendered":"The Democrat Protest Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RUSH: I want you to hear the president today. He had a little press conference. He was in the Rose Garden. He had a message for Congress.<\/p>\n

THE PRESIDENT: Congress is not getting its work done. The House of Representatives has wasted valuable time on a constant stream of investigations, and the Senate has wasted valuable time on an endless series of failed votes to pull our troops out of Iraq —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yes!<\/p>\n

THE PRESIDENT: — and yet there\u2019s important work to be done on behalf of the American people.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Maybe.<\/p>\n

THE PRESIDENT: They have not been able to send a single annual appropriations bill to my desk, and that\u2019s the worst record for a Congress in 20 years. They proposed tax increases in the farm bill, the energy bill, the small business bill, and, of course, the S-CHIP bill. They haven\u2019t seen a bill they could not solve without shoving a tax hike into it.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Whoa, mama! He really took it to them today, and he\u2019s right. The Drive-Bys are filled with stories today about how the Congress is a mess, not getting anything done. ‘Voters\u2019 Views of Pelosi, Congress Have Dimmed.\u2019 ‘Pelosi Finesses Tax Message of Rangel.\u2019 ‘New Congress at War over Everything.\u2019 Now, this is a lame duck president who they think is an idiot, and he\u2019s running rings around them now, and he\u2019s right. They haven\u2019t sent up a single appropriations bill. They\u2019re doing this on purpose. I also think, by the way, that they\u2019re really not that disappointed by the S-CHIP veto. In fact, they may have engineered it, because they want to use this as a campaign tool in 2008. They want to go out there and say, ‘Hey, we were all for expanding the children and health care but these evil Republicans voted against it,\u2019 but when to live in their media monopoly anymore, folks, and they\u2019re not going to get away with it. However, there is a piece of legislation that is simmering out there in the Congress, and it\u2019s the new energy bill, and it is a disaster. This is what Dingy Harry and Pelosi are working on now. <\/p>\n

Numerous reports are reaching us here in the EIB Network that Dingy Harry and Pelosi are both pushing hard to get something done on energy, given high oil prices and the need to get more done so as to not be branded as a do-nothing Congress, heading into an election year. Now, the energy bills that they are proposing are, of course, rooted in high regulation, a bunch of new regulations, and new taxes. There are a whole bunch of stories here that I have linked to for this update report to you. The Politico, in fact, is reporting that Democrats ‘are working in secret to get an energy bill loaded with regulation and taxes,\u2019 to get that done. This is in the story about ‘New Congress at War over Everything.\u2019 She\u2019s not mentioned much in here, but the story is about Pelosi\u2019s lack of leadership. But here\u2019s a quote and the pull quote from the story. ‘The energy bill might be the turning point. With both sides desperate for a legislative achievement, Bush and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have displayed rare, if quiet, cooperation on the issue. Both Bush and Pelosi are attracted by the idea of providing new incentives to spur the development and use of alternative fuels, and a mix of spending and tax cuts to limit environmental damage.\u2019 Let\u2019s go to the Senate side. Dingy Harry late yesterday on the Senate floor. Here\u2019s a portion of his remarks.<\/p>\n

HARRY REID: Last night, temperatures fell on many parts of the East Coast and, frankly, even in the West Coast. It\u2019s been getting cold all over America. Then this meant this morning and in the DC area for the first time this year, people had to reach into their closets for scarves, heavier suits — even coats — for the first time this season.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I don\u2019t believe this.<\/p>\n

HARRY REID: There are parts of Nevada that are really cold. <\/p>\n

RUSH: This is not…<\/p>\n

HARRY REID: We\u2019ve had freezing temperatures in Ely and Elko already this year. As the temperature falls all over the country, we begin to think about the cost of heating our homes for the winter.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You don\u2019t!<\/p>\n

HARRY REID: Costs have risen steadily during the seven years of the Bush administration, and we\u2019ve become even more dependent on fossil fuel. <\/p>\n

RUSH: (laughing)<\/p>\n

HARRY REID: This morning, our thoughts had to turn toward the cold months ahead.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I\u2019ll tell you, the dirty little truth is, we haven\u2019t even gotten to fall yet! I was in New York for five or six days, and it was 65, 70, one day 80 degrees. Here it is, what is it, October 30th? It\u2019s about time people in Washington and Northeast had to grab a little coat or a jacket. It\u2019s a lot late! It\u2019s a lot late! It\u2019s kind of crazy to be going to a football game in late October in New York or Washington, DC, in shirt sleeves, but before we analyze this further, remember what he said here. ‘Last night, temperatures fell in many parts of the East Coast, and, frankly, even in the West Coast. It\u2019s been getting cold.\u2019 But just last week, ladies and gentlemen…<\/p>\n

HARRY REID: One reason that we have the fires burning in Southern California is global warming. One reason the Colorado basin is going dry is because of global warming.<\/p>\n

REPORTER: You said that the reason the fires are burning in California is global warming?<\/p>\n

HARRY REID: No, I — here\u2019s — here\u2019s what I — I didn\u2019t say the reason the fires were burning in Southern California is global warming.<\/p>\n

RUSH: (laughter) I just love this. This guy is so discombobulated, but I\u2019ll tell you what. This energy bill that he\u2019s hyping here with the first sound bite that we played, is this not just typical of the way liberals go at things? Everybody\u2019s a victim! (sobbing) ‘It\u2019s going to be cold out there! Some may have to put on coats and hats. It reminded us of the cold weather that\u2019s coming and the rising energy costs,\u2019 and we gotta do something about it — and so they\u2019re pushing this big energy bill to try to get something done. Of course you know the inertia for this has captured even a bunch of Republicans in terms of this whole alternative fuel business. I\u2019m not sure just how accurate The Politico is. I\u2019m not being critical here, but they say that Bush and Pelosi have displayed ‘rare, if quiet, cooperation\u2019 on this upcoming energy bill. This is just a heads-up, folks, that it\u2019s coming. Dingy Harry\u2019s first sound bite is an indication that this is the setup for tax increases and more regulation to get a new energy bill and so forth. And the president\u2019s right: Everything they want to do has in it a huge tax increase. I want to play this sound bite again. This is just hilarious. Now you\u2019ve heard it. When you listen to this, I want you to remember, it\u2019s October 30th. It is fall. It is autumn. The leaves are turning. They are falling off of the trees. The days are getting shorter. We\u2019re going to go off Daylight Saving Time Saturday night. It\u2019s November this weekend. It will be November in two days. It\u2019s supposed to be getting a little chilly.<\/p>\n

HARRY REID: Last night, temperatures fell on many parts of the East Coast and, frankly, even in the West Coast. It\u2019s been getting cold all over America. Then this meant this morning and in the DC area for the first time this year, people had to reach into their closets for scarves, heavier suits — even coats — for the first time this season. There are parts of Nevada that are really cold.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Stop the tape. Stop the tape. You know, folks, does this guy not sound like a great replacement for Mr. Rogers? He is explaining this. He\u2019s explaining what happens during the autumnal season change, as you would explain it to a bunch of five-year-olds.<\/p>\n

HARRY REID: — temperatures in Ely and Elko already this year. As the temperature falls all over the country, we begin to think about the cost of heating our homes for the winter. The costs have risen steadily during the seven years of the Bush administration —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Wah-hah-hah-haaaah!<\/p>\n

HARRY REID: — and we\u2019ve become even more dependent on fossil fuel. This morning, our thoughts had to turn toward the cold months ahead.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, a lot of people are hoping so. A lot of people are burning up and uncomfortably warm when it shouldn\u2019t be so much this time of year. Here\u2019s how you have to understand these people, folks. Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, all these people, who are they? They are children of the sixties, and they are still acting like children. Children of the sixties. You know what this is? This is the world\u2019s first sit-in Congress! This is the world\u2019s first protest Congress. They haven\u2019t governed. They haven\u2019t done diddly-squat. They just protest. We\u2019ve got a bunch of radical protesters that have taken over the Democrat majority in the US Senate and the US House of Representatives. The only thing they accomplish is getting press coverage for all the stunts that they pull. Sorry about that. They do spend a lot of time telling us how much they say they\u2019re going to accomplish, but they haven\u2019t accomplished anything. Just like the anti-war crowd this time hasn\u2019t accomplished anything. They haven\u2019t gotten us out of Iraq. The Democrats haven\u2019t gotten us out of Iraq. The Democrats haven\u2019t done diddly-squat. It\u2019s the sixties, anti-war protest gang that\u2019s finally in Congress, and they\u2019re just sitting in! It\u2019s a giant sit-in. It\u2019s a giant protest. Well, they do know how to write letters. They know how to write letters that raise gobs of money for the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation. But as for governing, well, you heard what the president said. Play it again! Audio sound bite number four. This is like the best description of the sit-in Congress, the sixties protest Congress. Don\u2019t do anything but protest. <\/p>\n

THE PRESIDENT: Congress is not getting its work done. The House of Representatives has wasted valuable time on a constant stream of investigations, and the Senate has wasted valuable time on an endless series of failed votes to pull our troops out of Iraq, and yet there\u2019s important work to be done on behalf of the American people. They have not been able to send a single annual appropriations bill to my desk. And that\u2019s the worst record for a Congress in 20 years. They proposed tax increases in the farm bill, the energy bill, the small business bill, and, of course, the S-CHIP bill. They haven\u2019t seen a bill they could not solve without shoving a tax hike into it.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s just awesome. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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