A funny thing happened on the way to the debate. Some guy name Paulson told some other folks that life as we know it was about to come to an end, and pretty soon, with no credit, we’d all be back to the barter system or the gold standard or some darn thing.
Folks was gonna be living hand to mouth and lucky to have a job, and forget livin’ to be old, ‘cause you know, we’d probably starve by then with no 401K. So Paulson told some people called senators all about this, and boy! Was there a stir! So them senators got together and figured a senator’s gotta do, what a senator’s gotta do! You know, the thing they got hired to do in the first place, cogitate and say Yea! Or Nay!
One senator dropped what he was doin’ and ran right back to help. ‘Cause, one of his special jobs was to make sure whatever got decided, EVERYONE read the paper with the ideas on it first. This guy made sure that happened by telling everyone he hadn’t read the paper yet, and let them know what he thought when it was time to say “Yey, or “Nay”.
Course, now, another senator thought this was all hog swill and wasn’t haven’ none of it, till the big boss reminded him what his job was and to get his butt back to work. That other senator had been positively salivatin’ over the chance to put his own big spin on the goings on. He sure didn’t want to work with all them other senators, ’cause then he wouldn’t look so big. Anyhow, he dragged himself back long enough to show he was there, and then flew on outta there as quick as a wink.
Next thing you know, no one has decided anything, ‘cause some senators think it’s all a fraud, some senators want stuff in return for all this deciding, and others just think life oughta do what its gonna do! Seems to me cogitatin’, and sayin’ “Yea” or “Nay” is what it’s all about, so I think one senator did his darn job, and at least got the rest of them thar senators cogitatin’. “Course everyone fussed and stewed, but that’s the nature of cogitatin’ first.
Here is the roll call vote:
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress – 2nd Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary
Question: On the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3604 )
Vote Number: 206 Vote Date: September 26, 2008, 12:04 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Motion to Proceed Rejected
Measure Number: S. 3604
Measure Title: A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for economic recovery for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Vote Counts: YEAs 52
NAYs 42
Not Voting 6
ABC is speculating it might be Wed. before a final vote happens HERE.
BlueLyon has a really interesting blog that shows you just how cranky people are about bailouts, right now:
Why Not?
Posted on September 25, 2008 by bluelyonGot this piece credited to T.J. Birkenmeier in my inbox today.
The “”We Deserve It” dividend
Over at the Iowa Independent pundits have been doing some armchair quarterbacking of their own regarding what rural voters will look for in tonight’s debate.
What rural voters will look for in tonight’s debate
By DOUGLAS BURNS 9/26/08 12:03 PM
[CARROLL, Iowa — In the last two presidential election cycles, George W. Bush’s strong showing in rural America played a pivotal role in his victories. A recent Center for Rural Strategies poll shows GOP presidential candidate John McCain with a lead among rural voters, but not as large as the one Bush held over John Kerry in September 2004.
In a survey last week of 742 likely voters living in rural communities, McCain led Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama 51 percent to 41 percent, according to the Center’s poll. In a September 2004 poll in battleground states, Bush led Kerry by 13 percentage points — 55 percent to 42 percent…..]
http://iowaindependent.com/6150/what-rural-voters-will-look-for-in-tonights-debate
I Own My Vote, PUMA, The Denver Group, Just Say No Deal
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