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Old Retired Fart on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 10:08:33 AM
Every now and then, I am amazed at how dumb our elected officials think we are. But then again, we let them get away with it. I was reading this morning about the chances of passage of the "card check bill" in the new congress. What it basically comes down to is that it will pass the House, and it has the votes to pass in the Senate, but it may not have the 60 votes necessary for cloture.
Now I'm pretty opposed to this bill for a lot of reasons. Being a former union member in my youth, I know that unions exist for the sole purpose of keeping union officials employed. To effect this, unions attempt to make sure that their members get paid as much as possible for doing as little work as possible on as few days a year as possible for the shortest time possible before being able to retire at full salary.
But I digress. What really frosts me is that Harry Reid is pushing senators, such as Mary Landrieu from my home state, to vote for cloture, and then vote against the bill to save face back home. What is that falling on my boot? Rain? I don't think so. People have to got to start paying attention and holding their elected representatives accountable. We need to let our senators know, as my better half and I did today, that a vote for cloture is the same as a vote for passage, and we will view it that way.
If we let these folks know that we know the rules as well, maybe we can make them play the game in the open.
Just my .02 worth