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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2012 => Topic started by: TVDOC on April 21, 2012, 02:32:43 PM
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http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/article/yorkobama-faces-defeat-pipeline-dems-defect/491396
While much of the political world obsesses over Twitter fights and Seamus the dog, Barack Obama has set himself up for a high-profile defeat on one of the most important issues of the campaign.
The president has put his feet in cement in opposition to the Keystone oil pipeline. But on Capitol Hill, more and more Democrats are joining Republicans to force approval of the pipeline, whether Obama wants it or not.
The latest action happened Wednesday, when the House passed a measure to move the pipeline forward. Before the vote, Obama issued a veto threat. The House approved the pipeline anyway -- by a veto-proof majority, 293 to 127. Sixty-nine Democrats abandoned the president to vote with Republicans. That's a lot of defections.
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Will Dingy Harry sit on his hands and not let a vote on the pipeline move forward in the Senate .
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The emperor is losing his clothes?
:fuelfire:
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The emperor is losing his clothes?
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He's already lost our shirt why not some of his now.
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I saw this the other day. The democrats are just voting for it to save their asses for this election. They want something positive to run on, since they can't run on obamacare or the economy, or the stellar job they all did.
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I saw this the other day. The democrats are just voting for it to save their asses for this election. They want something positive to run on, since they can't run on obamacare or the economy, or the stellar job they all did.
And they know that Reid will never allow it to a vote anyway, for fear of it passing the senate and forcing Obama to veto it.
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And they know that Reid will never allow it to a vote anyway, for fear of it passing the senate and forcing Obama to veto it.
Hope he likes being Senate Minority Leader come January.
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Even if it passes with Obummer kicking and screaming, it will be opposed be the env. wackos and the legal battle will be lengthy
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Even if it passes with Obummer kicking and screaming, it will be opposed be the env. wackos and the legal battle will be lengthy
That's the problem.
A new route avoiding the Sandhills has been designated, and Nebraska's happy with it--not to mention the landowners in the path of the pipeline, and more power to them.
But when the controversy was erupting during discussion of the first route, the landowners in the Sandhills were shut out. They had anticipated it would be them vs. the pipeline company, but it turned out to be the special interests vs. the pipeline company. The actual landowners were shut out as if they didn't matter.
It was obvious that the special interests don't want a pipeline anywhere.
But too bad for the special interests; the pipeline's coming.
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It will create thousands of jobs, so I say bring it!
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That's the problem.
A new route avoiding the Sandhills has been designated, and Nebraska's happy with it--not to mention the landowners in the path of the pipeline, and more power to them.
But when the controversy was erupting during discussion of the first route, the landowners in the Sandhills were shut out. They had anticipated it would be them vs. the pipeline company, but it turned out to be the special interests vs. the pipeline company. The actual landowners were shut out as if they didn't matter.
It was obvious that the special interests don't want a pipeline anywhere.
For the good of everyone including the state of NE
If we are ever to get this economy going full blast, the oil companies will need to lead the way. Exxon, Chevron and Conco are the top three Corporations paying Federal Income Taxes.
But too bad for the special interests; the pipeline's coming.
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A good politician like owebuma will take the credit regardless of the outcome.
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That's the problem.
A new route avoiding the Sandhills has been designated, and Nebraska's happy with it--not to mention the landowners in the path of the pipeline, and more power to them.
But when the controversy was erupting during discussion of the first route, the landowners in the Sandhills were shut out. They had anticipated it would be them vs. the pipeline company, but it turned out to be the special interests vs. the pipeline company. The actual landowners were shut out as if they didn't matter.
It was obvious that the special interests don't want a pipeline anywhere.
But too bad for the special interests; the pipeline's coming.
Are there not already pipelines running through the sand hills ?