Repeal the Bill!

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Republicans on the Hill are finding new and exciting ways to ... rally their own troops.

...

Check out this tweet offered up in the wake of last night's vote in the House from South Carolina Republican Bob Inglis:

What do you do when Congress passes a bad bill? You get a new Congress to repeal it!

Either Congressman Inglis is either a bit fuzzy on that whole "How a Bill Becomes a Law" thing, or he is extraordinarily optimistic about Republican prospects in this year's election cycle.

Because, of course, not even a Republican seizure of Congress would allow for a successful repeal of Health Care reform. There is the small matter of the presidential veto. With the veto pen in hand, any GOP effort to repeal isn't going to require 218 votes in the House and 51 in the Senate, it's going to require 290 and 67.

That would require ... a seventy-eight seat gain in the House for the GOP.

The wall to climb in the Senate is, shall we say, a little more burdensome. A twenty-six seat gain, which would be particularly problematic, given that there aren't 26 Democrats running for re-election in this cycle.

Now, it's possible that Congressman Inglis merely forgot that a Democrat was President. But that seems pretty unlikely. It seems infinitely more likely that the "repeal the bill" meme is a cynical attempt to keep their faithful engaged, on the false hope that the powerless GOP can do something about it.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/3/22/849162/-The-Repeal-The-Bill-Crowd-And-Amazingly-Fuzzy-Math

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Daily Kos?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Daily Kos?

Do you dispute the facts as they pertain to how many Congressional Representatives and how many Senators the GOP will need to override a Presidential veto?

Do you dispute the fact that Obama will be President on Nov 3 2010?

[Peikko 1,575]

Do you dispute the facts as they pertain to how many Congressional Representatives and how many Senators the GOP will need to override a Presidential veto?

Do you dispute the fact that Obama will be President on Nov 3 2010?

Perhaps he knows something we don't?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Maybe they can declare the 2008 election invalid and Obama's not really the President.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Perhaps he knows something we don't?

If the domestic terrorists get their way, then the law provides for succession. The President will still be a Democrat. Either way, repeal isn't happening as a result of elections this November. Perhaps in January of 2013, the next available opportunity for a Republican House, Senate and President.

[Peikko 1,575]

Maybe they can declare the 2008 election invalid and Obama's not really the President.

There are people trying to do that - they are nuts though. Is American politics always like this? It's exhausting.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

It's exhausting.

It's only exhausting if you forget to laugh.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

There are people trying to do that - they are nuts though. Is American politics always like this? It's exhausting.

Actually this should be quite easy since he's not a US citizen.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Do you dispute the facts as they pertain to how many Congressional Representatives and how many Senators the GOP will need to override a Presidential veto?

Do you dispute the fact that Obama will be President on Nov 3 2010?

Accurately, you mean January 2011...

Regardless, you never know who might be President. Stranger things have happened...

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Accurately, you mean January 2011...

I stand corrected.

Regardless, you never know who might be President. Stranger things have happened...

Right. You're calling for armed revolution and the overthrow of a democratically elected government. I forgot.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

[quote name='w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r' date='22 March 2010 - 03:22 PM' timestamp='1269285772'

Right. You're calling for armed revolution and the overthrow of a democratically elected government. I forgot.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Daily Kos?

It's a daily Bible for libs that comports to their :ahem: reality and :ahem: facts.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

It's a daily Bible for libs that comports to their :ahem: reality and :ahem: facts.

Do you dispute the facts as they pertain to how many Congressional Representatives and how many Senators the GOP will need to override a Presidential veto?

Do you dispute the fact that Obama (or another Democrat) will be President in January of 2011?

Edited March 22, 2010 by w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I stand corrected.

Right. You're calling for armed revolution and the overthrow of a democratically elected government. I forgot.

Our founding documents give the citizenry permission to overthrow it, if need be.