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Senator refuses invitation to WH
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:25 am
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:25 am
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That is why your party is at it's lowest point since the 1920s. Your elected officials won't even go and be part of the topic because you are worried about your party being divided?
You can't be a part of the conversation in peson because you are too weak to handle it? Seriously, what's that saying about you as an elected official in your state?
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“I was asked if I would be interested in going over to the White House for a meeting,” Lynch said in a statement to the Boston Globe.
“They said they were looking for ‘moderate’ Democrats — which I am. But under the circumstances I felt like they were trying to divide our party so I declined the invitation.” Lynch was invited to the White House to meet with the president's director of legislative affairs, Marc Short, according to The Globe.
That is why your party is at it's lowest point since the 1920s. Your elected officials won't even go and be part of the topic because you are worried about your party being divided?
You can't be a part of the conversation in peson because you are too weak to handle it? Seriously, what's that saying about you as an elected official in your state?
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Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:26 am to Jjdoc
You go to the WH to meet the President, if its just the leg director he can come to you.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:27 am to Jjdoc
If you aren't a part of the conversation, then you have no voice.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:28 am to Jjdoc
Democrats are the Party of No.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:29 am to montanagator
I agree, plus his reasoning isn't that off.
I expected to open the article and read he was being petty. But he's claiming that Trump is looking to pick off moderate democrats for policy objectives in an effort to divide his party. And he's not interested in that, despite admitting he's a moderate democrat.
I don't see how that's unreasonable (plus it's not a meeting with Trump anyway).
I expected to open the article and read he was being petty. But he's claiming that Trump is looking to pick off moderate democrats for policy objectives in an effort to divide his party. And he's not interested in that, despite admitting he's a moderate democrat.
I don't see how that's unreasonable (plus it's not a meeting with Trump anyway).
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:29 am to Jjdoc
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That is why your party is at it's lowest point since the 1920s. Your elected officials won't even go and be part of the topic because you are worried about your party being divided?
Judging by the performance of your party currently, I've no doubt that the Repubs are going to greatly help us reverse this trend.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:29 am to montanagator
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The Massachusetts Democrat said he thinks Trump's White House has "taken a 'scorched earth' approach so far
Nuclear Option. It is time.
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You go to the WH to meet the President, if its just the leg director he can come to you.
Where are these rules written? As an adult, you meet with the opposition to hammer out a compromise.
As with most things, you pulled this directly out your arse.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:30 am to Jjdoc
Republicans and Dems are so broken would love to get rid of the whole lot
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:31 am to Toddy
Toddy, were you a democrat even before gay rights became an issue?
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:31 am to Pettifogger
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I agree, plus his reasoning isn't that off.
So, you are not interested in the two parties working together?
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:31 am to Jjdoc
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That is why your party is at it's lowest point since the 1920s
The Republicans are in a shitty state as well
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:32 am to Jjdoc
Let's be honest- if a Republican Senator had said this in 2009 you guys would have cheered, this guy not selling out and becoming a DINO isn't anything different than what McConnell et al did.
This post was edited on 3/29/17 at 11:33 am
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:33 am to Jjdoc
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what's that saying about you as an elected official in your state?
Massachusetts 2016 Presidential Election Results:
D H. Clinton 60.8% 1,964,768
R D. Trump 33.5% 1,083,069
L G. Johnson 4.2% 136,784
G J. Stein 1.5% 46,910
i'd say they're doing what the majority in their state would do.
btw, didn't team D invite team R to help with Obamacare to which Team R responded with a big middle finger?
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:33 am to thelawnwranglers
quote:This.
Republicans and Dems are so broken would love to get rid of the whole lot
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:33 am to upgrayedd
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The Republicans are in a shitty state as well
Ideologically, yes, but they have figured out how to gain power at all levels of government, which granted is easier to do as opposition. They have ripped away what used to be the base of the democratic party, and the dems as yet haven't found an answer.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:33 am to Sid in Lakeshore
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So, you are not interested in the two parties working together?
Sure I am. But I don't think there is some inherent obligation for Senators to meet with WH staff if the Senator thinks he's being used for divisive or political purposes rather than truly constructive ones.
I'm not agreeing with the Senator's decision necessarily, but I don't object to it outright simply on the basis that he's spurning the WH.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:34 am to Pettifogger
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I don't see how that's unreasonable
It's not, and probably a shrewd move. Meeting one-on-one allows the details of the meeting to become a he-said-she-said scenario.
I would like to see the two parties work more together on finding common ground. There are better ways to do that than one-on-one meetings in the WH.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:34 am to Seldom Seen
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Democrats are the Party of No.
The last eight years says hi.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:35 am to Machine
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btw, didn't team D invite team R to help with Obamacare to which Team R responded with a big middle finger?
Obama invited input and cooperation from the GOP, so long as the GOP went along with a bunch of shite they fundamentally disagreed with.
So to the extent this Senator feels that's the type of position he's being put in, then I have no problem with him declining.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:35 am to Pettifogger
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I agree, plus his reasoning isn't that off.
I expected to open the article and read he was being petty. But he's claiming that Trump is looking to pick off moderate democrats for policy objectives in an effort to divide his party. And he's not interested in that, despite admitting he's a moderate democrat.
I don't see how that's unreasonable (plus it's not a meeting with Trump anyway).
Because you lose a LOT of political high ground.
Now you cannot claim:
1. You were not invited to the table!
2. That Trump only cares about a right wing agenda!
3. That the partisanship of the republicans is problem since you just put party over building bridges.
4. That you are a moderate since you accede to the demands of the party who are, by definition, more liberal than you
5. That you are an independent thinker
etc.
Stupid move.
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