Na Na Na Na, Hey, Hey, Hey, Goodbye... to the lie of "Bipartisanship"
By ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
January 21, 2009 7:42pm CST
The "respect" the democrats have for "Bipartisanship" was on display for all to see in the mall on Inauguration Day.
After treating the Obama's with graciousness and respect, the Bush's boarded a US Military helicopter and left Washington DC as private citizens. As the helicopter circled the capital the crowd started chanting "Na Na Na Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Hey Hey Hey... Goodbye!"
That chant should ring in the ears of all Americans when the lie of "Bipartisanship" festers from Liberal libs. All it means to them is "Everyone else should sit down, shut up and smile".
I can understand the celebrations of the day, they are an important tradition in our nation. I'm glad so many people were able to show up to take part in the peaceful change of goverment that is part of what defines us as a nation.
I can understand the excitement felt by all of those who were able to be there, and will always have that memory to look back on. To tell you the truth, if I could have been there, I would have too.
If this was an isolated incident, I could shrug it off, however, everything that the House and Senate have done since the Liberals took over has only proven the fact that they don't want bipartisanship, they want to rule with unquestioning loyalty.
If a Liberal ever says the word "Bipartisan" again, laugh in their lying, festering face.
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14 responses
@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
22 Jan 09
First, I don't think bipartisanship (do I hear laughter?) is always such a good thing. There's good that comes from a clash of opinions and checks are necessary. However, there are times when a situation comes to the point where they either get it together or the nation suffers. The current financial situation is one of those times. I don't personally give a damn how much crap they throw at each other so long as they come together enough to keep the nation from falling apart.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
22 Jan 09
But they really don't have to "come together" at all. They should be putting bills to the floor and let each member vote.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
22 Jan 09
If you watch C-Span you'll see that they are rarely vindictive.
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@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
22 Jan 09
They can't continue to be so vindictive that they will vote against everything that comes from the other side of the aisle regardless of merit.
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@lvaldean (1612)
• United States
22 Jan 09
Was it President and Mrs. Obama chanting? Was it the House and Senate chanting?
Why no I suspect not.
It was people chanting. People who were glad to see the end of the Bush administration.
While I don't disagree that it was graceless and unnecessary. It is not a reflection on the President. It is simply people who acted out their frustrations and anger at the outgoing President.
Thus far the President has done nothing to indicate that he will not reach across the aisle and seek accord. Thus far the President has done nothing to indicate that he won't seek counsel. Thus far the President has done nothing to indicate he won't seek to create a bipartisan government that represents Americans equally.
Yes Democrats now hold the majority. Americans have a responsibility to hold their government accountable. Democrats held the majority for the last two years of the Bush administration and did little to nothing, they say they battled filibusters and Bush vetoes, ok that is easy to play. Now they can't use that lame and pitiful excuse for doing nothing anymore, now they must do something or lose their positions of majority. If Americans don't hold them accountable than shame on all of us.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
22 Jan 09
Um, go back and read it again.
I never said anything about Obama in the whole article, I talked only about the crowd.
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@britt_200 (1226)
• United States
22 Jan 09
THANK YOU. most of these people in this dicussion are simply stating that it is a lie, but they have NO facts to back this up YET. nothing has happened to prove you right or wrong..youre making blind accusations at an administration that hasnt had the time to prove itself yet...
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
22 Jan 09
They should take a lesson from us Canadians when we have a minority government, but I guess the liberals or the democrats want everyone to agree with them. All right, when Obama signs the laws that gives homosexuals more privileges, and Christians less, and when there is no regulation against abortion, and soldiers now have to keep one eye open against their companion in the field or in the barracks, those who voted for him will realize their error.
By the jeers and catcalls it seems that evil has triumphed. And when those who voted in Obama because of his 'race' realize this, I will have no sympathy for them.
You see, I am part German and I had relatives in Germany who voted for Hitler because he wanted a greater Germany. No one had sympathy for them, so why should we for the Obama supporters?
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
24 Jan 09
I don't think he said that people who voted for Obama would have voted for Hitler.
True, Prs. Obama wasn't only elected by Black people, but you can't deny that there was a significant number of people who voted for him because they loved the thought of finally having a Black president.
I know for a fact that there are people who normally would have voted for McCain, but wanted to prove they the US has grown beyond racism so they voted for Obama.
"White Man's burdon" played a big part in this election.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
22 Jan 09
Suspenseful, am I correct in assuming you're saying those of us who voted for Obama are the same as those who voted for Hitler? You do realize that blacks make up about 12% of our population so to say Obama won because he's black doesn't cut it.
Annie
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@xfahctor (14113)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
22 Jan 09
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers. While i relize it was merely average (or rather below average) people disgracing this event, disrespecting a respectfull and important event and adding a sour note to what will eventualy be history, it does poison the entire atmosphere.
BIpartisanship.....psssh.
I have to be honest, the whole damn lot of them, with notably few exceptions, needs to hear that chant. We have learned nothing as a country.
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@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
22 Jan 09
Neither side knows what the word bipartisanship means...or if they do they must think it is a dirty word. they say it in speeches to make us feel all warm and fuzzy but in truth they do not mean it.
Just look here on mylot. There are a few people that are bipartisan....but for the most it is die hards that think their side is right the other is wrong and they must do everything they can to trash them and stop them. It is the whole us against them thing. I have not made up my mind... is hte american public this way because we see congress behaving so badly...or is congress that way because they see the public being that way.
Both sides have dug trenches and are hunkering down in them and refusing to move. They are bent on the others distruction and not on compromise. The republican have their agenda, the democrats have their agenda and both are determined to ram theirs down the others throat just as hard as they can. I think of it as an undeclared war. THe democrats and republicans are at war with each other and have been for some years now....they just won't come out and say it officially.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
22 Jan 09
Personally, I think the word doesn't belong in the House or Senate at all. Each Senator is supposed to represent their state, and each Housemember their district. They aren't supposed to be hamstrung and blackmailed by other Housemembers and Senators to vote a certain way.
We don't elect them to kill the butts of the party leadership.
@murderistic (2278)
• United States
22 Jan 09
I really believe that we as Americans need to drop this liberal vs conservative b.s. and start looking at each other as fellow Americans. That includes you, too Parated2k. For grouping all liberals together as being against bipartisanship for what a crowd of non-politicians did (and if you know anything about the sociology and psychological of crowds it might give you a bit more understanding into why this disrespectful event happened).
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
22 Jan 09
Typical BS.
I believe liberalism is the new home of Marxism. Why should I accept a totalitarian form of government simply because there are many in the US who want it?
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
22 Jan 09
On the other hand, if you feel that Conservatism is wrong for our nation, why should you have to shut up?
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
22 Jan 09
Well non-politicians make up the majority of this country. Politicians are basically a tool of those non-politicians who elected them. That's why we could be stuck with a disgusting moron in the senate like Al Franken who makes jokes about helping al Quaeda kill the president. Either way even on this thread you have brit_200 who is one of those people and thinks it's funny. She's not even pretending otherwise.
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@djbtol (5493)
• United States
22 Jan 09
When a Republican and a democrat get together, compromise means only one thing: The Republican chucks his principles so he can act like the democrat, and maybe get some votes or some money. That is what has happened to the Republican Party, and why one wonders if it even exists anymore.
I remember that President Bush made a strong push towards reaching across the aisle during his first term. That was obviously a mistake. I even read that he had not done near the thorough house cleaning of Clinton democrats that other Presidents would have done.
Then consider how the democrats ran the house during the last two years. The Republicans were constantly being shut out of legislation efforts and then duped into supporting when it went to vote. If the Republicans don't find a way to fight the nasty democrats, they might just as well go home. It will have to be a fight, and it will be nasty.
djbtol
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
22 Jan 09
I've noticed that too. When Democrats in Congress talk "bipartisanship", they are merely saying, "shut up and vote my way".
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
29 Jan 09
How about if I just go back at feeling disdain or skepticism for most people who claim to belong to a political party? How about that one?
...people and their willingness to be distracted by meaningless lies and BS. *sighs*
How about we yell at them for not doing things or doing things they shouldna insteeaad? It's more fun, I promise.
(If I come off negatively, I apologize, I'm a little snippish today. Cabin fever, snowed in, and all that. Eeaasily irritated...) =o
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@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
29 Jan 09
I'm gonna apologize again, xD
I was mostly growling at the people your discussion reminded me of, not you, Para. You know I heart ya.
So, again, sorry. 
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
22 Jan 09
I'm a liberal who admits to be happy Bush's Presidency is now over but I agree that chant and the boos Bush received on Tuesday were classless and uncalled for. However, it wasn't anyone in any high position who did that, it was just probably a relative few in the huge crowd and probably lots of people who were at that type of event for the first time and "didn't know any better". That's not an excuse but I just wanted to say all "liberals" shouldn't be judged by those few anymore than all conservatives should have been judged by those that chanted some pretty nasty things at political rallies during the campaign.
Also, for the record, I'm not sure on what network you watched the Inauguration but I watched the evil and liberal MSNBC and those evil liberals Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann both voiced their disapproval and displeasure at that display.
Annie
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
23 Jan 09
True, which is why I didn't include Prs. Obama or the incompetent press in this one. I only fault those who were chanting.
It isn't the fact that people are glad to see him go that bothered me. It was the setting. By tradition, inauguration celebrations are one of our last surviving non-partisan activities.
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
22 Jan 09
How can anyone talk about bipartisanship when our nation is now ruled by ONE party? The president, senate, and house are all ruled by liberals. I watched liberals here on mylot preach about wanting that supermajority for the last year. They wanted it because they wanted to make sure republicans had no voice and no power. Now that they've achieved this they can talk about bipartisanship and actually fool people into thinking that's what they wanted with their single party rulership. Give me a freaking break.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
22 Jan 09
Yup, they want total control.
It's ironic because when the Republicans had the Executive and Legislative Branches, the Democrats kept whining that that doesn't mean the Republicans should get everything they want.
I'm not expecting the Democrats in Congress to care diddly about anything a Republican has to say.
They don't want Bipartisanship, they want Dictatorship.
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
22 Jan 09
So you're saying I have no proof they aren't bipartisan BECAUSE they haven't shown bipartisanship? That's the dumbest argument I've ever heard in my life. That's like saying I don't have proof you're not a writer because you've never written anything.
It's a FACT that democrats control the House, Senate, and Presidency. It's a FACT that democrats are one senator short of a supermajority. It's a FACT that democrats here on mylot were talking about how excited they've be if democrats got a supermajority so republicans couldn't oppose ANYTHING they did. I can provide links to that last one if you like.
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@britt_200 (1226)
• United States
22 Jan 09
you really have no facts stating this because the current administration hasnt proven bipartisanship yet...
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@greenglitterturtle (2750)
• United States
22 Jan 09
hi ParaTed2k...they certainly were not respectful or gracious winners.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
22 Jan 09
Nope, but they expect people who aren't Obama supporters to be gracious to them.
Double standard methinks?
@greenglitterturtle (2750)
• United States
23 Jan 09
of course. you know it's like dealing with children really. that's what their behaviour sounds like if you ignore the adult issues.
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@britt_200 (1226)
• United States
22 Jan 09
lol i only have one thing to say about this....NA NA NA NA...NA NA NA NA...HEY HEY HEY GOODBYE! and thank god for obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@irishidid (8687)
• United States
22 Jan 09
Make a copy of your remarks here, put it away and take it back out and read it in about twenty years.
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@irishidid (8687)
• United States
22 Jan 09
That's why I told her to come back to the statement in about twenty years. She better hope it isn't one of her kids that finds it first. 
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