Bailout Fails

[pyat]

"About two-thirds of Republican lawmakers refused to back the rescue package, as well as 95 Democrats...

Speaking after the vote, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives suggested the Democrats were to blame, accusing them of failing to mobilise their majority in the chamber."
_{Source: BBC News}

Read that again.

2/3 of the Republicans voted against it.
2/3 of the Democrats voted in favour.

The Republican house leaders say the Democrats are to blame for the failure of the package.

Remember... THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO SAVE YOUR ECONOMY!

Comments

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

... wait, I have to wrap my mind around that. The Republicans are taking the position that, although their representatives voted en mass against the bill, the fault for it not passing lies with the Democrats for not voting sufficiently in favour of it to overcome the Republican opposition.

Ssssssso they wanted the bill to pass, but didn't want to be responsible for the bill passing?

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

[relee.livejournal.com]

I think what it means is, the Republicans weren't able to mobilize their majority in the chamber, but the democrats were, except the Republicans are saying they weren't, which is backwards bizzaro world logic. ^.^;;

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

Sonnovabitch, I was right. (http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=11492)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

This is, like, Looking Glass Land stuff. God's holy trousers...