[Magdalen] House vote.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Actually, the horse trading goes on all the time.  That's why they have all
these committees. I get a program earmarked for my district, so I have
something to show my people, and in return, you get something too.  A lot
of bills are put out which go nowhere. they can see that they don't have
support.  Guys like Paul Ryan are reputed to be artists at cobbling
together a bunch of people who grudgingly go along with what Ryan wants for
something, in return for certain concessions he gives them.  It's a huge
networking scheme which actually works fairly well, because extreme stuff
generally fails, and when it's working well, everybody gets at least
something they can take back to their constituents and say I'm doing good
work for you, my voters.
Right now, we have a real problem because the Dems are even worse organized
than ever, which is saying something. It's not that they are too liberal
(they aren't), but that they really do not stand for particular specific
things you can take to the bank.
And of course the GOP has been hijacked by the extreme right wing for a
long time.  There is a potential constituency that wants things mildly
progressive and compassionate, but nobody has really made an effort to
connect with them.  The GOP just lies like a rug and prays to their god
that the poor fools buy it (and because the sociopaths lie very, very well,
it seems to be working), and the democrats are just all over the place, so
nobody knows what they really stand for.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 5:05 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Your references scare me Scott!!
>
> be scared, be very scared....
>
> (ps. I <heart> house of cards... in a sick way)
> L
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
> "The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they
> oppress." F Douglass
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 3:17 PM
> To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] House vote.
>
>
> I think it's fairly standard to pull a landmark bill back if it's
>> clear it can't win. Sponsors of bills generally do want votes lined up
>> (with the help of whips--the people so called--to get their party's
>> folks in line) before there's a vote. I know this from House of Cards.
>> :)
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 2:43 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Let me see if I understand this...There won't be a vote on the bill until
>>> the desired outcome is known ahead of time???  Why bother to vote, then?
>>> I
>>> am so disgusted with our government right now.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>
>
>