Do you remember this nonsense?

Obama urged Congress to pass his jobs bill stimulus 17 times in one speech.
Now we know he doesn’t have enough votes. Democrats don’t want it either.

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced yesterday that democrats don’t have the votes to pass Obama’s latest jobs bill stimulus.
The Hill reported, via HotAir:

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said that, at the moment, Democrats don’t have the votes to pass President Obama’s jobs bill, but Durbin added that that would change.

“Not at the moment, I don’t think we do but, uh, we can work on it,” Durbin said according to Chicago radio station WLS…

“The oil-producing state senators don’t like eliminating or reducing the subsidy for oil companies, “Durbin said. “There are some senators who are up for election who say I’m never gonna vote for a tax increase while I’m up for election, even on the wealthiest people. So, we’re not gonna have 100% Democratic senators. That’s why it needs to be bi-partisan and I hope we can find some Republicans who will join us to make it happen.”

 

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  1. #1 September 30, 2011 at 9:15 am

    yahoo on yahoo commented:

    “but… but… IT”S THE RETHUGLICANS FAULT!”

  2. #2 September 30, 2011 at 9:16 am

    bigkahuna commented:

    Well Geee Dick I am shocked….Is that why its been hanging out there for 3 weeks while Odumbass flies around the country wasting tax dollars on his campaign trip disguised badly as a blowJOBS bill.

    PASS THIS BILL. Now ! No I mean it Pass this bill. Guys Now let me be clear pass this bill…Guys I mean it I am gonna hold my breath till I turn white ! Pass it !!!!!

    Oh cmon yall pass it so I can get relected and waste more money…. Ok guys I am gonna get mad and have Moochele sit on yall. See America They hate the middle class and wont pass my bill. Guys you did heeeer meeeh right I said pass it.. Guys cmon Harry answer my calls

  3. #3 September 30, 2011 at 9:16 am

    chuck in st paul commented:

    King Putt makes a speech blaming this on ‘road blocking GOP’ in 5… 4… 3…

  4. #4 September 30, 2011 at 9:28 am

    Sam Stone commented:

    So much for the long long meme of obstructionist Repubs!

  5. #5 September 30, 2011 at 9:29 am

    Sam Stone commented:

    “Pass this bill now”
    “Pass this bill immediately”
    “Pass this bill today”

  6. #6 September 30, 2011 at 9:29 am

    RedBeard commented:

    Autocratic or dictatorial regimes are always good at presenting phony Kabuki theater. Obama learned well from his predecessors.

  7. #7 September 30, 2011 at 9:32 am

    NeoKong commented:

    Oh this is good.
    Democrats are scared of the voters finally.
    anyone remember how bravely they flaunted the will of the American people with Obamacare….?
    Passing that bill was some sort of higher calling more important than their own careers.
    Then last November came.

    They never ever dreamed that their arrogance would cost them like it did and now the Dem Senate is terrified because they only have a 3 seat majority when 23 of their seats are up for reelection next fall.

  8. #8 September 30, 2011 at 9:40 am

    obfuscatenot commented:

    Follow up questions should have been, “Would you vote for it today Senator Durbin?” Today?

  9. #9 September 30, 2011 at 9:41 am

    Bill Mitchell commented:

    You mean politically suicidal Republicans who are just begging to get primaried, right?

  10. #10 September 30, 2011 at 9:43 am

    Bill Mitchell commented:

    What does this tell you:

    “Democrat Senators are afraid to vote for Obama’s Jobs Bill because they are up for re-election…”

    Right, they KNOW America doesn’t want it, but Obama does.

  11. #11 September 30, 2011 at 9:47 am

    chuck in st paul commented:

    #7 Neokong – “Passing that bill was some sort of higher calling more important than their own careers…”

    That was Nasty Pelosi convincing others to wear the suicide belt. You notice she was not at hazard when she called for the vote. Although I think she is still surprised she lost the gavel. I believe she convinced herself of her immortality. Oooops.

  12. #12 September 30, 2011 at 9:51 am

    JPeden commented:

    Obama doesn’t even have enough votes in the Senate to introduce the Bill$$$ extra $1.5 trillion/yr. deficit upon the “rich” American People, already including the unborn. He’s probably just going to try to fake the whole freaking episode as real, see how many people ‘think’ like he does, then invite them to his WH Galas so they can celebrate their ‘superiority’.

  13. #13 September 30, 2011 at 9:53 am

    Mike W commented:

    What this tells me is the progs are against job creation and are racists and want to see blacks hanging from trees rather then employed.

  14. #14 September 30, 2011 at 10:10 am

    SturJen commented:

    “The oil-producing state senators don’t like eliminating or reducing the subsidy for oil companies, “Durbin said”

    Did I miss the memo? When did they put in an oil pump in Congress?

    Actually, I’d PAY to see that: A bunch of elitist guys in suits playing roughneck with an oil drill….

  15. #15 September 30, 2011 at 10:11 am

    Tom63010 commented:

    Jim your headline “Dick Durbin Admits Democrats Don’t Have the Votes to Pass Obama’s Latest Jobs Bill Stimulus” Should have been “Dick Durbin Admits Democrats Don’t Have the DEMOCRAT Votes to Pass Obama’s Latest Jobs Bill Stimulus”

  16. #16 September 30, 2011 at 10:20 am

    Vicky Hernandez commented:

    “Dick Durbin Admits Democrats Don’t Have the Votes to Pass Obama’s Latest Jobs Bill Stimulus…”

    Meanwhile the state-run-media MSM dutifully shows clips of the President hysterically accusing the Republicans of not showing him “love” blocking the “jobs bill.”

  17. #17 September 30, 2011 at 10:20 am

    Esspresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:

    Let’s see, Dickie is looking for a few GOP Senators that are wanting to become unemployed.

    Hmmmmm, the line forms to the left.

  18. #18 September 30, 2011 at 10:24 am

    Finncrisp commented:

    Our whole way of life is based on cheap oil; we built that into the model decades ago. Now that the rest of the world has caught us, it is more important than ever. El Stupido, the WON, thinks that expensive oil , coal – everything will magically make products and services affordable. The man is just plain wrong.

    Trillions of dollars for mass transit won’t help the folks in fly over country get to and from work. So, he is wrong on that one , too.

    Pouring trillions into energy sources that are 7 to 20 times more expensive and have high maintenance issues and poor land utilization won’t work , either.

    Letting the EPA exceed the mandates of the clean air act and destroy 185,000 jobs a monht is not a winning strategy , either.

    And letting the “Crack Cuban” oil drillers have our oil in the gulf is not in our in our national interest, either.

    So why would anyone think Barry has anything to offer – I don’t , do you?

  19. #19 September 30, 2011 at 10:29 am

    #1AMERICAN commented:

    take your jobs bill and shove it where the sun don’t shine A$$clowns

  20. #20 September 30, 2011 at 10:29 am

    moron commented:

    It will be bipartisan. Bipartisan AGAINST it.

  22. #22 September 30, 2011 at 10:55 am

    bg commented:

    ++

    here we go again..

    act (lost count)..

    stage (lost count)..

    scene (lost count)..

    starring: (fill in 15 min of fame name here)..

    title: THE SAME OLD SAME OLD GAME PLAY..

    ==

  23. #23 September 30, 2011 at 10:58 am

    mcc commented:

    Now let’s have Barry admit he doesn’t have the votes to get reelected:

    The point is this: Obama at the beginning of the election cycle explicitly controls no single voting bloc. Not one of the blocs that went his way so avidly in 2008 remains unquestionably in his corner. Far from it — a near-majority fully intends to vote against him. This is unprecedented in American presidential politics. No president in recent decades, and perhaps no president ever, has been in such a miserable position a year before the election.

    http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/09/obamas_numbers.html

  24. #24 September 30, 2011 at 11:01 am

    Patty commented:

    “The oil-producing state senators don’t like eliminating or reducing the subsidy for oil companies, “Durbin said.

    This guy needs to be whipped. Oh, he is the Whip!

    What is this guy saying? Does he know? Some senators are up for election and if they live in oil producing states they may not vote for this because of their election coming up.?
    (this is the reason)?

    STOP IT! Excuses, Excuses, Are we ever going to drill and the next elections are the turning point in our History. DO WE WANT THE SAME OLD TIRED PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON AND DURBIN IS A DINOSAUR. When he speaks all I hear is YADAYADAYADA!

    We need jobs and not spending under some disguise, something called a STIMULUS, which only stimulates the U.S. debt.

  25. #25 September 30, 2011 at 11:04 am

    StrangernFiction commented:

    There are some senators who are up for election who say I’m never gonna vote for a tax increase while I’m up for election, even on the wealthiest people. So, we’re not gonna have 100% Democratic senators.

    Elections are a real bitch if you’re a Leftist.

  26. #26 September 30, 2011 at 11:11 am

    StrangernFiction commented:

    No president in recent decades, and perhaps no president ever, has been in such a miserable position a year before the election.

    We’ve never had a person more miserable than Obama as president.

  27. #27 September 30, 2011 at 11:23 am

    Patty commented:

    That is right, elections! That is the only thing these democrats and republicans are thinking about. ELECTIONS, what has happen to America’s honorable. Those like Reagan who cared about us. Where are they. I know they are out there and they need to drowned out the noise.

  29. #29 September 30, 2011 at 11:28 am

    mcc commented:

    For those who have the stomach for it, here’s an ad for Dinner with Barry:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3FdrKksowU

    Not even the food looks appealing. But send him $3.00 and you might have a chance to win a miserable hour or two with this phony. Who could stand 30 seconds with him?

  30. #30 September 30, 2011 at 11:28 am

    Militant Conservative commented:

    There are no subsidies to oil companies, that is a lie.

    Glen Beck had oil executives on one of his last shows. The oil,gas,coal companies

    get nothing from the Fed but regulations.

    LIAR LIAR

  31. #31 September 30, 2011 at 11:45 am

    big L commented:

    #16 The headline should add…”depending on the amendments and pork-barrel…”

  32. #32 September 30, 2011 at 11:48 am

    bg commented:

    ++

    mcc #29 September 30, 2011 at 11:28 am

    heck, he won’t even be attending this one, go f$gure.. /s/

    ==

  33. #33 September 30, 2011 at 11:48 am

    Esspresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:

    Dick Durbin has the same value of a sack of dog feces.

  34. #34 September 30, 2011 at 12:05 pm

    yourmaster commented:

    Democrats who side with 0bama and pass that stimulus bill of his….
    …..will be DEADMEAT in November 3 2012

    Gotta give the Democrats a repeat of 2010.
    and give 0bama a personal messege when he’s kicked out 2012
    he’ll see what those unemployment lines are like when he no longer has a job
    when he cannot find anyone willing to hire him.

    Afterwards he’ll have to send his girls and his wife to work in prostitution… and they will have to take it up the ass by about 4000 chinese and jihadists each night to pay the biills.

  35. #35 September 30, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    E L – The 6th Sense #33 September 30, 2011 at 11:48 am

    i respectfully disagree..

    ==

  36. #36 September 30, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    noislamocommie commented:

    Well, maybe Perry & Durbin can go out and push the DREAM ACT together.

  38. #38 September 30, 2011 at 12:27 pm

    Stuart commented:

    Yes, PASS THIS BILL, PASS THIS BILL, PASS THIS BILL.
    Then once its passed flush it back to where it belongs.
    Just hope it’s not so big and stinky it clogs your sewer.

  39. #39 September 30, 2011 at 12:43 pm

    Patty commented:

    OFF TOPIC:

    Listening to Rush. he said, if Supreme Court rules Obama care unconstitutional, Obama has a chance to win elections because this monstrosity will be off his back.

    Something to think about. Maybe Obama does want this to be ruled on quickly.

  40. #40 September 30, 2011 at 12:47 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    Patty #39 September 30, 2011 at 12:43 pm

    excellent added perspective..

    ==

  41. #42 September 30, 2011 at 1:28 pm

    Patty commented:

    #40

    bg

    IAMA SCARED…!

  42. #43 September 30, 2011 at 1:31 pm

    Patty commented:

    Rush said:

    What a horrible thought, the left won’t give up if that is the case.

    sorry off topic, but OMG!!! :(

  43. #44 September 30, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    tommy mc donnell commented:

    the american people are broke but the myth wants to spend another half a trillion we don’t have. it this an example of the “biden doctrine,” the only way to get out of debt is to spend more money.

  44. #45 September 30, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    tommy mc donnell commented:

    comments like #34 should be banned from this site.

  45. #46 September 30, 2011 at 1:55 pm

    Esspresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:

    BG – Got it! :-)

  46. #47 September 30, 2011 at 1:56 pm

    Esspresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:

    Yourmaster is a trolling Libtard.

  47. #48 September 30, 2011 at 2:02 pm

    Molon Labe commented:

    The dhimmies know Obama has caused them to be in a position where they will lose the Senate. Its all over for the commies.

  48. #49 September 30, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    t mc d #45 September 30, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    i totally agree..

    ==

  49. #50 September 30, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    clarifying #49 September 30, 2011 at 2:13 pm bg

    not for the words used, but in the context they were proffered..

    ==

  50. #51 September 30, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    JDF commented:

    Rush Limbaugh: Barry Soetoro; No Identity Papers; Suspended Elections

    http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2011/09/rush-limbaugh-barry-soetoro-no-identity.html

  51. #52 September 30, 2011 at 2:57 pm

    JDF commented:

    Rush Limbaugh Finally Comes Out Of The Birther Closet

    Rush Limbaugh: Barry Soetoro; No Identity Papers; Suspended Elections

    http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2011/09/rush-limbaugh-barry-soetoro-no-identity.html

  52. #53 September 30, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    Questionman commented:

    #51, your disgusting link proves that Rushie is a racist scumbag! It seems Irene and everyone is threatened by a black man as president to spout such lies and racist things!
    anyone who holds up a sign demanding the president “show me your birth certificate” is a racist. Tearing down the government is a BS position to help out big corporations who get Republicans elected and get their family members high paying jobs. Morgan Freeman was right!

  53. #54 September 30, 2011 at 3:05 pm

    Questionman commented:

    I thought this country was based on free enterprize. Yet Senators and congressmen from both sides of the aisle want subsidies for oil companies. In other words oil companies benefit from “socialist” subsidies. I might point out that all these Congressmen are getting campaign contributions from oil companies, so basically these Congressmen are getting “socialized” campaign contributions.
    Basically, these Congressmen are proving once again the old GOP motto – “socialism” is good for me, but bad for you.

  54. #55 September 30, 2011 at 3:09 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    Ginger #21 September 30, 2011 at 10:47 am

    please don’t get too excited, just pray it comes to fruition.. :-)

    JDF #51 September 30, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    all the more reason for Palin to get in the 2012 race..

    however, i’m afraid (not literally) she may have been talked her into
    waiting until 2016, which, imho, would be a big mistake.. also why i
    believe they (the puppeteers) are pushing Christie to run.. *sigh*

    #46 September 30, 2011 at 1:55 pm
    Esspresso Logic – The 6th Sense ;-)

    ==

  55. #56 September 30, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    Bitterclinger commented:

    “Pass this bill NOW” is just code for “Another Pelosi family member needs a Really Big Christmas Bonus”.

  57. #58 September 30, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Jonah Vark commented:

    Ginger #21 September 30, 2011 at 10:47 am

    Good news, Ginger…….

    Robin Carnahan won’t seek re-election as Missouri secretary of state in 2012

    http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/e6e6ac032362418d89d13eb2dcd1a5ae/MO–Secretary-of-State-Carnahan/=

  58. #59 September 30, 2011 at 5:47 pm

    Espresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:

    I question Questionman’s having testicles. And I don’t mean to infer that he’s a woman.

  59. #60 September 30, 2011 at 5:52 pm

    bobdog commented:

    The senator’s first name is no accident.

  60. #61 September 30, 2011 at 7:44 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    Senate Democrats Block Obama’s “Pass This Now” Tax
    Hike Bill Because They Want to Keep Big Oil Subsidies!

    [You mean to tell me that after all of this hubbub, Obama running around saying we've got to stop subsidizing big oil, that there are some Democrat senators who don't want to get rid of the subsidy. Mary Landrieu first in line, that's right, from Louisiana. Right. And they're never going to vote for a tax increase. "There are some senators who are up for election who say I’m never gonna vote for a tax increase while I’m up for election," said Durbin, "even on the wealthiest people." Whoa, I mean it is a slap-down of major proportions on Chicago radio, Obama's hometown. "So, we’re not gonna have 100% Democratic senators," Durbin said. "That’s why it needs to be bi-partisan and I hope we can find some Republicans who will join us to make it happen."]

    ==

  61. #62 September 30, 2011 at 7:55 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    JDF #51 September 30, 2011 at 2:43 pm
    JDF #52 September 30, 2011 at 2:57 pm

    Rush Limbaugh – Judi McLeod, Warning
    The Threat Of Suspended Elections Is Real

    she’s right, you don’t have to credit Rush,
    he credits himself more than enough.. :D

    ==

  62. #63 October 1, 2011 at 12:10 am

    Whistleblower commented:

    U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is protecting Obama.

    Patrick Fitzgerald: Intrepid Crime Fighter? Or, Politically-Driven Leaker? The Silent Mole & A Complicit Newspaper (Part 5)

    http://illinoispaytoplay.com/

  63. #64 October 1, 2011 at 2:11 am

    yourmaster commented:

    Espresso Logic – The 6th Sense

    sucks 0bama d*ck every night and eats out his ass.
    Espresso also takes it up the @$$ by braindead libtarded 0bamabots.

  65. #67 October 1, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    WillofLa commented:

    Like, this is all he can say? “Pass my bill.”, etc, etc.? Hey Prez, how about giving us something else to chew on about your bill that would be something we DON’T know about it, like what are some of the good things about your so-called “jobs bill”? Give us something else. Don’t be like Pelosi saying, “Let’s vote the bill in, then we’ll tell you what’s in it.” That is insanity, pure and simple. He must think we are all dumb. So dumb that we can’t email our Congressman and get a reply back telling us what is in the bill? Hell, he doesn’t even know. My Congressman does know what’s in it and he has told me that it’s all bad and he wouldn’t allow that bill to go through for nothing, it’s garbage. Hell, when Reid is ignoring it and says that the Senate has to much more important things to do before we can have time to look at the Presidents bill. What he is saying is, it’s garbage. What could be more important than jobs right now? Jobs will pay taxes and that will take some pressure off our debt, that is if they will put the money that will come in by more people working, than just coming up with more spending programs that will do nothing, and will be a waste of more money.

  66. #68 October 1, 2011 at 3:50 pm

    Conservative stuck in Hell commented:

    I live in Illinois and I’ve voted against this Dick Durban every election. The huge Illinois gimme a hand-out crowd votes him back in every time. In our state the only way to get rid of Dicks like Durban is to outlive them. Illinois is so screwed.

  67. #69 October 1, 2011 at 8:03 pm

    mcc commented:

    Disgusting. #34 and #64 – yourmaster:

    You’re no conservative. You fool no one.

  68. #70 October 2, 2011 at 1:24 am

    yourmaster commented:

    Mcc and bg must be leftists trolls

    Lefty’s don’t like “Freedom of speech” or a differing opinion.

    and as you can see, my posts remain because other people can see that you are both followers of the Dems ideology. :)

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