Nobody cares what Dick Durbin thinks. He's on the losing side. He might as well stay home in Illinois. He can vote yes, no, or "My name is Elmer J. Fudd, Millionaire". He introduced an amendment solely so that he could get his name in the newspaper, then withdrew it because everybody already knew the outcome.
To the winners go the spoils. Durbin's been in DC for a long time, when there was at least some sense that there was a limit to how much spoils there could be. The answer is "all of it".
Sorry, Dick. Better luck next time. You're gonna need it, because now Virginians are mad at you that your side lost them the Space Shuttle, and Texans are convinced that voting against you gets them what they want. The really sucky thing about losing is that once you start, you tend to keep doing it.
jfengel•7mo ago
Nobody cares what Dick Durbin thinks. He's on the losing side. He might as well stay home in Illinois. He can vote yes, no, or "My name is Elmer J. Fudd, Millionaire". He introduced an amendment solely so that he could get his name in the newspaper, then withdrew it because everybody already knew the outcome.
To the winners go the spoils. Durbin's been in DC for a long time, when there was at least some sense that there was a limit to how much spoils there could be. The answer is "all of it".
Sorry, Dick. Better luck next time. You're gonna need it, because now Virginians are mad at you that your side lost them the Space Shuttle, and Texans are convinced that voting against you gets them what they want. The really sucky thing about losing is that once you start, you tend to keep doing it.