Overdosing on Irony

May 10, 2012 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Apparently the State House in Colorado got a testy yesterday as Republicans tried to kill a civil unions bill the Democrats wanted passed. The Speaker of the Colorado House gathered up his ball and walked out.

Frank McNulty, a Republican from Highlands Ranch, walked out of the House at roughly 9 p.m. and stayed away for more than two hours, letting a recess run all the while and killing the civil unions bill and nearly 40 other bills in the process.

Democrats had been accusing Republicans playing of stalling games.  All the parliamentary sideshow was fun to watch but the Irony Ire Award goes to this statement –

Republicans had been denying for hours that they were filibustering …

For hours?  Really?

The best way to prove you’re not filibustering?  Uh, shut the hell up.

Thanks to Ralph for the heads-up.

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0 Comments to “Overdosing on Irony”


  1. Mike R says:
    May 10, 2012 at 12:33 pm

    Another war the right wing party may yet lose. The War on Reality.

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  2. Austinhatlady says:
    May 10, 2012 at 1:02 pm

    Shades of Arlene Wohlgemuth and the Memorial Day Massacre during 1997 Texas Legislature.

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  3. skippy says:
    May 10, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    Boy Howdy, these republicans need a big kick from some workin’ boots. The other half of the story that got my nightie in a knot…when we watched the Denver PM news, they had reporters outside the Capital Bldg…pretty much told the truth- that the GOP members were preventing an up or down vote. During the night, the network spinners got their hooks in the story and we woke up to… ‘The clock runs out on pending legislation’. Lying liars, they are…thinking most folks in the Rockies can only handle one newscast every 24 hours. Hopefully, my friends and neighbors will get enough oxygen to their brains to dump the GOP.

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  4. Marcia says:
    May 10, 2012 at 2:25 pm

    See, we have nutcase Republicans up here in CO, too! We have a local guy running for County Commissioner, Johnny Herndon, and his slogan is this: “Clinging to our Guns and our Bibles” … his signs are plastered all over the place.

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  5. Susan the Neon Nurse says:
    May 10, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    Happily we have a good governor and he’s called a special session, so the cheaters aren’t going to win in the end!

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  6. Corinne Sabo says:
    May 10, 2012 at 4:45 pm

    They should have elected a temorary presiding officer & voted without the idiot.

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  7. Mz Patti says:
    May 12, 2012 at 12:37 pm

    The 2010 Election gave the Republicans in Colorado a 1 person majority in the State Legislature…. so with a majority margin that thin, the ploys get pretty interesting. Colorado is one of those “purple states”. Denver, Boulder, Pueblo, Aspen and a few other small enclaves are Democratic…the rural areas and Colorado Springs (Evangelical Mecca for MegaChurches and military types) usually go Republican. Never a dull moment.

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