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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PsyLiam: [QB] I don't think I've started a thread over here for, well, ever, but this is one of those stories that's funny until you realise that these people are running the country. [URL=http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/gop_rewrites_dem_amendments_427.htm]Those wacky Republicans[/URL] The basic gist of this story is that the Republicans wanted to create a law saying that it would be illegal for a non-guardian to transport a minor across state lines for the purposes of an abortion. The Democrats then wanted to pass some ammendments along the lines of "it doesn't apply to taxi drivers", or "this doesn't apply to grandparents". The Republicans shot down this obviously crazy talk, and then ever so slightly rewrote what was originally proposed. For example, one of the original proposals was: [QUOTE]A Nadler amendment to exempt a grandparent or adult sibling from the criminal and civil provisions in the bill (no 12-19)[/QUOTE]This was ever so slightly changed to: [QUOTE]Mr. Nadler offered an amendment that would have exempted [b]sexual predators[/b] from prosecution under the bill if they were grandparents or adult siblings of a minor. By a roll call vote of 12 yeas to 19 nays, the amendment was defeated.[/QUOTE]They're all like this. Every ammendment has had the words "sexual predators" stuck in. It's just so blatant and childish and pathetic that it's funny, until you realise that these people are running the most powerful country in the world. And then you cry yourself to sleep at night. (I miss Rob's insights into stuff like this.) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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