Thinkin’bout Stuff

Yet another shameful display of immature behavior by Democrats today.  Maybe I am just not hearing about Republicans behaving this way, but it seems like I keep hearing about elected Democrats behaving like little children across the country.

From Fox News -

The Democratic chairman of the House committee responsible for government oversight has indefinitely locked Republican members out of the hearing room, following a dispute over a mortgage loan controversy.

Kurt Bardella, spokesman for ranking Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said Chairman Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., had the locks on the Republican entrance changed Tuesday.

The move was apparently was in retaliation for Issa’s efforts to subpoena records on Countrywide’s so-called VIP loan program and for a video Issa’s staff recorded of Democrats darting from their chambers a week ago in the face of a vote.

“They say we will have access to the hearing room when the general public does,” Bardella told Foxnews.com. “I’m embarrassed for them.”

They’re kidding, right?

This follows other fine examples of mature behavior from NY Democrats:

From Salon - Tuesday marked just the latest twist in an ongoing, and embarrassing, fight over which party will control New York’s State Senate. The saga began two weeks ago, when two Democrats joined with Republicans to wrest power from the Democratic Party, which had gained the majority in last year’s election after a four-decade drought. Democrats, though, weren’t willing to accept the results of the coup, and wouldn’t go back to work. With the body deadlocked and neither party willing to cede control, Gov. David Paterson called a special session to try to force the two sides to come to an arrangement.

So before the special session was gaveled to order at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Democrats snuck in to the chamber through a back entrance and locked themselves in — and the Republicans out. By doing so, they beat the GOP to the punch; Republicans were going to enter the chamber at 2 p.m.

Eventually, the Democrats did let their opponents in to the Senate, but that only led to more tension. A Republican tried to go to the rostrum in order to preside, but there was already a Democrat up there, so a sergeant at arms blocked the Republican’s way. Then, Republicans started holding the session, presiding from the floor. Democrats, though, refused to participate, but the GOP went ahead and acted like they were. Oh, and there are now two separate gavels being used.

So…  the Republicans made a good political play by getting two Democrats to vote their way and the Democrats responded by… locking the door.

Then there was Texas, where House Democrats actually left the state to prevent a vote:

From CNN: With action in the Texas House brought to a standstill, roughly 50 state Democratic representatives said they would remain in neighboring Oklahoma “as long as it takes” to block a Republican-drawn redistricting plan that could cost them five seats in Congress.

Not in the majority? No problem…  just leave the state and refuse to return until you get your own way.

And just recently, the incident that apparently led to the latest lockout by the Democrats:

Oh.. and why was this video made?  Because the Democrats left the chamber to avoid a vote… see a pattern forming here?

What is with these people?  Next time, let’s elect adults.