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45736. judithathome - 5/19/2014 5:56:43 PM I truly believe the Republicans are going to take over the Senate...saw a poll today that indicates that and also says, at 60%, that healthcare needs to be discussed further. This tells me two things: 1.) it might have been a skewed poll or 2.) that more people out there think the way my neighbor does: when I asked her years ago if she had voted for the same guy I voted for, she said no because the other guy was going to win anyhow.
The Republicans came in strong telling everyone they would take over the Senate and do away with ACA; ergo, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Why the public wants to vote for the people who want to take away things and give them to rich people is beyond me...they certainly can't be voting on job performance.
If you compare the performance of the House to what the female editor of the New York Times did...who do you think needs to be fired? The paper at LEAST got published every day! 45737. arkymalarky - 5/20/2014 11:31:26 PM Dinesh D'souza looks like Mr. Bean. 45738. judithathome - 5/21/2014 3:30:14 AM I hope he's on his way to prison.
So, Arky....what do you think of Tom Cotton? Looks like he won tonight. 45739. arkymalarky - 5/21/2014 9:57:35 PM He's a piece of work. No surprise on the GOP side. AR will be one of the most interesting states all around between that race, governor, etc. I think Dems will pull it off but I'm not placing bets. 45740. judithathome - 5/23/2014 9:05:56 PM Okay...this is way beyond the pale (from an email from the Wendy Davis For Governor of Texas campaign)
This actually just happened:
Desperate Greg Abbott allies plastered ridiculously offensive posters on phone booths and bus stops that depict Wendy Davis as an "Abortion Barbie."
Yes, you read that correctly. We’re actually talking about posters with Wendy's head on a Barbie doll's body and a plastic baby coming out of the stomach.
Despite the fact I had no idea there WERE phone booths left...this is a disgusting and desperate attempt to "win" votes. 45741. Ms. No - 5/23/2014 11:08:13 PM I hope Mattel sues the shit out of them. 45742. judithathome - 5/26/2014 10:00:42 PM Tomorrow's big headline: Obama Should Be Impeached For White House Security Goof...Never Before Has Anything So Egregious Happened In A Republican Administration! 45743. Ms. No - 5/26/2014 11:34:54 PM Uh...Valerie Plame, anyone? 45744. judithathome - 5/26/2014 11:50:33 PM EXACTLY! 45745. judithathome - 5/30/2014 7:58:33 PM Shinseki Resigns; David Sloan Takes Over
I doubt anyone could have "righted" the wrongs ingrained in the VA...this didn't start with Shinseki and Obama and I doubt it will end with the new guy or a new President, either. Definitely a situation when SNAFU applies. 45746. judithathome - 5/30/2014 8:00:51 PM I tried posting the above post and this one in Politics but the site won't allow it...I have re=logged in several times now and am just going to post it where I can:
Breaking News!!
Presidential press secretary Jay Carney resigns. New guy: Josh Earnest. Great name for a press guy! 45747. judithathome - 5/30/2014 8:14:23 PM One more:
This is a good article from someone who usually leans toward the right more than the left: The Problem With The VA? Congress
...Politically, this critique of the VA is a no-brainer. After all, denying, delaying or incompetently delivering benefits to veterans who are entitled to them and have sacrificed so much for us is grotesque: the moral equivalent of kicking dogs and stealing food from children. But this political consensus and opportunity for reform will all be for naught unless it targets the main cause of the VA’s problems: Congress. Attacks on the VA’s derelictions are easy and justified, but here, as in so many areas of policy, the seeds of failure are planted on Capitol Hill.... 45748. judithathome - 6/7/2014 9:34:54 PM This week in Texas, the Republicans had a state party convention...they denied the Log Cabin Republicans a booth at the hall. The Log Cabin Republicans are the GAY wing of the Republican party. You might think that is an oxymoron...and you might be correct in that assumption. But the gays who support the Texas Republican Party think they are real but I don't see how they can continue to lend support to a party that thinks like this:
Because....they also added a "plank" to their "manifesto": that they fully support the "reparative therapy to heal gays" from their unfortunate illness. Yep...it's right there...official position.
There are some really RICH gay Republicans in Texas...and were I one of them, I'd be extremely insulted that a political party is willing to take my money but unwilling to include me in their convention to say nothing of the fact they think I need to be CURED of something that is not an illness.
I'd take my money back and say "F U....and DON'T enjoy it!"
45749. Ms. No - 6/9/2014 4:36:05 PM Caught a clip on NPR this morning about Perry trying to extort the DA into resigning by vetoing the budget for the integrity commission or some such.
It wouldn't look so suspicious if Texas went after ALL politicians and public officials who get stopped for DUIs. 45750. arkymalarky - 6/11/2014 1:07:46 AM Wow. Frankenstein was just devoured by his monster. 45751. Wombat - 6/11/2014 1:27:16 AM Eric Cantor? (Hee Hee.) 45752. iiibbb - 6/11/2014 1:32:08 AM Agree.. too bad he's not a Senator... but whatever. Va is purple... GOP will be losing that state. 45753. robertjayb - 6/11/2014 1:35:04 AM Go! Go! Tea Baggers... 45754. arkymalarky - 6/11/2014 1:35:50 AM Haha! 45755. iiibbb - 6/11/2014 3:36:41 PM I saw a post on facebook where someone suggested that Republican gerrymandering is backfiring on them.
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