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HopeforChange Donating Member (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:33 PM
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Is Sheila Jackson Lee's Role as Co-Chair for HRC a Conflict of Interest?
Edited on Thu Feb-21-08 10:37 PM by HopeforChange
I feel that Sheila Jackson Lee is wrong to be the campaign co-chair for Mrs. Clinton.

She is my Congresswoman and she represents many constituents who have not yet cast their votes and for her to choose to endorse one or the other is acceptable at this time but to co-chair the campaign I feel is very wrong.

I have in the past gone to the polls to vote for her but I feel betrayed that she should choose to take a leadership role when the jury is still out.

Am I wrong to feel this way. I will never vote for her again.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:34 PM
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Window Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:35 PM
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4. Well, damn!
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hiaasenrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:37 PM
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11. Yeah, she really needs that job so she can be chauffeured one block to work
Edited on Thu Feb-21-08 10:38 PM by hiaasenrocks
at taxpayers' expense!
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Hoof Hearted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:37 PM
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12. Apparently HopeForChange means HopeForRepublicans, LOL
They're just kids, MaddieJoan. Take it with a grain of salt.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:41 PM
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17. kids who are so taken in they do not see the good in people who disagree with 'worldview" shameful.
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thevoiceofreason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:42 PM
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18. Maddie went overboard? Again?
Dang. I like debating her.
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hiaasenrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:34 PM
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2. That kind of thing happens all the time. That's not to say that SJL deserves a vote, though.
She doesn't. So you're right in that conclusion.
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:35 PM
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3. Oh, please.
They are ALL picking sides. My Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson is openly for Obama. Don't ding her on this.
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HopeforChange Donating Member (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:36 PM
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5. Being a campaign co-chair is what bothers me not the endorsement n/t
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thevoiceofreason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:43 PM
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20. And if Ms. Johnson's constituents go for Hillary, she should change.
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:36 PM
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6. she can not have her own opinion?
and voice it?
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:36 PM
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7. How is it a conflict of interest?
be specific.
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:36 PM
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8. she should wait till the election is over before endorsing anyone
it's the only ethical thing to do.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:43 PM
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19. Did you feel the same way
about Kennedy and Kerry and all the others?
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:36 PM
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9. And Arizona voted for Hillary
yet their Governor Janet Napolitano endorses Obama.
Consider yours a wash. A district for a State.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:37 PM
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10. Yes, you're wrong.
Jackson-Lee has been a Clinton advocate for awhile now, and she's loyal which is okay by me, an Obama supporter. I don't agree with her at all, but that's the beauty of democracy and free will.

I used to love her, but one of my problems with her was on Bill Maher last year. Don't ask me why; I just know she pissed me off.
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:38 PM
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13. Now, Shelia is a good person don't say that
I'm disappointed she supported Hillary too, but she is a great rep for your district.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:38 PM
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14. No. nt
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thevoiceofreason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:38 PM
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15. Give her a chance to react when her district goes 80% for Obama
Edited on Thu Feb-21-08 10:45 PM by thevoiceofreason
Then she ought to do the will of her constituents, although she has been known to think of herself first.

What's the phrase? "The most dangerous location in Texas -- between Sheila Jackson Lee and a camera."
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HopeforChange Donating Member (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:40 PM
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16. I didn't mean to offend anyone here. I see managing a campaign as alot more than an endorsement.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:45 PM
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22. She's not managing much of anything
a campaign co-chair isn't that major a role, really.
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HopeforChange Donating Member (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:47 PM
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25. I didn't realize that. I felt she was helping to run the campaign.
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HopeforChange Donating Member (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:47 PM
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27. Okay thanks, Y'all changed my mind
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HopeforChange Donating Member (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:48 PM
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28. Okay You Changed my Mind Somewhat - I Support Obama
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:47 PM
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26. It was political payback....Shelia still is a good person
When Obama wins she will be one of his greatest allies.

Does she support impeachment???

If you can answer that question then you know where she stands.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:43 PM
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21. Sheila Jackson Lee has many annoying habits, but she votes right.
She's terrible to her staffers. She's got an ego the size of an elephant. She's nowhere near the person or congressperson Barbara Jordan or Mickey Leland were, whose seat she now holds. And she loves to see herself on TV, nonstop. Many of her colleagues despise her.

But, she votes right most of the time.

Senfronia Thompson also supports Hillary, and may have some problems in her district because of it.

I never favor replacing a Democratic congress critter who votes right and generally represent her or his district.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:46 PM
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23. Lots of co-chairs hold office, and they mostly become co-chairs...
...before their area has voted.
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Auntie Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:46 PM
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24. Well Pat Leahy endorsed Obama but I'll still vote for him.
What about Kennedy and Kerry? and Patrick? They actively campaigned for Obama. What about the majority who wanted Clinton? I fail to see your reasoning.
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HopeforChange Donating Member (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 10:49 PM
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29. Okay, thanks for all the feedback, I retract my last statement. I support Obama
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