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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:32 PM Original message |
This month 10 Democratic senators pushed for a tax break for multimillionaires. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. The percentage of female senators voting for it is HIGH. We're a lousy progressive voting bloc. nt |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. I got hosed this year on my taxes on my pension. I would slap them |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Unfortunately not all female Dems are progressives |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
55. Landrieu is about as liberal as she can be... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #55 |
76. That is it, exactly. In a state that elects Bobby Jindal and David Vitter, she IS a liberal. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Yep . . . good ole Cantwell, Landrieu ... Patty Murray . . . |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:23 AM Response to Reply #23 |
60. Cantwell, Murray |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #60 |
71. We've been very grateful to have Democrats and especially women increase .... |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. aren't these Senators listed those ConservaDems? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Some of them are in that group. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. That's what elite money has bought over the last decades --- |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Both WA senators, very sad, and not ordinarily conservative at all. nt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. wonder whose estate that's about. |
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create.peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. maria cantwell is wealthy, but |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. Not Gates. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:06 AM Response to Reply #44 |
79. i've got this bridge, see? wanna buy it? |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Obviously they got the memo from Bill Gates. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. Exactly right. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. How do you solve a problem like Maria? You throw her MSFT-ass out of office! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
64. It's the usual suspects. n/t |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Did Obama veto the bill, or has it not gotten to his desk yet? n/t |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Don't know...first I heard about it. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
51. I hadn't heard about it either. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
69. It was part of the Budget Resolution, not subject to Presidential veto |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am sure some of them are that rich, and the rest are well paid. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Time for them to pay for their own damn healthcare! Way past time! |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. These are the same people crying about socialism because they |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. I suspect that if they have not been recently re-elected, they will be |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. More from the action link...this is ridiculous for them to support this. |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. "As inequality rises..." |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Evan Bayh explodes the myth that it's in our interest to vote for anyone with a (D) beside his name |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. So true . . . and how much more of the party will be eaten away by corporate money? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. NYT: Guarding the family fortune. Blanche Lincoln co-sponsored with Kyl. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. Senate to Uber-rich....help is on the way. More on the topic. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. This is why Yellow dog (or whatever) Democrats are dumb. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
17. There are no words |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. I emailed Bill Nelson over a week ago and told him I will not be voting for him since he seems... |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. So let's give them a pink slip |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. Why are both my senators doing this? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. IIRC, Evan Bayh is up for re-election in 2010. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Campaign slogan for Bayh: |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. K&R |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. Puppies! |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. what the fuck is wrong with these people? |
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edc (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. You can always count |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. Cantwell (D-Microsoft), Murray (D-Microsoft) and Lincoln (D-Wal-Mart) |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
32. John Tester!? This one surprises me. n/t |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #32 |
68. Surprising that a Democrat from a red state occasionally votes with the Republicans? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
34. So..now the big question. Are they voting in line with their constituents' views? |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
35. REC AND KICK. |
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Stinger2 (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
36. Wealthiest Americans. Spending Millions to Save Billions, Taxes & Truth |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
37. Veto it |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. Yes, veto and let them explain to those who elected them. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
40. People like that are the reason I am not a Democrat anymore. |
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voc (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
58. DINOS...yes |
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nankerphelge (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
41. Bill Nelson is useless |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Kendrick Meek wants to run for Martinez's seat. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
42. I just knew that fucker Bayh would be behind this. |
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Stinger2 (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. $84 billion fortune Wal-Mart family lobbies for tax cuts |
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Eric Condon (761 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #42 |
56. As soon as I saw this headline, I thought "Gee, wonder where Bayh's name will be on this list" |
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Stinger2 (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
48. Blanche Lincoln (AR), Mark Pryor (AR), from Arkansas, the home of Wal-Mart Bentonville Ar. |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
49. We HAVE to get these people on everyone's radar. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Good post....thanks. You are right. Sorry I missed your post at the time. |
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tooeyeten (441 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
53. insurance |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:01 AM Response to Original message |
59. None of these surprise me. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
61. Hey you are crushing the poor insurance agents who want to |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
62. K&R |
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LiberalArkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
63. As an Arkansan, I will never vote for Lincoln or Pyror ever again. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
65. Just more proof that the rich |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
66. "Error: You've already recommended that thread." |
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cilla4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
67. Disgusted |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
70. If I had the time, I'd research the "reasons" behind these Democratic |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
72. I'm a guy reading this. Where do I see moderation by these self-styled... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
73. Kicked and recommended. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
74. They may have a D after their names but I wouldn't call them Democractic. |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
75. K & R n/t |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
77. Every day I am more and more thankful that Obama did not chose Bayh for his VP - |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
78. call them limbaugh dems- that's the contituency they respond to |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
80. FFS |
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