Politics

RI Dem. Candidate for Governor: Obama Can Take His Endorsement and ‘Shove It’

Democratic Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio is upset with President Obama. So upset, in fact, he told the president he can “shove it” in regards to a refusal to endorse Caprio. A little context.

Caprio became livid after it was reported on Monday that the president will not endorse Caprio during a visit to the state today. Although Caprio didn’t request an endorsement, he says the move is an example of Washington politics “at its worst.”

See, one of the people running against Caprio is Lincoln Chafee. Although now running as an independent, back in 2008 Chafee was a Republican senator who endorsed Barack Obama for president.

Caprio sees this as Obama paying Chafee back for that endorsement.

“He can take his endorsement and really shove it,” Caprio told local Rhode Island radio station WPRO.

“We had one of the worst floods in the history of the United States a few months back and President Obama didn’t even do a fly over of Rhode Island. He ignored us and now he’s coming into Rhode Island and treating us like an ATM machine,” Caprio added.

“I‘ll wear as a badge of honor and a badge of courage that he doesn’t want to endorse me as a Democrat, because I am a different type of Democrat.”

Comments (142)

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  • Peabody
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:52am

    They have all been told by Obama say whatever you want to get elected

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    • usamom
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 11:09am

      They have all been told by Obama and Polosi to say whatever you want or need to say to get elected…

      Remember the ends justify the means with these people…… they do not know how to tell the truth.

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    • AZMAN
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 6:34pm

      You are right…..With the lies that Barry spouted the last 2 years……..that came to my mind when the word “shove” came up. Don’t trust the Dems.

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  • Independent4ever
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:49am

    This is what I hear; Blah blah blah blah…….
    The minute Caprio gets into office he’ll have a change of heart. He will no longer tell Obama to shove it. He will find a way to “work together” and he will go along with the program. There are no “conservative-moderate Democrats. Don’t be fooled by a good performance.

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    • nanahanna
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 12:04pm

      You’re absolutely right!! They will do or say whatever it takes to get elected.

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 2:24pm

      The “ENDS” justify the “MEANS”…

      “ENDS” = The socailist/marxist domination and the end of the American Constitution, individual freedom and the American way of life.
      “MEANS” = Say, do and promaise anything you have to (LIE, CHEAT, & STEAL), to get voted into office. Even if it means bashing the president and his administration, for now.

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  • Peabody
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:48am

    Pa. Democrat admits helping Tea Party candidate
    By Jordan Fabian – 10/20/10 08:30 AM ET 
    A Pennsylvania Democratic House candidate on Tuesday admitted to helping a third candidate get on the ballot in the hopes he would siphon votes away from his Republican opponent.
    Bryan Lentz, the Democratic nominee running for the seat being vacated by Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), said he knew that volunteers from his campaign helped Tea Party candidate Jim Schneller.
    “If somebody’s already made the decision to run, I didn‘t think that ’helping’ with the process of signature petitions was improper,” Lentz told told the Delaware County Daily Times editorial board in an interview

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  • ConservativeBeauty
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:48am

    Are Dems turning against Obama bc he’s black??? NO!!! They are turning against him b/c he’s pure political suicide for them. He stinks like bad fish ..that’s why. He’s surrounded himself with dirty, shady people who have NO intent of making our country better. They are ALL profiteers pure and simple. And why the hell are the taxpayers paying for Obama to stay at that WHOLE hotel in India that btw was taken hostage? What is the need to spend the taxpayer dollars to go to India??. Wouldn’t it be cheaper for the PM of India to come here???
    This candidate said what he is thinking and feeling…and I’m NOT a Dem, however, you have to give the man credit for at least speaking his mind. And he couldn’t have said it any better. So shove it BHO.

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  • libertyordeath87
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:43am

    How long until the Left attacks him as a racist bigot, full of hate speech?

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  • rfycom
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:42am

    ok so he said, “shove it”. Is he a big man? We will see when the blood flows. Will he stand by you, or will he run? The true leaders will emerge when the fighting begins. That is what we want, right?

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  • red penny
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:38am

    Hot damn—-I love it—-Dumborats blasting each other. I admit that I love it when anyone slams “The Liar In Chief” regardless of party.

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  • Jamestown
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:34am

    WAR HAS BEEN DECLARED BY DEMOCRATS TAKING MY CONTRY…WHAT DNT YOU UNDESTAND ABOUT WAR….FORGIVENESS OY COMES AFTER THEY PLEAD FOR IT….NEVER AGAIN STARTS TODAY….GET IT?

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    • DOCMMV
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:47am

      You’re right! It IS a war.
      It’s the War of the Horses. Be informed, be prepared, be strong!

      http://www.warofthehorses.com

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    • snowleopard3200
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:57am

      This is a war between ideals, and principles – freedom vs tyrany, the American People vs out of control and power hungry administrations.

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  • Jamestown
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:24am

    There is no such thing as a democrat with principles….never again people…why the hell wake up to utter such foolishness

    Report Post » Jamestown  
    • LasVegas Lady
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 1:25pm

      We need Patriots…not necessarily Repubs and Demos. The proof is in the pudding and we must be vigilant to make sure those who represent us are telling the truth about where they stand. I welcome anyone who will vote my values. I can be fooled once but no more than that.

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  • Jamestown
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:19am

    I can not believe one of us finding any single item that forgives a democrat….unbelievable….set them on fire and leave the building…..anything less makes you their useful idiot….forgive them in a hundred years from now after I complete paying for democrat treason

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  • felina g
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:15am

    The real democrats are the only ones who can take back their own party. Our Nation depends on it.

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    • starman70
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 11:03am

      Unfortunately, the real Democrats are few and far between. Your Mother‘s and Father’s Democrats have all died off leaving a bunch of anti American stooges behind. Of course the Republicans have their share too, known as RINOS.

      I pray that November 2nd will begin the rebirth of the Republic.

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 1:47pm

      The rhinos are on the short list and have been put on notice. The only reason they (the rhinos) that are still in office is because they are not up for election. They too will be replaced, come 2012, with real americans.

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  • janddjohnson
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:13am

    Yes but…what would he have said if Obama did endorse him?

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    • psst
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:39am

      He’d have said.
      Hussein IS my main man.
      So many Americans buys all this crapola.
      It reminds me of the Senate Race in W. Virginia (I think it’s W. Virginia) where the race have tightened for senator between the Governor (now running for the Senate)and a businessman.
      A few weeks ago the gov seemed doomed.
      Then he started pounding on Hussein and touting his gun ownership and how he would have voted against HusseinCare, Cap and Trade and the Porkulous bill if he was in the Senate at that time.
      When in fact, he endorsed all this grap as governor..
      Now it seems the citizenry are giving him credence.
      PT Barnum did say there is a sucker born every minute.He was talking about America.

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    • dkhartman
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:54am

      Lets just be grateful that he didn’t endorse him. Maybe now these democrats will realize they aren‘t all brothers and sisters in washington and they ’got eachothers backs’. Hopefully this open their eyes to the fact that even their own will turn against them for selfish reasons. I HOPE this opens the eyes of many people that you just never know how sneeky and caniving the liberals are. And lets HOPE it will CHANGE the democrats and make them see that they should stick up for the Americans, the ones who will truly have their backs, if they have ours. You can only HOPE though.. That’s hope and change IIIII can believe in

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  • felina g
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:11am

    Shovel-ready BS.

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  • RodTag
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:11am

    ‘Shoving it’ would create quite a tight fit one might think considering what else is occupying that space.

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  • adifftake
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:10am

    Now thats a real democrat and not a progressive. I love it. Nothing like honesty to make one’s day

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    • barbaraw62
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 1:30pm

      Remember that Democrats hate people………look at the results of their policies toward blacks, big cities and education……… I don’t trust them as far as I could throw one!

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  • beckNcall
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:10am

    Obama didn’t do a fly over here like President Bush did….. so he can take his endorsement and shove it! Sounds like the warm and fuzzy hopey changey thingy has lost its appeal! Thanks Mr. Caprio for saying what we all feel! REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 1:38pm

      sad little democRAT!! His master has forsaken him and vice-a-versa. Now he has no party to run with. So Sad, Too Bad, shouldn’t have drank that kool-aid, huh?

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  • Necrophobic
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:09am

    Hahahahahaha!!!! LOVE IT!!!!

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  • takingonissues.com
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:09am

    Too bad more of the Democrat candidates don’t say that. Why didn’t the Democrats in Congress say that when ObamaCare was up for passage??? Hmmmmm

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    • Dodsfall
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 1:26pm

      They figured the peasants would forget come November.

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  • LIBERALSBEDAMNED
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:08am

    Who cares?

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  • starman70
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:08am

    WOW! A Democrat with principles, a real agenda and a desire to distance himself from the mainstream far left of the party. How Refreshing! Maybe there is hope for America after all. We need more like him.

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    • jerryod1627
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 11:11am

      Never never trust what they say, let’s wait and see what he actually does.

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 3:30pm

      WOW, a Dim trying to save his ass.

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:08am

    Amen brother, a Democrap I can at least begin to respect. I wish more would wake up!

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  • Colonial Revolutionary
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:07am

    I seriously doubt he means that. It seems more of the same, as politicians distance themselves from Obama to get votes.

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    • neverending
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 11:03am

      Anything for votes and sadly in a lot of cases it will still work.

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    • Dodsfall
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 1:25pm

      You hit the nail on the head.
      If Obama’s approval rating were higher, he’d be begging for an endorsement.

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 1:33pm

      The wolves in sheeps clothing!!! Come closer you sheep…

      Report Post » AmericanPatriot01  
  • TruthTalker
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:07am

    ahhahaha!

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    • CatB
      Posted on October 26, 2010 at 12:10am

      First thing a Dem has said that I can agree with …. But does he really mean it … or is he just trying to get elected …. I would wager the later .. but I love the dog eat dog.

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  • beckNcall
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:06am

    Take this job and shovel it, we ain‘t workin’ here no more!!!!

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    • dkhartman
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:49am

      BeckNCall – BAhaha Demolition Man?

      If he truly is a different kind of democrat then he doesn’t need Obama anyway. Let the treasonous Obummer and his followers (republican or democrat) drown in their own misery as they tear each other to pieces and let the true Patriots (republican or democrat) rejoice in the future impeachment of this liar in chief.

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 11:29am

      Man, that‘s the kind of hope and change I’d vote for!

      Report Post » Untameable-kate  
  • Bob_R_OathKeeper
    Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:06am

    Cannibalism at it’s finest, eat up fellas.

    Report Post » Bob_R_OathKeeper  
    • snowleopard3200
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:08am

      Nice to see that at least some of the left are abandoning the President and hopefully the rest of the Progressives as well; darkness turns in upon itself, and ultimately will defeat itself through not being sustainable and without substance of its own existence.

      http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (art)

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    • john seven eighteen
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:12am

      Reminds me of a Nat’l Geographic episode I saw where they inserted a camera inside the womb of a nurse shark, and the dominate shark fetus ATE the non-dominant shark fetuses inside the womb! Natural selection or liberal nurse sharks?

      john seven eighteen  
    • MAULEMALL
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:17am

      Just insanely Hillarious..

      He just came out and gave Pres.Bush props over his own parties leader…..

      Too Funny..

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    • 5
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:33am

      YOU’RE FIRED Dude. You will bend over or is it Lean Forward and Bend Over.

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    • jzs
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:48am

      Sounds like Limbaugh and Huckabee versus Rove.

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    • snowleopard3200
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:54am

      @John 7:18

      Probably more like Liberal Progressive Tiger Sharks. Mind you to myself Tiger Sharks are nothing more than swimming trash cans with fins.

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    • sickofitall
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:58am

      Hey SNOWLEOPARD3200,
      You‘ve become a massive TROLL less amusing than ’ol DANGLES! You obviously have way too much time on your hands as you always make sure you have something to say on every article.
      And, that so called art you keep spamming is awful. From a psychological perspective, it shows you have an obsessive personality that borderlines on disability. I question your standards of Christianity based on your obsession with winged, cat-like fairy creatures.
      Seek help and quit your TROLLING and SPAMMING! Get a life.

      sickofitall  
    • FIRED UP FREE MAN !
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 11:18am

      For some people their dog is all they have. For an out of control government to focus on this poor old man, highlights just how out of control our leaders are. Instead of focusing on an old man and his dog, maybe they should focus on the gangs in the neighborhood, JOBS, or here is a thought, all those crooked politicians who break laws daily, and those who break their oath of office and thumb their nose at the constitution. Let’s investigate this further and see if we can’t find out who gave the order to MURDER the dog and why. Surly we could find a small piece of justice for this old man and his friend.
      Let’s give this old man JUSTICE:

      Attorneys in the State of Oklahoma

      Where can I file a complaint against an attorney licensed in the State of Oklahoma?

      The Oklahoma Bar Association was created in 1939 by the Oklahoma Supreme Court to assist the Court in the regulation of the practice of law. The association is located at 1901 N Lincoln Blvd, and can be contacted at the following address:

      P.O. Box 53036
      Oklahoma City, OK 73152-3036

      Phone: 800-522-8065 or 405-416-7000
      Fax: 405-416-7001

      FIRED UP FREE MAN !  
    • FIRED UP FREE MAN !
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 11:40am

      Today’s Daily Rant Brought to YOU by Fired Up Free Man !

      Revolution is in the air! People are tired of the sterile environment enforced upon them by THEIR government. We’re taxed the minute we wake up in the morning till we fall exhausted into our beds at night. There should be no bill passed that doesn’t have the extinction of at least five more laws. The trouble with the drug laws is that as soon as government is given a reason to interfere in privet lives they feel free to insinuate themselves into all aspects of our lives. We are either free or we are NOT. A man’s home used to be his castle instead our politicians have interfered with our CHILDREN, our HOMES, even our PERSONAL lives, it’s time to WAKE UP and fight back! It’s unfortunate that people use drugs, but still it’s none of the governments business. Are we free or are we not? Everybody must be responsible for their own actions. There will be winners and losers but at least this way there are some winners.

      Come and add to the daily rant of Fired Up Free Man’s Facebook page!

      http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fired-UP-Free-MAN/118250461570054?v=app_2373072738&ref=sgm

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    • Danglinbags
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 11:43am

      Sickofitall, that was kinda a low blow on the art thing…I think the art is Seksie.

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    • Marcobob69
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 11:51am

      Sounds like the NON-PROGRESSIVE dems are starting to turn away from the PRO-PROGRESSIVE dems. Maybe they are starting to see the progressives for what they really are. Sure hope so!

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    • sickofitall
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 1:04pm

      DANGLINBAGS,
      You would consider a can of sardines ‘seksie’. I was just stating facts and after reviewing many of SNOWLEOPARD3200 replies, it’s obvious that his tinfoil hat is on too tight. You two should get together. When it comes to TROLLING, you guys could be like the Siegel & Ebert of conservative blogs.

      Report Post » sickofitall  
    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 1:11pm

      There used to be a difference between socialist/marxist and democRats. DemocRats kept in under the table…

      over:“70” Congress mebers, belong to: Democratic Socialist Party of America!
      The list is available at this link But I felt compelled to post the complete list here in this post.
      http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/08/american-socialists-release-names-of-70-congressional-democrats-in-their-caucus/
      Q: How many of the DSA members sit on the Judiciary Committee?
      A: Eleven: John Conyers [Chairman of the Judiciary Committee], Tammy Baldwin, Jerrold Nadler, Luis Gutierrez,
      Melvin Watt, Maxine Waters, Hank Johnson, Steve Cohen, Barbara Lee, Robert Wexler, Linda Sanchez [there are 23 Democrats on the Judiciary Committee of which eleven, almost half, are now members of the DSA].
      Q: Who are these members of 111th Congress?
      A: See the listing below
      Co-Chairs
      Hon. Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07)
      Hon. Lynn Woolsey (CA-06)
      Vice Chairs
      Hon. Diane Watson (CA-33)
      Hon. Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18)
      Hon. Mazie Hirono (HI-02)
      Hon. Dennis Kucinich (OH-10)
      Senate Members
      Hon. Bernie Sanders (VT)
      House Members
      Hon. Neil Abercrombie (HI-01)
      Hon. Tammy Baldwin (WI-02)
      Hon. Xavier Becerra (CA-31)
      Hon. Madeleine Bordallo (GU-AL)
      Hon. Robert Brady (PA-01)
      Hon. Corrine Brown (FL-03)
      Hon. Michael Capuano (MA-08)
      Hon. André Carson (IN-07)
      Hon. Donna Christensen (VI-AL)
      Hon. Yvette Clarke (NY-11)
      Hon. William “Lacy” Clay (MO-01)
      Hon. Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05)
      Hon. Steve Cohen (TN-09)
      Hon. John Conyers (MI-14)
      Hon. Elijah Cummings (MD-07)
      Hon. Danny Davis (IL-07)
      Hon. Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
      Hon. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)
      Rep. Donna F. Edwards (MD-04)
      Hon. Keith Ellison (MN-05)
      Hon. Sam Farr (CA-17)
      Hon. Chaka Fattah (PA-02)
      Hon. Bob Filner (CA-51)
      Hon. Barney Frank (MA-04)
      Hon. Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11)
      Hon. Alan Grayson (FL-08)
      Hon. Luis Gutierrez (IL-04)
      Hon. John Hall (NY-19)
      Hon. Phil Hare (IL-17)
      Hon. Maurice Hinchey (NY-22)
      Hon. Michael Honda (CA-15)
      Hon. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-02)
      Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30)
      Hon. Hank Johnson (GA-04)
      Hon. Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)
      Hon. Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI-13)
      Hon. Barbara Lee (CA-09)
      Hon. John Lewis (GA-05)
      Hon. David Loebsack (IA-02)
      Hon. Ben R. Lujan (NM-3)
      Hon. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14)
      Hon. Ed Markey (MA-07)
      Hon. Jim McDermott (WA-07)
      Hon. James McGovern (MA-03)
      Hon. George Miller (CA-07)
      Hon. Gwen Moore (WI-04)
      Hon. Jerrold Nadler (NY-08)
      Hon. Eleanor Holmes-Norton (DC-AL)
      Hon. John Olver (MA-01)
      Hon. Ed Pastor (AZ-04)
      Hon. Donald Payne (NJ-10)
      Hon. Chellie Pingree (ME-01)
      Hon. Charles Rangel (NY-15)
      Hon. Laura Richardson (CA-37)
      Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34)
      Hon. Bobby Rush (IL-01)
      Hon. Linda Sánchez (CA-47)
      Hon. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)
      Hon. José Serrano (NY-16)
      Hon. Louise Slaughter (NY-28)
      Hon. Pete Stark (CA-13)
      Hon. Bennie Thompson (MS-02)
      Hon. John Tierney (MA-06)
      Hon. Nydia Velazquez (NY-12)
      Hon. Maxine Waters (CA-35)
      Hon. Mel Watt (NC-12)
      Hon. Henry Waxman (CA-30)
      Hon. Peter Welch (VT-AL)
      Hon. Robert Wexler (FL-19)

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    • HKS
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 1:32pm

      I just love it when they eat each other. Gives them something to do.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 3:10pm

      as far as I can see the people think there are a lot of things Obama can shove..LOL.. gallop polls him at 41% approvial rating..

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 3:34pm

      To Marcobob69

      It’s kind of sad, but I’ve seen this same thing happen with some friends here in town. One friend was told he’ll never be allowed to represent the area he lives in because he is not black. Another one was told he couldn’t run for a seat on the Board because he was too conservative. Betrayal hurts, that’s for sure.

      I hope that these people are seeing the light . (Luke, Luke! time to leave the dark side!)

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 3:38pm

      He badmouthed Obama AFTER he got dissed. That says it all.

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    • messenger
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 4:27pm

      I think his art is interesting, not “seksie”, but definitely curious. If all art were the same it would be boring.

      What does bore me is the word “troll”.

      Go visit CNN. It’s their favorite word over there.

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    • SalvatoreA
      Posted on October 25, 2010 at 4:40pm

      Yup! Almost makes you want to vote for a democrat…nah.

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