They’re Back! Wisc. Dems Who Fled Senate Quietly Return
- Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:14pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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Wisconsin’s Democratic state senators returned to work Tuesday with little fanfare, a stark contrast to the scene in February when their dramatic decision to flee the state in protest over an anti-union bill helped fuel massive protests that made the state the center of a national fight over union rights.
The 14 Democrats left for Illinois with no warning on Feb. 17, leaving the Senate with one too few members to vote on the bill. Finally on March 9, Republicans removed some financial provisions from the bill so they could pass it with a lower quorum and no Democrats present. The Democrats returned to Wisconsin in March to participate in a massive rally the day after Gov. Scott Walker signed the bill into law.
The AP adds: “The law is now tied up in court and hasn’t gone into effect. It would require most state employees to pay more for health care and pension benefits while taking away all of their collective bargaining rights except over salary increases.”
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Comments (176)
9111315
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:55pmReintroduce the bill at the beginning of the morning session and vote again. New bill — no restraining order on this one.
Report Post »swigs
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:38pmSure. lets run State gov’t like kindergarden and keep retaking votes until everyone is happy.
Good luck with that.
Report Post »parlayer
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:51pmProbable got pre-diem while they were gone. (Hell there such GODS just ask um, they can do anything) without consequence.) Lie right in your face, tell you what you (the American people) want.
Report Post »I’ve always qualified for help but never wanted to let there nose in on what and who I was. so I sit her proud and able to criticize..
Cabo King
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:50pmfricken cowards!! shoot the cork suckers
Report Post »ripley
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:49pmIn the old days these cowards would have had a yellow stripe painted down their back & rightly so. Stand strong Gov. Walker.
Report Post »TheWatcher
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:47pmRecall them!
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Report Post »Buck
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Heirloom Seeds, “How God plants His garden”
TheRealElvis
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:45pmNow Travel Agencies have a new product. The “Politician Desertion and Vacation Package”.
Report Post »YouMayFireWhenReady
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:44pmAt the very least, shouldn’t they be fined for leaving their responsiblities. The bigger question is why hasn’t the Judge who is holding the new law up in court, recused herself?? Her son is deeply envolved w/ the union thugs!!!!
Report Post »ares338
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:34pmIf I were gone that long I most certainly would not have a job.
Report Post »buckeyetater
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:34pmHow in God’s name could you leave your job for 37 days then simply just show up and sa “Im baaaack” Only a Democrat with Union mentality would attempt and GET AWAY with it. Are these guys gonna bolt town every time they disagree with an issue. Its like a child holding his breath till they get their way. This type of tactic cannot be accepted. The very next law that needs to be passed in Wisc. Is that if you leave your job without just cause for more than 3 days you no longer have a job to return to.
Report Post »Roy-Al_K
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 8:04amYeah! It’s called AWOL; and being absent from your duties without legitimate excuse ought to trigger some sort of punishment; fines, sanctions, special elections . . . .
Report Post »rcw1120
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:34pmYup, they came back. I think that what they did was heroic. What Walker did was scummy and wrong. I cant wait to see him recalled. These people did great things and I would have done the same. Get up and leave. A true America is one that listens to its people. Especially the elected officials. They are elected for a reason. I will always support the hard working middle class.
Report Post »Atlappraiser
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:49pmYou truly are an idiot RCW. The hard working Wisconsin people elected Gov Walker. He’s doing his job and the chickens#*t democrats didn’t do theirs. The people protesting at the capital didn’t even amount to 1% of Wisconsin’s population. Not to mention, a lot of those dumbasses were bused in.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:51pmso, only unions are the middle class? you do know that only 11 percent of workers in this country are in unions right?
so, using your math, only 11% of u.s. workers are middle class
……………..thank God i didnt go to your school
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:51pmYou are a koolaid drinking ass.
Report Post »rcw1120
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:08pmNah, I drove down from Green Bay, WI to protest with all of my friends. Everyone should be in a union. Its a great, great thing to be in. Not everyone in Wisconsin can make it to the capitol and that is just fine, I understand that I am representing a lot of voices by being there.
I blame the citizens of Wisconsin who blindly went to the polls, if they researched Walker, he wouldnt have been elected. His failure throughout his life has only made him a worse leader. I hope I fail out of my university and get elected into office because of daddies thick pocket book….
Oh wait… Im from a middle class family… since when will my rights or needs be respected or responded to…
cowace10@uwgb.edu
Report Post »Atlappraiser
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:34pm@RCW
His dad was a preacher and mom a bookkeeper. I don’t think daddy had a thick pocketbook. Gov walker also left Marquette his final semester of his senior year because he got a job. He was a C student. He‘s actually succeeded in almost everything he’s done. Keep trying. You’re are still an idiot.
Report Post »swigs
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:35pm@rcw1120
“I blame the citizens of Wisconsin who blindly went to the polls, if they researched Walker, he wouldnt have been elected.”
Well duh, that’s how democracy works. Elections have consequences and when elected representatives demonstrate dereliction of duty, those that voted for them got screwed.
Report Post »Those demoRats should be fired.
rcw1120
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:46pmThats my point. Walker has no diploma. He has no credentials to show that he is qualified to do anything. He got a High School diploma. Thats it. He dropped out because he got a job? Thats nice. Education needs to come first. Work can wait. Then again, you would think the son of a preacher would have a better sense of what is right and wrong. Go figure.
Maybe I am an idiot for wanting my children to have an education. Maybe Im an idiot for supporting the hard working middle class because they make this country move forward. Im fine with being an idiot then. Because I will eventually get my rights in their entirety. So will my children.
Remember when voting, Politics is like a car. Vote D to go forward and R to go back.
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 8:28pmRCW, I agree with your self-assessment. Some people (like you) need a piece of paper to wave in front of others. That piece of paper says little about being smart or capable, although you seem to believe that. As to how to vote, your example is lame. Real men don’t drive automatics.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 11:21pm@rcw1121
Report Post »These people did great things and I would have done the same. Get up and leave. A true America is one that listens to its people. Especially the elected officials. They are elected for a reason. I will always support the hard working middle class.
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Don’t you mean (hardly working)? Taking a 2 month vacation sounds like their union employees, anyone checked on “double dipping” there?
WIjoyzie
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 11:33pm@rcw1120… you can keep your corrupt union. How does it feel to live on the union plantation, unable to choose whether to be a member or pay dues?
Last time I checked at least 90% of the state’s workers are non-union, most are middle-class… some are working-poor and still hustled to pay for the health insurance and pensions of people earning 50K+
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 11:34pm@rcw1120
Report Post »Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:46pm
Thats my point. Walker has no diploma. He has no credentials to show that he is qualified to do anything. He got a High School diploma. Thats it. He dropped out because he got a job? Thats nice. Education needs to come first.
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We saw {educators on parade} in Madison, and tearing up the Statehouse; not even aware that it isn’t only union dues that come out of their paychecks, unless they have Tim Geithner’s luck, they also pay taxes, and those taxes will have to pay for the damage they were doing! WHY WOULD ANYONE NEED THAT KIND OF EDUCATION TO SUCCEED IN THE USA?
rcw1120
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 11:44pmSparky et al.
Yes, I do believe in a piece of paper to wave around. Why? If Im getting surgery, I want certification that they are legitimate. If I bring up a rights issue, half the people I know whip out the Constitution or the Deceleration or some other piece of our terrible history and eave it in my face. Hows that different? Also Sparky, no one should be judged by the car they drive or anything like that. There is no such thing as a real man or anything like that. Gender is fluid. Not only that, but one who says they are a “true man” or “real man” only reaffirm their own insecurities in their sexuality and gender identity.
You cant say that someone who did a form of protest lazy. Thats ridiculous. If you have surgery or have a child and take off work, is that lazy too? Thats a double standard and thats not fair.
Report Post »ColdWarVet
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 3:07am@ RCW
Heroic? More like cowardly and obstructive. The Dems and their ilk never cease to amaze me with their twisted, un-American lack of ethics. Walker is the one with the courage. Doing the right thing, even if it isn’t popular with the clueless hippies partying around the WI capitol.
The dems behavior was absolutely disgusting. They should be ashamed to show their scumbag faces in public. While we’re on the subject, it’s time the public sector union members to start paying for their benefits they way we real Americans have to. Your cushy benefits are not our priority, and in case you have not yet heard, the United States is BROKE.
Report Post »rcw1120
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:32amColdwar,
Naturally the US is broke. Why? Because the US think that it is “American” and “Right” to stick our nose into other people’s business and tell them it is the right way to do things when in all reality we have no idea what we are doing as a nation. Its not our business. If we dont wanna be broke, allow gay marriage, protect the unions that keep pay steady and fair, and pull out of all the countries around the world that we have no business being in. The US is no superior figure, we are all apart of the same beast these days so why not focus on all of our own nations issues rather than everyone elses.
Out of curiousity, you continue to say “real American”. What the hell is that? Everyone that is an American citizen, no matter how they conduct themselves. You cant say that someone isnt a real American because they conduct themselves or believe in other things than you. Thats just closed minded.
Report Post »jordy2010
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:33pmDemocrats are adult-children who never grew past the ”terrible 2′s” phase……
Report Post »Saint Mick
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:33pmIt just goes to show you that, most people have about 1 month of reserve of income
Report Post »joedog73
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:33pmWhat a rough schedule these guys have. Walk off their job with no repercussions, then not have to go back to work for almost two months. They have a better schedule than the teachers they are protecting. And they wonder why people hate politicians.
Report Post »WILLIAM E.
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:30pmFire them all. They did not do there job. They work for us not we for them.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:29pmBig election going on in Wisconsin today. Supreme Court race the most important. You wouldn’t believe the incompetent boob the DEMS are running. She might actually win. Poll lace laws being broken in Wisconsin. Grafton cop does nothing and tells the extremely upset older poll place worker that it‘s too bad because he’s no longer a conservative.
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 8:16pmGet his badge number and name, and turn the information, along with witness names, over to the Governor. If we lose trust in our vote, we have lost it all. Dems seem to violate every law they can to bring about “victory,” as they believe the end justifies the means.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 9:02pmHis chief is aware of this, and I have heard nothing of disciplinary action. The town clerk was a witness and reported it. I am certain Scott Walker is aware. Doubt he can do anything about it.
Report Post »rcw1120
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 11:56pmGo Kloppenberg! We messed up getting Walker in office, lets not mess up and get Prosser in!
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:29pmGuessing they RAN out of money????
Report Post »lizaz
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:28pmHopefully the good voters of WI will not reelect these poor examples of representation….they sure don’t deserve reelection. I don’t think I have ever seen Republicans in ANY state run away and sulk because they lost the majority. Rather childish and I wouldn’t want any of these legislators representing me for ANYTHING! Hopefully Gov. Walker will succeed in all he is trying to do. We support him!!!!
Report Post »PJT520
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:28pmThese people are an embarrassment to the country. What kind of a message does this send to the youth of the country. You’re elected to office to be a leader, and when times get tough we get to see who actually has some backbone to lead us through them. There seem to be none of these people in the dem. party in Wisc.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:26pmWho gives a sh@#
Report Post »temple62
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:24pmThere should have been a bounty on their capture. I recommend GPS ankle brackets are in order fort he remainder of their term.
Report Post »Howshopeychangeyworking4you
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:23pmI hope they have a room reserved for the future, I’m sure they will be needing it, when the next bill comes along they don’t agree with.
Report Post »Lucifers Hammer
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:22pmGlad they are back. We need to keep track of the libs. They have spent almost a decade sucking the US dry like vampires.
Now is the historic turning point where we put things in reverse. Libs are now officially nothing more than organ and blood farms for real humans. Keep ‘em alive and healthy so we can replace what we need to, whenever we need it.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 11:12pmReal Love of God showing through there, isn’t it. Makes the name sound an awful lot like the god you would serve, because this is NEVER the attitude Jesus taught us to show, “Love thine enemies, pray for those who despitefully use you….”
Report Post »LIBERALSBEDAMNED
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:21pmfire all of the democrats that left the state
Report Post »encinom
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:36pmFire all the Republicnas that thought they represented the Koch brothers instead of the citizens of Wisconsin.
Atlappraiser
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:58pm@encinom
You seem to be a little jealous of the Koch brothers?
Report Post »Let me clue into something. Probably about 95% of Republicans didn’t even know/still don’t know who they are, nor do they care. Your repetitive mentioning of them on every post actually makes you look like a bigger idiot than everyone already thinks you are.
GIDEON612
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:04pm@Atlappraiser
I agree with you completely. It is like speaking to my brother. All he says is what the media tells him to, typical lib.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:08pmENCOMIDIOT, We Conservatives welcome EVERY CENT the Koch brothers choose to commit to our righteous cause.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:34pmATLAPPRAISER
I agree 100%
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 8:50pmI am currently in negotiations with an Indonesian tribe to pay these folks a visit. I have convinced them that these guys stole their souls. If they EAT them they get their souls back……tricky as I needed several interpreters, and I wore a lot of bitter apple, just in case. Lookout Dems!
Report Post »WIjoyzie
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 11:23pm@encinom
How about firing those senators who left the state, then followed emailed talking points pumped to them by union officials in DC
Report Post »Not hard to figure out who the Democrat senators represent, and think they work for… NOT Wisconsin taxpayers, is it?
1chancey1
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 6:27amThat’s Encinom M.O. Keep telling the same lies and eventually a few fools might beleive you. That tactic will not work here.
Report Post »GIDEON612
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:21pmWelcome Back,
Report Post »Now pack your bags and get out. Those Republicans you ran against now have your job.
encinom
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:35pmThe funny thing is, is it is going to be 8 republicans that put the desires of the Koch brothers ahead of the citizens of Wisconsin that are packing their backs. The first recall petition against a republican has been filed.
The 14 democrates prevent the vote and shined a light on the bill the Tyrannt wanted to ram down the throats of the citizens.
eventual
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:49pm“encinom
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:36pm
Fire all the Republicnas that thought they represented the Koch brothers instead of the citizens of Wisconsin.”
Lol. I’m completely convinced now that you are a conservative pretending to be the doofus dem of the board.
You had me going for awhile, though!
Report Post »GIDEON612
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:58pm@encinom
I will pray for you
Steps have to be taken and being from the Detroit area I am tired of being stepped on by these unions.
Report Post »I have been in unions myself and they are self-serving and have served their purpose.
It is now time for that fundamental transformation of the U.S. unions.
Now you see them, now you don’t.
MODEL82A1
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:02pmENCOMIDIOT, Even accepting your premise (which is FALSE), then in your pea-brain, Soros (billionaire capitalist) funding=GOOD, Koch Bros (billionaire capitalists) Funding=BAD. Leave it to a Lib to come up with “logic” like that.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:05pmWe Conservatives WELCOME EVERY CENT the Koch brothers choose to commit to our righteous cause.
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 8:11pm@Encinom. Did the Koch Bros. fire you? Man you work them into every post. I‘m surprised you did’nt blame them for the disaster in Japan.
Report Post »WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 8:41pmEncinom, If you want to talk about something being rammed down the peoples throat why arnt you squacking about that dam healthcare thing that is going to be the thing that may bring down this country. Where are you going to go that they will allow you the freedoms you have here and now? Lotus.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 11:06pmstreetrodder
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 8:11pm
@Encinom. Did the Koch Bros. fire you? Man you work them into every post. I‘m surprised you did’nt blame them for the disaster in Japan.
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Report Post »Probably media matters pays on a scale of how many times the talking points are worked in per pay period. 1 time $X 2 times $2X 3 times $3X, et cetra, She’s probably just a budding capitalst in trolls clothing.
beekeeper
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 8:48amENCINOM – I’ll come back and check on your reaction when the Republicans in Wisconsin SURVIVE their recall elections. Remember taxpayers outnumber union members – it’s a lesson the New Jersey Public Service Unions learned when Gov. Corzine lost his re-election bid and Gov. Christie took over.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:09ambeekeeper
Report Post »Posted on April 6, 2011 at 8:48am
ENCINOM – I’ll come back and check on your reaction when the Republicans in Wisconsin SURVIVE their recall elections. Remember taxpayers outnumber union members – it’s a lesson the New Jersey Public Service Unions learned when Gov. Corzine lost his re-election bid and Gov. Christie took over.
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Living in NJ at the time, the reason Corzine lost had nothing to do with unions and everything to do with corruption scandels, which is the sad norm for Jersey. While the crowds that protested in Madison, by there size alone is clear that that is was more than just state workers, but included most blue collar and middle class Wisconsin citizens.
HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 1:07pm@Encino….you live in a state where you can’t balance your budget and I heard recently that good old Jerry plans on pulling a Walker with you state workers too! Happy trails like totally radical man!
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:19pmI say kick them out permantly. Give them the pink slip. They have failed the people of Wisconsin.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:22pmThey should have been locked out … they refused to perform their duties … and ran away … anyone else who did that would not have a job to come back to.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:22pmamen…twice….amen
Report Post »Revere1
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:24pmThey have no honor and no shame, they were bought off by the teachers unions: http://www.battlefield315.com/2011/02/teachers-unions-explained.html Fleeing the state? Talk about a picture of how they abdicated their duties to the people who elected them.
Report Post »American Capitalist
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:24pmI agree. They abandoned their responsibility. Whether they like it or not they should be there to vote on the bills. They were acting like spoiled children.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:38pmlol the funny thing is………………the unions just sold their members down the river…………so they can secure mandatory dues and mandatory membership for 33 months, and thats it………………..they gave up every concession just so they could close contracts guaranteeing that dues would be mandatory
hows that union looking out for ya sheeple
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:39pm@CatB:
Report Post »“They should have been locked out … they refused to perform their duties … and ran away … anyone else who did that would not have a job to come back to.”
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I agree…why are they allowed to simply return because they finally “feel” like it?…
MSG
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:41pmJohn Q. Public vs. “ISM”
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_DaMKUP3Og
MSG
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:48pmAn animated anti-communist film produced by the US in 1948
John Q. Public vs. “ISM”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_DaMKUP3Og
Please spread this around
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:48pm@REVERE1
Honor and shame are two concepts that liberal, progressive Democrats do not have nor are they likely to be able to understand what they mean. This country can only return to it’s former greatness when both Republican and Democrat are thrown onto the trash heap of failed history. A plague on both parties.
Report Post »CitizenUS
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:51pmAmen… Pink Slips across the board.
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:00pm^__^__^
Good now round them up fine them for being MIA, hold them in contempt and for obstruction of justice and legal proceedings. Also most importantly an immediate investigation should be launched to see what funds they used to be on the lam! If they in fact used state funds regardless if it was $1 to $10′ even $100′s or $1000′s they should face criminal charges for embezzlement!!!
Amendments need to be created that any politician who blatantly leaves the state as they have done is illegal, they will face heavy fines, forfeit ttheir vote to where a vote will go on without them and if so severe they can be expelled from their political seat that will remain unfilled until the next election.
Report Post »Yes this last point could/will punish their constituents but THEY too are to blame for electing someone who is so off/ unstable/ unreliable and in fact a threat to the democratic process of the republic!
GETLIFE
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:17pmGet rid of these spoiled brats. How embarrassing. The unions think it’s cool to flip off the voters, and these guys are just being led around, doing what they’re told–being made to think they’re important.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:30pmI agree, SAVING. They spat on the system, they shouldn’t be allowed back in.
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:38pmWould these cowards have approved of Repubs using this very same tactic to avoid voting on Obamacare? I think not. Only Dems/Progressives can run and hide without remorse. There’s probably a yellow streak running down their backs if anyone cared enough to look.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:44pmI hope that the public tells the Democrats, “Phooey on You-ey” at the next election!
Report Post »WIjoyzie
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:45pmWish that my state senator would go away… permanently. But in the liberal stronghold of Milwaukee, the dummies re-elect people based solely on skin color. Coggs, along with Gwen Moore have lifetime positions.
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 8:53pmAnd I say start the impeachment proceedings against them! They are not fit to represent the cats and dogs, let alone the citizens of the great state of Wisconsin! Like rats deserting the proverbial sinking ship, they ran like jack-rabbits at the first sign of trouble; that is not what I would want out of MY elected officials!!! Impeachment and expulsion for each and every member of the Wisconsin Congress that left the state that day! Business is NOT CONDUCTED that way in the United States of America, and if it starts being conducted that way, it’s time to kiss the republic goodbye!!!
Report Post »Uncle Sambo
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 9:55pmI think the fourteen Demon Rats should be told to leave Wisconsin or face jail time. Personally I’d like to see them locked behind bars. But if they were permanently exiled I’d be almost as happy. Let the civil war begin. It is only a matter of time.
Report Post »BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 10:07pmCan you believe what the Democratic (PROGRESSIVE) party has become? As I look at and hear what most within the party are saying it can’t sit well with the American people. We all have our faults, but progressives (on both sides of the isle) seem to exhibit and promote the very traits that most good people would try and teach their children to avoid. For example:
1.) Most good people would try to teach their children to love others and to respect their property.
Progressive dems seem to want to stir anger and hatred from one to another and try to get people to damage others property or act violently in the streets (cause chaos). ex. Cloward and Piven, Rules for Radicals, Saul Alinsky, The Coming Insurrection – great reading for the up and coming progressive
2.) Most good people would try to teach their children to accept responsibility whether they like it or not. Progressive dems seem to want to run away from their responsibilities if they don’t agree with the outcome. Ex. See Wisconsin
3.) Most good people would try and teach their children not to blame others for their problems. Progressive dems from top to bottom are ALWAYS looking to point the finger at someone else. In addition, they seem to try and promote this thinking to their constituency. “It‘s always someone else’s fault.” Ex. – Listen to president Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid, or any other progressive sound bite for approx. 30 seconds and I’ll bet you will hear at least 5 examples of this. O.K. maybe I’m exagerating a little with 5 examples in 30 secs)
These are only a few of the reasons why the American people are turning against POS ideology on both sides of the isle. I mean, do YOU really want your children to grow up and act like this. I don’t think Americans are going to accept this BS anymore.
HONOR, LOVE, TRUTH, JOY, HAPPINESS, PATIENCE, HUMILITY. Let me ask this. Do you see these characteristics in the democratic progressive leader of today?
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 9:56amReally! It was laughable to watch them sneak back in and the few people waiting to welcome them… Rare vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kzTKrX42Bs
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Posted on April 6, 2011 at 1:04pmNow with the election for Supreme Court tied up, I say bury that in the original bill and pass it again! Sumi can sit on it all summer for all we care!
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