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Update: GOP Rep. Mike Pence Unmoved by Plight of ‘Cowboy Poets’
- Posted on March 9, 2011 at 6:03pm by
Meredith Jessup
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On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., asked his Republican colleagues to rethink their budget cutting proposals, citing an annual festival of cowboy poetry sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities — an agency the GOP seeks to defund.
In a Wednesday interview with Fox News, Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., acknowledged Reid’s unique plea, but insisted the country’s deficit was a bigger concern than preserving poetry festivals:
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Comments (54)
justice
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:08amOh Harry. Your the Rhinestone Cowboy still in your State. LOL.
Report Post »wodiej
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:53amShow me da money!
Report Post »miles from nowhere
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 1:33amHey Harry did anyone tell you that you already overspent, AMERICA is not your open checkbook, does someone have to hit you with a ugly stick to help your brain to get rebooted?
Report Post »Leetron
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:53pmLet me tell you about Harry Reid. I am a Nevadan who is completely ASHAMED of and Harry Reid and will now tell you a couple of reasons why. First, my son is an autistic musician who (with his group) performed for Harry Reid at a political function in Reno a few months ago – before the November elections. These kids practiced for months before the event and looked forward to (not only) playing for Harry Reid but also meeting him after the show. But alas, after playing their hearts out for Harry Reid he not only refused to meet with the kids but also left the meeting room before the kids were able to get off the stage. He didn’t even applaud. Second, he LIES to the people of Nevada (and the rest of the country) as a matter of habit and the most recent example is his statement that the Cowboy Poetry Festival brings in “tens of thousands of folks” who presumably support the region and create jobs. This would be a joke if it wasn’t so pathetic. I’ve been to the Cowboy Poetry Festivals over the years and can testify to the fact that in NO WAY are there EVER “tens of thousands of folks” in attendance and NO jobs are created – except the one or two week hotdog and beer stand operators who hire a few kids as laborers. This statement is just an attempt to elicit billions of tax dollars for Nevada we don’t need and cannot afford.
Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Obama STEALS from the American People in order to give certain friendly corporations, causes and “friendly states” a little “taste.” And (by doing so) intend to “whet their beaks” at the slime trough as well. As a proud Nevadan, I wish Harry would just retire to his velvet lined SLIMETRAP he calls a home in Searchlight and just fade away…he is a disgrace and poor excuse for a human being.
Report Post »NVoter
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:42pmReid is trying to slam Elko not help it. Elko County Nevada voters resoundingly voted againt him last Nov. This is his payback. He’s trying to give Elko bad press, and hurt Elko’s conservative citizens. I doubt seriously if the Cowboy Poetry Event gets much if any $s from the Feds. I personally would oppose it if it did, as I suspect most of the citizens of this rural county would if given the knowledge. It’s a pity that Reid and his RINO, boot licking friends (like Dean Rhoads & Raggio), opposed Sharon Angle who would have represented the true values of rural Nevada.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:44amI know what you mean!! In Texas we have Austin, Houston, Rio Grande valley and then the rest of us!!
Report Post »notofdasleeple
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:25pmCan’t think of two things that say SUCK worse then cowboys and poetry! and together at the same time….someone pass me a loaded gun please I need to taste metal! Reeses peanut butter cups this is not!
Report Post »BRAVEHEART
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:24pmI’m an old cowhand
from the Rio Grande
and I learned to ride
before I learned to stand
I know every rode in the Lone Star State
cause I rode over them in a Ford V8
yippe i Oh ki Aaay aay Yippi i oh ki aay
Harry Reid is an idiot. He couldn’t see through a barb wire fence if you stuck his head between the strands!
Report Post »mikee1
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:00pmThe scumbag Reid is killing 2 birds with 1 stone here. Cowboy Poetry? How gay is that? They all read their 3rd grade poems, just like at an NPR Slam, but then they all go back to their little pub tents and *********. And you pay the dummycraps for all of it. See, the queers are still voting for Harry. But even the whores are not low enough to support him any longer. They will not even let him swim in the pool. LOL.
Report Post »coalfired
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:50pmThe poetry festivals will go on regardless of government money.
Report Post »What business does the government have giving tax dollars to this kind of crap? We can’t afford it any longer!
capitalismrocks
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:10pmWhy should ANYONE be moved by Reid’s ridiculous plea… its idiotic at best:
Cowboy Poet’s want to keep doing their Art festival… great!!! Then do it the old fashion American way: Find Donors and Sponsor’s for the event!!!
Sell tickets for entry, have food and concession vendors to rent spaces and get a 2% take of their profits… in short, its called FREE MARKET CAPITALISM!!!!
There is NO reason why one single penny of taxpayer dollars should have to go to fund such an event, Reid you continue to show how STUPID you are when it comes to Economics 101 !!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Takeoutthegarbagenov2
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:47pmI still contend Sharon Angle would have won the election if it wasnt for the “glitches” in the voting machines, which are serviced by the SEIU. WHY wasnt there an investigation?
There was once a Senator from Nevada
Who had a head shaped like a potada
His ethcis are nill
His voice is shrill
And he looks like Pelosi’s Fatha
What did you expect, a Cowboy Poet?
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:43pmHarry Reid is a complete weenie. There is no word in the English language that could adequately describe this creepy little man. So for now we will just have to stick with WEENIE! I don’t know about the rest of you MEAN SPIRITED conservatives, but I’m really going to miss those cowboy poets. How ’bout you, partner?
Report Post »newspapertaxis
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:39pmMay be Harry has had his fill. After working so closely with Nancy these last few years, he deserves to be out in the middle of the desert writing poetry. Something like;
Report Post »I strode there,
with spurs a jingling,
Heard yonder Chris,
his leg a tingling,
Met a gal,
by name of Nancy,
Spent Your cash,
for something fancy,
Now its time,
to kiss my mule.
destinykiera
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 3:17amAnd eats its stool (final line, just saying)! Ha ha!! Great poem!
Report Post »bankerpapaw
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:21pmHey Showtime, I can’t even afford to have a dog.
Report Post »notimeforthis
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:20pmGee Wiizz!! This guy is pleading for cowboy poetry like it’s AIDS research funding! Watch his done and manner, like it’s desperate and just shameful to consider slashing their funding. The real questions should be is what planet do these people live on, and can the GOP stop feeding the idiots on that planet!!! Logic evades these people!!!!!!!
Report Post »mark7890
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:14pmif there is a bigger moron than fat eddie schultz it has to be harry reid
Report Post »defund all that extra stuff NEH,NEA and all the other extras WE CAN NOT AFFORD THEM
we can revisit them once the 99 weeks of unemployment runs out
lea49
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:03pmI am so glad that I am from Indiana…Although Mike Pence is from another district, I am proud he is from my state. Between him and Mitch Daniels, I am pretty happy with my representation..
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:58pmHey Harry I have a poem for you.
Hay is for cows better for hasses lift up their tails and kiss their arses.
I put that together without a single penny from the farts at the endowment for the arts.
Report Post »Thanks for the profound wisdom Harry but you being Senate Majority Leader is scary.
I‘m a poet but don’t know it.
Buck_Ofama
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:38pmIf the Republicans are smart they will use Harry Reid’s “Democrat Cowboy Poets Earmark Pork” is more important than keeping YOUR American government from bankruptcy.
Problem is that the Republicans are BoehnerHeads
Report Post »dirtytricksjusttowin
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:35pmHow dare you Mr. Pence not thinking of the Cowboy poets. LOL.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:16pmHerry reid is a boob.. how in the world this man keeps getting elected is beyond me.. NV WAKE UP smell the cowpoop
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:59pmIf the entity is a non-governmental organization; de-fund it!
Report Post »that would be a good start.
JD Carp
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:59pmNot living within your budget is reckless. $100 bil would be a better start.
Report Post »ibanrfknm
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:55pmHarry Reid is an utterly corrupt politician, he is beyond contempt.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:57pmWorse than that, actually, but your description said it very well!
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:45pmThis is why the United States is in trouble. We as a country are broke. When any kind of cuts are proposed we have the libs complaining and whining about all of the programs that will be cut. Really Harry, the cowboy poets? How out of touch with reality are you? I‘m trying to compose a poem about Harry but I can’t think of a word that rhymes with jacka$$.
Report Post »Contrarian51
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:40pmHow many times I’ve wished this guy was my congressman.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:49pmIf Harry Reid expected sympathy for that as an example of necessary funding…no wonder we have 14 trillion in debt. For crying out loud, in my house cutting back means no more cable tv, no dinner out, cutting the cell phone minutes back to the smallest plan, brown bagging lunch, no new clothes, cut out the gym membership, drinking tap water, cutting my thermostat back to 63 degrees all winter and putting on sweats over my flannel pjs, generic dog food, ……Hey Harry get a clue!!!!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:49pmOh, but Mike! Those poor, poor poets! You know that they can’t write poetry at home. How cruel of you!
God knows that I love Mike Pence! And, he knows that Harry Reide’s days in the Senate are NUMBERED! Come on, 2012!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:56pmShame on the people of Nevada for sending H(ell) Reid back to the senate.
Showtime
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:56pm@kaydeebeau
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:49pm
If Harry Reid expected sympathy for that as an example of necessary funding…no wonder we have 14 trillion in debt. For crying out loud, in my house cutting back means no more cable tv, no dinner out, cutting the cell phone minutes back to the smallest plan, brown bagging lunch, no new clothes, cut out the gym membership, drinking tap water, cutting my thermostat back to 63 degrees all winter and putting on sweats over my flannel pjs, generic dog food, ……Hey Harry get a clue!!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cut your herostat back to just 63? Mine stays on 55. I don’t have cable or satellite, never eat out, NO cell phone, drinking tap water or filtered in the fridge, and extra cover on the bed. I buy Bucky‘s dog food from Aldi’s because it’s 55 cents a can, cheaper than anywhere else, and it’s the only dog food Bucky even likes.
Guess what, Reid?! I’m not a cowboy poet, but I exist. Why can’t the cowboy poets exist?
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:12pmWell, CONTRARIAN, at least you don’t have Lautenberg and Mendendez like we do here in NJ. Or are you in NJ, too?
Report Post »Chrono_Sleuth
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:17pmShowtime, Harry Reid is not a senator up for re-election, he was just re-elected. We will have to suffer him for some time. That said, if we can get a majority Senate this next election cycle, it won’t matter how powerful he is. What I really want though, is fewer flubbering Republicans, and more people like Pence and Ryan.
Report Post »Contrarian51
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:04pmdecendentof56
No, I’m in MO District 1. Lucky me, I have William “Lacey” Clay, going on 12 years, with his father Bill Clay for 30 years before that. Our Republican Party does have a primary and then they disappear. You‘d think they’d at least run a radio ad or two and just ask people if they can find one thing about their lives that’s better for having had a Clay represent them for 42 years. I’ve tried to find a local Republican committee but it looks like the committee members, all 2 of them, both live in the 2nd district. This one of those “automatic” Democrat districts because we have the north side of the City of St. Louis and the adjoining “suburbs” or, to be blunt, the first areas to fall victim to white flight. The worse things get, the stronger the Democrats become.
Report Post »Silver Lining
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:22pm@decendentof56 – I’ll see your Lautenberg and Menendez and raise you Schumer and Gillibrand…and throw in Reps. Ackerman and Weiner for good measure…
Report Post »drbage
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:46pmEver noticed that Pence rhymes with (common) sense?
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:46pmPence is the real deal and will play a big part in the conservative resurgence that is starting to sweep the country. Reid, on the other hand, reminds me of a dinosaur that is on his way to extinction but just doesn’t know it yet.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:30amMY rep here. Mine. And he is Epic! Mike Pence is a special American!
Report Post »ETOOL USMC RECON
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:16amLucky Hoosiers….Maybe after the 2012 elections you folks will share Mike with everyone else on a national level?? (hint hint)
Report Post »the zipper
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:13amFirst we’re going to put Mike in our state house for some executive experience. Mitch has done a decent job, but you aint seen nothin yet! We are also going to enroll Mike in the Chris Christy school of public speaking.
Can you imagine????
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:45amAlong about a country road
I met a man whose legs were bowed.
What kind of man is this
Who carries his jewels in parenthesis?
Anonymous Cowboy
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:52amMy Sacred Honor, I think it may be time for you fine Hoosiers to share him a little.
Report Post »Maggie in Indiana
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 11:37amOh sweet it is. If our Dems ever get back to work here in Indiana and redo the redistricting I may lose him as mine. but my support will folow him as long as he serves . I agree it is time to pick a fight and stick our guns.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:16pm…….
Report Post »How did the cowboys win the west without federal funding?