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To: Alighieri who wrote (544478)	1/17/2010 11:43:51 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575446

>> Here's one of the dem idiots that deserves to lose his job. Far be it from me to defend a democratic idiot. But what he is saying is, in effect, "If the health care bill creates an untenable burden for NE, doesn't it also create such a burden on OTHER states and should not those states be made whole in whatever legislation ends up passing?" This is a massive unfunded mandate dumped on 47 states while three received protection -- at the additional expense of the 47. How do you defend such a piece of legislation? (Never mind the deals cut with the Unions, with FLA on MA, with innumerable other bribes offered to other states)

To: Alighieri who wrote (544478)	1/17/2010 12:39:27 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575446

Nelson's been arguing ever since that he never wanted a special deal for Nebraska and that he wants all states protected from burdensome new costs. That didn't quiet the controversy so Nelson took it one step further on Friday and asked for the deal to be withdrawn and replaced with a provision treating all states equally Yup. The dude got himself in a mess. Even his own constituents called foul.

To: Alighieri who wrote (544478)	1/21/2010 1:18:15 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575446

This is just pathetic. Parker Griffith's Demise The Republican Party of party-switcher Parker Griffith's native Madison County, Alabama voted yesterday to back two of his rivals, and emphatically not the former Democrat, the local Decatur Daily reports: Mo Brooks and Les Phillip — not U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith, R-Huntsville — have the support of the Madison County Republican Executive Committee. In a resolution passed Monday, the committee urged voters to elect Brooks or Phillip in the Republican primary because of Griffith's Democratic leanings. On the bright side, Griffith will at least have the opportunity to get his ass handed to him in the primary -- because some party leaders didn't want Griffith to be allowed on the ballot: Hugh McInnish, who ran twice for Congress in the 1990s, introduced the resolution that pointed to Griffith's "liberal atrocities" and argued it was impossible to believe "he has overnight shed his Democrat skin and become a Republican." But cooler heads prevailed and it was decided to "just whoop him fair and square at the ballot box." How's that new party working out for you, Parker? Oh, and for the record? The "atrocities" were voting for an end to George Bush's tax cuts, a deadline for troops to leave Iraq and past donations to Democrats. Atrocities just aren't what they used to be.