GOP group seizes on Landrieu's 'I did not vote for Obama' remark

[alp227]

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) slipped and told a conservative radio host on Friday that she did not vote for President Obama.

It was a heated exchange and a source close to the Landrieu campaign said the Louisiana Democrat meant that she didn’t vote in lockstep with the president all of the time, but the Black Conservatives Fund seized on the remark and is pushing it out to black voters on Election Day.

On Friday, Landrieu appeared on the morning show of radio host and Tea Party supporter Jeff Crouere, and the two engaged in a combative exchange.

At one point near the end of the interview, Landrieu nearly hung up, but ultimately stayed on and continued with the call.

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Landrieu shot back that she was not a rubber stamp for Obama, and argued that ObamaCare was not the president’s signature legislative achievement because he and other liberals wanted a single-payer healthcare system. She said she voted for the Affordable Care Act because she believed it would help Louisianans.

full: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/226225-conservative-group-seizes-on-landrieus-i-did-not-vote-for-obama

audio of interview: http://wgso.com/mary-landrieu-angry-interview-on-ringside-politics-show-dec-5-2014/

wow. And Obama endorsed Landrieu? in any case i won't miss this phony hack Landrieu.

8:00 in the interview is Landrieu's remark about liberals in congress/single payer.

[Atman]

1. Done with Landrieu. Here 15 minutes (or months) are up.

There are no Democrats left in the South anyway, and she sure isn't helping. Hand the whole shebang over to the GOP...it will be like Blue Northeast and Blue West Coast. She's done. She's cooked. Sorry, Mary, it was fun while it lasted. Maybe you should have actually acted like a Democrat.

[Marrah_G]

2. She has always been a right of center Democrat

[walkingman]

3. Good Riddance

[sabrina 1]

4. Never thought of her as a Democrat but we were told we had to vote or these

right wing 'dems' in order to 'win'.

I don't agree that a Dem cannot win in any state, but you have to FIGHT for what you want. It suits those who want both parties filled with Corporate puppets to tell that lie to the public.

She won't be missed, I wouldn't be surprised if she voted for Bush. Lieberman, another 'dem' we were told we needed, didn't vote for Obama either airc.

The Dem Party needs a complete overhaul at this point. There are far too many 'Landrieus' in it and we don't 'win' anything by keeping them there. We tried that already.

I remember her sucking up to Bush during Katrina when she had the opportunity to BLAST him for his criminal negligence of those people.

[Agschmid]

15. Meanwhile down thread...

Litmus tests are for cults and the GOP, not liberals.

[sabrina 1]

18. I defintely agree with that!

[Terra Alta]

5. she will probably lose, and deservedly so

And at this point, it really won't make much of a difference. Repukes already have the Senate and she was never a true Democrat to begin with.

[Fred Sanders]

6. The GOP is taking Landrieu out of context as are all the comments on the thread. She was a reliable

liberal ally with an unbecoming oil streak, but she voted for Obama and vote for his policies the vast majority of the time, twisting of words changes nothing.

And remember she was not the only one to inexplicably abandon Obama. Landreiu slept with oil, Grimes with coal, several more slept with the Obamacsre haters, but they are all light years ahead of the alternatives.

Litmus tests are for cults and the GOP, not liberals.

[okaawhatever]

7. +100 nt

[pintobean]

10. Good post.

[MADem]

11. I'm astounded at some of the comments on this thread.

And that isn't a "positive" comment about the state of DU today, either.

Great post.

[pintobean]

12. Especially on election day.

[MADem]

13. Apparently there are no standards here anymore.

I guess we DO get the government we deserve.

Sad.

[SomethingFishy]

16. So if I think Landrieu is a crappy Democrat

I have no standards?

Ironic.

[MADem]

19. You should observe the TOS and HOLD YOUR TONGUE until the election is over.

You have no standards if you can't observe the TOS like we all agree to do when we sign up here.

Apparently, you're doubling down on your "right" to ignore the standards here--let me educate you, without any irony.

READ THIS: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice

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You and others here are bashing, trashing, undermining and depressing turnout for Landrieu ON ELECTION DAY. Heckuvajob!!!!

The ToS tells me that I should assume you are rooting for the other side.

[Feron]

14. As a liberal ally she was just okay.

As a Louisianan, I'm not upset that she will lose. She's been a mediocre senator at best.

It'll been interesting if Cassidy's LSU billing issues will follow him into office. I hope so, but I don't think it will get any traction unless he pisses off someone. Which is a shame because you'd think that fiscal conservatives would care about taxpayer monies being misused.

I'm just grateful that the phone calls and ads will stop. And yes I voted for Landrieu today.

[LittleBlue]

9. Nothing will fire up the base like

implying you voted for RMoney.


Good riddance to this sellout

[Cali_Democrat]

17. Watching Landrieu and Grimes run away from Obama and to the right has been amusing

Good riddance.