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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe biggest hero last night was Lisa Murkowski
She faced threats to destroy her entire state and she held fast.
McCain face a "stern talking to".
Collins faced a guaranteed loss of her seat in her state if she DIDN'T hold fast.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)yardwork
(61,700 posts)dalton99a
(81,568 posts)Murkowski chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee which oversees the Interior Dept.
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,135 posts)dalton99a
(81,568 posts)k8conant
(3,030 posts)despite her saying she isn't.
dalton99a
(81,568 posts)k8conant
(3,030 posts)RVN VET71
(2,697 posts)I'm hoping that those beleaguered GOP supporting folks finally get their domes out of their rectums and vote this lying lady (whose ambitions do not include the welfare of her constituents) out of office. Bit I'm seriously doubting their capacity to do so.
Didn't she cry along with her disabled constituents and promise never to turn her back on them? Christ, what a shallow person.
k8conant
(3,030 posts)but, sadly, there are a lot of others that are not.
Peach4u2
(9 posts)One or the other. I miscounted, thought a Democrat had voted YES. My error. I thought Capito was a good woman, also my error, thus far.
spooky3
(34,467 posts)3catwoman3
(24,032 posts)...having fun?
Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)Note to Sen Murkowski: Your party, the party of your father, no longer exists. The head of your party THREATENED you. BULLIED you. YOU held strong. YOU stood up to that. YOU don't need them. You proved that by winning as a write-in, an incredibly difficult thing to do.
Leave that party. Become and Independent or a Democrat. Leave them now that they have so clearly left you.
Your vote last night was the embodiment of strength. We know you have it in you. We know you're a genuine Badass.
We would welcome you.
thinkingagain
(906 posts)You should send that directly to her
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)I agree about Lisa having the most to lose. Collins has long been out front and consistent on this, which I appreciate. McCain clearly called out Republican tactics, which is a small additional plus.
But Democratic Solidarity in the Senate is deserving of the highest praise also.
bhusar
(131 posts)I would hope her and Collins will get more Republicans who think like them to join them in future votes.
flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)The vote should simply not have been so close.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...McCain: I won't be running again, this is my last term. Let me take the heat.
Squinch
(50,993 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Didn't hear that about McCain.
IronLionZion
(45,514 posts)TNNurse
(6,929 posts)I never heard it but trust me, he means "straighten her out and make her see the error of her ways". He believes he has authority over women and should influence our decisions.
IronLionZion
(45,514 posts)But these idiots think Alaska is Northeast also so they probably just make up phrases that sound like something a folksy southerner might say.
Doug the Dem
(1,297 posts)Remember, it was Margaret Thatcher who broke the UK's glass ceiling.
Peach4u2
(9 posts)49 YES votes means a Democrat voted for so called "skinny" repeal, who was it I find nothing in the news.
LAGC
(5,330 posts)All 48 Democrats held firm.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)51 noes is all 48 dems plus 3 repubs.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,586 posts)H2O Man
(73,593 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)...if you don't mind.
spanone
(135,861 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(9,135 posts)The women were not allowed to contribute from either party in crafting the bill. But had Mazie Hirono been recovering instead of voting, Dems would have lost this fight.
http://crooksandliars.com/2017/07/cancer-stricken-senator-colleagues-where
Senator Mazie Hirono has not received nearly the attention as Senator John McCain, but she, too, has been diagnosed with advanced-stage cancer and is recovering from surgery.
SCantiGOP
(13,873 posts)has there been an original post on this?
bdjhawk
(420 posts)but virtually nothing in the mainstream media. She is fighting for her life and coming to work and literally saving lives with her vote on this. If she wasn't there to vote No, who knows what would have happened (I understand the math of -1, but the strategy for the Repugs may have changed). She needs to be lifted up as a true hero!!!
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,135 posts)I'm sure she is medicated. It's very sad that our politics is basically heartless.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)I'm sure that contributed to toughening her up, and not to fear a reprisal from her party.
She also won against Tony Knowles in 2004 despite trailing in every poll for an entire year.