Confused GOP Lawmaker Thought Debt Deal Funded Joseph Kony
Source: Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) was one of the 144 House Republicans who voted against bipartisan legislation to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling. In a statement explaining his position on Thursday, Mulvaney pointed to the "pork" stuck into the bill at the last minute.
"Finally, the 'deal' is full of pork," he said. "A dam project in Kentucky got extra money; the state of Colorado got money to help with its flooding; and the 'Lord's Resistance Army' received special funds. Those may be worth discussing, but that will never happen now, as they were crammed into this 'deal' in order to help it pass. So much for the 'clean' bill that my Democrat colleagues said they wanted so badly."
It's true that the bill contained, for example, nearly $3 billion for an Ohio River lock project that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has supported in the past -- although the funding request actually came from Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), who are both on the Appropriations Committee.
But there was no money for the Lord's Resistance Army in the bill -- and it would have been shocking if there had been.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/17/mick-mulvaney-shutdown_n_4117113.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
tanyev
(42,623 posts)ReRe
(10,597 posts)LonePirate
(13,431 posts)ReRe
(10,597 posts)BREMPRO
(2,331 posts)they say a few true things then compulsively and cynically slip in ridiculous over the top lies to make it seem like they are the protectors of liberty and morality and the Dems are pork spending child soldier supporting devils...
frylock
(34,825 posts)KansDem
(28,498 posts)I'm really, really, really getting tired of this shit!
Diclotican
(5,095 posts)Galraedia
I think it is just a very bad excuse for not been able to do the right thing - I figure many reps from GOP will try to make excuses for their unwillingness to make a deal for saving the country from going defult...
Diclotican
trumad
(41,692 posts)I can understand teenagers falling for the Kony scam...but...
SpankMe
(2,969 posts)Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)"Let's help those suffering from the after effects of severe concussions by giving them governmental jobs" thing?
I have a question for the right questionable Rep. Mick Mulvaney, what in the fuck is the "Lord's Resistance Army"? Is that what you are calling the people who have your medication?
jmowreader
(50,564 posts)There are no good guys in Uganda, just bad and worse. The LRA is "worse." MUCH worse.
The thing is, because they practice Christian fundamentalism Sarah Palin would probably support them.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)Renew Deal
(81,877 posts)progressoid
(49,999 posts)These guys make the truth weirder than fiction.
calimary
(81,509 posts)Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)JimboBillyBubbaBob
(1,389 posts)there's something in the water in some parts of SC.
Mopar151
(9,999 posts)Or some sort of "vodka" packed in plastic - labelled or otherwise....... Put a little in that glass of sweet tea, makes everything smoooth and Rush is sooo funny...
Rebellious Republican
(5,029 posts)Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) was one of the 144 House Republicans who voted against bipartisan legislation to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling. In a statement explaining his position on Thursday, Mulvaney pointed to the "pork" stuck into the bill at the last minute. Basically I just wanted to screw the pooch, and I was sick to my stomach the whole time about it.
NickB79
(19,274 posts)Gotta feed the idiots that might vote for him some red meat about our Communist Muslim Kenyan President and his librul cohorts supporting an African warlord to make sure they're angry enough to come to the voting booths. After all, look at the Bengazi "cover-up" and see how they tried to spin that.
And his supporters are likely too stupid to do any fact-checking of their own or watch anything other than FOX, so he's pretty safe from blowback.
klook
(12,170 posts)I can see how he'd get confused.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)That's clearly the talking point. Had to vote no since it wasn't a CR
tavernier
(12,406 posts)have to have at least a minimal IQ score. Couldn't we use the same criteria for congress?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Mika
(17,751 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)...idiot.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)UPDATE: 5:45 p.m. -- Mulvaney Communications Director Stephanie Faile told The Huffington Post that the LRA reference was the result of a "typo" she had made.
The gift that is the GOP keeps on giving.....
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Obama's budget financing Joseph Kony's Lords Resistance Army?
Aerows
(39,961 posts)to support the African forces HUNTING Kony. His communications director made a typo, supposedly.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)I'm far more concerned about low information legislators.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Mopar151
(9,999 posts)Would not know what to do with a fact if it landed in front of them slathered in BBQ sauce.