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flamingdem

(39,319 posts)
Thu Oct 4, 2012, 08:19 PM Oct 2012

List of Repukes who want to cut PBS and their challengers


** Tar and feather! Braack!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/04/1140273/-Hell-to-Pay-Big-Bird-edition
Come on! Big Bird? Really? Mitt Romney wants to go there? Turns out, Mitt Romney isn't alone in that. In fact, a whole mess of Republicans like the idea of cutting PBS funding to save 0.00014 percent of the budget.

In fact, it's all part of Paul Ryan's big budget plan. Back in February, 2011 the House voted on H.R. 1, a budget bill that would completely defund public broadcasting (and prevent the FCC from enforcing net neutrality rules because freedom). Just about every Republican in the House voted to give Big Bird the axe.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find out what this list of deplorable House of Republicans our Speaker Pelosi Project candidates are running against said about this vote. Let's find out who was the most enthusiastic Sesame Street Slasher in the gang.

And let's make them pay. Here's the list, with their Dem challengers.

(CA-07) Rep. Dan Lungren v Ami Bera
(FL-18) Rep. Allen West v Patrick Murphy
(FL-26) Rep. David Rivera v Joe Garcia
(MN-06) Rep. Michele Bachman v Jim Graves
(MN-08) Rep. Chip Craavack v Rick Nolan
(NH-01) Rep. Charlie Bass v Ann Kuster
(NH-01)Rep. Frank Guinta v Carol Shea Porter
(NY-18)Rep. Nan Hayworth v Sean Patrick Maloney
(OH-16) Rep. Jim Renacci v Betty Sutton
(PA-06) Rep. Jim Gerlach v Manan Trivedi
(PA-08) Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick v Kathy Boockvar
(WI-07) Rep. Sean Duffy v Pat Kreitlow
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List of Repukes who want to cut PBS and their challengers (Original Post) flamingdem Oct 2012 OP
Gingrich tried defunding PBS in 1994 DonViejo Oct 2012 #1
Get the "Call the Midwife" crew to give them their enemas. CBHagman Oct 2012 #2

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
1. Gingrich tried defunding PBS in 1994
Thu Oct 4, 2012, 08:58 PM
Oct 2012

when he became Speaker; public uproar over his proposal caused him to back down.

CBHagman

(16,987 posts)
2. Get the "Call the Midwife" crew to give them their enemas.
Thu Oct 4, 2012, 09:26 PM
Oct 2012

Or get Downton Abbey's Mr. Bates to kick their butts (He's only got one good leg, but he's your man).



I do support the DCCC with a monthly donation but will look into your list...
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