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In reply to the discussion: Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu loses seat in runoff election: CNN [View all]Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)35. And then we have the authoritarians...."oh they did not blindly follow party dogma,
so they aren't liberals."
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Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu loses seat in runoff election: CNN [View all]
Katashi_itto
Dec 2014
OP
The Senate now has a Ted Cruz RW TP who sponsored the bill in the House to
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#2
I figure Cassidy will help make LA look like something from the "HandMaid's Tale"
Katashi_itto
Dec 2014
#5
You are right, I dont like it when posters say negative things about Democrats getting beat
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#9
Cassidy is one of the more corrupt Pols out there. But, guess what, so is Mary.
Katashi_itto
Dec 2014
#10
wow youre a genius - blue dogs suck but having a majority gets dems to head commitees
belzabubba333
Dec 2014
#13
Righhttt....You keep believing that. After all, a "D" after their name makes all the dif.
Katashi_itto
Dec 2014
#14
What committee will she be heading in the next Congress, do you think McConnell
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#20
I get it, you like Cassidy more, enjoy the nightmare of Cassidy getting elected.
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#19
Waffles were more important than preventing a TP Republican from getting a seat...
SidDithers
Dec 2014
#11
Right....I am comparing the two. I am not gloating. I wish we had had a real dem to vote for.
Katashi_itto
Dec 2014
#23
I voted for her the first time. Then she backed Keystone. That was the straw.
Katashi_itto
Dec 2014
#25
If I had to vote for Olympia Snow I would go have waffles too. The same for any moderate republican.
Autumn
Dec 2014
#43
I forgot to ask. Did you have whipped cream on that waffle? I was telling a friend in another thread
Autumn
Dec 2014
#59
It was loaded..! Went and practiced Kendo afterwards to burn it all off. :)
Katashi_itto
Dec 2014
#68
Lol...just make up stuff as you go. I never posted over at CC. I am not conservative, in any way
Katashi_itto
Dec 2014
#69
How unfortunate, time for a real life civics lesson on the Congressional operation
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#21
And that toxic sentiment is yet another example of what I discussed here...
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#28
Yes, we should be happy that they occasionally toss us a few crumbs from their table.
Katashi_itto
Dec 2014
#31
Voting our way 70-80% of the time is not "a few crumbs". The data is out there.
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#34
Only after watering down efforts to ineffectiveness and extracting substantial bribes
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#54
As opposed to the new Senator who will craft the most radically conservative versions of bills and
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#56
What is it that you are claiming that should or could be done to save the seat?
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#61
That is a separate issue to the OP gloating about Landrieu having lost and bragging about not voting
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#75
And then we have the authoritarians...."oh they did not blindly follow party dogma,
Katashi_itto
Dec 2014
#35
As a retired Navy vet and community activist with homeless vets. I am not sure what you mean.
Katashi_itto
Dec 2014
#38
I agree. However I am just stating my view, and it seems to be part a growing undercurrent of
Katashi_itto
Dec 2014
#44
It's frustrating when you realize that the OP and anyone from Louisiana should know what
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#49
It's not about "Mary". Its about a vote in the senate that for the next 20-40 years will be
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#55
Hmm, I thought the Senate seat was only a 6 year term. Don't tell me otherwise.
corkhead
Dec 2014
#57
LOL, I think you forgot the sarcasm smilie. That seat is gone, probably for our lifetimes.
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#58
All I have to say is look at how many people who would have voted for a real Dem stayed home
corkhead
Dec 2014
#60
Republicans could imagine a similar fantasy in NY and California regarding "RINOS"
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#64
No, I don't. It's functioning the way a democracy is supposed to function. You rarely if ever
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#67
And posters are surprised(!) that a politician from LA supports the oil industry...
SidDithers
Dec 2014
#74
Lol..Mary has a great Job with the Koch Bros or the Oil Companies in the near future.
Katashi_itto
Dec 2014
#85
I'm happy to have had a personal confrontation with Mary Landrieu over oil
Leopolds Ghost
Dec 2014
#105