Posted on 10/29/2013 7:42:59 PM PDT by Morgana
They were one in the same to pieces of crap. In it for the money and the perks.
One of Ridge’s more controversial actions as governor was his nomination of Dr. Peter J. Jannetta to be the State Secretary of Health. Jannetta had previously been accused of committing perjury, with the State’s Superior Court stating, “We have little difficulty in concluding that Dr. Jannetta’s testimony at deposition was different than, or inconsistent with, the testimony at trial.” Jannetta was not, however, ever convicted of perjury. Jannetta served as Health Secretary for 6 months. Another health department related action by Ridge has generated controversy since he left office. He stopped the annual inspections of abortion clinics, which may have contributed to Kermit Gosnell being able to run a sub-standard clinic that the grand jury insisted met the definition of a racketeering operation.
Support for the listed “terrorist” group People’s Mujahedin of Iran
Former Pennsylvania governor Edward Rendell included Ridge among a group of former U.S. officials who have been lobbying and building support for the “de-listing” of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK, also PMOI, MKO) from the U.S. State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
MEK has been accused of successful and unsuccessful attempts to kidnap or murder U.S. officials in the 1970s. They joined Saddam Hussein’s military to fight against Iran in the U.S.-backed 8 year war between Iraq and Iran that produced 1.5 million casualties. They have also been accused of partnering with Israel’s Mossad in the assassination of several of Iran’s nuclear scientists. Ridge has been among those investigated for receiving tens of thousands of dollars for their lobbying efforts for the organization.
(Not really, I am being sarcastic)
What do misogynists, homosexuals, Islamists and Democrats all have in common?
Hatred of Republicans.
In 2010, it was reported that Ridge had appeared on MSNBC Hardball With Chris Matthews promoting nuclear energy as part of a “green agenda [to] ... create jobs, create exports,” without any revelation by him or the cable channel of his Exelon position. In the report, his cumulative Exelon-derived compensation was put at $530,659; and it was said that, as of March 2009, he held an estimated $248,299 in Exelon stock, according to SEC filings. Exelon was described as “the nation’s largest nuclear power company.”
I never trusted Ridge and surprise surprise it is proven to be once again. They cast conservatives as self righteous which is a false flag because very few are. I seldom hear Christians speaking of gay marriage or abortion. I seldom hear pastors even. Sure it comes up sometimes but it isn’t an every sermon kind of thing. Personally I don’t thing pastors talk about faith in relationship to politics enough.
Ridge sounds like a typical hateful liberal going on about Christians because he most probably is an atheist. The only tyranny I see is that against Christians. Military men being punished because they disagree on gay marriage. Catholic and Christian adoption agencies being shut out from providing those services because of ssm. Small businesses who offer services no longer can choose who they will or will not serve without fear of reprisal. Schools are being turned into little lgbt indoctrination centers.
Christians aren’t the problem and they are not the one’s pushing tyranny.
According to the Grand Jury report:
Under Governor Robert Casey, she said, the department inspected abortion facilities annually. Yet, when Governor Tom Ridge came in, the attorneys interpreted the same regulations that had permitted annual inspections for years to no longer authorize those inspections. Then, only complaint driven inspections supposedly were authorized. Staloski said that DOHs policy during Governor Ridges administration was motivated by a desire not to be putting a barrier up to women seeking abortions.
Not only did Ridge stop inspections of abortion clinics he tacitly allowed late term abortions to be performed in violation of Pennsylvanias Abortion Control Act. In the case of Gosnell, Ridges administration was presented with more than ample opportunity to shut him down and refused to do so. Again from the grand jury report:
Just another reason to never vote for a republican. The GOP wants people like Ridge. They don’t want my vote.
Hitler and Timothy McVeigh were war heroes too.
Let us not forget pushing to take the citizen’s money to pay for football stadiums.
They should be called a colony, like lepers.
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