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Vote with a vengeance to thwart GOP
Carroll County Times - Maryland ^ | October 24, 2014 | Katrina vanden Heuvel

Posted on 10/27/2014 2:15:44 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

With days to go until the midterms, and with polls pointing to the prospect that Republicans could take control of the Senate, the stakes are high not just for the Obama administration and congressional Democrats, but for the United States. The consequences of Republican control of both the House and Senate could be catastrophic for the environment, workers, women and minorities.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has promised a gathering of donors hosted by the Koch brothers that "we're not going to be debating all these gosh darn proposals … things like raising the minimum wage … extending unemployment … the student loan package."

And it won't just be progressive proposals that are stymied. Consider the judges who will never make it to the bench, including the highest, when it is Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and not Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who is in charge of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Consider the destabilizing political circus Republicans will create for the Obama administration and the nation when California Rep. Darrell Issa's hyper-partisan investigations into fake scandals spread from the House to the Senate.

If Republicans take charge of key Senate committees, they will restrict and remake the range of debate. What happens, for example, when Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., formerly president of the right-wing Club for Growth, takes over Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown's subcommittee that oversees financial institutions and consumer protection? What happens to the Iran nuclear negotiations if McConnell, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., are deciding when to bring up a sanctions bill?

(Excerpt) Read more at carrollcountytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gop; vote
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To: eCSMaster

What the hell happened to her face?


21 posted on 10/27/2014 4:13:30 AM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them. We have no 'news media', only a Soviet Pravda.)
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To: eCSMaster

Suitable poster girl for repealing the 19th Amendment ?


22 posted on 10/27/2014 4:16:48 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: sauropod
And Katrina vanden Heuvel is married to Stephen F. Cohen "....During the 2014 unrest in Ukraine, Cohen drew criticism for his "pro-Russian" views with sources describing him as an apologist for Putin and the Russian government. Cohen personally describes himself as an American "dissenter" and argues that the media stifles anyone who even tries to understand the situation from the Kremlin's perspective while stigmatizing them as Putin apologists for doing so...."
23 posted on 10/27/2014 4:17:18 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
And it won't just be progressive proposals that are stymied.

We've had 6 years of nonstop 'progress' towards the drain.

24 posted on 10/27/2014 4:17:22 AM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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To: Ann Archy
ANY Freeper who follows her advice is not worthy of being called a Freeper!!!

Why would you think any Freeper would?

25 posted on 10/27/2014 4:44:31 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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To: Eric Pode of Croydon

You mean the ones who stomp their little feet away from the playground with their marbles in tow? Ya I’ve had my fair share of back and forth with that crowd.


26 posted on 10/27/2014 4:45:58 AM PDT by Jarhead9297
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The consequences of Republican control of both the House and Senate could be catastrophic for the environment, workers, women and minorities.

Yeah because all those groups are doing so good under your control you dumb ass!


27 posted on 10/27/2014 4:53:56 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American.. Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

You’re kidding right??? Many Freepers said they voted for the Democrats or things like writing in Ted Cruz’s name which IS a vote for the Democrat.


28 posted on 10/27/2014 5:04:08 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Not even Laz would hit that...


29 posted on 10/27/2014 5:27:55 AM PDT by ken5050 (When the GOP takes the Senate, it will tie Obama's hands for two years. How will he play golf?)
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To: ken5050

You are right. I would not hit that.


30 posted on 10/27/2014 5:29:12 AM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them. We have no 'news media', only a Soviet Pravda.)
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To: Lazamataz

Good Monday morning, my FRiend..


31 posted on 10/27/2014 5:32:36 AM PDT by ken5050 (When the GOP takes the Senate, it will tie Obama's hands for two years. How will he play golf?)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I just wish the limp noodle GOP was as tough, determined and as “mean” as the Democrats keep telling us. Discouraged and demoralized GOP voters know better from long and bitter experience.


32 posted on 10/27/2014 6:39:32 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (You can have a free country or government schools. Choose one.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“What happens to the Iran nuclear negotiations if McConnell, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., are deciding when to bring up a sanctions bill?”

Why is she worried about them? Good little Democrats, all.


33 posted on 10/27/2014 6:51:56 AM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: Ann Archy
You’re kidding right??? Many Freepers said they voted for the Democrats or things like writing in Ted Cruz’s name which IS a vote for the Democrat.

You know, I missed where any Freeper voted for a Dem and I'm on here a lot.

34 posted on 10/27/2014 7:02:07 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

“Many Freepers said they voted for the Democrats or things like writing in Ted Cruz’s name which IS a vote for the Democrat.”

Let me get this straight:

You’re saying that if that person goes to the polls and votes Republican, that’s one vote for R and zero for D.

If he stays home that’s zero for R and zero for D, isn’t it?
Yet, you say if he stays home that’s zero for R and one for D.

So……..if that person actually goes to the polls and votes Democrat instead of Republican, does that meant it’s zero for R and TWO for D?

With your kind of thinking, no wonder we keep losing.


35 posted on 10/27/2014 7:05:10 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: Ann Archy

The notation of Katrina Van Den Heuvel as the author suffices as the traditional “BARF ALERT!”.


36 posted on 10/27/2014 7:05:20 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Balding_Eagle

I think you replied to the wrong person.


37 posted on 10/27/2014 7:46:55 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

I read them.


38 posted on 10/27/2014 7:56:45 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

“Many Freepers said they voted for the Democrats or things like writing in Ted Cruz’s name which IS a vote for the Democrat.”

Let me get this straight:

You’re saying that if that person goes to the polls and votes Republican, that’s one vote for R and zero for D.

If he stays home that’s zero for R and zero for D, isn’t it?
Yet, you say if he stays home that’s zero for R and one for D.

So……..if that person actually goes to the polls and votes Democrat instead of Republican, does that meant it’s zero for R and TWO for D?

With your kind of thinking, no wonder we keep losing.


39 posted on 10/27/2014 8:10:26 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Dang.


40 posted on 10/27/2014 8:10:54 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the earth for a thousand years.)
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