http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/landrieu/ en-us Thu, 7 Jan 2010 00:41:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2422629/posts Election 2010: The back-to-back Senate retirements of Byron Dorgan and Chris Dodd may be just the beginning. The people have seen the future of health care reform and found it doesn't work. Apres moi, le deluge. We don't know what the Mayan calendar says about 2010, but it's starting to look like the end of the world for Democratic electoral prospects. Americans who watched in shock as government tried to step between them and their doctors, may have the last laugh. The tea party isn't over until the angry mob votes. As rage grew over the attempt to nationalize one-sixth... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2422629/posts#comment Thu, 7 Jan 2010 00:41:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2422201/posts The very public way in which the existence of a center-right in the Democratic Party proved to be a mirage has done more to undermine the party’s chances for victory in 2010 than any other aspect of the healthcare debate. When liberal Republicans failed to rally to Bill Clinton’s 1993-1994 agenda — including his failed healthcare proposal — they laid the basis for their total demise in subsequent years. Sens. Jeffords, Chaffee, D’Amato, Packwood, Hatfield and Specter (as a Republican) are gone. Sens. Snowe and Collins are all that remain of the once-dominant Rockefeller wing of the GOP. They have... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2422201/posts#comment Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:36:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420397/posts Once believed to be the front runner in the New Orleans mayoral election, Senator Edward Murray has dropped out! Sources tell THE DEAD PELICAN that Murray's exit has made Lt. Governor Mitch Landerieu the new front runner, and it will he will be difficult to beat. This is partly because the National Democratic party plans to provide massive amounts of Cash in support of Landrieu's mayoral bid, THE DEAD PELICAN has learned. Mitch's backing by the national Democratic party comes as part of a deal his sister Senator Mary Landrieu struck with the Obama white house. It is widely known... Dead Pelican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420397/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 06:06:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420279/posts What exactly did Mary Landrieu get for her vote supporting Obamacare? According to Chad Rogers at The Dead Pelican, besides the $300 million payoff she boasted about on the Senate floor, she also secured national Democratic support for her brother Mitch's New Orleans mayoral campaign: "It is widely known that Landrieu received $300 million in medicaid funding in exchange for her vote to begin debate on the Obama health care proposal. But sources tell The Dead Pelican that Landrieu's vote has also secured support for her brother Mitch in the New Orleans mayor's race, by the National Democratic party." One... And So it Goes in Shreveport http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420279/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:52:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414300/posts What's happening with ObamaCare this week in the Senate is raw, rank politics at its worst. PASSING LAWS has been compared to making sausage. But in the case of the mammoth health care bill expected to pass the Senate on Christmas Eve, that's an insult to employees at the Jimmy Dean plant. It's also a slap at Americans who want Congress to take its time to make thoughtful changes that will affect one seventh of the U.S. economy. President Obama campaigned on "change we can believe in." Most voters believed him. Yet many polls show that only a minority of... The Savannah Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414300/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:55:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413718/posts BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Nearly 400 protestors crowded the sidewalk outside Sen. Mary Landrieu's office in downtown Baton Rouge Tuesday afternoon. Landrieu's mind appears to be made up on the highly controversial healthcare overhaul, but some constituents in Baton Rouge say she needs to reconsider her position as the Senate gets closer to passing it. Their concerns range from government-funded abortions to constitutional rights violations and alleged cuts to Medicaid. Protestors held bold signs in hand. Some of them read, "Ho, ho Mary's gotta go" and "You are a sellout Landrieu." "When people tried to call Mary Landrieu, they... wafb http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413718/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:46:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413546/posts Sen. Landrieu On Health Bill: "I Can't Be Bought"... BS... Youpolls http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413546/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:08:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413314/posts Politics: Sen. Mary Landrieu was the new "Louisiana Purchase." Sen. Ben Nelson got the federal government to pick up his state's future Medicaid tab. Maybe we should just put Senate votes up on eBay. Nelson, the 60th vote in the middle-of-the-night Senate party line vote on health care reform, will go down in American political history as the inventor of the permanent earmark. His seemingly principled stand against including federal funding for Tea Party Nexus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413314/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:10:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413299/posts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 22, 2009 CONTACT: J.P. Duffy, (866) FRC-NEWS Senator Landrieu Closes Office: Constituents Turned Away at the Door, Callers Reach Only Busy Signals December 22, 2009 FRC's Tony Perkins Calls Closure the "Height of Arrogance" Baton Rouge, LA - This afternoon, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins attempted to deliver a letter to Senator Mary Landrieu's Baton Rouge office only to be told by a federal marshal that her offices were "closed for the holidays." Over 150 concerned citizens joined Perkins at a rally in front of Senator Landrieu's office to urge the Senator to oppose the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413299/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:49:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413012/posts Formally, it is known as H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But this week, it has acquired an unhelpful nickname: "Cash for Cloture." As Senate Democrats finally complete their health-care legislation, those combing through the bill have uncovered many backroom deals that were made to buy, er, secure the 60 votes needed to "invoke cloture" -- the legislative term for cutting off debate and holding a final vote. It will take years to see how well the measure reduces costs and expands insurance coverage. But already, the bill has been a bonanza for wordsmiths. First there was... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413012/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:11:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412533/posts At least common thieves don't destroy an entire health care system and socialize the American economy when they commit their felonies. Too bad we can't say the same for our illustrious Democratic senators who sold out the nation. In exchange for criminally unconstitutional favors for their respective states, they voted to pass the Senate health care bill just 38 hours after it had been made available to the public for review. Everyone knows about Sen. Mary Landrieu's negotiating $300 million for her state in non-guaranteed Medicaid payouts. She was even cocky about her institutionalized larceny. Sen. Bernie Sanders finagled $10... davidlimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412533/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:39:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411900/posts People keep asking "Isn't bribery illegal??", well, actually, it is. Sounds to me like half of Congress could end up in the slammer!! USC Title 18, Ch 11, Sec 201... (b) Whoever— (1) directly or indirectly, corruptly gives, offers or promises anything of value to any public official or person who has been selected to be a public official, or offers or promises any public official or any person who has been selected to be a public official to give anything of value to any other person or entity, with intent— (A) to influence any official act; or (B) to... United States Code Title 18 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411900/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:32:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409170/posts Politics: If the Democrats' stitched-together Frankenstein monster of health care reform gets the 60 votes to get through the Senate, it will have been done through an assortment of bribes and brass knuckles. (snip) Sen. Ben Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat, has also been critical of the buy-in and public option, but he has an additional issue about whatever comes out of the Senate not involving public funding of abortion in any way. Michael Goldfarb on the Weekly Standard blog quotes a Senate aide as saying the White House is now threatening to put Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base on the... Investor's Business daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409170/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:29:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406306/posts Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La) rejected the notion that determining the Constitutionality of pending legislation was part of her job. The Senator’s shucking of this responsibility came in response to a questioner asking her where in the US Constitution is there the authority for congress to force people to buy health insurance. “My job is to get all I can for my constituents,” Landrieu argued. “Unlike most of my peers, I got $300 million in added benefits for my constituents in exchange for my vote in favor of the health care bill. I’m not going to let myself be bothered by... A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406306/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:45:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404876/posts The controversial New Orleans fundraiser for Majority Leader Harry Reid is being called off as the Senate is expected to remain in session over the weekend to deal with the healthcare bill, according to an official with his campaign. Reid had been scheduled to attend a Saturday brunch co-hosted by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Democratic consultant James Carville at the New Orleans home of investor David Voelker. But Republicans were mocking the majority leader ahead of his planned absence from the Capitol. "Republicans are prepared to provide a platform for the debate as long as it takes," FoxNews.com quoted... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404876/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:34:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404776/posts You would think that not having to work through a second consecutive weekend would make everyone in the U.S. Senate happy. Not so fast. The Senate opened its 11th day of debate on healthcare reform to learn that lawmakers would not have to work this weekend. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told his colleagues that they were unneeded over the weekend while awaiting the Congressional Budget Office determination on the cost of the latest proposal. Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404776/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:11:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398481/posts Fresh off her national “Louisiana Purchase” outrage, Sen. Mary Landrieu has a full dance card back in New Orleans over the next few days. Her companions for the Crescent City one-night stands on the calendar are, shall we say, interesting. On Saturday, Landrieu is set to give the welcome speech at a rather out-of-the-mainstream event – this time, she’ll be addressing the New Orleans premiere of Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think. So as we can see, Landrieu is largely supporting a propaganda film in making her appearance and speech at Saturday’s premiere. And her neighbors at the... The Hayride http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398481/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:10:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397876/posts This Saturday, 5 December, Senator Mary Landrieu is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at an event co-sponsored by two groups that have been tied to Jihad by the Justice Department: the Muslim Students Association and the Islamic Circle of North America. The Muslim Students Association and ICNA were both listed as unindicted co-conspirators by the Justice Dept in the largest terrorism financing trial in US history...the Holy Land Foundation Trial, in which defendants were convicted on all counts and sentenced to 65 years in federal prison. During that trial, in documents uncovered by the FBI and stipulated to by... Unknown http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397876/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:07:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396474/posts Glenn Beck - he has one of the highest-rated shows on the top cable news network. He's had a number of bestselling books and he's called attention to some unsavory characters working in the Obama administration. Yet - he's somehow considered to be a risky business decision for the powers in charge at Fox News. On CNN's Nov. 29 "Reliable Sources," host Howard Kurtz pointed out Glenn Beck accusing Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., of "hooking" for the so-called $300 million "Louisiana Purchase" provision of the health care bill. "He's talking there about Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu, who did get a... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396474/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:35:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393948/posts Landrieu bashed for ‘backroom’ vote dealingBy GERARD SHIELDS Advocate Washington bureau Published: Nov 24, 2009 - Page: 1A WASHINGTON — They’re calling it the Louisiana Purchase. State and national Republicans on Monday continued bashing U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., for voting to allow debate to begin on the Senate health-care bill while securing up to $300 million to insure the state’s poor. “Mary Landrieu had an opportunity to kill this legislation,” said Roger Villere, state Republican Party chairman. “This was the vote that mattered.” Landrieu’s “aye” Saturday was crucial to moving the Democrat’s health-care measure along in the U.S. Senate.... 2theadvocate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393948/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:26:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393772/posts Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh make deeply offensive comments on a near daily basis on their respective radio programs. Mostly, I don't feel the need to draw attention to them. But yesterday both men crossed into completely unacceptable territory. Followers of the health care debate will know that Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu is high on the list of moderate Democrats who may ultimately vote against the bill. On Saturday, she was the second last Senator to lend her vote to a motion to open debate on the bill. Part of her motivation to consent came form a concession she successfully... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393772/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:07:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393366/posts In January, President Obama promised Americans his stimulus plan would “create or save” between 3 million and 4 million American jobs. Without $787 billion in Democratic spending, our 7.2 percent unemployment rate could hit 9 percent before the end of 2009. With it, the president promised, the unemployment rate would drop before year's end. We could track Obama's new jobs on Joe Biden's $10 million website (www.recovery.gov) and, the president added, “The jobs we create will be in businesses large and small across a wide range of industries.” These wouldn't be Bush-brand “McJobs,” Obama explained, “They'll be the kind of... The Aspen Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393366/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:38:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392847/posts In light of yesterday’s display of political prostitution by U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-Storyville), which is being dubbed The Louisiana Purchase by some in the media, one wonders whether this isn’t the perfect time to launch a recall effort... ----------- Clip ----------- Is a recall difficult? No doubt. Louisiana law requires signatures of a third of the voters in last year’s election within 180 days of the petition’s filing, which means 632,192 signatures would be needed in six months. Over 908,000 people voted against Landrieu last year, so there is a market out there which can be tapped to achieve... RedState http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392847/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:10:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392802/posts Mary Landrieu needs to be harassed for every day for the rest of her term about this. They ought to try to recall her if it's possible in Louisiana to do so. For the whole series of Zero-Themed artwork, go here: " Flickr Archive of Zero-Themed Artwork" self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392802/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:49:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392713/posts We can thank the Drudge Report for directing us to ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl’s brief but extremely important piece whose title “The $100 Million Health Care Vote?” calls to mind the truth that since antiquity, politicians have never had a single scruple against whoring themselves — for the right price, of course. That’s not to equate politicians with ordinary prostitutes; for as the greatest writers have told us throughout the ages, politicians make saints of them. After all, never in human history has a single honest practitioner of the “oldest profession” displayed the disgusting arrogance required to charge millions,... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392713/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:05:12 GMT