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Uh Oh: Mary Landrieu Doesn't Own a Home in Louisiana
Townhall.com ^ | August 29, 2014 | Guy Benson

Posted on 08/29/2014 9:30:48 AM PDT by Ebenezer

This is…not what embattled "Louisiana" Democrat Sen. Mary Landrieu wanted to read in the Washington Post -- which, as it turns out, is her hometown paper:

In Washington, Sen. Mary Landrieu lives in a stately, $2.5 million brick manse she and her husband built on Capitol Hill. Here in Louisiana, however, the Democrat does not have a home of her own. She is registered to vote at a large bungalow in New Orleans that her parents have lived in for many decades, according to a Washington Post review of Landrieu’s federal financial disclosures and local property and voting records. On a statement of candidacy Landrieu filed with the Federal Election Commission in January, she listed her Capitol Hill home as her address. But when qualifying for the ballot in Louisiana last week, she listed the family’s raised-basement home here on South Prieur Street. The New Orleans house, which Landrieu claims as her primary residence, is a new flash point in one of the most closely contested Senate races in the country. Republicans are considering taking legal action to question Landrieu’s residency in the state, arguing that since winning her seat in 1996 she has become a creature of Washington. For Landrieu, there are hazardous parallels to other recent cases in which residency questions have dogged incumbents. Former senator Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) lost reelection in 2012 after reports that he stayed in hotels when he returned to Indiana, while Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) is drawing flack this year for not having a home of his own in Kansas and listing a donor’s house as his voting address.

Lugar was dumped by primary voters last cycle (before the GOP frittered away the seat he vacated), and Roberts is only leading by high single digits in the ruby red state of Kansas. Landrieu is one of the most endangered Senate Democrats in the country, representing a state -- from afar -- that Barack Obama lost by 17 points in 2012. Landrieu has gone 'full Beltway.' She lives in her multimillion-dollar DC mansion (remember this tax-related flap?), not in the state she ostensibly serves. The Senator claims that she lives at her parents' house when she's in town, but neighbors, including some of her supporters, aren't so sure:

“I don’t think she lives there,” said Fontaine Wells, 65, pointing at the Landrieu home. “She might come visit, but come on now — she lives in D.C. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her.” … Michael Fitzgerald, 61, has lived around the corner from the Landrieus for three decades. He said he sees Moon and Verna Landrieu regularly, as well as Mitch Landrieu, Mary’s younger brother and the city’s current mayor, who lives in a home he owns nearby. “On Election Day, [Mary] is seen at our polling place accompanying her parents.” He added, “I have not seen her lately... She’s been in the Senate for — I’ve lost count — 16 years? 18 years?”

Landrieu votes with Barack Obama 97 percent of the time, according to Congressional Quarterly. The president and his signature legislative item, Obamacare, are hugely unpopular in Louisiana. Landrieu cast the deciding vote for that law, attacking critics for "lying" about its now-evident effects. At the time, she pledged to take '100 percent' responsibility for Obamacare's outcomes. Like these ones. Whether or not the incumbent Senator faces any serious eligibility issues remains to be seen, but the optics are bad. The "out of touch" attacks will only intensify, especially in light of the recent revelation that Landrieu inappropriately used taxpayer dollars to fund private jet trips for campaign events. To that end, I'll leave you with this clever bit of in-person trolling from a Republican group last week:

[Watch video on http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2014/08/29/uh-oh-mary-landrieu-facing-residency-questions-in-louisiana-n1884583]


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: 2014midterms; la2014; landrieu; louisiana; marylandrieu; senate
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1 posted on 08/29/2014 9:30:48 AM PDT by Ebenezer
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To: lsucat; Roux; Pikachu_Dad; WFTR; chemicalman; abb; Liberty911; CajunConservative; LSUfan; ...

Pelican State ping


2 posted on 08/29/2014 9:31:41 AM PDT by Ebenezer (Strength and Honor!)
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To: rrstar96

hmmmm....this has all the hallmarks of being thrown under the bus.

Question is by whom?


3 posted on 08/29/2014 9:33:25 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: rrstar96

No ever a summer home in the provinces?


4 posted on 08/29/2014 9:33:32 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: rrstar96

Game on ....


5 posted on 08/29/2014 9:34:35 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Dr. Ursus

Nope, not even a little ol’ camp down on the bayou.


6 posted on 08/29/2014 9:37:26 AM PDT by Ebenezer (Strength and Honor!)
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To: rrstar96
I'm sure they can find a Federal Judge who will rule she doesn't need a house in Louisiana.
7 posted on 08/29/2014 9:38:06 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Some people say that experts agree!!)
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To: rrstar96

..........how could this Marxist-leftist, opportunist, carpet-bagger, ambidextrous pay check grabbing deadbeat serve 18 years in the Senate and not be a resident of the state she ostensibly is representing? Hell, I think I will go represent Montana! I like that state but I would rather LIVE in Texas!

What were here previous opponents thinking?


8 posted on 08/29/2014 9:38:39 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: rrstar96

I’m surprised she isn’t registered to vote as a resident of a New Orleans cemetery. That’s where most of her constitutents are.


9 posted on 08/29/2014 9:40:02 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: rrstar96

Do you have to own a home in the state your represent? Or is some other form of
residency okay? I wonder what she uses for income tax filings, drivers license,
voter registration, etc.


10 posted on 08/29/2014 9:41:10 AM PDT by deport
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To: rrstar96

Perhaps she should run for Senator from the District of Columbia. LOL


11 posted on 08/29/2014 9:42:21 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: rrstar96

They tried this against Roberts in Kansas and he still won his primary.


12 posted on 08/29/2014 9:44:01 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: no-to-illegals

We have been trying to get Mary Landrieu out of office for years. We almost had her out but she manages to squeak by. Hopefully we can finish the job this time. I’m glad she doesn’t have a residence in Louisiana. Maybe that means she will relocate somewhere she will be appreciated - maybe Chicago. We don’t want her for sure!!!


13 posted on 08/29/2014 9:44:34 AM PDT by Bitsy
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To: rrstar96

A petty thing like this did not stop the “God Father”.


14 posted on 08/29/2014 9:44:47 AM PDT by Revel
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To: rrstar96

Not even a duck blind!


15 posted on 08/29/2014 9:45:13 AM PDT by Bitsy
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To: rrstar96; All

A: She is a democrat.
B: She is a Louisiana Democrat
C: If you pick on her you hate women - “War on Women.”
D: She is above the law.

Move along...nothing to see here, people will get mad and they will be outraged but at the end of the day our so called leaders (i.e. Reince Priebus) will huff and puff and stomp their little feet and then wet themselves and start looking for ways to “reach around, er across the aisle.”


16 posted on 08/29/2014 9:46:40 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: rrstar96

she lives in her parents’ basement?


17 posted on 08/29/2014 9:48:53 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: rrstar96

Well why not let her remain in the Senate. The putative POTUS is probably an illegal alien!!!!


18 posted on 08/29/2014 9:49:41 AM PDT by DMZFrank
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To: Bitsy

May Louisiana win!!! and she be gone.


19 posted on 08/29/2014 9:50:17 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: 4yearlurker
"I'm sure they can find a Federal Judge who will rule she doesn't need a house in Louisiana."

Exactly!

20 posted on 08/29/2014 9:53:13 AM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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