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Is the tail still trying to wag the dog? (Cochran Barbour News Network)
Y'allPolitics.com ^ | April 6, 2015 | Alan Lange

Posted on 04/23/2015 5:59:27 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal

I’ve long been a fan of the adage that the worst thing you can give someone is exactly what they’ve asked for.

In the last few days, there has been a minor storm brewing over SB 2161 – the bill in Mississippi designed to address Common Core. The bill passed with overwhelming support in the Mississippi Legislature in an election year. Last week, Governor Phil Bryant had some misgivings about the bill and signaled that he might (might) veto. Wingnut nation piled on both on blogs and in closed door Facebook chat rooms urging him to do that.

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Of the 98 Republican legislators in the Mississippi legislature, 95 of them voted for final passage of the bill. The only three that did not were Sojourner, McDaniel and Watson, who joined three of their Democrat colleagues in the Senate to vote against the conference report.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: amnesty; bryant; cochran; mcdaniel
Ya'll Politics which has 1800 (every one of Haley Barbour's lobbyists) likes on facebook, is claming an even smaller news website is going to help oust one of Chris McDaniel's allies SoJourner.
1 posted on 04/23/2015 5:59:27 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Mississippi is a sewer politically. The Barbour crime family needs to be rooted out.


2 posted on 04/23/2015 6:02:22 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Ya’ll Politics is up there with Paul Gallo and Supertalk, crooked RINOS


3 posted on 04/23/2015 6:30:50 PM PDT by Sybeck1
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To: Lurkinanloomin

From your mouth to God’s ears


4 posted on 04/23/2015 8:05:18 PM PDT by Nifster
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