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Sen. Mary Landrieu says 'Oh my Lord, no' when asked if she'll run for elected office again
Times-Picayune ^ | December 11, 2014 | Bruce Alpert

Posted on 12/13/2014 7:41:18 AM PST by Zakeet

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., says she probably won't run for office again.

"Oh Lord, no," Landrieu, 59, told reporters when asked if another campaign, perhaps for governor in 2015 or the Senate in 2016, was in her future.

"Well, let me say, I'm not going to say a definite 'no' about any of those two," Landrieu said. "I've been trained to never say no. But it is highly, highly unlikely."

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Matthew Lehner, her communications director, said he expects her farewell address later Thursday to be upbeat, and reflect on some of the contributions - such as oil and gas revenue sharing and hurricane disaster relief - that she helped bring to the state in her 18 years in office.

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


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: landrieu; louisiana; politics; senate
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Congratulations ... Miss Piggy is done ... for good ... thanks is part to the fine efforts of you Cajun Freepers!

1 posted on 12/13/2014 7:41:18 AM PST by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood.


2 posted on 12/13/2014 7:43:43 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: Zakeet
I've been trained to never say no.

That reminds me of the gal in Oklahoma who "cain't say no."
3 posted on 12/13/2014 7:44:56 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Zakeet

18 years of all the money she could steal and secrete, 18 years of crony padding, Senate resources and connections, 18 years for a Senate Pension, and an 18 year repertoire of corruption she can bring to K Street lobbying firms.

Nope, she don’t need no public office any more.


4 posted on 12/13/2014 7:45:27 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Zakeet

Kudos from Wisconsin, too!

However, she’ll be feeding at the Federal Trough ‘til her last breath.

Elections matter! Think of all the sh*thead Congress Critters we’re STILL paying for!

Big Government: The gift that keeps on taking!


5 posted on 12/13/2014 7:46:01 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Zakeet

“not at least til after my azz heals up a bit..”


6 posted on 12/13/2014 7:51:53 AM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Zakeet

She will be back.

People like her who have spent an entire life on the government teat never willingly let go.

For two generations her family has lived off the government.
She has no marketable skills and doesn’t know any life other than being a parasite on the back of taxpayers.


7 posted on 12/13/2014 7:54:32 AM PST by Iron Munro (D.H.S. has the same headcount as the US Marine Corps with twice the budget)
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To: Zakeet

“I’ve been trained to never say no.”

Don’t you wonder which “training school” she went to?

Some politicians NEVER take responsibility for their words or actions.


8 posted on 12/13/2014 7:56:14 AM PST by kitkat (STORM HEAVEN WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY)
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To: Zakeet

How do you spell bee-eye-tea-see-H?


9 posted on 12/13/2014 7:58:41 AM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Iron Munro
She has no marketable skills and doesn’t know any life other than being a parasite on the back of taxpayers.

K street whores make 10 times the cash that congress critters get directly from the tax payer.

10 posted on 12/13/2014 8:09:16 AM PST by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: Iron Munro

She will be back.

**************

She’s not going into seclusion. But I do think she’ll be into some type action being
lobbying, working in a agency as a PR or service provider. I however don’t think they’ll
move back to LA in the immediate future because of her husband’s Real Estate business.


11 posted on 12/13/2014 8:10:46 AM PST by deport
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To: Zakeet

The voters liberated her from having to phoney up and cover for her beloved corruptocrats who deserted her anyway. She’s now free from having to play the ‘loyal foot soldier’ to her Demented lieberal heads in DC.


12 posted on 12/13/2014 8:11:54 AM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: Zakeet

Between jobs, liberals are sometimes hired by Fannie and Freddy, with exorbitant salaries.


13 posted on 12/13/2014 8:30:26 AM PST by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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Mary, don't forget to tell your twin sister what it feels like to go down humiliatingly into defeat.

14 posted on 12/13/2014 8:38:06 AM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: Gaffer
Exactly. She'll make far more money as a lobbyist in the Senate than she did as a Senator. She's getting a raise. Why would she work for a mere politician's salary when she'll be hauling down ten times that amount (or more) working the Seante lobby? She'll probably have more influence working on K Street than she had as a mere Senator, given that Senators spend a great deal of their time soliciting campaign funds from these lobby groups.

She's not going to be the hired help anymore. She's getting a promotion. Why would she consider taking a step down, especially since she's spent 18 years in the Senate, undergoing intensive training for this phase of her career?
15 posted on 12/13/2014 8:57:43 AM PST by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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To: kitkat

That struck me too. She has been trained to not say no?? She is trained to say things??? What the heck??? What kinds of people trained her and do they still pull her strings??? And aren’t elected officials supposed to do the public business not be puppets with someone pulling their strings??? Holy Toledo.


16 posted on 12/13/2014 9:08:37 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: Iron Munro
She has no marketable skills and doesn’t know any life other than being a parasite on the back of taxpayers.

That makes her a perfect K Street candidate.

17 posted on 12/13/2014 9:21:47 AM PST by upchuck (Ferguson: Put your hands down and go to work!)
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To: Zakeet

Why take a pay cut? Lobbying pays much better.


18 posted on 12/13/2014 9:23:40 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
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To: Gaffer

And don’t forget the eighteen years of insider trading.

I can’t see a reason why she even wants to return to DC with all the money she has accumulated.

The time has come to spend it and enjoy its convenience.


19 posted on 12/13/2014 9:55:59 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: Gaffer

Right you are! This is Louisiana. She is SO connected in so many ways( whole family is) she never has to work again. AND there is a mostly invisible husband to support her in her unemployment! Memories are short- she is stung now, but she will run again. Power is addictive and the Landrieus are a political dynasty that will not give up the status or income.Watch for one of her kids entering politics in the meantime.


20 posted on 12/13/2014 10:07:04 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam- it's about Islam. That death cult must be eradicated.)
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