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Democratic legislators call for Obama state holiday
State Journal Register ^ | 2/3/2017 | Brian Robbins

Posted on 02/06/2017 8:24:46 PM PST by bkopto

President Barack Obama's birthday may become the next state holiday, if some Illinois Democrats have their way.

House Bills 231 and 503 and Senate Bill 55 all make Obama's birthday, Aug. 4, an official holiday.

Both House bills would make Aug. 4 a "legal holiday," in which state government offices shut down, and schools and businesses have the option of closing. The Senate bill's "Barack Obama Day" would be commemorative only.

Rep. Andre Thapedi, a Chicago Democrat who is sponsoring HB 231, had tried making Obama's birthday a state holiday last year, but the bill stalled in a House committee.

Thapedi said this year's legislation has a much better chance of being passed into law.

"This bill is even stronger this year now that Obama is no longer in the White House," he said. "Last year, there were some concerns, honoring a sitting president. Now that he's no longer a sitting president, it's even more appropriate."

(Excerpt) Read more at sj-r.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: holiday; illinois; obama
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1 posted on 02/06/2017 8:24:46 PM PST by bkopto
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can’t even wait until he’s dead so it must be Obama’s idea


2 posted on 02/06/2017 8:27:32 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: bkopto

Obama Day?

Is that the day when we all hang mannequins that look like white men from our porch?


3 posted on 02/06/2017 8:28:20 PM PST by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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Born on...

6-6-6


4 posted on 02/06/2017 8:28:28 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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Why don’t they just give him the Nobel Peace Prize instead?


5 posted on 02/06/2017 8:28:29 PM PST by oldplayer
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To: bkopto

So to honor Obama, don’t work...


6 posted on 02/06/2017 8:28:41 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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If I get the day off to piss on his grave, it will be my favorite holiday. If chubaka is next to him, that’s just gravy.


7 posted on 02/06/2017 8:30:52 PM PST by JoSixChip (Cruz <- sleaze; Clinton <- criminal; Trump <- winner)
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Soon, everyday will be a holiday for government workers!!

Will those with seniority, stay home and be paid, while a less senior employee has to show up, not actually work?

The work will be done by contractors, maybe.


8 posted on 02/06/2017 8:31:01 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT (Go Trump!)
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9 posted on 02/06/2017 8:32:08 PM PST by jr3000
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BARF!


10 posted on 02/06/2017 8:32:40 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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Where’s that photo of the Auto Tune Up Shop with the sign on the road that says,

“FREE NOBEL PRIZE WITH OIL CHANGE”

which was posted in the first week of Obama’s first term after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for doing absolutely nothing?


11 posted on 02/06/2017 8:32:52 PM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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12 posted on 02/06/2017 8:35:04 PM PST by jr3000
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That’s a great idea. They should call it “Pretentious Dumbass Day”.


13 posted on 02/06/2017 8:35:25 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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Obamination Day: A day to serve red, white, and blue cake and ice-cream to all comers and up and comers to their neighborhood Target’s ladies and girls’ bathrooms.


14 posted on 02/06/2017 8:35:46 PM PST by Seeing More Clearly Now
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My oldest child was born on that day.........

Hussein...hell who knows where and when he was born.............

15 posted on 02/06/2017 8:37:21 PM PST by Osage Orange (We can all live together as brothers or perish together as fools)
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16 posted on 02/06/2017 8:38:16 PM PST by jr3000
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To: bkopto

We could all use a permanent vacation from Obama.


17 posted on 02/06/2017 8:38:22 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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For heaven’s sake, NO, NO, NO, NO~


18 posted on 02/06/2017 8:39:30 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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EVERY DAY is now a holiday FROM the destructive reign of Obama.


19 posted on 02/06/2017 8:41:46 PM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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Good Grief and he’s still alive...


20 posted on 02/06/2017 8:43:14 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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