Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 04/27/2010 2:47:16 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Remember, Graham walked away from the cap-and-trade “coalition” or whatever a few days ago when it looked like Reid was going to fast-track immigration instead. Major Garrett gets the scoop:
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Voters of South Carolina: PLEASE, throw out this bum.
The Goober bastard is in favor of screwing this country.
I figured this was a ploy.
They will jam Cap and Tax through and then amnesty will immediately be up next. Graham is a fool to trust the Dems.
The good thing is that we can eventually do away with cap and tax, unlike amnesty. Also by putting immigration on the back burner, latino yaktivists will be less ‘fired up and ready to go’ in Nov. Amnesty was the worst, then card-check, then cap and tax.
How old are the boys the Dems have pics of Graham sleeping with?
Nothing quite as disgusting as a Gay GOober..in ANY context of the term!
What possible difference could it make to Graham which one they do first?
Obama was over 21.
The SC nuke industry probably sees big bucks in cap and tax, so it makes sense that Graham would want it ASAP. By contrast his love of shamnesty is probably just part of his devotion to McCrazy, and since the AZ primary has put McCrazy’s support on hold, Graham probably wants to delay it for now.
Just my best guess.
If they do amnesty first, it kills McCain’s chances at keeping his seat. No way he could possibly vote for Amnesty while he’s trying to hold on to his senate seat against J D Hayworth. That vote would seal his defeat. They are hoping he can pretend on crap and tax and hold off on the amnesty until after McCain has put away JD. Then he can go back to being the Senate’s number one backstabbing RINO with his little lap dog Grahamnesty yapping at his side.
He is a nasty little piece of fecal matter.
This was in my morning Email from TN Eagle Forum, I only posted the main link. MORE DEM VOTERS and MUCH MORE representation that 25 of our 50 states!
NEWS FLASH: Last evening, the Republicans held together to block Reid’s effort to achieve cloture (60 votes needed) to go forward with a vote on S. 3217 (Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010). The vote was 57-41-2. Unfortunately, this is not the end of the issue: Talks continue as GOP senators block advance of financial overhaul bill.
http://www.votervoice.net/link/clickthrough/ext/103900.aspx
House will vote on Puerto Rican Statehood this week!
Tell your Congressman to vote NO on the Puerto Rico Democracy Act (H.R. 2499) today!
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Last Tuesday, the House leadership pulled the controversial D.C. House Voting Rights bill from the floor schedule, and we thank you for all of your calls and for taking action! However, just two days after they backed away from the D.C. bill, the House announced that it would move to consider an even more controversial bill that paves the way for U.S. territory Puerto Rico to become the 51st state!
Sponsored by Puerto Rican delegate Pedro Pierluisi (D), the Puerto Rico Democracy Act (H.R. 2499) - which has reared its ugly head a number of times over the past few congresses but has yet to have any success - would require Puerto Ricans to hold a national referendum to decide if they want Puerto Rico to remain a self-governing U.S. commonwealth, or become the 51st
state.
The referendum would be set up as two plebiscites which would effectively deceive Puerto Ricans into voting for statehood. In the first round of votes, the Puerto Rican people would be given the choice between remaining a U.S. territory and “pursuing a different political status.” If the majority votes to maintain the status quo, this bill would require that Puerto Rico vote on this same issue every eight years. If the majority votes for “different status,” a second round of votes would be held where Puerto Ricans would choose either statehood or independence-the status quo of “U.S. territory” would not even be an option! In other words, the two ballots would be rigged to favor the outcome of statehood, overriding the wishes of Americans and Puerto Ricans who want to maintain the current commonwealth status.
Why we do not want Puerto Rico admitted as the 51st state:
· The U.S. would transform, overnight, into a bilingual nation. At least half of Puerto Ricans do not speak English, the language of our U.S. Constitution and founding documents. The Washington Times article, “Puerto Rican statehood,” analyzes all the implications of adding a foreign language-speaking state to the Union.
· It would bring immediate demands for massive federal spending. The average income of Puerto Ricans is less than half that of our poorest state, and infrastructure and the environment are far below American standards. Puerto Rico has a population with a median national income of $17,741, nearly a third below that for the U.S.
· Puerto Rico is already a democracy. Despite the bill’s deceptive title, Puerto Rico already has an elected government and exists as a self-governed commonwealth of the U.S.
· Statehood would give Puerto Rico more congressional representation than 25 of our 50 states! It would inevitably give Democrats two additional U.S. Senators and 6 to 8 additional Members of the House.
H.R. 2499 is stealth legislation designed to lead to the admission of Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico as the 51st state, thereby making us a de facto bilingual nation, like Canada. The U.S. Congress should not be forcing Puerto Ricans to vote on statehood, especially since the Puerto Rican people have rejected statehood three times since 1991!
No Member of Congress who describes himself as a limited government, fiscal conservative should be casting a YEA vote for H.R. 2499, as Puerto Rican statehood would cause an immediate increase in federal expenditures, particularly for taxpayer-funded welfare state services.
Graham is working with GE lobbyists to draft the ‘‘Clean Energy Act of 2009’’ – legislation to establish a federal mandate requiring that an increasing amount of electricity must be derived from so-called “clean energy” sources over the coming decades.
GE has the world's largest gas turbine manufacturing plant, in Greenville, S.C.--
I thought the Puerto Ricans had to vote on matters of statehood, independence, or continuing as they are? Haven't heard of their voting for any change of status.
I haven’t an answer for your question. I got curious when the TN Eagle Forum alert came in my email, and this Heritage article was the best and latest to pop up on google. They are two orgs we can trust.
So Reid had to make a deal to get Graham so he could deal with those cowboys out west who forcing him to act.
That is fine by me.
Oh, wait...we’re not talking about the Philadelphia Eagles...sorry...
Okay, I agree. This Senate leadership and Graham are pathetic.
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