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Time to Vote Out Texas Congressman Jeb Hensarling (Vanity)
May 10, 2008 | no dems

Posted on 05/10/2008 5:13:17 PM PDT by no dems

If Jeb Hensarling (R) of the 5th Congressional District of Texas, is your Congressman, I hope you folks will throw his sorry a** out of office in November.

WHAT A LOW-LIFE SCUMBAG. Lou Dobbs just tore him up and the pollitical whore sat there with that crap eating grin on his face and REFUSED to stand up for consumers against the credit card companies. He has been bought off by the major credit card companies. I thought Lou Dobbs was going to reach through the monitor and punch him in his lying mouth.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 110th; hensarling; ustexas
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If anyone knows who his opponent is in November, please let me know. I want to send him a contribution to get this guy out of office.

See, I've said ever since '06 that most Pubbies are just as sorry as the DemocRATS. This is further proof. Just line my pockets and the American people be damned.

1 posted on 05/10/2008 5:13:18 PM PDT by no dems
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To: no dems

No dem opponent. If any it will be a write in or no name 3rd party type.


2 posted on 05/10/2008 5:20:11 PM PDT by deport ( -- Cue Spooky Music --)
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To: no dems

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75leQWlC3wg


3 posted on 05/10/2008 5:20:15 PM PDT by balch3
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To: no dems

Watch this and tell me if you’ve changed your mind:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY2dOJi41SI

He’s VP material, if you ask me.


4 posted on 05/10/2008 5:23:42 PM PDT by SIDEWALKING
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To: no dems

In what way isn’t he “standing up for consumers” against credit card companies? Did the credit card companies hold a gun to the consumer’s head to make them run up their credit card debt? What would you like him (or the government) to do? Stick their nose in there too? Is this one issue enough to throw him out and replace him with a Democrat who most likely would be a pawn of Nancy Pelosi? Just wondering...


5 posted on 05/10/2008 5:24:34 PM PDT by Russ
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To: no dems

Yes, the poor people that sign a contract need a government that says “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”.

NO THANKS


6 posted on 05/10/2008 5:24:40 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (McCain will send a self-abused stomped elephant to the DRNC.)
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To: deport

No Dem opponent, no wonder he can smile. Whatever happened to Howard Dean’s 50 state strategy? I think they can still name an opponent to fill the vacancy, and maybe a viable conservative can make a deal with the Dems to name him or her and get GOP support as well.?


7 posted on 05/10/2008 5:24:51 PM PDT by BlueStateBlues (Blue State for business, Red State at heart..)
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To: no dems

Anyone with an (R) next to his name, at this point, will take more than a bad interview to motivate people against him. Sorry friend.


8 posted on 05/10/2008 5:26:22 PM PDT by mgist
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To: no dems

You want to send money to a demorat and give another seat to queen nancy because Hensarling isn’t anti-corporate enough for you?


9 posted on 05/10/2008 5:27:45 PM PDT by Impy (Obama, you are stupid and I don't like you.)
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To: BlueStateBlues

I take it back, I’ve watched a few of his You Tube speeches just now and he seems fine with me.


10 posted on 05/10/2008 5:27:59 PM PDT by BlueStateBlues (Blue State for business, Red State at heart..)
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To: no dems
...REFUSED to stand up for consumers against the credit card companies.

What next, bail out people that aren't paying their mortgages? The credit card companies have not forced anyone to sign up for their services. If ignorance is no defense in a criminal court, why should it be in civil matters?

11 posted on 05/10/2008 5:34:18 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: BlueStateBlues
Whether or not the Congresscritter is correct in his assessment of the theory of credit, he's running with a bad crowd.

Remember, the credit card peddlers are giving banking a bad name ~ they're giving plastic a bad name too, and that's a horrible thing to do with a perfectly useful byproduct of the oil industry.

When I saw this particular session I was must struck by the fact that the Congresscritter, what's his name, Bend, seemed to be partially deranged and suffering from an absence seizure at the time.

12 posted on 05/10/2008 5:34:38 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Russ; All
I'm fully aware that no one held a gun to their heads (BTW, I have no sympathies for the Mortgage Companies and people who bought homes when they couldn't afford them and now they're losing them) but, if a person loses their job and is late one day on their credit card payment, the interest can go up as high as 29% and the poor working stiff is clueless.

How many of you read the "fine print" on your credit card application? As Lou Dobbs ask Mr. Hensarling: "At what point does someone go to jail for usury"? We had "Usury Laws" in this country until the bank's lobbyists paid off enough lawmakers to overturn them.

At least you might get a kiss when Nancy Pelosi screws you Russ; since you're wondering.

13 posted on 05/10/2008 5:37:07 PM PDT by no dems (The Democrats destroying each other gives me moments of pleasureable reflections.)
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BTW, I'm tougher than you. I evaluated the appeals of large dollar value debtors to a US government agency. They were usually liars and owed the money. It was rare for anyone to escape my attention.

The credit card companies, and their lackeys, are helpless softees in comparison, and that's their problem.

They extended credit to people who did not meet their standards. That has forced them to collect their losses from their better customers who pay their bills on time.

If they had half the grit required of your average bill collector, the credit card guys would not have gotten into trouble.

It's long overdue to bankrupt them and revert their assets to worthy owners.

14 posted on 05/10/2008 5:37:57 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

This Lou Dobbs segment has got to cost Hensarling 3% of the vote.


15 posted on 05/10/2008 5:39:27 PM PDT by no dems (The Democrats destroying each other gives me moments of pleasureable reflections.)
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To: no dems
Maybe more like 27% (Bwahahahahaha!!!!!!!)

I wonder where this guy was during Postalgate ~ that's when some of his fellow Congresscritters were using the House Post Office as a lender of first resort so they could siphon their House office supplies budget into their pockets?

Think he dipped a little?

Bet he did!

Busted!!!!!!

16 posted on 05/10/2008 5:41:11 PM PDT by muawiyah
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Usury? Are you kidding me?

You might be able to make a case for invalidating an adhesion contract because the type was too small or something, but usury charges are ridiculous.

Are you even a conservative, or just a populist?


17 posted on 05/10/2008 5:41:36 PM PDT by Arguendo
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Hmmm... pull in the reins on credit card companies. Ok... but then we're going to hear a lot of pi**ing and moaning from folks saying they cannot get credit / cannot function in today's credit/debit card-based business environment.

For the record I spend less than I make (it is a pretty good policy)... use cash as often as possible... it sure is a beeotch when I open that bill every month and it shows a balance at less than $100.

Gig 'Em Jeb!

Gig 'Em Texas A&M Aggies.

18 posted on 05/10/2008 5:44:36 PM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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Hunh? This guy has an edumactation?


19 posted on 05/10/2008 5:46:13 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: no dems
Oh, and you actually want to send someone to jail for it, rather than just void the contract the way we handle all other illegal contracts in this country? You must love people like Huey Long.
20 posted on 05/10/2008 5:47:30 PM PDT by Arguendo
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