Posted on 02/22/2011 3:06:13 PM PST by EternalVigilance
It looks like Democrats have found a new strategy to block Republican majorities from enacting anti-union legislation: fleeing the state.
Taking a page from Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin, legislators in Indiana have apparently fled the state rather than vote on an anti-union bill, a source told the Indianapolis Star on Wednesday.
And they were headed to Illinois, the same state that Wisconsin Democrats fled to last week to block a bill that would limit the collective bargaining rights of public sector unions while forcing members to contribute more to their pensions and health care plans.
In Indiana, Democrats could force so-called right-to-work legislation to miss a Tuesday procedural deadline for consideration. That bill would prohibit union representation fees from being a condition of employment.
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Don’t let them back.
Brave Sir Robbin’ ran away.
Time for a special session
Yep. Declare their seats vacant and call special elections.
The people deserve to be represented.
After all, it’s working so well in WI.
You will never go broke betting against the intelligence of the Dems.
LOL...
Bravely bold Sir Robin
Rode forth from Camelot.
He was not afraid to die,
Oh brave Sir Robin.
He was not at all afraid
To be killed in nasty ways.
Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin.
He was not in the least bit scared
To be mashed into a pulp.
Or to have his eyes gouged out,
And his elbows broken.
To have his kneecaps split
And his body burned away,
And his limbs all hacked and mangled
Brave Sir Robin.
His head smashed in
And his heart cut out
And his liver removed
And his bowls unplugged
And his nostrils raped
And his bottom burnt off
And his pen—
Define Vacancy of office as a two weeks.
Stop Wired pay.
Wow...the Loons are migrating both in Indiana and in Wisconsin.
Kinda makes me wonder when the next POTUS election happens, will all the rats leave the country?
And would that be a bad thing?
They ain’t blue no more, they’r yeller!
This is what Democats do.
When the going gets tough, the Democrats get gone!!
FOX just said that Mitch Daniels called this a legitimate political move, because he thinks that the conscience of the people will bring them back.
Democrats don’t give a bleep what their constituents think, and they would have to look up the word “conscience” in the dictionary because it is a word they do not understand.
Just saw them on the 6:00 pm Channel 3 WCIA news had them holed up in an unidentified Champaign location.
“The people deserve to be represented.”
Yes, they do. Legal elections were held in November. The people spoke.
Why will these Democrats not vote?? Are they afraid to vote either way?? Are they cowards?! If they vote for the bill, the unions are mad and their reelection war chests don’t get filled.. If they vote against the bill, the majority of the voters are mad and they don’t get the votes to get reelected. So, they get un-reelected next go around. - WAAAAHHHHH! Poor babies!
When danger reared its ugly head
Sir Robin turned his tail and fled
Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin.....
Party of No-Show.
Oh well, Mitch Daniels is a coward and has taken the Democrats side. Presidential material he is not.
“And his bottom burnt off
And his pen—”
I say, good fellow, that will be quite enough of that! And now, for something completely different!;)
It’s the standard democrat reply to a difficult fight: Cut and run.
Liberals like to describe Sarah Palin as a quitter. When she left, she first ensured that the governor’s seat would be filled so that constituent representation wouldn’t be interrupted. The democrats in Indiana and Wisconsin have abandoned their constituents in quitting their responsibilities with nobody to fill their seats.
This would be hilarious , if the consequences weren’t so great. The country needs someone like Winston Churchill. we’re up to our ears in Monty Python.
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