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N.C. lawmaker hits wrong button, approves fracking
The Wall Street Journal ^ | Published July 04, 2012 | Staff

Posted on 07/04/2012 4:12:59 PM PDT by Puckster

A veteran state lawmaker in North Carolina says she pushed the wrong button late Monday night in a marathon legislative session and accidentally opened up the state to fracking.

Rep. Becky Carney, a five-term Democrat from Charlotte, burst into tears after mistakenly voting with Republicans to override Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of the contentious legislation.

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1 posted on 07/04/2012 4:13:00 PM PDT by Puckster
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To: Puckster

Thank the Lord for small wonders....


2 posted on 07/04/2012 4:14:02 PM PDT by Puckster
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“a five-term Democrat from Charlotte, burst into tears after mistakenly voting with Republicans”

I burst into tears too laughing at this twit.


3 posted on 07/04/2012 4:15:25 PM PDT by max americana (Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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To: Puckster

F her ,sniveling T**t, She was just trying to have it both ways.


4 posted on 07/04/2012 4:15:46 PM PDT by mongo141 (Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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To: Puckster

Will she still say it was mistake when it turns out to be a good thing or will she take credit saying I voted for it.


5 posted on 07/04/2012 4:16:21 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Puckster

She fracked up.


6 posted on 07/04/2012 4:16:32 PM PDT by alrea (And it's not right at home right now, and the American people know it." C. Rice)
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To: Puckster

This is by far the best thing I have read all day.


7 posted on 07/04/2012 4:19:45 PM PDT by rlmorel ("The safest road to Hell is the gradual one." Screwtape (C.S. Lewis))
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To: Puckster

Complicated ballots ... not just for general public democrat voters.


8 posted on 07/04/2012 4:21:44 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: Puckster

Is this from Fox News or the Wall Street Journal?


9 posted on 07/04/2012 4:27:41 PM PDT by upchuck (FACEBOOK... Share pointless stuff with friends you don't know. Beg for intrusion into your life.)
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Five feakin’ terms and she wants a do-over. She’s a candidate to replace Patty Murray in the Senate as idiot-in-residence.


10 posted on 07/04/2012 4:29:44 PM PDT by rod1 (CTLY)
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I hope she will be giving the Welcome to Charlotte speech at the Democratic National Convention.


11 posted on 07/04/2012 4:31:38 PM PDT by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: Puckster

Two wrongs CAN make a right!


12 posted on 07/04/2012 4:33:11 PM PDT by gitmo ( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
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To: Puckster

Where is the Utube: a crying Democrat will go viral.


13 posted on 07/04/2012 4:36:18 PM PDT by Venturer
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All she had to do was push the red OR the green button.
Liberals are challenged to say the least.
Really funny thing is that her vote actually made a difference.


14 posted on 07/04/2012 4:38:31 PM PDT by bossmechanic (If all else fails, hit it with a hammer)
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To: Puckster
Carney (the meat) voted against Purdue (the chicken). The vote was for fair and not for the fowl.

Hang with the weird sense of humor, y'all.

15 posted on 07/04/2012 4:39:16 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: Puckster

Accident? My S. It was NO accident, no matter what she says.


16 posted on 07/04/2012 4:39:50 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying then or now!)
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It’s a good thing she doesn’t work for NORAD.


17 posted on 07/04/2012 4:43:33 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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put your big girl underpants on and suck it up... there's no crying in politics!
18 posted on 07/04/2012 4:46:57 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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I that her, far right in pic?

http://global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Politics/Fracking_NC.jpg

19 posted on 07/04/2012 4:47:12 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: Puckster
....sign her up for button 101.......(typical lib...can't tell right from wrong....

Here is our Dear Reader (peas be upon him ) having a go at that "coin flipping thingy"


20 posted on 07/04/2012 4:49:49 PM PDT by spokeshave (The only people better off today than 4 years ago are the Prisoners at Guantanamo.)
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