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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 Perdues veto of the contentious legislation.
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To: Puckster
Dang! I HATE when that happens!
61
posted on
07/04/2012 9:29:15 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: Puckster
Maybe she is not qualified to be a lawmaker.
To: SuziQ
“Dang! I HATE when that happens!”
HATE....as in Hilarious Accident of Terrific Effectiveness?
Or...Her Abiotrophic Term is Ended?
Or, or....Hagiarchic Ablepsia Taphephobic Ebriection?
but, I digress.....I’m simply happy it passed.
63
posted on
07/04/2012 9:58:27 PM PDT
by
Puckster
To: Del Rapier
See 63 of 63.
The Traveling Wilburys’ song “End of the Line” seems appropriate at this juncture.
64
posted on
07/04/2012 10:02:32 PM PDT
by
Puckster
To: bossmechanic
Racist vote button configuration. Call the U.N. for an investigation!
65
posted on
07/04/2012 10:03:05 PM PDT
by
Bshaw
(A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
To: Del Rapier
Perfectly sound reasoning to me.
66
posted on
07/04/2012 10:04:12 PM PDT
by
Puckster
To: DManA
Or worse resentful Dems who will primary her for this. :^)
67
posted on
07/05/2012 2:55:01 AM PDT
by
princeofdarkness
(The Obama Administration is circling the wagons. But the Truth Indians are using flaming arrows.)
To: Cowgirl of Justice
You got my vote, unlees you hubby runs. Then I would be voting for him...yer profile comment convinced me!
68
posted on
07/05/2012 6:04:20 AM PDT
by
CSM
(Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
To: Puckster
Or, maybe it was intentional, and the "mistake" is cover for her breaking with Marxist Democrat policy.
69
posted on
07/05/2012 7:01:28 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of LibertyI'm st! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: JimRed
I’ll go with that.....a man with hope.....like it!
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posted on
07/05/2012 12:44:07 PM PDT
by
Puckster
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