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msallied Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-14-08 01:35 PM
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11. Ummm, that's why I said "for good reason."
I'm just saying, it would be nice if there was a way to strike the BS from a spending bill before it was signed, but the only option that they've come up with is bad.
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  -I am hearing that Obama and Biden voted FOR the Bridge to Nowhere... Hepburn  Sep-14-08 01:20 PM   #0 
  - They did, though of course as part of an immense omnibus spending bill  Kurt_and_Hunter   Sep-14-08 01:21 PM   #1 
  - Thanks....I thought that is what I found...  Hepburn   Sep-14-08 01:22 PM   #2 
  - And that is not the issue ...  AzNick   Sep-15-08 08:51 PM   #36 
     - That's what I don't understand  Canuckistanian   Sep-15-08 08:56 PM   #37 
     - Yes you're wrong...  Ramius   Sep-16-08 12:39 AM   #42 
        - Ah, thanks  Canuckistanian   Sep-16-08 07:11 AM   #44 
     - Please tell me  rufus dog   Sep-16-08 12:25 AM   #40 
        - Yes, still the same disgrace of a road  AzNick   Sep-16-08 12:27 AM   #41 
  - Anyone know how McCain voted?  marshall   Sep-14-08 02:39 PM   #16 
  - They didn't vote FOR the bridge. They voted for the spending bill.  msallied   Sep-14-08 01:24 PM   #3 
  - Line-item veto is putting too much power  shraby   Sep-14-08 01:27 PM   #5 
  - Amen. Dem or repub, I don't want that power in anyone's hands. nt  JBoris   Sep-14-08 01:29 PM   #7 
  - Ummm, that's why I said "for good reason."  msallied   Sep-14-08 01:35 PM   #11 
  - The variation that Kerry proposed in 2004 was inmteresting  karynnj   Sep-14-08 03:37 PM   #28 
  - In other words  littlebit   Sep-14-08 01:47 PM   #12 
  - Wow, did you read what I wrote?  msallied   Sep-14-08 01:51 PM   #13 
     - No I am thinking like most people  littlebit   Sep-14-08 01:57 PM   #14 
        - If they voted "for" the bridge, then the bridge would have been its own separate bill.  msallied   Sep-14-08 03:06 PM   #19 
  - Didn't that spending bill contain provisions for the troops/veterans?  merh   Sep-14-08 02:33 PM   #15 
  - I thought that was the case . . .  Sugarcoated   Sep-14-08 03:15 PM   #21 
  - That's what I thought too...I can't remember though myself. Which would explain the support. n/t  vaberella   Sep-14-08 03:17 PM   #22 
     - they wrapped the earmarks in with important funding  merh   Sep-14-08 03:21 PM   #23 
        - Someone posted a link below  Sugarcoated   Sep-14-08 04:16 PM   #29 
           - it was the healthcare bill  merh   Sep-14-08 05:08 PM   #33 
  - One person's "pork"  Malidictus Maximus   Sep-14-08 02:44 PM   #17 
  - Been there, done that.  BumRushDaShow   Sep-14-08 04:26 PM   #30 
  - I know you know this as others have replied similarly...  hlthe2b   Sep-14-08 01:25 PM   #4 
  - Thanks again to the DU....  Hepburn   Sep-14-08 01:27 PM   #6 
  - Link  citizen_jane   Sep-14-08 01:30 PM   #8 
  - They are not out there shouting that they opposed it.  subterranean   Sep-14-08 01:30 PM   #9 
  - Exactly.  Lex   Sep-14-08 02:44 PM   #18 
  - That's the real factor...  1corona4u   Sep-14-08 03:22 PM   #24 
  - Lies, all of it.  AngryAmish   Sep-14-08 01:33 PM   #10 
  - Obama and Biden had better have a short and convincing explanation  aint_no_life_nowhere   Sep-14-08 03:09 PM   #20 
  - Pretty simple, tied up with important legislation, but furthermore, they AREN'T running as non-pork  NotThisTime   Sep-14-08 03:28 PM   #25 
  - They voted for the omnibus budget bill that included it  karynnj   Sep-14-08 03:32 PM   #26 
  - Did they lie about it? Repeatedly? 23 times?  bunkerbuster1   Sep-14-08 03:34 PM   #27 
  - I honestly don't give a rats hind end about this bridge. The issue is that Palin LIED  mzmolly   Sep-14-08 04:28 PM   #31 
  - Only someone who pays no taxes  bamalib   Sep-14-08 04:56 PM   #32 
     - Well, I pay taxes  mzmolly   Sep-14-08 05:10 PM   #34 
        - You can't be serious  bamalib   Sep-15-08 08:39 PM   #35 
           - I am serious.  mzmolly   Sep-15-08 10:53 PM   #38 
  - I'm thinking that actually running based on "Thanks but no thanks"  TheKentuckian   Sep-16-08 12:23 AM   #39 
  - Here's another question concerning this bill  MagickMuffin   Sep-16-08 01:19 AM   #43 
 

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