I just love that Senator Mary Landrieu from Louisiana. You guys

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should be proud. She's on c-span now defending the troops and castigating the Repugs for not providing the requisite tax benefits and incentives they and their families deserve and need. She's got the facts and real-life stories.

[JohnKleeb]

1. I dont live in her state but being a political science student

I am gonna have the oppertunity to meet her in november to ask her questions about her record, so far I've agreed with her votes mostly.

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2. What votes don't you agree with her on. Just curious. n/t

[JohnKleeb]

3. Yucca Mountain thus far

but I won't grill her for it, Ive studied her record, the fact we can get someone like Mary in Lousianna who's relatively liberal is great to me. But hey, all and all pretty good thus far, I like her, she's a good woman.

[venus]

13. That's right. But I thought she fought against the Yucca Mountain

being used as a dumping ground. No?

[BayCityProgressive]

4. I think she is ok for being from a conservative state.

The Democrats have a wealth of party starts. When Kerry wins 2 terms and Edwards runs he can pick from or run in the primaries against Landreiu, Hillary Clinton, Barrack Obama, Harold Ford, and maybe even Jennifer Granholm depending on the law at that time. Who do the Republicans have? Dog humpin Santorum? LOL

[JohnKleeb]

5. Yeah thats my philo on it

She remains pretty pro choice too. I don't know if Mary has any ambitions beyond the senate. Obama, Ford, and Hiliary and if she's allowed to run, Granhom I can see.

[venus]

8. I forgot to say she is on c-span now. Almost over but tune in. n/t

[venus]

18. She's not letting up. She keeps throwing up this 1,000 page

document to stuff it down the Repugs throat that they want to laud the troops but not include them in the appropriations bill. I love it. She's doing the "hard work". The guard and reserves who are going to the front line are left out of the bill. They are left out of a $137b tax bill and she's not happy about it!

[venus]

6. She came to my attention when some Repug

Senator attacked her on the Senate floor over some issue (can't remember exactly what it was), and she had the balls to be indignant and fought back. It was beautiful. I love it when women support the warfighter and their families like she does.

[pacalo]

16. It was during the Democratic filibuster when the Repugs were trying

to run through three ultra-right judges for senate approval. If I remember correctly, she refused to yield some of her time to Mr. Fancy Pants (Orrin Hatch). She was smokin' that night.

[TexasSissy]

7. I got the impression she is a hybrid (part Repub), but maybe it has to be

that way in Louisiana. John Breaux, the Dem. senator from La., was a hybrid, too. He was a co-sponsor of the new Medicare "Reform" Act (for which he probably rec'd a pretty penny from big pharma). He then retired and supposedly has a nice job waiting for him in Landrieu's administration. The other La. senator, who also co-sponsored the new Medicare bill, is going to work for a big pharma company soon for about $2 million a year. Whose interests were they looking after when they sponsored that bill, do you think?

I should add, though, that I don't know for a fact she's a hybrid. I just got that impression from something she did earlier this year or end of last year. But I don't recall.

[juajen]

10. Yes, you might call her a hybrid; but she has to look out for all her

constituency, including lots and lots of oil interests, plus sugarcane farmers, shrimpboaters, crawfishers, etc. The list is endless. This is a Catholic state, also; so, she is conflicted on abortion mostly anti-abortion, but pro-choice, if I remember. She walks a fine line, and I think does it much better than John Breaux did. What Landrieu Administration? (I know, for the other poster)

[JohnKleeb]

11. Well not to insult her but Rhode Island is a Catholic state

and their two senators are pro choice, then again RI and LA are very differently culturally. Yeah she has a different constiuency than I do, and I think she does a damn good job, and I'd love to have her as my own senator, we have two republicans here in Va.

[TexasSissy]

19. Oh, sorry. There is no Landrieu administration.

I was confusing her with the La. gov., who is also a woman, right? Sorry 'bout that. I obviously dont know what I'm talking about.

[juajen]

9. We are proud, and

she has a baby brother who is Lt. Governor, an up and coming Democrat. BTW, he looks like her. I think the Landrieus all must have that cute gene. A lot of us worked hard to elect her, but no one worked as hard as she did. She's a tough but gentle lady.

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12. I know there was an issue a while back about her voting for some

appropriations bill and she was questioned on it. I remember her saying that she did it because part of it would benefit Louisiana and she felt compelled to do it. That makes sense. Hope my admiration doesn't prove to be misplaced later on.

[AnnInLa]

14. I consider her a little conservative for my tastes, but

here in Louisiana she is considered very liberal. She does indeed walk a fine line because her constituency is so diverse. I gained new respect for her when I saw her on Larry King during the Dem convention. Tucker was also on the panel, and when the guys kept using the term, "Bush bashing," she gave them a piece of her mind. She said to call attention the mistakes of the president was viable political discourse, not bashing. Also said she was tired of the republican party always accusing Democrats of not being patriotic because they raise war issues. She really told them how the cow eats cabbage (redneck saying). She did not let Tucker interrupt her, talked over him...and looked cute while doing it. I called her office the next day and left a very complimentary message about her appearance on Larry King. Her secretary sounded very relieved and grateful for the message, so I assume many redneck cajuns also called, but were not complimentary.

[venus]

17. I just sent the Senator an email and left a voice message

commending her. I'm a Virginia resident but appreciate when someone does good; "when you can do good you should do good .... "; courtesy Wesley Clark.

[Sputnik]

20. One of my favorite lines

I've heard is from former U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers from Arkansas. He retired in 1998, but would have been re-elected again and again had he chosen to run. He served 24 years in the Senate.

When Bumpers speaks to groups in Arkansas now, he often says, "Do you know why you always thought I was more liberal than you? Because I was." He never apologizes for who he is and what he believes and, besides Bill Clinton, is still the most popular former politician in his state. His autobiography, "Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town" is fabulous....funny and full of heart.

[realFedUp]

15. She's a fighter

good for her...good for us.