Put on a good front Mr. President, but play hard ball underneath

[WileEcoyote]

Why should any federal tax payer dollars go to Louisiana and Texas? Nor South Carolina and Georgia?

If David Vitter is still a shoe in for re-election in LA then I say make sure the state goes dry. Sure it'll hurt the non Republicans too.

But we got to take one for the team sometimes. And it's a simple thing to bully Southern White Senate and Congressional leaders. Funds once available for highways, schools and everything essential can be stalled in committee or just never get a mark up.

These dumb ass Southern voters may not see the light, but they can certainly feel the heat. Why should my tax dollars go to a bunch of trash?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/us/11vitter.html?_r=2&hp


"In Mr. Vitter’s advertisements and on his Web sites — including charliemelanconforsenate.com, which was secured by the Vitter campaign — a newspaper headline is featured: “Melancon backs Obama presidency.” That apparently says enough.

Though nearly 22 percent of the state’s adult residents have no health insurance — one of the highest rates in the nation — pollsters and political experts say voters in the state are overwhelmingly against Mr. Obama’s health care proposals".