House GOP Not Sure About Helping Victims of Horrific Twister in Missouri

[marmar]

Washington Monthly, via AlterNet:



House GOP Not Sure About Helping Victims of Horrific Twister in Missouri


The scenes out of Joplin, Missouri, are just horrific. The death toll from the deadliest single U.S. twister in generations stands at least 116 people, and rescue workers continue a frantic search for survivors. President Obama will be in the area over the weekend, and obviously the area qualifies for federal disaster relief.

It’s hard to believe, but House Republicans aren’t sure if they’re prepared to spend the money to assist the victims and community.

The No. 2 House Republican said that if Congress doles out additional money to assist in the aftermath of natural disasters across the country, the spending may need to be offset.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said “if there is support for a supplemental, it would be accompanied by support for having pay-fors to that supplemental.”

Finding ways to offset disaster relief funds could be a significant challenge for House Republicans and would put their promise to cut spending to a true test.

I don’t expect much from House Republicans, but this has managed to actually surprise me. When disaster strikes and there are deadly consequences, federal officials are expected to put aside politics and ideology, and commit whatever’s necessary to help. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/596787/house_gop_not_sure_about_helping_victims_of_horrific_twister_in_missouri/

[Sherman A1]

1. This is of course because this disaster did not hit

The district of the Esteemed Mr. Cantor. Had it done so, I am sure there would be calls for all sorts of Federal support.

There is a special place for people like this and Dante comes to mind.

[KansDem]

6. "There is a special place for people like this and Dante comes to mind."

Forget it. Even Charon won't take these sleazoids across on his barge.

[truebrit71]

7. Like Gov of Texass that wants to secede during election campaign...

...but as soon as his state became engulfed with flame was all about getting those Federal $$$ to help him out...

They are ALL screaming fucking hypocrites and I despise their selfish cruelty...

[enough]

11. Easy solution. Emergency repeal of the Bush/Obama tax cuts for the rich.

Sorry, this was meant to reply to the OP.

[rucky]

12. It's actually a great all-purpose reply to nearly anything

these days.

[damntexdem]

17. But Missouri will be a state in play in 2012.

Now the folks in southwest MO may be a little pissed at the GOP.

[villager]

2. The degree of ambient pathology will be measured by whether Missouri remains "red" in the aftermath

...of the tragedy...

[Sonoman]

3. Fuck it, let God print the money.

After all, He either MIHOP or LIHOP.


Fuck you, Cantor.

Sonoman

[Blue Owl]

4. Yet they'll spend $4 trillion to protect you from the cavemen

whom you're 25 times less likely to be attacked by than being hit by a tornado or bolt of lightning.

Those fuckbags.

[Lex]

5. Maybe ask GE or BP to pay taxes

and that would provide the "offset."

[KamaAina]

8. Wonder how Joplin's rep feels about that?

To absolutely no one's surprise, Joplin and the rest of MO07 are represented (?) by Billy Long (R). Will Mr. Long say 'Boo' to Mr. Cantor?

[atreides1]

14. That would difficult

It would be hard for Mr. Long to say 'Boo' at the same time that his mouth is kissing Cantor's ass!

[KamaAina]

21. Oh! My eyes!

I need some industrial-strength brain bleach! :scared:

[tblue37]

26. The Mr. Long who mocked tornado warning systems? nt

[xmas74]

28. That would be him.

I sent an email and wrote a letter to my rep, Vicky Hartzler, asking her how she feels about aid to Joplin, to flooded areas, etc. It'll be quite interesting to see if I get any response to it, considering her facebook page shows that she "likes" Cantor and is big into the overall ass-kissing.

Did I mention that I also stated in both the letter and the email that I plan on passing on the answer she gives to all of my family, friends, coworkers, and the local newspaper? Yeah, I did. I'm that kind of person.

[tblue37]

29. You go, girl! (I like that kind of person.) nt

[xmas74]

31. My rep (MO 4th district)

is a nasty woman. I'm betting I hear absolutely no comment back from here.

Then again, maybe she'll take a page out of Jim Talent's page and send me a letter, to my home address, stating that she only speaks to constituents and is sorry she cannot answer me. Of course, I was one of his constituents at the time.

[KamaAina]

33. Do I smell a pickup?

That's a campaign ad that writes itself. Hey, NY26 was solid repuke, too. WAS.

[xmas74]

9. I'm not a mean person.

I usually try to understand where the other person is coming from. In this case-fuck you Eric Cantor! I'll pray for your soul because its blackness needs prayers.

Just sent to a Republican friend and he's disgusted.

[atreides1]

10. The man is a drama queen

Campaign office incident

After the passage of the health care reform bill in March 2010, Cantor reported that somebody had shot a bullet through a window of his campaign office in Richmond, Virginia. A spokesman for the Richmond Police later stated that the bullet was not intentionally fired at Cantor's office, saying that it was instead random gunfire, as there were no signs outside the office identifying the office as being Cantor's.A preliminary investigation indicated that the bullet was fired into the air and hit the office window going down. The bullet landed within a foot of the window.<16> Cantor responded to this by saying that Democratic leaders in the House should stop "dangerously fanning the flames" by blaming Republicans for threats against House Democrats who voted for the health care legislation.

Cantor also reported that he had received threatening e-mails related to the passage of the bill, but he declined to hand over copies of the e-mails, saying that doing so would encourage similar activity.

[femrap]

13. May Cantor's home

be blown away by the Big Bad Wolf!!!

[MissMarple]

22. Ouch! That's just a bit too close to reality.

[femrap]

24. He is,

after all, an oinker.....don't you think?

[MissMarple]

25. A real little piglet who probably giggles like a little girl.

[femrap]

32. I don't

want to give pigs a bad name....and I certainly don't want 'little girls' to be demeaned.

It's that Patriarchy trap....the worst thing you can call a 'man' is a 'girl' or something 'feminine.'

I'll just refer to him as a Waste of Human Flesh.

[kentuck]

15. Unbelievable!

These people have lost all sense of humanity.

[Harmony Blue]

16. The right wingers worship greed

so of course they don't care about humanity.

[lpbk2713]

18. Limbaugh is a Missouri native.

Maybe he can make up some of the shortfall out of his $400 Million contract to help out his home state.



Yeah ... like that's gonna happen. :eyes:

[AsahinaKimi]

19. Its really true, all Republcians care about, are themselves..

They did not go to Washington to help their districts or the people they represent, they went to Washington because their egos demand that they are better then everyone else, and can sit back and rake in the cash. Totally corrupt doesn't cover it.

[onethatcares]

20. would ending the oil company subsidies help at all?

Just wondrin.

[MissMarple]

23. Or the 3 billion for the cotton corporations' subsidies.

[Ikonoklast]

27. I suppose Cantor thinks only Democrats had their houses and businesses destroyed in Missouri.

Funny how Cantor didn't say boo about his state getting $28,000,000.00 for emergency snow removal in 2010.

[coalition_unwilling]

30. 3 words: "Tax the Rich!" - n/t