Wed Jan 15, 2014, 01:49 AM

WillyT (72,631 posts)

Question: Name A Federally Elected Democrat That Is NOT Bought Off By The PTB...

I've got this at this point:

Elizabeth Warren
Alan Grayson
Sherrod Brown
Barbara Lee

And Bernie Sanders... with an aterisk. (He's an Independent)

Who am I missing?

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Question: Name A Federally Elected Democrat That Is NOT Bought Off By The PTB... (Original post)	WillyT	Jan 2014	OP
Al Franken?	Lasher	Jan 2014	#1
That's What I Was Thinking...	WillyT	Jan 2014	#2
Yup, Franken was my first thought, too	TroglodyteScholar	Jan 2014	#11
Al defends the NSA's mass surveillance. He also supported SOPA and PIPA,	woo me with science	Jan 2014	#15
Franken's been a big disappointment.	LuvNewcastle	Jan 2014	#17
I'd say that about covers it	quinnox	Jan 2014	#3
Kucinich.	flvegan	Jan 2014	#4
True, he's out of office now.	Lasher	Jan 2014	#5
Rep Matt Cartwright	PADemD	Jan 2014	#6
Not much of a track record to go on but looks good so far.	Lasher	Jan 2014	#9
President Obama	aikoaiko	Jan 2014	#7
You forgot the sarcasm tag.	Gravitycollapse	Jan 2014	#14
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA	woo me with science	Jan 2014	#16
Jim McDermott	FuzzyRabbit	Jan 2014	#8
Just look at their voting records.	LuvNewcastle	Jan 2014	#10
Pete DeFazio	Pastiche423	Jan 2014	#12
He works pretty hard for the timber industry.	Ron Green	Jan 2014	#13
I agree - DeFazio	OutNow	Jan 2014	#18
Ah, one of my favorite questions to the "anti-GUBmint" people.	HughBeaumont	Jan 2014	#19
Ellison, Grijalva.	Scuba	Jan 2014	#20

Response to WillyT (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 01:58 AM

Lasher (25,897 posts)

1. Al Franken?

What a shame, how hard it is to come up with just a few answers to your question.

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Response to Lasher (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 01:59 AM

WillyT (72,631 posts)

2. That's What I Was Thinking...

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Response to Lasher (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 03:23 AM

TroglodyteScholar (5,477 posts)

11. Yup, Franken was my first thought, too

But your point is valid... not an easy task to come up with more.

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Response to Lasher (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 05:04 AM

woo me with science (32,139 posts)

15. Al defends the NSA's mass surveillance. He also supported SOPA and PIPA,

reflecting his ties to the corporate entertainment industry.

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Response to woo me with science (Reply #15)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 06:15 AM

LuvNewcastle (16,314 posts)

17. Franken's been a big disappointment.

I'm beginning to think he's a budding Feinstein.

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Response to WillyT (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:02 AM

quinnox (20,600 posts)

3. I'd say that about covers it

The cold truth is a lot of politicians are corrupt and bought off, and unfortunately not limited to just republicans.

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Response to WillyT (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:03 AM

flvegan (64,204 posts)

4. Kucinich.

But that's a "was" I think.

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Response to flvegan (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:11 AM

Lasher (25,897 posts)

5. True, he's out of office now.

Besides, I wrote him off back when he jumped the Ron Paul shark. There was no way I could take him seriously after that.

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Response to WillyT (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:14 AM

PADemD (4,482 posts)

6. Rep Matt Cartwright

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Response to PADemD (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:34 AM

Lasher (25,897 posts)

9. Not much of a track record to go on but looks good so far.

He's a shitload better than the blue dog he replaced. He wants to cut defense spending and raise taxes on the wealthy, so I'll second your nomination.

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Response to WillyT (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:18 AM

aikoaiko (33,300 posts)

7. President Obama

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Response to aikoaiko (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 05:04 AM

Gravitycollapse (8,155 posts)

14. You forgot the sarcasm tag.

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Response to aikoaiko (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 05:08 AM

woo me with science (32,139 posts)

16. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Good god.

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Response to WillyT (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:18 AM

FuzzyRabbit (1,808 posts)

8. Jim McDermott

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Response to WillyT (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:35 AM

LuvNewcastle (16,314 posts)

10. Just look at their voting records.

As another DUer likes to say, you know them by their works.

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Response to WillyT (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 04:56 AM

Pastiche423 (15,406 posts)

12. Pete DeFazio

DeFazio has refused to accept congressional pay raises while the government is deficit spending, and has linked his pay to Social Security cost-of-living adjustments. Instead, he has used his pay raises to reduce the national debt and to fund scholarships at five southwestern Oregon community colleges; by the end of 2013, DeFazio will have contributed $363,000 of after-tax salary toward 227 scholarships and debt reduction. He counts these scholarships among his proudest accomplishments.

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Response to Pastiche423 (Reply #12)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 05:03 AM

Ron Green (9,757 posts)

13. He works pretty hard for the timber industry.

I don't know how much they spend on him, but they should.

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Response to Pastiche423 (Reply #12)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 06:20 AM

OutNow (853 posts)

18. I agree - DeFazio

Pete DeFazio is my member of Congress. He does a great job representing me. Oregon has struggled for a long time to figure out the right answer to jobs and the timber industry. He has vocal supporters and vocal opponents among the environmental groups and the timber companies. As you might expect from someone who actually works to address the problem.

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Response to WillyT (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 07:15 AM

HughBeaumont (24,461 posts)

19. Ah, one of my favorite questions to the "anti-GUBmint" people.

We all know, of course, when a dumbass says "guvernment" as a snarl word, it's codespeak for "LIBRULS LIBRULS TAX AND SPENDOCRATS".

However . . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021056981

"I want you to name me 20 progressives, out of 535 members of the House and Senate.

TWENTY.

TWO. ZERO.

When I say "progressive", I mean "Bernie Sanders" or more leftward. Hell, let's say Al Franken and Sherrod Brown (both of whom support the odious SOPA and PIPA bills, BTW). NOT economic centrists/social liberals or vice-versa. I mean honest-to-goodness, old-Democratic-values-having, FDR, Democratic Socialism-favoring progressives.

20!!

(snip)

Now, here we go . . .

Strong enough support for universal health care to push forth legislation once and for all? A handful at best.

Stronger bankster/CEO regulation? Not seeing it. The Lloyd Bankfiends and CEO Industry are just as brazen with their lottery pay and corporate fuckery as ever.

Higher taxes than Clinton-era levels on the wealthy? Not in THIS House, chumpstain. It's gonna be gridlock, gridlock, gridlock until we get what we want!

TRULY, as in pull-the-hell-out-NOW ending these useless, purposeless, pointless, tax-wasting Bewsh 43 occupations? There's still a military presence in each one and Afghanistan still continues as the 10 year meatgrinder it's always been. These wars cost nearly 3 trillion . . . where's your outrage?

Not in the House. Not in the Senate. Not in the Executive, and especially not in the purchased Judicial.

You say you're 'anti-government'?

DITTOHEAD, PLEASE. You're more 'government' than I am. You got more regressive bastards in your government on your side than I have knowledgeable thinkers by a country mile.

20 progressives. All that you think's wrong with this country, suppressing your delicate ass.

NAME 'EM NOW.

I'll consume my left arm if you can."

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Response to WillyT (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 07:23 AM

Scuba (53,475 posts)

20. Ellison, Grijalva.

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