Comments on: Steny Hoyer in the Washington Post http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:06:25 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Suzanne http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516196 Suzanne Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:10:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516196 <p>hi nanamoesie - its in the print edition - not online :(</p> hi nanamoesie – its in the print edition – not online :(

]]> By: NanaMoesie http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516194 NanaMoesie Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:10:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516194 <p>Got to the site and unable to find the AD! Any further<br /> instuctions??</p> <p>Thanks.</p> <p>Maureen</p> Got to the site and unable to find the AD! Any further
instuctions??

Thanks.

Maureen

]]> By: Mauimom http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516124 Mauimom Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:21:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516124 <p>The only good thing about getting the Washington Post is canceling your subscription with an angry letter. Trust me.</p> The only good thing about getting the Washington Post is canceling your subscription with an angry letter. Trust me.

]]> By: Mauimom http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516122 Mauimom Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:18:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516122 <p>I wish the ad did not include Malcolm X. Perhaps it will “play” in Steny’s district, but to me it’s just handling the Republicans a club to beat us with.</p> <p>Betray-us, anyone?</p> I wish the ad did not include Malcolm X. Perhaps it will “play” in Steny’s district, but to me it’s just handling the Republicans a club to beat us with.

Betray-us, anyone?

]]> By: Suzanne http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516099 Suzanne Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:01:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516099 <p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/late-nite-fdl-bob-barr-says-george-bush-worse-than-bill-clinton/" rel="nofollow">late nite upstairs </a></p> late nite upstairs

]]> By: brione http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516097 brione Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:31:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516097 <p>It gives you a chance to register a second vote of disapproval, when you unsubscribe from the email. I wrote to the campaign with my disapproval, found that I was now subscribed, and got to tell them again…</p> It gives you a chance to register a second vote of disapproval, when you unsubscribe from the email. I wrote to the campaign with my disapproval, found that I was now subscribed, and got to tell them again…

]]> By: MrWhy http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516096 MrWhy Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:26:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516096 <p>An idea for a newspaper advertisement.</p> <p>A balance scale in the background. On the left, photos of Feingold, Dodd, Leahy, etc. On the right, Specter, McConnell etc. Below, those who might be convinced that amending FISA to remove immunity is a good thing, w phone numbers.</p> <p>Caption. “These people believe the fourth amendment is important to you, your friends, and your family. These people believe it’s OK to wiretap you because the president says it’s OK. And these people need to make up their mind what they believe is important to you. Help them decide.” With a photo of someone at home reaching for the phone.</p> An idea for a newspaper advertisement.

A balance scale in the background. On the left, photos of Feingold, Dodd, Leahy, etc. On the right, Specter, McConnell etc. Below, those who might be convinced that amending FISA to remove immunity is a good thing, w phone numbers.

Caption. “These people believe the fourth amendment is important to you, your friends, and your family. These people believe it’s OK to wiretap you because the president says it’s OK. And these people need to make up their mind what they believe is important to you. Help them decide.” With a photo of someone at home reaching for the phone.

]]> By: ubetchaiam http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516095 ubetchaiam Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:09:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516095 <p>Thanks again; I’ll go clean my ears.</p> Thanks again; I’ll go clean my ears.

]]> By: TomR http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516088 TomR Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:58:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516088 <p>Kobe looks like a much better friend then Steny.</p> <p>I was listening today to yesterday’s Randi Rhodes podcast. She played a clip of Harry Reid explaining his thinking on how this FISA bill is coming up. While he disagrees with it, he thinks because so many people in the House and Senate have been working on it for so long, he owes it to them that it be brought up for a vote.</p> <p>Remember the movie “The Jerk” with Steve Martin? Thieves pull up to the gas station where Navin Johnson works. Navin secretly discovers they are using a stolen credit card and yet he hands over to them cash, tires and anything else they want. On the phone with the police, he says “I’m back, only it’s worse than I thought. They’re not only sticking us for gas, but grabbing tires and everything. They’re really socking it to us.”</p> <p>Fellow firepups, Harry Reid is clearly the Navin R. Johnson of Senate Majority Leaders. And he’s all ours!</p> <p>- Tom</p> Kobe looks like a much better friend then Steny.

I was listening today to yesterday’s Randi Rhodes podcast. She played a clip of Harry Reid explaining his thinking on how this FISA bill is coming up. While he disagrees with it, he thinks because so many people in the House and Senate have been working on it for so long, he owes it to them that it be brought up for a vote.

Remember the movie “The Jerk” with Steve Martin? Thieves pull up to the gas station where Navin Johnson works. Navin secretly discovers they are using a stolen credit card and yet he hands over to them cash, tires and anything else they want. On the phone with the police, he says “I’m back, only it’s worse than I thought. They’re not only sticking us for gas, but grabbing tires and everything. They’re really socking it to us.”

Fellow firepups, Harry Reid is clearly the Navin R. Johnson of Senate Majority Leaders. And he’s all ours!

- Tom

]]> By: cboldt http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516082 cboldt Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:44:39 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/26/steny-hoyer-in-the-washington-post/#comment-1516082 <p><a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00160" rel="nofollow">Senate Roll Call Vote No. 160</a> - On the Cloture Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 6331; Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</p> Senate Roll Call Vote No. 160 – On the Cloture Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 6331; Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

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