Comments on: The Senator from the State of Moran http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:44:44 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: dstatton http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961309 dstatton Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:52:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961309 <p>I’m from Maryland, so I can be impartial. Oklahoma has the dumbest senators.</p> I’m from Maryland, so I can be impartial. Oklahoma has the dumbest senators.

]]> By: solerso http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961179 solerso Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:05:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961179 <p>Thats a yankee specialty acutally</p> Thats a yankee specialty acutally

]]> By: solerso http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961178 solerso Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:00:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961178 <p>They are asking Demint that becuase, i guess, they dont speak english very well yet, and if they’re listening to FOX, they probably think the President is a communist,and FEMA is going to build detention camps.. PLUS! demint is not above lying so, we cant really know what those huddled masses are cringing from. Again, if they’re having a conversation with demint, they are probably fleeing interpol.</p> They are asking Demint that becuase, i guess, they dont speak english very well yet, and if they’re listening to FOX, they probably think the President is a communist,and FEMA is going to build detention camps.. PLUS! demint is not above lying so, we cant really know what those huddled masses are cringing from. Again, if they’re having a conversation with demint, they are probably fleeing interpol.

]]> By: TarheelDem http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961172 TarheelDem Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:43:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961172 <p>Yep, but calling them stupid lets them off the hook too easy. “They didn’t know any better.” Maybe for Bachmann or Palin, but for DeMint? Nope. He’s is just a flat-out liar and has been ever since he entered South Carolina politics.</p> Yep, but calling them stupid lets them off the hook too easy. “They didn’t know any better.” Maybe for Bachmann or Palin, but for DeMint? Nope. He’s is just a flat-out liar and has been ever since he entered South Carolina politics.

]]> By: viejolex1 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961171 viejolex1 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:37:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961171 <p>Sorry, but in the dumbest of the dumb sweepstakes, we in Texas win, and not by a nose.</p> <p>We don’t elect just dumb senators, of which we currently have two, we like at least one of the rascals, not to mention our governor, to have excelled at cheerleading during their college years.</p> <p>We also elect dumb governors like Bush, who was also a cheerleader and who was rejected by my alma mater, the U of Texas school of law, when he sought entry. And then, to make up for that slight, we collaborated with the national dimmest of all the gathered wits in electing him pres not once, but twice, albeit with a little help from corpulent Nino and his merry gang of thieves first time around.</p> <p>Can you imagine what greater harm he could have done with a law degree? Think Bush and Gonzales, Torturers at Law.</p> <p>Sorry, pal, but the trophy for dumbest of the dumb has been retired, and we proudly owns it. Like the Houston mom who killed off her daughter’s main cheerleader competition, we take our leaders of the cheer almost as seriously as we take politics and football.</p> Sorry, but in the dumbest of the dumb sweepstakes, we in Texas win, and not by a nose.

We don’t elect just dumb senators, of which we currently have two, we like at least one of the rascals, not to mention our governor, to have excelled at cheerleading during their college years.

We also elect dumb governors like Bush, who was also a cheerleader and who was rejected by my alma mater, the U of Texas school of law, when he sought entry. And then, to make up for that slight, we collaborated with the national dimmest of all the gathered wits in electing him pres not once, but twice, albeit with a little help from corpulent Nino and his merry gang of thieves first time around.

Can you imagine what greater harm he could have done with a law degree? Think Bush and Gonzales, Torturers at Law.

Sorry, pal, but the trophy for dumbest of the dumb has been retired, and we proudly owns it. Like the Houston mom who killed off her daughter’s main cheerleader competition, we take our leaders of the cheer almost as seriously as we take politics and football.

]]> By: Knut http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961170 Knut Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:30:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961170 <p>Silly me. When I first read that statement, I thought he was referring to the rise of the American brown shirts, and I thought he made sense. I didn’t realize he was talking about the terror of Medicare!</p> Silly me. When I first read that statement, I thought he was referring to the rise of the American brown shirts, and I thought he made sense. I didn’t realize he was talking about the terror of Medicare!

]]> By: twolf1 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961167 twolf1 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:25:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961167 <p>Trick question, some are both stupid and liars.</p> Trick question, some are both stupid and liars.

]]> By: alan1tx http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961166 alan1tx Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:23:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961166 <p>At first blush the numbers look high, but when you consider a population of 300M people, it turns out to be a pretty small percentage. If you’re only looking at medical bankruptcy it’s about 1/2 of 1%. Each case is sad, but it’s probably better to use a different metric to justify changing US healthcare policy.</p> At first blush the numbers look high, but when you consider a population of 300M people, it turns out to be a pretty small percentage. If you’re only looking at medical bankruptcy it’s about 1/2 of 1%. Each case is sad, but it’s probably better to use a different metric to justify changing US healthcare policy.

]]> By: TarheelDem http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961165 TarheelDem Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:23:35 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961165 <p>Didn’t think Yankees could tell stoopid from flat-out lying.</p> <p>Test: Which of these are stoopid and which are flat-out lying?<br /> Bachmann, Boehner, King, Schmitt, Foxx, Cantor, McHenry, Broun, Hoekstra, Imhoff, and Big Eddie’s new BFF Istook</p> <p>Could add a few Democrats like Mike Ross and Kent Conrad to the mix.</p> Didn’t think Yankees could tell stoopid from flat-out lying.

Test: Which of these are stoopid and which are flat-out lying?
Bachmann, Boehner, King, Schmitt, Foxx, Cantor, McHenry, Broun, Hoekstra, Imhoff, and Big Eddie’s new BFF Istook

Could add a few Democrats like Mike Ross and Kent Conrad to the mix.

]]> By: klynn http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961150 klynn Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:52:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/21/the-senator-from-the-state-of-moran/#comment-1961150 <p>I am working on the end quotes irt “shackled with debt.”</p> <p>After this section of quotes, it would be powerful to display the stats on the number of people who declare bankruptcy due to medical costs and stats on the uninsured and underinsured.</p> <p>Then I would also link to the 60 minutes interview of <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/28/60minutes/main3889496_page2.shtml" rel="nofollow">Stan Broc</a> and his charity RAM.</p> <p>We might want to point out those who need a PO the most, probably cannot make it to a townhall meeting to share their story.</p> I am working on the end quotes irt “shackled with debt.”

After this section of quotes, it would be powerful to display the stats on the number of people who declare bankruptcy due to medical costs and stats on the uninsured and underinsured.

Then I would also link to the 60 minutes interview of Stan Broc and his charity RAM.

We might want to point out those who need a PO the most, probably cannot make it to a townhall meeting to share their story.

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