tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post5081384462937053630..comments2024-01-31T00:09:10.070-05:00Comments on The Being Brand: Being a South Carolina Government OfficialJudith Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-91880474559768755612009-09-22T00:46:12.871-04:002009-09-22T00:46:12.871-04:00Thanks for the link, Zorro. It helps. Essentially,...Thanks for the link, Zorro. It helps. Essentially, Senator Hatch doesn't want larger states where insurance is higher to benefit and smaller states as his would not. That said, his proposed amendment still has a frivilous notion to it that probably doesn't best serve the legislative process.Judith Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-52593329693133580132009-09-21T23:09:40.532-04:002009-09-21T23:09:40.532-04:00http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/...http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/clue-name-of-a-state-four-letters-starts-with-u/<br /><br />Hatch explains it a bit here.zorronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-20352312774880424192009-09-21T23:04:53.838-04:002009-09-21T23:04:53.838-04:00it was on maddow and oberman this very night.
I th...it was on maddow and oberman this very night.<br />I thought it was a joke when I heard it on countdown, but then maddow discussed it.<br />It is in the first 3 minutes of the current Maddow show.zorronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-59187031997995018962009-09-21T22:04:58.869-04:002009-09-21T22:04:58.869-04:00Isn't his state the only one that begins with ...Isn't his state the only one that begins with "U?" C'mon, Zorro!Judith Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-55977373855228826012009-09-21T22:00:25.039-04:002009-09-21T22:00:25.039-04:00Zorro- Stop it! I was taking you seriously before ...Zorro- Stop it! I was taking you seriously before now!!! You can't be serious! Are you? No way!!!Judith Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-59943491520655456702009-09-21T21:10:21.782-04:002009-09-21T21:10:21.782-04:00He's some input from Utah.
Orin Hatch added an...He's some input from Utah.<br />Orin Hatch added an amendment<br />to the Baucus plan that lets all states that have names that begin with the letter "U" to get special assistance for paying for health care. I just say it on Rachel Maddow.zorronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-46294952714935541862009-09-21T20:44:01.093-04:002009-09-21T20:44:01.093-04:00It is terribly sad, incredibly too bad that the Re...It is terribly sad, incredibly too bad that the Republican party has been hijacked by the likes of these; it's unfortunate indeed. I am also wondering now about the foundation upon which it was built. <br /><br />I know in the south the Republican party used to be the moral liberal party with a strong ethical voice. The Democrats were the more "righteous" Conservative unyielding voice. Could these remnants called the Blue Dogs? Frederick Douglas was a Republican for example. Lincoln was too, of course. But Douglas was such pre-Reconstruction. <br /><br />Regarding scandals and affairs, I don't think any one party has the lock down on that. But I agree with you that what makes it particularly bad for many Republicans is their disdainful disgusting self-righteousness. <br /><br />I agree with you wholeheartedly that the elected official is sent to Washington to do the job on behalf of the people. But with big lobby firms this is becoming increasingly more difficult from national to foreign policy. <br /><br />Thanks for your commment, Pam. It's good to see you.Judith Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-59113740576063182892009-09-21T18:40:42.511-04:002009-09-21T18:40:42.511-04:00They're stupid! I would be embarassed to be a ...They're stupid! I would be embarassed to be a represented by such idiots. <br /><br />I find with a lot of Republicans who claim to be the right wing or conservative who rely on evangelicals to support the Republican party, hypocrisy. <br /><br />Their elected officials have been caught in numerous scandals including adulterous affairs. But because they hang their hate on "being conservative" and pro-life they are backed by those who say they posses more moral weight than the liberal democrates. <br /><br />When you show me you are for the American people all the American people and not just those of substance then you have my attention and my vote. <br /><br />And you would show those who elected you and sent you to Washington that your desire is to improve the quality of their lives and not to oppose any and every policy that would do so.<br /><br />So far they are clueless in South Carolina!!Pamela Conehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07694922577574479445noreply@blogger.com