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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 10:55 PM Sep 2013

During the Ted Cruz 'talk-a-thon' EIGHT 'MALE' republican senators asked Cruz questions...


... NOT even one female senator spoke on the senate floor for the whole 20+ hours!

Apparently female Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Deb Fischer, and Kelly Ayotte were either not asked to participate or declined to.



We need MORE females in the U.S. Senate on both sides of the aisle: 16 Democrats and 4 Republicans are NOT enough!

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During the Ted Cruz 'talk-a-thon' EIGHT 'MALE' republican senators asked Cruz questions... (Original Post) Tx4obama Sep 2013 OP
1 male Dem from IL asked him a question & made giftedgirl77 Sep 2013 #1
Yep. I saw that part, it was Dick Durbin. He is pretty smart. Tx4obama Sep 2013 #4
That sounds like it may be what it was. giftedgirl77 Sep 2013 #5
Tim Kaine (D-VA) also asked Cruz a question... Tx4obama Sep 2013 #6
I'd settle for about 30 more Senators with a brain. hobbit709 Sep 2013 #2
That would only be 31 and 202. Rex Sep 2013 #3
+1 Jamaal510 Sep 2013 #7
I agree. HappyMe Sep 2013 #8
 

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)
1. 1 male Dem from IL asked him a question & made
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 11:08 PM
Sep 2013

him look like even more of an ass. Apparently a lot of the female senators went to one of their homes for the evening. It was apparently a lot more productive.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
4. Yep. I saw that part, it was Dick Durbin. He is pretty smart.
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 11:32 PM
Sep 2013

Durbin's BIO: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Durbin

p.s. I hadn't heard anything about the female senators getting together yesterday.
Maybe it was one of the dinners that Senator Mikulski arranges every month or so for the gals?
Some info about the female senator's monthly dinners in Comment #3, here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023426277#post3



 

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)
5. That sounds like it may be what it was.
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 11:52 PM
Sep 2013

Claire McClaskille (sp) was talking about on my way into work this morning. I'm sure it was a hell of a lot more productive.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
3. That would only be 31 and 202.
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 11:31 PM
Sep 2013

I would like 500 plus administration geniuses that are not working on a promising career path in politics. Spread them out I don't care where they go. House needs a good cleaning.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
8. I agree.
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 07:09 AM
Sep 2013

Doesn't matter to me if they are male or female. The fact that I am a woman does not guarantee another woman my vote.

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