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Terry Branstad is a total tool. (Original Post)
cyberswede
Jul 2015
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And he's been Governor on and off for over twenty years. Iowans keep voting for him.
marble falls
Jul 2015
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IADEMO2004
(5,554 posts)1. Many GOP here angry with him. Mental Health Institutes closings
http://www.kmaland.com/news/branstad-says-no-to-extra-payment-for-schools-rejects-mhi/article_1e01d2fa-2138-11e5-a122-033cbc1d8c49.html
As he hinted at last week, Branstad officially rejected a proposal from the Legislature to keep the state-run Mental Health Institutes in Clarinda and Mount Pleasant open. Both facilities were closed and their employees laid off on Wednesday
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But it won't cost him one damn vote because he can kick them in the ass and they will say "It's that damn Obama"
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)2. His school funding veto really irks me
IADEMO2004
(5,554 posts)3. sister in law on school board is ready to explode.
marble falls
(57,097 posts)4. And he's been Governor on and off for over twenty years. Iowans keep voting for him.