How 'bout a black woman next time?

[BuyingThyme]

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. I'm all for it. As long as we keep Repukes out of everything, I'm cool nt

[Number23]

2. Who is that?

[AlCzervik]

4. Barbara Lee.

you know you're a political junkie when you know who a house member is immediately.

[PBS Poll-435]

...Okay smarty pants

[AlCzervik]

13. that a pretty blue square and i already know it's Pete Sessions cuz something went wrong there.

[PBS Poll-435]

16. Ooopssss..

Try again...

[AlCzervik]

20. Jeb something or other, i wanna say Hennesey but that's booze.

[PBS Poll-435]

23. Damn....you are good

On a sober night, lets play Congressional Jeopardy! Or not. Your choice!


Jeb Hensarling.

He represents the TPT area of East TX.

[AlCzervik]

26. i like watching the House, it's like the old west and it's still engages in shenanigans.

Welcome to the US house of reps, check your manners and your side arm at the door.

[PBS Poll-435]

27. EXACTLY!!!

For old times sake...

Yesterday I stood at Arlington National Cemetery attending the funeral of a young Marine in my district. He believed in what we were doing is the right thing and had the courage to lay his life on the line to do it. A few minutes ago I received a call from Colonel Danny Bubp, Ohio Representative from the 88th district in the House of Representatives. He asked me to send Congress a message: Stay the course. He also asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message, that cowards cut and run, Marines never do. Danny and the rest of America and the world want the assurance from this body — that we will see this through


:rofl:

[AlCzervik]

31. my thread title at that moment was in gd "OH NO SHE DIDN'T" i will never forget that day.

i was so fucking angry i couldn't see straight.

[Number23]

29. Thanks, Chimps!

I plan on doing much better when I return to the States. :)

[BuyingThyme]

9. That's Barbara Lee.

Here's a prospective running mate:

[ContinentalOp]

3. Let's do it!

I actually don't know who that is though. Also, I'm assuming by "next time" you mean in 8 years right?

[BuyingThyme]

14. Yes, 8 years.

That's Barbara Lee.

[firedupdem]

5. How about the best candidate no matter who it is? n/t

[BuyingThyme]

12. She's one of the best we've got.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Cynthia McKinney ran for the Greens this time. Her Veep was a black Latina.

It was nice to see them on the ticket, but unfortunately we don't have the right election system for them to have gotten very far at all. :(

[Occam Bandage]

Unfortunately? McKinney is unhinged.

[BuyingThyme]

17. Same with black guys.

Oh...wait...

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. Well, black guys running as indies or third party candidates anyway.

[PBS Poll-435]

7. Now this is a thread that made me cry.

We lost two of our greats in the last 2 years.

Juanita Millender-McDonald

and

Stephanie Tubbs-Jones.

:cry:

[Occam Bandage]

8. Barbara Lee isn't terrible,

but a she-Kucinich is not going to be any more successful than DK himself is.

[GreenPartyVoter]

24. You've got your centrist candidate-turned-president already. Let other

people have a turn down the road.

[Occam Bandage]

28. Nothing's stopping left-wing candidates from running.

As soon as they figure out how to get a broad coalition of people to vote for them, they'll have "their turn."

[GreenPartyVoter]

30. I bet they'd do far better than you think if the system was a bit different: ergo

Fairness doctrine, open debates, mandatory public-only financing, ranked voting ballots, proportional representation etc etc.

[Occam Bandage]

35. It's always the system's fault, isn't it? I suppose

it's easier to claim you're being ignored by the mainstream media than it is to claim you're being ignored by the mainstream period. I agree with your final two points, but I believe first three are incompatible with the second two. I think that centrist, reform-minded third parties (like Minnesota's Independence Party) would see their lot improve the most by artificially evening the playing field.

[stillcool]

10. no more black people..

they all hate gays. I read it on DU.

[cliffordu]

11. I'm there. Rachel Maddow for press secretary.

[BuyingThyme]

15. I wonder what she would think about that.

I was wondering earlier today.

[murielm99]

18. How about a black, gay woman,

and we trash these anti-gay fools for all time?

[GreenPartyVoter]

21. She should also be an older atheist as well.

[BuyingThyme]

22. I don't know if she's gay, but I'd bet she's willing to give it a go for the sake of liberty.

[Erin Elizabeth]

25. I'm hoping for a lesbian half African-American, half-Latina

who is atheist, 65 years old, a paraplegic, a breast cancer survivor and is allergic to peanut butter.

No, how about one quarter African-American, one quarter Latina, one quarter Asian and one quarter French-Canadian.

Now THAT would be awesome.

[GreenPartyVoter]

32. But can she sign??

[BuyingThyme]

33. Bats left, throws right.

[Bobbie Jo]

34. How about the best person for the job to happens to be________.(fill in the blank)

[BuyingThyme]

36. ..

Barbara Lee.

[bowens43]

37. HOw about we don't consider race or gender? nt