Landrieu gives a "Come to Jesus" Speech to the Senate and esp. Vitter About Their "Amendments"

[Are_grits_groceries]

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This clip is long, but well worth the time to listen to. She has a "Come to Jesus" speech about Vitter and how mean-spirited and unfair his amendments about public housing are.

In calling him out, she also calls out the rest of the yahoos who supported these changes. Landrieu also takes dead aim at a seemingly "fair" proposal that passed and hits the 79 members who voted for it.

She is pissed, and she says what should be said on the floor of the Senate and House everyday about certain bills and other policies.

[stlsaxman]

1. Damn that Rec button- I can only hit it once!

Landrieu is awesome here.

[Are_grits_groceries]

5. She may make me mad at other times,

but she deserves a lot of credit for this speech. She is truly angry, and I can only imagine how she really would have

phrased it if not for her recognition of the "decorum of the Senate." Certain people don't deserve that respect, but

the "Senate" as a branch of government does.

[bjobotts]

79. Vitter is a low life hypocrite always trying to eliminate programs for the poor

[bjobotts]

80. It's high time someone started pointing out the "details"of his amendments.They are always pathetic

[Sky Masterson]

2. I only have one problem with her speech

She said that "the poor don't have lobbyist". Aren't the people we elect to represent us supposed to be our lobbyist?
I know they do a shitty job at it but still. We pay their freaken salaries!! :mad:
The rest of I agree with.

[Are_grits_groceries]

8. Well, she was lobbying for them like hell here.

Landrieu and other should be doing a better job of it at times, but she gets my vote on this one.

I think everyone knows she is referring to the "lobbyists" who have obscene amounts of money at hand to push their

agenda.

[Sky Masterson]

11. I know she was talking about them.

I agree with her on this one too.
I think her stand on the PO is a bit fu_ked.
Supporting the public option would help the very poor she speaks of too.

"No, I'm not open to it. I'm not open to a public option," said Landrieu. "However, I will remain open to a compromise, a full compromise. Public option is not something that I support. I don't think it's the right way to go."
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/09/mary-landrieu-opposed-to_n_213211.html

[scentopine]

76. Good point !!!

[LuvNewcastle]

3. Damn, I didn't know Mary had it in her.

Definitely no love lost between her and Vitter. I sure hope he loses next year.

[DailyGrind51]

12. Maybe she "got religion" herself after receiving "our" e-mails and phone calls?

[izzie]

4. What did she say? I can not get these things to play on my PC

My son tells me it is a slow phone line and to down load it and then play it but I can not seem to learn how to get that to work either.

[Are_grits_groceries]

7. Here is a link to the text:

Vitter vs Landrieu In The U.S. Senate

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/

It's the second article in the blog.

[Monk06]

6. This is part of a campaign to get rid of all the blacks in New Orleans

in the Lower Ninth ward and other black suburbs
in New Orleans in order to complete what Katrina
began. In the words of one white politician in
Louisiana, "Finally, this is our chance go get the
niggers in New Orleans"

This is Jim Crow race punishment and unequal treatment before
the law and completely unconstitutional.

[destes]

36. That is exactly what it is!

The yahoos who were "really steamed" about passage of the civil rights bill in the '60s have gone full throttle to recreate the Antebellum South of their warped fantasies. The more they succeed, the greater this country's resemblance to 1930's Germany. That's a fact!
It was the equivalent of the KKK's infamous "night riders" which created a window in the 2000 Fl polls to let the shrub in the door. Ask any Jacksonville cop who was on the force at that time.

[Monk06]

71. What's this about Jacksonville cops. Did I miss a juicy tidbit about 2000???

[destes]

91. It has been rumored that 30,000 black voters......

....in Jacksonville alone were dissuaded from the 2000 polls by "license check" road blocks. It would only have taken 500 to make the difference. I suspect there's not a cop in town who doesn't know about it.

[lamp_shade]

9. Now THAT's what I call an ass chewing. BRAVO Sen. Landrieu.

[NYC Democrat]

10. well even the most conservative dems (save for Ben Nelson and Lieberman it seems) have there moments

[DFW]

13. That was one of the best rants I have ever heard on the Senate floor

Whatever else I may have to disagree with her about, THAT was stellar!

[SpiralHawk]

14. "Oooo, that gets my diapers all kinked in a nasty knot." - Sen. Diaper Dave Vitter (R)

[peacetalksforall]

15. I have to watch later, but I am measuring how good it has to be for me to take her off my list for

offenses against the people and Democrats in the form of votes. I can hardly hear her name without wanting to cuss and harangue what she has said and done in the past.

[bertman]

26. Same here, peacetalksforall, but I assure you it's worth watching. nt

[dballance]

16. You Go Girl

I loved that. She's pissed and it's visible. Her example about the 4th grader vs. the older sibling is right on target. I grew up in a family of 4 kids. Three of us were pretty normal. Unfortunately, I have a brother who isn't. He was arrested multiple times for different reasons. My parents drove themselves to tears on many occasions trying to control him or fix him. We learned later that he is schizophrenic. There was nothing my parents could have done to curb that.

I was an honor student. If Vitter's amendment were in effect for my family then I'd have been a homeless honor student. As she points out, punishing the family for the sins of one member does not make sense. Vitter is just trying to run more poor people out of New Orleans.

Don't these idiot racist bastards realize that if they drive all the minorities out of New Orleans they'll have no one to clean their houses. They'll have no one to do the jobs most of us white folks feel are beneath us (getting a job at McDonalds was a coup when I was growing up. But kids now wouldn't even apply). They'll have no one to kick around and blame. What will adulterous asses like Vitter do when they no longer have the poor to blame for the ills of the state?

Since his amendment is targeted at one city and one set of people I see a costly court battle based on the 14th Amendment. All Vitter is doing is setting up a game for the forces of good to fight the forces of evil in court. Vitter and his forces of evil will loose.

Bastard. Cheating fucking bastard.

[gaijinlaw]

17. She's a pretty good for a Republican

Wait, she's what now?

You've gotta be kidding!

No way!

*sigh*

[RBInMaine]

27. Just because she doesn't bow to Nader/LaRouche doesn't mean she's a RePUKE.

[Barack_America]

55. She's one of the main forces killing the public option.

So, she may not consider herself a Republican but she sure as hell doesn't deserve to call herself a Democrat.

[olegramps]

18. President Obama is delusional

I admire his sincere attempt to bring civility to our political system. However, he is dealing with dishonorable people that have no intention cooperation.

The amendment that was proposed by Vittner, a sexual pervert, is driven solely by racism and targeted at African Americans. I would like to stress the fact that these are our fellow Americans who he is targeting to destroy. His concentration is on the African part.

These are the very same people that Bush, the president of all the people, could not be bothered to stop and make certain were being properly assisted by their government in their desperate time of need. Bush and Cheney, after attending a celebration for McCain, didn't what their "beautiful minds" still reveling in a festive spirit to be polluted with the actual suffering of undeserving African Americans. These dark skinned people are what Palin doesn't believe are Real Americans. I have to agree with her that that is the perception of Republicans. Palin's Real Americans are ignorant racist nincompoops who want to secede from the union.

[RBInMaine]

25. No need to say "delusional." That's numb. He KNOWS he won't get support from PUKES !

[dotymed]

19. That was great, I wish she

stuck up for the poor people more frequently. Mary often sides
with the "big business" who (seemingly) make it
worth her while. That Vitter bill was/is unconscionable. Only
for residents of N.O.? That speaks volumes. Now, we all know
that Vitter "got in trouble" with a prostitute(s).
If he were poor, he would've been prosecuted. So, he (if his
circumstances were as they should be) and his family would've
been kicked out of public housing? Unbelievable. I helped
rehab N.O. as a carpenter in 2006. It was pathetic. Public
housing that had no damage was demolished, while people with
money, restored their homes (had us do it) even if the damage
was complete. The ninth ward, even then, was just a rubbish
pile. The property values were unbelievable. A home that would
sell for maybe, $60,000.00, in Indiana was selling in N.O. for
$1,000,000.00 or more. Rent for a 1 bedroom apt. was $1,100.00
a month (cheaper ones). How Vitter, a Federal Senator could
try to legislate local issues from the U.S. Senate, is beyond
me. He is obviously very crooked and probably stands to make a
lot of money if his "bill" is passed. Please Mary
Landrieu, act like this more often. Forget about the monied
lobbyists and concentrate on the people you are supposed to be
lobbying for, the citizens of La. If you did this, you would
understand their need for public health care/ Universal health
care.

[Are_grits_groceries]

20. If she did this more often,

she would truly be a much needed voice. At least she got mad once. I could tell that she was on the verge of really giving a good revival sermon.

[PA Democrat]

21. I hope David Vitter enjoyed his spanking.

[Piewhacket]

22. Vitter is a POS. But hes a pawn and the people behind him are the problem. Find them.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

23. Thank you Mary

Any difference between Vitter and Landrieu?? YES - BIG TIME!!

Landrieu's last opponent was a Kennedy - he would have made Vitter look like a LIBERAL!!!

Sad to say the more of this crap Vitter puts out the more votes he get here in Louisiana.:puke:

[RBInMaine]

24. I have seen Mary get her back up like this before. GO MARY !!

[bertman]

28. Senator Landrieu's righteous rant on this issue does not absolve her of her many past

failings. The other bill about community service already passed. Why did she not deliver an impassioned plea on the Senate floor to defeat it BEFORE it was voted on. Maybe that bill would have failed if she had been as active in opposing it as she currently is in opposing the public option.

The bigger concern here is WHY the Democratic leadership let these bills get through without a major fight.

This just goes to show the difference between the Democrats' approach to governing and the Republicans' approach. David Vitter is a rabid, right-wing tool and a fascist, racist asshole who consorted with prostitutes in violation of the laws of D.C. and Louisiana. He should have been on trial for breaking those laws but he got a pass unlike Governor Elliot Spitzer. VITTER SHOULD BE TARGET #1 FOR ELECTORAL ELIMINATION BY THE DEMOCRATS. Yet they stand by with their thumbs up their asses and let him introduce a bill like this without making him the poster boy for RACIST REPUBLICAN AMERICA. When a Democrat sponsors a bill to do ANYTHING for anyone but the wealthy elites, the Republicans brand him/her as a Socialist/Communist/Government Giveaway Specialist and shake him/her like a pit bull with a rag doll.

No fucking wonder we can't get legislation passed by Democrats. They are either congenital cowards who are unwilling to fight for the least among us, or they are so indebted to the corporate interests that they CANNOT vote for legislation that matters to the poor.

End of rant.

[rateyes]

29. Great speech Ms. L, but, let's see you stand up for the poor by

supporting single-payer, or at least a public option for health care.

[otohara]

34. You'd Think It Would Be A No Brainer

I don't get it!

[grantcart]

43. yup - and I suspect that she will - maybe she is holding out for more money

for projects in LA.

[lib_wit_it]

82. I'd bet that all DUers in her district have already, but I hope any who haven't will do so now. /m

[ro1942]

30. Shocked

can't believe what I just saw, that was great, thanks for posting.

[Mithreal]

31. Just wow. Whoever votes for Vitter ammendments is a jackass.

Enthusiastic K&R

[Divine Discontent]

33. can you imagine anyone voting for that? there'll be some of course... hopefully not enough

good for Mary showing a heart. she has let us down in other areas, but on this - I commend her very damning rebuke of Vitter.

[Divine Discontent]

32. So Vitter agrees to get thrown out of his home because he hired prostitutes? I'm confused...

[Uncle Joe]

40. Well he doesn't live in public housing, so I don't think we can get him there, but

his salary as a Senator is public and if that corresponds to the same ratio of subsidization that I believe Senator Landrieu referred to on behalf of the people in public housing, 60% of Vitter's pay and benefits could and should be docked.

[burning rain]

35. Remarkable, & good for her.

It's highly unusual for a senator to mix it up with their Senate colleague from the same state.

[Jacobair]

37. Wow. She blew me away .... I'm not her biggest fan, but

she was fantastic on the floor and I agree with everything she said.
Make the AIG asshole do community service too. You bet.

[Mithreal]

39. One standard for the little people, another for elites. People notice. nt

[silenttigersong]

38. That was inspiiring...

I have noticed the economic pecking order,and now I truly hope someone calls out the Companies who profit from "latino refugees"labor.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

41. I'm thinking Mary needs to hear

from folks who live outside Louisiana who pitched in, often at great sacrice, to help in the months and years after Katrina. They realized LA needed help big-time and rose to the occasion. The demolition of public housing became a huge issue - remember the fences and demonstrations during a city council meeting? So, it seems to me if ordinary citizens (maybe not Brad Pitt) thought New Orleans and outlying areas were worth helping, it is an extra travesty for Vitter to be working against those very people.

It was very satisfying to see Mary rail against something so evil, but I'm with the folks who cite her on the wrong side too much of the time.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

45. Oops - almost forgot

Diaper needs to hear from out-of-staters who poured in, too! He's a disgrace to Louisiana, the Senate, Americans, and his own damn family.

:rant:

[Nikki Stone1]

42. Vitter's amendment? Diaper-man Vitter? WHY IS HE STILL IN THE SENATE???

Landrieu is spot on here.

[Joe Chi Minh]

44. Good on her. It's that thing the right wing can never get, never want to get:

POOR PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED, if the rich deny them basic amenities and a living wage. Rich people are NOT ENTITLED TO RIP OFF THE REST OF THE POPULATION - even if Milton Friedman did tell them they are; that it was for their benefit that they would be impoverishing them. It ain't so.

The wealth of the nation belongs to every one in that nation. Their fore-fathers shed blood, sweat and tears to build that nation. Not to see their descendants treated like offal. I'm not saying it should be shared out equally. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to realise that most people with a higher worldly intelligence need more more money.

Most people are happy to have a job with a good working conditions and a good pension, with an income that will leave them some disposable income to buy quite modest luxuries. Like in the fifties and sixties. Not mansions, servants and ocean-going yachts.

But those neo-Republican sharks are always bitching as if it is their hard-earned money they're parting with!

[bobbolink]

46. MORE criminalization of poor folk! "COMMUNITY SERVICE"--like a prisoner.

This is absotely disgusting, and I want to know which Damned Dems voted for that amendment!

Thank you, Senator, for speaking on my behalf!

Please call and thank her......

Toll-free Capitol Hill Numbers:

1-800-828-0498 1-866-388-1015 1-866-220-0044 1-877-851-6437

[Wizard777]

47. Republican Bills of Attainder are becoming Prolific.

But that's what they get for letting the Terry Schivo Bill of Attainder slide. Of course they'll let this slide too. Along with the Acorn Bill of Attainder. Next will come the Mary Landrieu Shut The Fuck Up Bill of Attainder making it illegal for her to give speeches any where. The spineless jellyfish Dem's will probably let that slide too. When are the dumb ass Dem's finally going to learn? If you give the Republicans an inch. They will take the whole damned world.

[lies and propaganda]

48. I usually never have NICE calls to make to her

I finally do.

[Hippo_Tron]

49. FYI 2359, didn't get a single Democratic vote

Collins, Voinovich, and Murkowski all voted NAY as well.

[PatSeg]

50. 10 hours of community service for the poor?

That is punishing the poor for BEING poor. Single mothers working for low wages, trying to find child care for their children while they work, and feed and clothe them at the same time. I'm quite sure they have tons of spare time to do menial, unpaid work to make amends for being poor. As if they aren't oppressed enough.

I know what it is like being dirt poor, trying to provide for children and give them some quality time as well. Ten hours community service is time that would require extra childcare and time that a parent can't spend helping her children with their homework or listening to their problems. Any program to help poor families should be one that helps improve the quality of their lives, so these children don't end up on the streets, getting into trouble.

People like Vitter don't understand the day-to-day stress of just trying to survive, with little or no support. Children need a parent in the home more not less. Food and shelter is not enough, they need hands-on, caring child raising as well. And struggling parents need encouragement and support, not punishment for doing the best they can under oppressive circumstances. And when they punish the parents, they are punishing the children as well.

[Neecy]

60. That's exactly right

Instead of putting their extra time into parenting and perhaps keep the kids out of trouble (and prevent them from becoming homeless if Vitter were to have his way) they have to do community service? Isn't that sort of putting the poor into a contradictory, no-win situation? Of course, that's where Vitter wants them - keep them away from home cleaning up trash on the highway while their kids, unsupervised, get into trouble - and then Vitter gets them evicted.

What utter brutality, and utter hypocrisy given Vitter's own lawbreaking past.

[NOLALady]

74. Vitter understands the extra stress it would place upon

the families. He's counting on it.

[femrap]

51. Vitter makes me sick!

Good for her! I hope she brought up the diapers he soiled!!! There shouldn't be a day go by without someone on the Floor mentioning the poor prostitute who had to diaper him so he could soil himself and get off.

Why is he still a Senator?

[BR_Parkway]

52. So if a Senator, using his Public Paycheck to pay for housing were to

be arrested for, I don't know, let's say hiring a Prostitute - could we evict him under this amendment?

[AsahinaKimi]

53. By your title

I was expecting a Republican right wing, religious speech but it wasn't that at all. I agree with her.
People who represent us, should do the right thing by their community.

[Are_grits_groceries]

63. LOL!

You never want to be on the wrong end of a "Come to Jesus" meeting. It does have a religious connotation in some uses, but not in this sense. Jesus has very little to do with it, but you will regret some "sin."

[AsahinaKimi]

65. Interesting, I have never heard this phrase

used quite like this before. Its not something I would easily come across I guess..My parents were
Buddhists, my dad Shinto Buddhist.. and most of the kids I went to school with where of all different ethnic cultures including Asian. Thanks for this.. Its nice to learn something new!

[Are_grits_groceries]

66. Definition:

"Come to Jesus" :

Getting called on the carpet, dressed down, or otherwise chewed out in a severe manner. Usually used in conjunction with "meetin'" (meeting)
He was late one too many times, so the old man dragged him in the office for a "come to jesus meetin'".

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=come%20to%20jesus

There are other definitions listed at the site. It's not a phrase I want to hear aimed at me.

[rhett o rick]

54. It's time to choose sides. Sorry, but that's where we are. The republicans

are willing to start a race war and/or get the President assassinated to keep the Democrats from succeeding. The Blue Dogs must decide on a side. Sen Landrieu hopefully recognizes that siding with the Vitters is dangerous to America. I hope the other Blue Dogs figure it out. I am afraid Sen Max Butt-kiss chose the side promoting a race war.

[mwb970]

56. republicans have got to be the nastiest, meanest people in America.

Christians? Ha! These people are demonic.

[Neecy]

57. loved it....

The AIG mention was priceless.

[MNBrewer]

58. Has this passed?

I looked online, but couldn't find anything. This is terrible policy. Making federal law for a single city. David Vitter should be ashamed of himself (for a great many things).

[Are_grits_groceries]

62. The amendment #2359 to evict people

if there are criminal violations by a family member was defeated.

The amendment to require community service from people who live in public housing passed.

[Why Syzygy]

69. Living in public housing IS community service.

Vitter is a disgrace to humanity, and EVEN the Senate.

[Pab Sungenis]

59. Can we evict his family members from their homes

because he is guilty of solicitation of prostitution?

[Overseas]

61. K&R. //nt

[stevedeshazer]

64. This gives me hope.

:)

[AllyCat]

67. Landrieu? Really?? I didn't think she really cared about the commoners

I'll have to watch this at home.

[Are_grits_groceries]

68. I really think she was on the edge of

loudly giving them both barrels. She was truly and righteously angry. Vitter better not mess with her.

[Janice325]

70. WOW!

I'm a white female of middle class upbringing. I lived in New Orleans most of my life-left in 1994. I was there when Mary's dad, Moon Landrieu, was the mayor of New Orleans (1970-1978). Moon was New Orleans last white mayor. Mitch Landrieu, Mary's brother, is serving his second term as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana.

The Landrieu's are good people. I know Mary doesn't vote like most of us would like most of the time(she's a Blue Dog from a red state). I really wish she'll change her mind about the public option. Then she goes and gives a rant like this one in the above vid, makes me teary-eyed with that speech.
Go, Mary. I didn't know you had that kind of passion in you.:applause:

PS Please, Mary, do the right thing and change your mind about the public option.

PPS David Vitter (aka Diaper Dave) is still a major mofo asshole. :puke:

[t0dd]

72. How can she give such a wonderful speech and still oppose a public option?

This is such an inspiring, passionate speech. I really wish she'd fight for our side more often..

[GivePeaceAchance]

73. Well done Mary, really told it like it is. Agree with the idea to contact her and give some ...

congrats for standing up. Always helps encourage them to do more in future. The feel good factor of doing the right thing can be a real motivator.

[mzmolly]

75. Rec # 121. Sometimes Mary Landrieu is really an asset.

Sometimes... ;)

[MrMickeysMom]

77. "I can't wait to see what he comes up with tomorrow"...

... I know you won't be holding your breath for a kinder, more gentler group of thugs, Senator Landrieu. They couldn't find the meaning of "kind" in the dictionary... unless it was the "kind" of stuff that ensures they'll be able to never take responsibility for clandestine visits with prostitutes and a closet full of dirty DEPENDS.

[scentopine]

78. Scumbag Vitter is pooping his diapers -nt

[sellitman]

81. Vitter is a disease

What a poor excuse for a human being.

[jgraz]

83. She missed the most obvious shot

That if Vitter lived in public housing, he and his family would have been put out on the street.

Otherwise, awesome rant from a most unexpected source.

[Javaman]

84. Huh, and yet she still came out against the public option for health care.

She's okay with public housing but not public health care. Interesting.

[colsohlibgal]

85. Parallel Universe?

OMG, first Bill-O seemingly endorses a public option, and now this passionate lecture by Mary L. Good on her, go girl, but where has this empathy in her been? Some of her votes are more in line with what she's ripping Vitter about - one recent one was her being one of the many democrats (shame on the others too) who voted against instituting usury laws, so I assume that while she wants the 4th grade girl's family to remain in their housing she's just fine with her parent(s) paying 35% interest on credit cards.

So.... it's a start and people do change, we'll see if she's one of them. I surely hope so, one less democrat in name only would be great and greatly important. Come to the light Mary, you can do it.

[BREMPRO]

86. great passionate speech- loved her suggested amendment that vitters

would be required to knock on the door of the 4th grader who just got an A on her test to tell her that she and her mother were being evicted and be homeless because her brother got in trouble. Should have added he'd have to do it in a diaper with a studded collar and leash.

This is righteous indignation at it's best.

Like to see that kind of passion from her against private insurers outrageous profits and denials of coverage- and supporting a public option.

[defendandprotect]

87. k i c k

[t0dd]

88. I think we should all contact her [phone]

Give her credit for this speech. Because she definitely earned it. But ask her how she can give such a passionate speech, promote the ideals she did, and still oppose a public option.

[rpannier]

89. It sucks that they disabled the commrents for this video

I would have liked to have read what other people thought and been able to leave my opinions on her speech

[vaberella]

90. Man...I badmouthed Landrieu for being a Conservadem.

But I can't deny she cares for the poor here. Fuck...the poor are getting fucked over day by day and no one cares.