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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:17 PM Original message |
Olympia "Filibuster" Snowe - your state is #2 in food stamps per capita - |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. Would be funny if she jumped at the last moment. |
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LastNaturalist (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. The "moderate" Republican is like Chupacabra. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. They are a dying breed. :^( Their party locksteppers pretty much |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Nah, they're Democrats now.... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Well, that;s where they got chased away to. |
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LastNaturalist (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Jeffords, Specter, Chafee, Gilchrest, McHugh... |
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LastNaturalist (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Hagel, LaHood, Buckley Jr., Gates, the Eisenhower kids... |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Specter is a better Democrat than any of the Blue Dogs. |
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LastNaturalist (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Actually, he's kind of a worm. He clearly did it to win re-election (which is questionable.... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wow..that almost doesn't compute.. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I plan on calling and complaining. Although she never even really |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. the traditional freeper dichotomy |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. And they dream of STATE JOB!! |
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mcablue (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Don't people on food stamps qualify for medicaid? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Yeah. You can qualify for Medicaid but not food stamps, but if you qualify for food stamps |
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mcablue (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. So how would the Senate bill help people on food stamps get insurance, if they already have it? |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. How about if it's indicative of the state of the economy in Maine as a whole? |
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mcablue (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Not sure. Maine has the 20th LOWEST unemployment rate, and she keeps getting elected on landslides |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Well I guess they just love how she dresses. Oh, and that look is to die for. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. . |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Honestly, I worry that the bill will work things out so that states |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. It has been true for soemtime now tha those states that appear to be the biggest complainers |
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levander (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why do yall care about Olympia Snowe? |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. The hell with her, she's no better than the rest of the slime on the republican caucus. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. Ah, you may have found out why she can vote any way on this thing. |
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mcablue (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. Can you provide a link to your claim that Maine is #2 in food stamps per capita? |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Here you go. |
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mcablue (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Ok. So it's not "food stamps per capita" |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Let's see, households with children would certainly dilute your statistic. Not to mention only one |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. 2nd highest percentage of households receiving foodstamps |
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mcablue (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I'm not saying they don't need healthcare reform. I'm saying your headline misrepresents statistics |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. You have linked to the average Benefit $ |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. Scary! The threat of a bogus phantom Republican filibuster. Head for the hills! |
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