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The 114th Congress: How Low Can They Go?

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ScoobyDoo said:
Funny. They don't grill other non-profit CEO's salaries when they're male.
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Yes, they do. Both parties do it all the time, but it's not usually while that person is providing testimony.
 
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St. Clown said:
Yes, they do. Both parties do it all the time, but it's not usually while that person is providing testimony.
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Cite one other example during testimony. Which is the core point here.

Oh, and if she were a man her salary would be 7 figures. Not 6.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
Funny. They don't grill other non-profit CEO's salaries when they're male.
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Because that doesn't fit the narrative they're trying to spin. If they were trying to defund some other NP NGO, if they had the CEO of that organization testifying, you can be **** sure they would be asking about their "outrageous" salaries.

You're right that they are doing this because there's this "war on women" (though I really hate this phrasing), but this salary thing has nothing to do with her being a woman.
 
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The attack on PP is obviously political posturing to get the GOP base in a lather. It has nothing to do with anything real. The PP rep just made the GOP members of the hearing look like fools, but it will be spun by the Echo Chamber as some sort of damaging indictment. That's life in the world of manufactured "scandals." Next week: more Benghazi.

It's a good thing the people in this country doesn't face any actual problems and can afford to have one half of the two-party system doing nothing but masturbating their donors and blocking all legislation of substance. :rolleyes:
 
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Kepler said:
The attack on PP is obviously political posturing to get the GOP base in a lather. It has nothing to do with anything real. The PP rep just made the GOP members of the hearing look like fools, but it will be spun by the Echo Chamber as some sort of damaging indictment. That's life in the world of manufactured "scandals." Next week: more Benghazi.

It's a good thing the people in this country doesn't face any actual problems and can afford to have one half of the two-party system doing nothing but masturbating their donors and blocking all legislation of substance. :rolleyes:
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Of course it is. It's dumb and another Beghazi.

Can we start calling this whole planned parenthood thing Vaghazi?
 
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joecct said:
Liz is positioning herself for a conscription into the VP slot. I hope she keeps it up. Nobody else is.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...e45276-66c7-11e5-9ef3-fde182507eac_story.html
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I think this might be conservative wishful thinking. :) There is no way is Warren going to fade into the obscurity and irrelevance of the vice presidency -- she's going to be a strong voice in the Senate for years to come. She's Ted Kennedy with better brains, better morals, and better driving.
 
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THere is no way the Democratic braintrust would allow Warren to move into a figurehead position and become VP. She's far too valuable for that.

The Senate is where she's needed and where she's going to do the most damage to eeeeevyl corporations and whatnot. Even as president you're basically spayed/neutered.
 
Kepler said:
I think this might be conservative wishful thinking. :) There is no way is Warren going to fade into the obscurity and irrelevance of the vice presidency -- she's going to be a strong voice in the Senate for years to come. She's Ted Kennedy with better brains, better morals, and better driving.
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They did it to Teddy. Wall Street wants her out of the way.

*I* want her in the Senate. If she switches to I instead of D, she'd probably run unapposed and win with 90% of the vote.
 
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joecct said:
*I* want her in the Senate. If she switches to I instead of D, she'd probably run unapposed and win with 90% of the vote.
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Have her chair Commerce, Science and Transportation or Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Imagine the good work she could do -- the Cayman Criminals would probably try to murder her.
 
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Kepler said:
Have her chair Commerce, Science and Transportation or Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Imagine the good work she could do -- the Cayman Criminals would probably try to murder her.
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What do you mean by try? There's not much Secret Service protection assigned to congressional members, one or two guards at a time - max. After all, they're either 1 of 100 or 1 of 435 (sorry, you other non-voting three). They're relatively easily replaced, only hold so much power, and aren't nearly as symbolically important compared to the president. If somebody wanted her dead and had the means, it would happen. It's just a matter of whether or not they want their assassin to live and go free or not.

Sorry if that comes off as conspiratorial and melodramatic, but it's the truth.
 
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St. Clown said:
It's just a matter of whether or not they want their assassin to live and go free or not.
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As Nero Wolfe would say to a potential client, "sir, I will not accept the charge to protect you from death -- any halfwit can find a hundred ways to murder a man in a city of 8 million -- but I will take on the duty of finding your assassin, if that is sufficient consolation."
 
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House passes CR through December 11, now on to Obama for signature.
 
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