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   Radish said, 5 months ago

   You have to get their attention first.
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   ConserveGov said, 5 months ago

   Well at least somebody tried to stop Emergency (PORK) like $150 million to repair fisheries harmed by foul weather, whether on the East Coast or in Alaska, $2 million to repair the roof of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., And $58 million for tree planting.

   Same old B.S.
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   Stipple said, 5 months ago

   This isn’t about Sandy?
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   Specificly about Sandy, none of the silly stuff mentioned was involved in the least.
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   Call the shots as they are played and call them loudly, yes, get their attention.
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   Robert Landers said, 5 months ago

   @Stipple

   Even as a moderate liberal I have come to like this man. He seems most directly honest, and actually serves the people of the state for which he was elected!!

   Unusual, to say the least!!
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   AshburnStadium said, 5 months ago

   @ConserveGov

   You call $2 million to repair the roof of one of our national treasures “pork”? I suppose you oppose the much-needed repairs on the steeple of Independence Hall.
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   AshburnStadium said, 5 months ago

   Signe, I’d be willing to bet that Gov. Christie has this strip displayed proudly in his Trenton office by tomorrow!
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   mikefive said, 5 months ago

   “You call $2 million to repair the roof of one of our national treasures “pork”?”.
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   There should have been no riders attached to the Sandy bill. It was too important to attach anything that would cause controversy. It was just that some Congressmen couldn’t bypass the opportunity to attach unrelated spending to a bill that they were sure would pass without question. The Smithsonian repairs just got attached to the wrong bill. Although I didn’t like the delay of the funding, I can’t wholly condemn Congress for the delay ( because of the pork) in light of the recent history of the botched Katrina funding.
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   ghostkeeper said, 5 months ago

   Well, DUH! Negotiate with Republicans? Screw that! First you break their legs, then their arms, then you say “Right, that was your warning shot. You will be reasonable, or you will be dead.” To the Republicans who will howl at what I say- Jerks. There is such a thing as pushing too much, there is such a thing as going too far, and Republicans have gone too far for decades! Be polite, be considerate, or be dead.
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   Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago

   Christy who? You mean a Republican Governor? The next President of the United States?
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    Omnius said, 5 months ago

    @Ms. Ima

    Dream on red state welfare queen!
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    Omnius said, 5 months ago

    Obama has been too wimpy with republicans, and too desperate to make last minute deals. Obama has to learn to just say no to bad deals like Biden negotiated with McConnell.
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    masterskrain said, 5 months ago

    You DON’T negotiate, you just “Make Them An Offer They Can’t Refuse”!
    Christie should have LOTS of friends in New Jersey with experience in that!
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

    @ghostkeeper

    Too often Obama is more accommodating to the Republican extremists than voters in his own party!
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

    If they want to stop riders then pass a bill saying “One bill act or clean bill act” which will stop riders of any kind. It means they will have to actually work more than 126 days out of 360.
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    Fourcrows said, 5 months ago

    @Ms. Ima

    As much as the guy is starting to grow on me, I think he may have a few too many skeletons in his closet to survive a run for president. You don’t get that far in New Jersey politics without a few shady deals. I would love to see him knock around a few heads on both sides of the aisle in the Senate, however…
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