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"Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« on: January 09, 2012, 02:18:43 PM »
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topical topical topical . . . he's trying to soften them up again:

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It’s getting really hard to be topical.  In the issue of New Yorker magazine dated January 9, 2012 – that’s today -- the lead article is about the rise of Newt Gingrich.

Newt who?  Newt Gingrich?  Is he the guy who thought that if he stuck four fingers between the buttons in his shirt, he actually became Napoleon?

(By the way, America, Newt Gingrich is very disappointed in you.  I just thought you should know that.)

But this note is not about Newt Gingrich; it’s about Rick Santorum.  Who remains topical until 8 p.m. tomorrow, when the polls close in New Hampshire.  Because New Hampshire Republicans are finding it difficult to square a Santorum state ban on contraception with the motto “Live Free or Die.”

But this note is not about contraception; it’s about weather forecasts.  Which are always topical.

Rick Santorum tried to ban weather forecasts.  Actually, not all weather forecasts.  Just government weather forecasts.

I realize that you could possibly be a little skeptical about that, so here is the bill, at the official Senate website.  Sections 2(b) and 2(d) of the National Weather Services Duties Act of 2005, S. 786, 109th Cong., 1st Sess.

By the way, Santorum introduced this bill a few months after four different hurricanes hit Central Florida, where I live.  In one of those hurricanes, a big chunk of my roof collapsed, right into the living room.  So weather forecasts are sort of important in my community.  A matter of life and death, you might say.

Now you must be thinking, "Wow, that guy Santorum is a REAL conservative." Santorum recognizes that government weather forecasts are meteorological socialism; they are a serious infringement on your constitutional right not to know whether it will rain tomorrow.  Santorum sees that weather forecasts are a government takeover of the skies.  In fact, Santorum is such an astute and profound conservative thinker that he probably realizes that traffic lights are a government takeover of the roads.

But this note is not about traffic lights.  It’s about Rick Santorum and government weather forecasts.  And why Rick Santorum tried to ban them.

Here’s why.  It’s because AccuWeather is a commercial weather forecasting company, and AccuWeather employees gave Santorum more than $5,000 in campaign contributions. Then he introduced the bill.  Which subsequently and consequently led to Santorum being named as one of Congress’s “most corrupt politicians.”  Which is saying a lot.

I can picture the conversation:

AccuWeather lobbyist:  “Here is $5000 in bundled contributions from AccuWeather.  Now introduce a bill to ban government weather forecasts.”

Santorum:  “OK.  Sure.  Why not?  Whatever.  I love this cheesecake.”

And that is what I’ve seen over and over again.  This thing called “conservative ideology” has degenerated to the point where it exists simply to spew out rationalizations for something else entirely:  whatever the corporate lobbyists want.

A topic that will remain topical, I’m sure, well after the polls close in New Hampshire tomorrow night.

Courage,

Alan Grayson

 

"Courage"
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what an asshat.
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Re: "Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2012, 04:01:24 PM »
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Courage,

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You know, of course, he plagiarized that from another far more successful asshat, Dan Rather.
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Re: "Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2012, 04:02:24 PM »
Alan Grayson would flog his own mother on live TV if he thought it would get him some attention and a few votes.
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Re: "Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2012, 04:03:10 PM »
Topic still new.  I didn't read any of Grayson's crap, looks like it make no sense, I just love to watch the DUmmies fall all over themselves worshipping at his feet.  Hi Alan, my close personal friend!!!!    :bow2:    :lmao:
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Re: "Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2012, 04:14:23 PM »
Up here in NH RonPaul is pounding Santorum for all he is worth.  RP is one nasty piece of work in his ads.   
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Re: "Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2012, 04:23:19 PM »
Why did I just sit here and read the whole thing?  :thatsright:

I think I just lost more brain cells right there than the average DUmmie loses on an acid trip.
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Re: "Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2012, 04:28:44 PM »
Does anyone know if that Grayson moron is running for another house seat this year?  As I recall he was soundly drubbed in 2010.
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Re: "Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2012, 04:40:02 PM »
Hey Alan,how is Congress these days?

Oh that`s right,you got thumped in your first reelection bid didn`t you?

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Re: "Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2012, 04:42:02 PM »
Quote from: FlaGator on January 09, 2012, 04:02:24 PM
Alan Grayson would flog his own mother on live TV if he thought it would get him some attention and a few votes.

Well, at least he's improving.

He used to have surrogates post his stuff on Skins's island, even though he himself has been a primitive there for some time now. 

At least he's posting his stuff himself.
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Re: "Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2012, 08:53:56 PM »
Poor little Alan Grayson has to post at the DUmp for anyone to listen to his insane rantings.
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Re: "Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2012, 09:39:47 PM »
The Weeper has a role model.

I'm not so sure how psychosocialism will fly in Bellevue, though.

Edited to add, since the Omaha Weeper has gone to great lengths to be sure everyone knows his given name, Steve Dawes, it's probably a good idea to acknowledge his effort and use his real world name, Steve Dawes, in these threads he gives us at the DUmp. We don't usually use DUmpmonkeys' given names here, but when they make a special effort to publicize their activities, they fall into the same category as weirdos like Alan Grayson and the ditch witch.

Since Steve Dawes will be the only self-avowed socialist running for council in Bellevue, Nebraska, Steve Dawes would probably appreciate any input that might show up if some interested Bellevue voter should put his name, Steve Dawes, into a search engine. Who knows, maybe that voter is looking for a socialist to represent him on the Bellevue City Council. If so, Steve Dawes is his man, and we're glad to help.

Steve Dawes is best known here for claiming to have always supported socialism, and for his many America-hating threads, but in Bellevue, Nebraska he may just be another fat liberal democrat until people search for Steve Dawes on the internet, and discover his dedication to socialism and to scamming the workers' comp system.
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Re: "Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2012, 08:02:44 AM »
Never take advice from a man whose own, internally produced campaign commerncials cost him his own re-election.
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Re: "Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2012, 09:32:06 AM »
Quote from: franksolich on January 09, 2012, 04:42:02 PM
Well, at least he's improving.

He used to have surrogates post his stuff on Skins's island, even though he himself has been a primitive there for some time now. 

At least he's posting his stuff himself.

I would say it is a sign he is more desperate.
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Re: "Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2012, 01:37:55 PM »
Here's some material.  I love this stuff. 

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12. God DAMN do I hope to get to vote for you for President some day.

Sorry for the cursing. Excellent post.

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22. ME too, How about a write in campaign?

That would be great. 

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13. I have spoken w/ you on the Stephanie Miller show

You are great and scare the crap out of the right wing because:

You are really smart ..... Harvard and what not.
You speak your mind and unlike the right wing you think about what you say first.
AND YOU HAVE MORE MONEY THAN GOD.

 
  This was accompanied by a photo of a fat smarmy smirking man, hugging a brunette chick and what not.

(BTW, some in the North Country say "whatnot" and I'm extremely allergic to it).

Botany sounds profoundly retarded. 

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21. Rep. Grayson, welcome back to DU. You honor us by your presence and enlighten us with your words.

A few weeks ago, I made a small contribution to your campaign. Before long, I'll make another. And another, and on and on.

Keep speaking the truth!

Courage.
 
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Re: "Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2012, 04:06:38 PM »
Quote from: Karin on January 10, 2012, 01:37:55 PM
Here's some material.  I love this stuff. 

That would be great. 
  This was accompanied by a photo of a fat smarmy smirking man, hugging a brunette chick and what not.

(BTW, some in the North Country say "whatnot" and I'm extremely allergic to it).

Botany sounds profoundly retarded. 
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Who is Alan Grayson?
 
A Congressman with Guts who's Nuts!
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Re: "Santorum: Selling the Law to the Highest Bidder" (Alan Grayson)
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2012, 06:19:20 PM »
Quote from: zeitgeist on January 10, 2012, 04:06:38 PM
Who is Alan Grayson?
 
A former Congressman with Guts who's Nuts!
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