Warm-up your :nelson: smilies; RE: Fracking

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Swede (26,693 posts)

 NC Democrats Cry Foul After Republicans Override Perdue’s Fracking Veto

North Carolina Republicans late Monday successfully overrode Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of a fracking bill, but not without pulling a legislative trick.

State Rep. Becky Carney (D) accidentally pressed the wrong button and voted with Republicans to override the veto, the Charlotte Observer reports. And a maneuver by Rep. Paul Stam blocked her from correcting her vote.

“It was a huge mistake,” Carney said. “I take full responsibility.” According to Carney, it was her first time pressing the wrong button in her decade of public service.

The GOP’s move drew jeers from Democrats in the legislature. “I am shocked and disappointed,” Rep. Pricey Harrison told the Observer. “The atmosphere is toxic right now.”

Perdue’s move Sunday was her third veto of Republican-backed legislation, the Raleigh News and Observer reports, in the past four days. The Democratic governor is generally supportive of fracking — the process of pumping water and chemicals into rock to mine natural gas — but doesn’t believe the bill contains enough public or environmental safety measures.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/fracking-bill-veto-override.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

HopeHoops (33,724 posts)
1. Corbett was bought and paid for. The frackers own PA now.

Damn them and their $70,000/year-with-benefit-and-retirement starting salaries!!!!

EC (10,075 posts)
2. Is there such a thing

as her vetoing the same bill again? I'm sure that Dem WON'T make the same mistake.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002896590

Sadly, that's the entire thread.

Hopefully others will see it and the outrage can commence...


...I'm almost out of liberal tears and bath night is coming-up.

[Mike220]

I was reading up on this and the rules of the NC legislature apparently allow a member to change their vote only if the switch does not change the ultimate outcome of vote. Changing her vote would have changed the outcome to a successful veto. I'm not really sure how following the rules of the chamber is a "trick" but then again I don't speak liberal Newspeak.

And to think I've had more than one leftard tell me to trust TPM as a source.

[FiddyBeowulf]

 

Watch her later run on her vote to override the veto when the positive job and economic numbers come in.

[Vagabond]

Exactly, she waited until the last minute, knowing she wanted it to pass, and then pulled the "wrong button" maneuver to make sure it passed and gave her a smke screen to claim she didn't really mean it.  The press is stupid enough to cover for her.

[thundley4]

Oh, like the DemonRats wouldn't take advantage of some mistake like that. Yeah right, they're the party of liars, thieves and moochers.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Exactly, she waited until the last minute, knowing she wanted it to pass, and then pulled the "wrong button" maneuver to make sure it passed and gave her a smke screen to claim she didn't really mean it.  The press is stupid enough to cover for her.

You left out: "while ginning-up anti-GOP rancor and feeding the vote-stealing memes."

[Wineslob]

Hey, DUmmies...................FRACK YOU.


 

[Bad Dog]

Exactly, she waited until the last minute, knowing she wanted it to pass, and then pulled the "wrong button" maneuver to make sure it passed and gave her a smke screen to claim she didn't really mean it.  The press is stupid enough to cover for her.

Hah!!! nobody will believe your ridiculous conspiracy theory. It's like someone saying Oholder would ship guns to Mexico to justify stronger gun law.........Nevermind.

[JohnnyReb]

"I was for fracking before I was against fracking." Hey, it almost worked once.

[BattleHymn]

Somebody had to do it.

[Ballygrl]

I think it's as heck!