[Homestead] Reading the bailout bill

Akka Homestead akkabhomestead at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 2 14:19:48 EDT 2008


My state has 13 Reps, 7 Republicans and 6 Democrats.
11 voted NO, 2 voted YES.  Those two were Democrats.

I agree that those who voted for the bill are going to be chastized come re-election time.  IMO, it means either one of two things, either they are in the pocket of Wall Street with a lot of their own money on the line, OR, they are simply followers of Pelosi/Bush.  Either reason is damning, I think.  We need leadership.  We need someone who is not afraid to go against the flow, to be unpopular for the sake of the country.

I wonder...
could it be that the lines of the parties is so convoluted now that a Southern Republican might approach, in his thinking, a Northern Democrat, and visa versa?  I know Maine is full of self sufficient, hard working mountain types who stick to themselves.  Sorry for the stereotype.  North Georgia is the same.  North Georgia is Republican.  Is Northern Maine Democratic?  Could they economically be the same and only differ in social conservatism vs. social liberalism?



SJC wrote:
> Akka Homestead wrote:
>> .........Y'all blame what you will on Bush and the GOP-they do
>> deserve their share of the blame, but this bill passing shit falls
>> squarely on Democratic shoulders as far as I am concerned.  If they
>> were truly anti-Bush, if they were truly for the little guy, if
>> they honestly had their constituents at heart instead of their rich
>> friends, if they truly the party of CHANGE, then we would not have
>> a signed bailout tonight.
>> 
>> Akka
>> 
> Maine's Democrats voted against and both Republicans for......and at
>  least one of them did it without apology.  So much for her.  She
> won't have a chance in November.  I think she forgot yesterday where
> she lives and hopes to be re-elected.  She was pretty much doomed
> anyway, I think, as she's been sitting in Bush's lap the whole last
> term and that doesn't sit well with Mainers.
> 
> SJ, in Maine, where it looks like the sun just might make it out




      


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