James Inhofe v. Andrew Rice

[RecycleMichael]

You guys, especially you republicans on the forum, are way underestimating Andrew Rice.

The national green movement is going to pour big bucks in this campaign. He already polls 32% and no one knows his name. Inhofe is down to the lowest approval ratings of his career, or at least since he was beat as Mayor of Tulsa.

The republicans are having problems with every seat this time. Inhofe has too many out to get him. Rice is assembling a very good campaign staff.

Inhofe is in the race of his life. He knows it. The proof is that he has started running commercials all over my television.

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Mute or turn the channel so your children don't see it on TV.

Get right with Rice. Not far right.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by RecycleMichael

You guys, especially you republicans on the forum, are way underestimating Andrew Rice.

The national green movement is going to pour big bucks in this campaign. He already polls 32% and no one knows his name. Inhofe is down to the lowest approval ratings of his career, or at least since he was beat as Mayor of Tulsa.

The republicans are having problems with every seat this time. Inhofe has too many out to get him. Rice is assembling a very good campaign staff.

Inhofe is in the race of his life. He knows it. The proof is that he has started running commercials all over my television.

Wow, that's innovative.  A national movement trying to seat their own puppets one state at a time.  How are they planning to do that?  Stipe's straw donor network?

Sorry, couldn't resist a little humor.  

I think you are going to be disappointed in the outcome of this election in November.  Rice is trying to appear centrist on key issues.  I think he will be exposed for he liberal he is.

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GAWD! fear all liberals......like Jesus?

[USRufnex]

Did someone say, "Gene Stipe"???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq4KVYewUoQ

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OMG....at first I thought I'd been Stiped....but then I had a flashback to one great time!

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by USRufnex

Did someone say, "Gene Stipe"???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq4KVYewUoQ

Heh, no telling what you can find on old Roughnecks tapes.  []

"I'm Gene Stipe. We don't need no stinkin' bureaucrats in Oklahoma, I run everything!"

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"Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe (who thinks Global Warming is a hoax) currently has a local TV political ad bragging about how he has supported the troops. Here's what he hasn't done to support the troops:

He voted no to increase veterans' medical care in March 2005;
voted no to increase veterans' health-care funding in March 2007;
voted no for additional funding for veterans' affairs in April 2006;
voted no for additional funding for veterans' programs in March 2003;
voted no for armor for tactical wheeled vehicles in October 2005;
voted no for safety equipment for U.S. forces in Iraq in October 2003.

I hope you can expose the hypocrisy of this man.

Barbara Santee
Tulsa, OK"

When it comes to valuing our GI's Jim Inhofe is a back stabber.

Just like the DINO's who vote for this bum.

[Conan71]

FYI, your candidate for President voted against this one dillweed, Inhofe voted for it along with McCain.  Which is it, do you want this war to drag out or don't you?:

quote:

"Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President and Congress should not take any action that will endanger the U.S. Armed Forces, and will provide necessary funds for training, equipment, and other support for troops in the field, as such actions will ensure their safety and effectiveness in preparing for and carrying out their assigned missions; (2) the President, Congress, and the Nation have an obligation to ensure that those who have bravely served this country in time of war receive the medical care and other support they deserve; and (3) the President and Congress should continue to exercise their constitutional responsibilities to ensure that the Armed Forces have everything they need to perform their assigned or future missions, and review, assess, and adjust U.S. policy and funding as needed to ensure our troops have the best chance for success in Iraq and elsewhere."

Since you substitute other's opinions (lib bloggers) as fact in imposing your liberal bias on everyone else, please explain why Obama voted against more funding to help Katrina survivors, voted against rasing minimum wage, and additional funding for Medicare and Medicaid?

You have little interest in fact and truth like this from H.R. 2206 (which Inhofe voted for and Obama against- must mean Obama isn't concerned about troop safety by your logic):

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"Increases from 20 to 287 the number of heavy and light armored vehicles authorized to be purchased by DOD for force protection purposes in Iraq and Afghanistan."

"Prohibits funds from being used to deploy any unit of the Armed Forces to Iraq unless the President has certified to the appropriations and defense committees, at least 15 days in advance of such deployment, that the unit is fully mission capable. Allows the President to waive such requirement on a unit-by-unit basis for national security purposes, as long as the President details the reasons why such a deployment is necessary."

Barbara Santee is full of **** on this one, so are you.  Why don't you email her back and tell her Obama voted against the black people of New Orleans, trying to deny them of additional relief funding.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR02206:@@@D&summ2=0&

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H.R.2206
Title: Making emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Obey, David R. [WI-7] (introduced 5/8/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Related Bills: H.RES.387, H.RES.438, H.R.2, H.R.1591, H.R.2207
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-28 [GPO: Text, PDF]
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SUMMARY AS OF:
5/8/2007--Introduced.    (There are 3 other summaries)

U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes emergency supplemental FY2007 appropriations for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as specified activities, including international and security-related activities, of the Departments of Defense (Military, including funds for Iraqi and Afghan security forces), of Justice, of Energy, of Homeland Security, of Defense (military construction and base closure), of State (including international peacekeeping operations), related agencies, and the House of Representatives and the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Provides funds to enable military commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction requirements.

Requires the Secretary of Defense to inspect annually military medical treatment facilities, including military quarters housing medical hold or holdover personnel, to insure that they meet acceptable standards for their maintenance and operation. Requires additional inspections of identified deficiencies.

Provides funds to the Government of Iraq to support the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of militias and illegal armed groups.

Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Woodrow W. Keeble for valor during the Korean War.

Provides funds to local education agencies (LEAs) in districts adversely affected by significant changes in the military population.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) as battalions of the Iraqi security forces achieve a level of combat proficiency to conduct independent combat operations without support from Iraqi Coalition forces, U.S. Armed Forces units should be redeployed from Iraq; and (2) regular, accurate accounts of the combat proficiency of Iraqi battalions security forces are necessary for the American public to gauge the development of them.

Prohibits the use of funds to deploy or redeploy any unit of the Armed Forces to Iraq unless the President has certified to the congressional appropriations committees in advance that the unit is fully mission capable. Sets a maximum number of days for deployment or redeployment in Iraq for military units. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition and deployment or redeployment limits on a unit-by-unit basis for reasons of national security.

Provides that such limitations shall not be construed to require force levels in Iraq to be decreased below total U.S. force levels before January 10, 2007.

Prohibits the use of funds to close Walter Reed Army Medical Center until equivalent medical facilities at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, and/or the Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Community Hospital have been constructed and equipped.

Specifies conditions for assistance to Lebanon.

Provides funds to assist Liberia in retiring its debt arrearages.

Requires the Department of State to provide GAO staff members the country clearances, life support, and logistical and security support necessary for them to establish a presence in Iraq for at least 45 days.

Makes additional appropriations for disaster relief and recovery related to Hurricanes Katrina, Wilma, Dennis, and Rita to the Departments of Agriculture, of Justice, of Commerce, of Defense (Civil), of Homeland Security, of the Interior, of Education, of Transportation, of Housing and Urban Development, as well as the Small Business Administration (SBA).

Makes other emergency appropriations for specified purposes to the Departments of Defense (Civil), of the Interior, of Agriculture, of Health and Human Services (for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and for response to an influenza pandemic), of Veterans Affairs (particularly veterans' health programs), of Housing and Urban Development, as well as the legislative branch.

Makes appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to eliminate the FY2007 shortfall in funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to: (1) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after enactment of this Act; (2) $6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day; and (3) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day. Applies federal minimum wage requirements to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and to American Samoa.

Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend and revise certain tax provisions affecting small business owners, including the work opportunity tax credit and expensing of small business assets; (2) extend and expand certain tax incentives for investment in the Gulf Opportunity (GO) Zone; (3) revise requirements relating to subchapter S corporations; and (4) modify certain miscellaneous tax administration requirements.

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Conan....man. It's Sunday. Relax. Ms. Santee enables the intelligent to understand both sides. No need to spit all over her.

I'm not interested in how Obama voted on money allotments for New Orleans. I'm focused on his skills at assembling a great team to move America forward. I can't sit here and play gotcha. It's going to become more evident the tactics of smear swift boating will fail. We won't get fooled again.

And there are those of us supporting a new congress because they've continued to be part of the problem.