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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOPers Persuade Virginia Dem To Resign In Effort To Block Medicaid Expansion
and accept a prestigious job offer, giving the GOP a slim majority in the state Senate that would allow it to block Medicaid expansion.
Puckett is expected to announce his resignation Monday, The Washington Post reported.
Three people familiar with the plan told the Post that Puckett would accept a job as deputy director of the state tobacco commission, while his daughter would be on track for appointment to a judgeship.
Pucketts resignation would give Republicans a 20-19 advantage in the state Senate. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) was counting on Senate support for Medicaid expansion, as the Republican-controlled House of Delegates has remained opposed to it.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/report-philip-puckett-resigning-virginia-gop-medicaid
isn't some sort of law that applies to this open case of bribery?
abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)We need him in that position and the daughter would have been appointed anyway. This stuff happens all the time.
abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)You're probably right though.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,452 posts)abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)Stories like this just make me want to give up. It' OK to screw the needy and weakest among us as long as one guy and his daughter get a nice cushy job?
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)and tell him he is unethical and despicable and anything else you might want to add!
district38@senate.virginia.gov
The Blue Flower
(5,450 posts)I sent him this:
Mr. Puckett: Resigning in order to line your own pocket and deny health care to the poor will land you in hell. No ifs, ands, or buts. Jesus does not love those who embrace corruption or greed. Jesus does not love those who piss on the poor. Yours is not the kingdom of heaven, Mr. Puckett. Yours is the kingdom of regret, infamy, and personal disaster.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Gotta find his e-mail, too.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)I predicted that Medicaid expansion would never come to Virginia under Governor Terry McAuliffe. He is as corrupt a Third Way liar as they come. What a surprise that a Democrat pulls this stunt so that McAuliffe can claim to have been for Medicaid expansion all along.
McAuliffe lied throughout the gubernatorial campaign that he would use the budget to expand Medicaid. As soon as he was elected, he changed his tune and declined formal budget amendments; he wote a LETTER instead, and said he wanted to work with Republicans.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=675988
Now...surprise...a Democrat defects...conveniently.
This corrupt, "pretend-you-want-to-represent-the-people" Third Way script is getting very, very old.
See below: The primary tactic in this con game is Villain Rotation.
http://www.salon.com/2010/02/23/democrats_34/
Tuesday, Feb 23, 2010 11:24 AM UTC
The Democratic Partys deceitful game
They are willing to bravely support any progressive bill as long as there's no chance it can pass
By Glenn Greenwald
Democrats perpetrate the same scam over and over on their own supporters, and this illustrates perfectly how its played:
.... Rockefeller was willing to be a righteous champion for the public option as long as it had no chance of passing...But now that Democrats are strongly considering the reconciliation process which will allow passage with only 50 rather than 60 votes and thus enable them to enact a public option Rockefeller is suddenly inclined to oppose it because he doesnt think the timing of it is very good and its too partisan. What strange excuses for someone to make with regard to a provision that he claimed, a mere five months ago (when he knew it couldnt pass), was such a moral and policy imperative that he would not relent in ensuring its enactment.
....
This is what the Democratic Party does...Theyre willing to feign support for anything their voters want just as long as theres no chance that they can pass it. They won control of Congress in the 2006 midterm elections by pretending they wanted to compel an end to the Iraq War and Bush surveillance and interrogation abuses because they knew they would not actually do so; and indeed, once they were given the majority, the Democratic-controlled Congress continued to fund the war without conditions, to legalize Bushs eavesdropping program, and to do nothing to stop Bushs habeas and interrogation abuses (Gosh, what can we do? We just dont have 60 votes).
The primary tactic in this game is Villain Rotation. They always have a handful of Democratic Senators announce that they will be the ones to deviate this time from the ostensible party position and impede success, but the designated Villain constantly shifts, so the Party itself can claim it supports these measures while an always-changing handful of their members invariably prevent it. One minute, its Jay Rockefeller as the Prime Villain leading the way in protecting Bush surveillance programs and demanding telecom immunity; the next minute, its Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer joining hands and breaking with their party to ensure Michael Mukaseys confirmation as Attorney General; then its Big Bad Joe Lieberman single-handedly blocking Medicare expansion; then its Blanche Lincoln and Jim Webb joining with Lindsey Graham to support the de-funding of civilian trials for Terrorists; and now that they cant blame Lieberman or Ben Nelson any longer on health care (since they dont need 60 votes), Jay Rockefeller voluntarily returns to the Villain Role, stepping up to put an end to the pretend-movement among Senate Democrats to enact the public option via reconciliation.
GET THE THIRD WAY CANCER OUT OF OUR PARTY.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)We have watched this for years now.
something has to change..the system is broken.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Oh, well. Just as long as those who go along, get along all is A-OK and money still trumps peace and life itself.
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)that during his first term, Obama was going to pardon Siegelman, or at least have the DOJ look into the wrongdoings of his imprisonment.
Garion_55
(1,915 posts)but it looks like they took it down
LoisB
(7,249 posts)geretogo
(1,281 posts)Last edited Mon Jun 9, 2014, 04:28 PM - Edit history (1)
government .
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)to "help" with our wide spread lawlessness.
Just like we have done for the last 100 years or more to so many unfortunate countries.
geretogo
(1,281 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)woo me with science
(32,139 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)nt