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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:20 PM Original message |
Steny Hoyer: Our Majority Leader |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Progressive Record? |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. If there is a Democrat David Sirota doesn't like, chances are I will. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Please read it again |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Are you David Sirota? |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Nope |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. but the piece being quoted was written by him. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yes, I quoted from the article. That doesn't make me Sirota. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. So we can only comment on the pieces of the article you quoted? |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. The original poster claimed "decent progressive record" -- NOT TRUE |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. So we can only comment on the pieces of the article you quoted? |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. You can comment on anything you want |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
63. I don't think there is a litmus test for being a progressive. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. HA! That's funny. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:14 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Voting for trade pacts isn't analogous to voting for murder or torture. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. Don't call anyone a progressive if they don't support US jobs and US workers |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:10 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. There's more than one way to support US jobs and workers. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Ask all of the Microsoft and tech workers whose jobs were outsourced |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #83 |
87. Read, learn, understand |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Yes, progressive record... |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. You have a funny definition of "progressive" |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I'm not suggesting that he's 100% good for 100% of the issues 100% of the time |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. No, your definition of "progressive" is NOT similar to mine |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. But I don't support the outsourcing of jobs. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. If he voted for "free trade" he does NOT have a decent progressive record |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
49. Thank you for your one-note opinion |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Oh, please |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. How many times did he vote to 'kill the middle class'? |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Even one vote for a trade pact without worker protections is too many |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
64. It sounds like you're a one-issue progressive: if they don't |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. If they don't support US jobs, and US workers, NO they are NOT progressive |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. A progressive record is not what was needed |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. The claim was that Hoyer has "a decent progressive record" |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:02 PM Original message |
It's not a claim, it's a fact. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. As, I said before "you have a funny definition of 'progressive'" |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Oy. Look, Steny Hoyer has... |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I'm not going to let you get by with your statement |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Not letting me get by? I already have. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. No, you haven't "gotten by" |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
72. s/d (meant to post at bottom of thread) |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
74. please outline Mr. Murtha's progressive record on social issues. nt. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Messge to Hoyer infighters and news media - we are setting the table now |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think I'll wait and take another one. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm putting on my boots |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Completely agree. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. All this means is Hoyer will keep pushing Pelosi to put forth the DLC agenda |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Agreed. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. not so radioactive afterall, eh MarKOS? |
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Superman Returns (804 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. question |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. James Clyburn, from South Carolina... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Why not Stephanie Tubbs Jones? |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'm not happy |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. Is "STENY" his real name? |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. Hoyer was my first choice and thank goodness he is the man. nt. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Yes, let's all look forward to killing off the middle class |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. well, better luck foisting a right winger on us next time.... |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Yes, hats off the Dem House, but the middle class deserved better |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. they got better than Murtha... |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Agreed -- there were much better candidates |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. i can respect that. too bad they coulldn't find someone.. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. Because everyone knows Majority Leader of the House is all powerful |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Wow -- it seems that the truth hurts around here, doesn't it? |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. *A* trade pact. One of dozens. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I'm not asking for "perfection" |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. "Decent" means "OK, but not perfect" to most people |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. "decent progressive" does NOT support trade pacts with no worker protections |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. It's like saying, 'I tortured someone but I'm a decent Christian". |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
67. Nope. He'll be one of a handful of power brokers in the next Congress |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
33. Fine....then let's just get on with it already n/t |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
36. Steny was the right choice upon further reflection. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Slim pickings either way |
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grizmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Hoyer and Pelosi don't work together well |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Let's hope Hoyer learns who is boss |
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grizmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. I think that's the main reason |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
66. In terms of getting Dems to vote together they've been great |
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grizmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. that's not what the way others have seen it. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. Ok, that's a problem |
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grizmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. I think Pelosi supported the Murtha candidacy |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. Thanks again, grizmaster. |
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grizmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
39. I support the dems but I'm no supporter of Hoyer |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Thank you, grizmaster. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
65. Congratulations to Congressman Hoyer, his family, staff, and friends |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
73. Here is Hoyer's voting record on trade bills |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
79. A book for everyone to read |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
81. Steny's My Congressman |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #81 |
85. Pro choice is meaningless |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #81 |
86. Thank you Annie |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
82. K&R long time no see... how's life treating you razor? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #82 |
88. How's life treating me? Well, better than this thread! |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
84. Hoyer voted for the bankruptcy "reform" act |
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DianeK (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
89. I like to think that I pay close attention to what is going on |
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