Meet Rep. Bob Etheridge, D-NC. He’s Friendly.
Not really.
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Quote Of The Day, May 21, 2012
“I have to just say, from a very personal level, I’m not about to sit here and indict private equity. To me, it’s just we’re getting to a ridiculous point in America, especially that I know I live in a state where pension funds, unions and other people are investing in companies like Bain Capital. If you look at the totality of Bain Capital’s record, they’ve done a lot to support businesses, to grow businesses. And this to me, I’m very uncomfortable with.”- Newark mayor Corey Booker, a Democrat, on Meet The Press Sunday
Rep. Etheridge is a North Carolina Democrat who was elected in 1996 by defeating a Republican elected in the 1994 GOP landslide. Since then, the Democratic dominated North Carolina legislature has protected him by adding inner city Raleigh Democrats into his district.
But while his district did vote for Obama, it was with 53% of the vote in a year of record Democratic turnout. So he's very beatable – since Obama's election, he has voted for 100% of the Democratic agenda ("Yes" on the stimulus, "Yes" on cap and trade, "Yes" on all 5 healthcare votes.)
Rep. Etheridge is a North Carolina Democrat who was elected in 1996 by defeating a Republican elected in the 1994 GOP landslide. Since then, the Democratic dominated North Carolina legislature has protected him by adding inner city Raleigh Democrats into his district.
But while his district did vote for Obama, it was with 53% of the vote in a year of record Democratic turnout. So he's very beatable – since Obama's election, he has voted for 100% of the Democratic agenda ("Yes" on the stimulus, "Yes" on cap and trade, "Yes" on all 5 healthcare votes.)
And now he apologizes for his conduct. You Tube is bipartisan when it comes to "Congressmen behaving badly."
And now he apologizes for his conduct. You Tube is bipartisan when it comes to "Congressmen behaving badly."
My reaction to the video wasn't "Wow, look at that vicious Democrat!"
My reaction was, "Look at how upset this Democrat got when the student asked if he supported the Obama agenda." President Obama is sending Democrats over the edge.
Mine was both.
In other words, it takes a special kind of distrust and disrespect for your fellow man to be a member of the Democrat Party these days. It takes an even more special kind of distrust and disrespect for your fellow man, coupled with a fanatic will to power, to want to be a Democrat politician. What surprise, then, when the viciousness and arrogance of such people is captured on video?
My reaction to the video wasn't "Wow, look at that vicious Democrat!"
My reaction was, "Look at how upset this Democrat got when the student asked if he supported the Obama agenda." President Obama is sending Democrats over the edge.
Mine was both.
In other words, it takes a special kind of distrust and disrespect for your fellow man to be a member of the Democrat Party these days. It takes an even more special kind of distrust and disrespect for your fellow man, coupled with a fanatic will to power, to want to be a Democrat politician. What surprise, then, when the viciousness and arrogance of such people is captured on video?
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