I honestly don't follow this shit like I should and need a jumping-off point.
Who is outspoken? Righteous? Uncompromising?
Who is flaky? Corrupt? Not even a shadow of their campaign promises? Seen limping out of K Street hotels, their clothes in disarray as the commuters arrive for work in the morning?
Have at it.
― the best reggae summer club there used to be in Helsinki (kkvgz), Thursday, 7 April 2011 12:20 (fourteen years ago)
By the way, don't want this to be one of those "Things Men Think About Other Than Sex open-it-up-and-all-the-pages-are-blank-har-har-har" kinda threads.
― the best reggae summer club there used to be in Helsinki (kkvgz), Thursday, 7 April 2011 12:26 (fourteen years ago)
The US Politics threads make for excellent bathroom reading.
― Hey Look More Than Five Years Has Passed And You Have A C (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 April 2011 12:28 (fourteen years ago)
See, I kinda created this thread to be sort-of a guide to that one. I can never follow what's going on there, plus I'm under the impression that I'd have to read Glen Greenwald everyday and shit.
― the best reggae summer club there used to be in Helsinki (kkvgz), Thursday, 7 April 2011 12:33 (fourteen years ago)
while he's not very high-profile, my congressman, maurice hinchey, is an extremely dependable progressive whom i'm almost always proud of. it's particularly impressive/important given the fact that my district is not especially progressive itself
― k3vin k., Thursday, 7 April 2011 12:33 (fourteen years ago)
"not very high-profile" is okay!
― the best reggae summer club there used to be in Helsinki (kkvgz), Thursday, 7 April 2011 12:34 (fourteen years ago)
Russ Feingold
― Hey Look More Than Five Years Has Passed And You Have A C (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 April 2011 12:36 (fourteen years ago)
Oh yeah, Feingold, no doubt. Great example.
― the best reggae summer club there used to be in Helsinki (kkvgz), Thursday, 7 April 2011 12:37 (fourteen years ago)
rush holt and frank pallone are the two best that NJ has to offer. i've also always liked senator lautenberg.
― snugglepiekittenose (Eisbaer), Thursday, 7 April 2011 15:16 (fourteen years ago)
Barbara Mikulski! Love her. Boxer's not so bad either.
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 7 April 2011 15:21 (fourteen years ago)
also Nancy Pelosi
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 7 April 2011 15:22 (fourteen years ago)
Mikulski, of course! Should slap myself for not thinking of her.
― the best reggae summer club there used to be in Helsinki (kkvgz), Thursday, 7 April 2011 15:25 (fourteen years ago)
My rep, Earl Blumenauer, is pretty good. He reps for the local voter reg group by constantly wearing a little flourescent bicycle on his lapel, which, along with his bowtie, give him a slight Doctor Who vibe.
My two senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkeley, don't suck.
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Thursday, 7 April 2011 16:19 (fourteen years ago)
Peter DeFazio, D-OR is who I wish were my rep. He has his positions dialed in to the very heart of populist, working-class liberalism. OTOH, I live In Oregon's swing district and therefore must settle for a very business-friendly MOR rep, Kurt Schraeder, who walks on eggshells around any liberal issues.
― Aimless, Friday, 8 April 2011 01:01 (fourteen years ago)
I've got nothing bad to say about Tammy Baldwin, D-WI.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 8 April 2011 02:32 (fourteen years ago)
Al Franken has been pretty great in office.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 8 April 2011 02:38 (fourteen years ago)
word i'm proud to have him as my senator
― Bleeqwot the Chef (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 April 2011 02:39 (fourteen years ago)