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Glenn Nye: John Boehner's Favorite Democrat

by: TheGreenMiles

Fri Oct 08, 2010 at 11:45:00 AM EDT


You have to understand something about Republican opposition to Democratic reforms: It has nothing to do with the merits of the policy. Republicans decided immediately after the 2008 elections to block everything the Democrats tried to do. I mean, when the GOP, which purports to be the party of small businesses & tax breaks, is filibustering tax breaks for small business, you know they've abandoned all principles.

So when Glenn Nye brags about voting against health insurance reform, clean energy reform & the TARP program that could end up turning a profit for taxpayers, what he's bragging about isn't principles. Frankly, I don't even know if Glenn Nye knows what Glenn Nye believes in.

What he's really saying is that when America faced great crisis, Glenn Nye stood with those who sought political gain from blocking solutions.  

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Wait... (2.00 / 1)
It couldn't be that his constituents spoke up about those bills or anything, could it? It might not be that he was voted in to be independent, rather than a "rubber stamp" politician, right? Or maybe it was not wanting to alienate the average voter?

I guess common sense can't rule the day when you're party blind.  


Amazing (0.00 / 0)
Guy who created anonymous account just last month & spends a ton of time attacking Democrats shows up to defend Glenn Nye.

You wouldn't be orange by any chance, would you?

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An "Orange American"? (0.00 / 0)
n/t

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Im fully independent. (0.00 / 0)
I like a few people with Ds next to their names. What I go after are poor ideas and unConstitutional bills/laws.

What's an orange, other than a fruit?  


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Cute, but no. (0.00 / 0)
I'm fully independent. I'm swaying toward Nye (first Dem vote for me ever), because I don't trust Rigell to not be a rubber stamp, and I still don't know enough about Golden.  I've met with Nye, and he's a fair man, and believes that his constituents are important. I like that, even if I don't see eye to eye on many issues.

Ideally, I'd consider Golden, but he seems to be an also ran, and we're still weeks away. So, I will vote for the person that I trust to do what he's been doing: listening to those that voted him in, or, if I become comfortable with Golden, or vote for myself, like normal.  


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