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Case Closed: Ayotte NOT an Olympia Snowe Republican

by: Dean Barker

Tue Mar 02, 2010 at 20:05:10 PM EST
Remember when Kelly Ayotte wanted to have it both ways (to serve her interests for winning the primary and general, of course) when she refused to say whether she was an Olympia Snowe Republican or a Jim DeMint one?

Well, perhaps worried about a Granite State Crist-Rubio scenario with Ovide Lamontagne, and pushed by the NHDP's exposure of her sounds of silence, she has been obliged to define herself a bit more.

Unlike Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Scott Brown, Kelly Ayotte would have voted against the jobs bill (h/t Pindell.)

Well, at least we know, like Bunning, she's none too concerned with helping unemployed Americans.

Adding: and this will make you laugh or cry or both.  Ayotte is against the jobs bill because:

"I would have liked to have seen something that said we've got a way to pay for it,"
That something would be... the jobs bill, which pays for itself through leftover TARP funds.
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Case Closed: Ayotte NOT an Olympia Snowe Republican | 3 comments
Actually, "way to pay for it" is a stupid phrase. (0.00 / 0)
While the rhyme is nice, there is only one way to pay and that's with money (pounds of flesh not being currency), which, in the case of a public official, almost invariably belongs to someone else.  
Yes, that's right, it's OUR money.  OUR money is what representatives are selected to spend for OUR benefit--also known as the general welfare.

"General welfare" is to be distinguished from "special interest" and "corporate welfare" and includes both the present and future population of natural persons within the jurisdiction of the U.S.--i.e. where the Constitution applies.

Since jobs are employment for which people are compensated, being against jobs suggests support for labor that is unpaid. "Getting something for nothing" is not an admirable objective in a politician.  Though it's not uncommon.

The rest of that sentence is also typical Republican verbiage. (0.00 / 0)

"I would have liked"  Really?  Aside from the fact that legislating the common good is not supposed to be dependent on the legislator's "likes," the use of the subjunctive indicates that even her likes are uncertain.  And yet, this person took ownership of the prosecution of a fellow so he'd be sure to be sentenced to death--i.e. deprived of life.  She's not sure what she likes, but other people should die?

"to have seen something that said," provides the final clue that this is not a serious statement.  Children are now routinely given inanimate objects that say things to them, but we assume that they soon learn the difference between speech that communicates and parrot-like repetition.  

Calling the daily Republican verbal output "talking points" is really an exaggeration.  A gaggle of parrots would provide the same information and be more entertaining.

"Kelly the Parrot"  

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i think you're looking a bit too narrowly... (4.00 / 1)
...at the potential of the private sector to step up and reduce the unemployment problem.

and right off the bat, you can look to afghanistan, where the government leaves the private sector free to explore alternative employment opportunities.

for example, private armies not only improve the employment situation directly, they also help reduce the tax burden by helping to hold down the need for other infrastructure, like roads, sewers, schools, hospitals, airports, and parks.

the heroin business is another example of private sector individuals stepping up and getting things done, and sure enough, afghanistan, with the government out of the way, is leading the world in poppy production.

you can look to numerous other countries where "no government interference in the economy" is working great: somalia, yemen, algeria...they all demonstrate brilliantly how we would be a better nation with the republican vision of government in place, and i can't wait to see ayotte succeed.  

--we are making enemies faster than we can kill them

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