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Tell them - we are here because of the Bush Tax Cuts and the wars that we couldn't pay for - that simple.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)malaise
(269,225 posts)Happy New Year sis!
HipChick
(25,485 posts)the flu has been kicking my butt, and I didn't get to finish cleaning my house before the New Year got here...
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Cha
(297,818 posts)Thanks for the report, malaise~
malaise
(269,225 posts)DMacTX
(301 posts)way to go Mrs Jackson Lee!
malaise
(269,225 posts)spanone
(135,905 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Finished with a giant fuck you as the Tea baggers fail utterly on the final vote.
Not a good night to be a Republican extremist and obstructionist.
malaise
(269,225 posts)elections have consequences - Happy New Year
sheshe2
(83,967 posts)Please proceed!
2013 is going to be a great year!
TDale313
(7,820 posts)And correct. And not afraid to speak the truth.
SDjack
(1,448 posts)of our jobs, homes, investments, and retirements, and our children went away to war to die, be wounded, or return to nothing. Now, it's too much to ask the rich to pay up.
malaise
(269,225 posts)It is over! Yes there is much work to be done but a new day is dawning.,
bvar22
(39,909 posts)Thanks for the Leadership, Sheila Jackson Lee, DEMOCRAT from Texas!
You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their rhetoric, promises, or excuses.
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malaise
(269,225 posts)STFU
indepat
(20,899 posts)they create without fail. Rinse and repeat ad infinity ad nausea. And as lagniappe, repeat often.
BumRushDaShow
(129,692 posts)politicasista
(14,128 posts)efhmc
(14,734 posts)onestepforward
(3,691 posts)Only one district away from me. I wish I could trade Ted Poe for her!
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Previous holders of this seat, all brilliant:
Barbara Jordan
Craig Washington (The most brilliant lawyer I have seen in practice in Houston, and that is saying a LOT)
Mickey Leland
onestepforward
(3,691 posts)I had the good fortune to meet her right before she won her seat. She was giving a speech at an organization that I volunteered for. I remember the director whispering in my ear "she's going to be a U.S. representative!"
She was so confident, powerful and engaging
G_j
(40,372 posts)young_at_heart
(3,772 posts)The deficit is a murky concept that just "is" on the various news programs. No one gives Bush the credit he deserves!
calimary
(81,536 posts)"Tell them - we are here because of the Bush Tax Cuts and the wars that we couldn't pay for - that simple."
Sheila Jackson Lee ROCKS!!!! And so do you, malaise, for posting this!