Fri May 20, 2016, 05:38 PM

Hell is freezing over...

Oklahoma Governor Mary (Mattress Mary) Fallin, vetoed the bill making performing an abortion a felony. I cannot believe this, the Republicans must have enough votes to override the veto so everyone comes out ok.... What a state we live in!

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Hell is freezing over... (Original post)	redstatebluegirl	May 2016	OP
Why the term "mattress Mary"? eom	guillaumeb	May 2016	#1
She had an affair with someone on her security detail at one point.	redstatebluegirl	May 2016	#3
Gives new meaning to the term bodyguard. Thanks.	guillaumeb	May 2016	#6
They probably realized that a raft of Federal Lawsuits would be too expensive.	The_Casual_Observer	May 2016	#2
I think she is smart enough to recognize that all Republicans are doing is supporting the lawyers	Agnosticsherbet	May 2016	#4
I think she wants something in the Trump Administration.	redstatebluegirl	May 2016	#5
Is she on his VP short list?	Agnosticsherbet	May 2016	#7
That has been mentioned believe it or not.	redstatebluegirl	May 2016	#8
One theory is that she wants off it.	Jim Lane	May 2016	#12
I suspect you're correct.	herding cats	May 2016	#10
2 kinds of gop's: Those who know abortion is an empty election wedge issue	lindysalsagal	May 2016	#9
Good to hear	DesertRat	May 2016	#11

Response to redstatebluegirl (Original post)

Fri May 20, 2016, 05:40 PM

guillaumeb (42,641 posts)

1. Why the term "mattress Mary"? eom

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Response to guillaumeb (Reply #1)

Fri May 20, 2016, 05:42 PM

redstatebluegirl (12,217 posts)

3. She had an affair with someone on her security detail at one point.

The name has stuck with her. Rumor has it, he wasn't the first, or the last.

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Fri May 20, 2016, 05:44 PM

guillaumeb (42,641 posts)

6. Gives new meaning to the term bodyguard. Thanks.

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Fri May 20, 2016, 05:42 PM

The_Casual_Observer (27,441 posts)

2. They probably realized that a raft of Federal Lawsuits would be too expensive.

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Fri May 20, 2016, 05:42 PM

Agnosticsherbet (11,619 posts)

4. I think she is smart enough to recognize that all Republicans are doing is supporting the lawyers

who will have to try and defend their vile bill.

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Fri May 20, 2016, 05:43 PM

redstatebluegirl (12,217 posts)

5. I think she wants something in the Trump Administration.

She is trying to look less crazy.

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Fri May 20, 2016, 05:45 PM

Agnosticsherbet (11,619 posts)

7. Is she on his VP short list?

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Fri May 20, 2016, 05:47 PM

redstatebluegirl (12,217 posts)

8. That has been mentioned believe it or not.

Just proves how nuts Trump is.

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Response to Agnosticsherbet (Reply #7)

Sun May 22, 2016, 12:33 AM

Jim Lane (11,175 posts)

12. One theory is that she wants off it.

On this view, she vetoed the bill so as to make herself unacceptable to the base so that Trump wouldn't ask her to run with him. She doesn't want to appear disloyal by turning down the party nominee but she certainly doesn't want to be on THAT ticket.

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Fri May 20, 2016, 10:51 PM

herding cats (19,237 posts)

10. I suspect you're correct.

These types, they know how to pander. Here she's showing her skills at pandering to a slightly different crowd.

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Fri May 20, 2016, 10:47 PM

lindysalsagal (19,669 posts)

9. 2 kinds of gop's: Those who know abortion is an empty election wedge issue

And their foolish uninformed religious zealots who actually believe the crap that's fed to them.

Abortion will never be completely illegal in the US again. Shrub milked the issue and did absolutely nothing about it.

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Fri May 20, 2016, 10:51 PM

DesertRat (27,995 posts)

11. Good to hear

I'm pleasantly surprised that she did the right thing. That bill was clearly unconstitutional.

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