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2013 Flashback. But will you forgo _your paycheck? Awkwardness ensues (Original Post) zebonaut May 2015 OP
The Constitution forbids that. merrily May 2015 #1
Simple question. Yes or no. Madmiddle May 2015 #2
The answer, of course, was an emphatic (though silent) "No." RVN VET May 2015 #3
Oh---- Boys and Girls.............. turbinetree May 2015 #4
Marsha, Marsha, Marsha... czarjak May 2015 #5

merrily

(45,251 posts)
1. The Constitution forbids that.
Mon May 4, 2015, 12:08 PM
May 2015

Either they were unaware of that or they didn't want to surface it. Either way...fail.

RVN VET

(492 posts)
3. The answer, of course, was an emphatic (though silent) "No."
Mon May 4, 2015, 01:15 PM
May 2015

2 paragons of Republican candor broadcasting their innate smarminess and scorn for America as they dodge a very simple, very straightforward question.

I wonder, was the CNN reporter ever allowed to pose direct questions like that afterwards? I seem to remember Soledad O'Brien going after a couple of Republican politicians, catching them in their lies and ignorance, and later looking for a new job because of it.

turbinetree

(24,688 posts)
4. Oh---- Boys and Girls..............
Mon May 4, 2015, 02:46 PM
May 2015

this is my favorite piece from memory lane.
How two right wing hypocrites that go around "today" spreading hate and fear and make $174,000 a year, $14,500 a month and they have no idea how to say or spell the word "NO", when they take a vacation (in this case to leave US a $25 Billion Debt).
But these two and others sat in there $174,000 dollar seats in congress, and we the citizens of this country now have a $3 TRILLION + dollar debt based on a conflict (Iraq) of lies that they said YES too.
And what is stunning, they now get to sit in on committees to gut the social programs to pay for the debt and blame the poor and middle class for there vote of ------ "AYE" (Yes).

And to top it all of Boys and Girls, they went on vacation in 113th Congress for over 239+ days----imagine 239 days, and when they came back they worked 126 days total ............lets do the math shall we
($174,000 / 365 days = 465.71 per day X 30 = 13.971.30 a month)
(now 239 (vacation days) = $113,394.25)
( now let's take $174,000-$113,934.25 = $60,065.75 @ 126 days being at work) so the math says that when you do less in the republican world you get paid more and then they can start all over where they left off spreading more hate and fear, and gutting more programs to pay for their vacation days off.
So we the public got $60,065.71 cents of them right wing republicans attacking us, the middle class and the poor, and doing this much damage.

Just think Boys and Girls there going to be is session for only 132 days this year ---------------DO THE MATH





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