Republican Gov. Martinez REFUSES To Endorse Obamacare REPEAL

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Already some republican dissension in the ranks?

At least wait a week or so...


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[freshwest]

1. Good for her. I wish they'd tell us which state she's in. Never heard of her.

BTW, there really is some dissension in the ranks per a couple of threads tonight:

Freeperville is imploding and Drudge is attacking Roberts.

Tx4Obama said the Freepers are really losing their minds...

One said to elect Obama for four more years so people can see how bad he is!

[sabrina 1]

2. Freepers said they would not vote for Romney, they hate him. What are they going to do?

I thought they were getting ready for the long awaited revolution after Jim Rob's last rant. They were banning people for supporting Romney over Newt. They have no candidate! Lol!

[freshwest]

4. They never really did... Palin, the grifter queen...

They absolutely disgust me. I've checked with people who are on other sites. They said the wing nuts have been having a fit since Newtie got dumped. He was their 'integrity and honor' candidate. Goes to show the level of intellect we're going up against in this country.

I won't visit their sites at all, the vibe is very bad. Don't how to explain other than it's like they are reduced to very slow motion, heavy, not at all healthy. Some of the vitriol is like an infected sore, like some kind of cancer. I can't describe it.

Kind of horrifying, really, repeating the same words over and over, hateful. Ugh..

Hey, see you tomorrow I gotta run.

[pscot]

18. Gingrich is the stupids person's

idea of an intellectual.

[Tx4obama]

5. She's (first female) current governor of New Mexico, link below

Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susana_Martinez

[nmbluesky]

11. yes.. she is.. sadly..

she is a republican.. She is also first Hispanic female Governor in the nation

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8. LOL. I am amazed at how many freepers have turned on Roberts

and tossed him under the bus.

BTW, Susana is the Governor of New Mexico.

[Voice for Peace]

13. She's governor of New Mexico

I haven't heard many nice things about her but this is pleasing.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

17. Where's that?

[Voice for Peace]

19. I think just south of the border

[Dont call me Shirley]

20. New Mexico. They say she's a close runner up for the vp pick

She comes off as more sane than her other gop governors.

Except when she publicly blamed the New Mexico wildfires on the environmentalists. The media have scubbed that comment in a speedy hurry.

[oldgrowth]

3. No VP slot for her n/t

[Tx4obama]

6. I saw a video clip of Romeny earlier tonight - he said ....

that he wants to replace Obamacare but that he wants to keep three of the main things that are in Obamacare

I'm pretty sure the clip of Romney is here in the Jon Stewart clip: http://www.democraticunderground.com/101737589

[loyalsister]

7. New Mexico budget shortfall yielded 10,400,000 google RESULTS

In other words it's a big deal They desperately need the funds that come with the optional medicaid funding. I think there will probably be a more governors follow suit. Especially in states with high poverty levels.

[freshwest]

21. They should work to get those funds, it's right wing state politics screwing these programs up.

Even in blue states, the Repukes keep trying to interfere with coverage for those they believe don't deserve it. The federal rules don't allow it, that's why they hate it.

[loyalsister]

22. They have been able to pull in quite a bit

along with other states with high poverty- W. Virginia, S. Carolina, Alabama.... Their legislators should be ecstatic that they can free up some resources to fund more corporate welfare, hunting grounds, or whatever they want to spend money on. unfortunately, they would probably want to fund more fake pregnancy crisis centers.

http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/fmapearly.htm

[freshwest]

23. I remember a few year ago when a GOP governor in the South... AL or MS...

Resisted a regressive tax and said that it was unGodly and the rich should pay. He vetoed it and was outvoted when they ran it through. Think I saw a video, but this was even before the Teajadists took over. He really did, despite being a Republican, believe in helping the poor as Christian. As far as I know, he was shoved out at the next election. Someone might remember that guy.

Another one I saw in Congress a while back was questioning spending for the wars instead of the poor. Likewise he has not been heard of since. Helping poor people is like dancing with Satan for the GOP. Thom Hartmann made a video saying they really needed an exorcism!

[loyalsister]

24. They used to get away with being sensible and compassionate

A republican demanding Democrats send him a bill that raises taxes?
If economic policy were my only interest, I would almost be willing to vote for this guy over my current Democratic governor.

Ashcroft's journey illustrates what has happened to the state Republican Party in the last two decades. There would be no place for the John Ashcroft of 1989 in the Missouri GOP of 2010.
He refused to cut $150 million from the budget to pay the refunds the state had been ordered to pay. Instead he proposed — horrors! — tax increases.
Ashcroft wanted to enact temporary increases in the state's cigarette tax and corporate franchise tax to plug the gap. The Legislature, with his approval, opted instead to raise the state sales tax by one-fifth cent for nine months, and to raise the corporate income tax rate from 5 percent to 6 percent for two years.


Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/kevin-horrigan/article_d9de337a-f167-56b1-8e67-4976246c0537.html#ixzz1zEBBdDti

[freshwest]

26. That's an eye opener. Remember that he didn't approve of torture, either. BushCo sent some goon to

Have him sign a paper he'd refuse, when he was deathly ill in the hospital for major surgery?

I saw him as childish, spouting religious platitudes, and some of them really believe this stuff, eternally wanting to be a good boy. Mostly fooling themselves. They want someone to protect them, a strong figure like an authoritarian daddy.

But the other guys, Cheney, DeLay, etc., know exactly what they're doing. The photos of Cantor, Boehner, etc. all look like little boys afraid of getting spanked. We don't know why these guys are like they are.

I'm glad we have adults in the White House now.

[loyalsister]

27. Yep

It's interesting to realize that behind the statued robes there lurked a guy with a moral compass that sometimes aligned with my ideals.

I remember an instance where the republicans punished a member who voted with democrats by moving him to a tiny office. Another time, the governor threatened to close one prison and increase the population of one in her district if the legislator didn't get in line.

I think Cantor is just mean. Boehner is a conundrum to me. His record indicates the he could be fairly reasonable until he became speaker. It makes me wonder what they have on him.

[freshwest]

28. Good Mencken quote. I just see Cantor as a weasel, I've met some GOP that are that type.

Slippery things. Ryan comes off as an angry child. Being able to speak a lot in public doesn't equate to wisdom. Top examples Rush, Hannity, Beck, etc. They run their mouths a mile a minute, and are persuasive on the subconscious level.

When I'm around someone like that, I look for the Exit. It is hell having to deal with people like on a daily basis, worse in poltiics than in corporate games. In a corporation, you work to save your job, in politics, you're trying to save someone else's life, if you believe in that.

The pressure is so intense and personal and so many people demand so much and never think of them as humans and not vending machines. It's why a lot of good folks are no longer interested. It can be a thankless job, with only the work itself as a reward.

Priorities match levels of maturity. I think most of the GOP haven't grown up.

[loyalsister]

29. I think most of the GOP haven't grown up-- LITERALLY

Check the ages of the most hostile emerging GOP leaders. They are mostly in their early 50s and younger. I think the pendulum is swinging as many of the younger politicians and voters are much more progressive.

[Crowman1979]

9. Yeah, just wait a week from now when she apologizes to Rushbo the pigman.

[nmbluesky]

10. RealllY???? My GOP Governor????

I'm a not big fan Gov. Martinez.. I'm surprised she is not support repeal health care..
Wow.. Thank for post this..

[RBInMaine]

12. Then she is DONE as a VEEP Pick. Buh Bye to that. :-)

[eaglesfanintn]

14. I wonder

If her name was being tossed around.
On one hand, the last time they picked a female governor, it was a disaster to say the least. On the other, to court the female and Hispanic vote in one fell swoop seems to me to be pretty enticing.

[Ineeda]

16. She was my prediction,

her being female and Hispanic, doncha know. But they might have been gun-shy anyway (excuse the expression) after the Caribou Barbie fiasco.

[bullwinkle428]

15. Damn, and I was totally convinced she was gonna be this year's Palin!