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UtahLib

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15. I've come to expect very little of Jim Matheson.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 10:16 PM

Sep 2013

His father was a very popular Democratic Utah governor on whose coattails Jim entered politics. In spite of being targeted by the teabagger faction and the gerrymandering, he's held on by the skin of his teeth. He seems to consider saving himself more important than voting as Democrats would prefer.

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I see my completely worthless "D" John Barrow, voted for the Repubs [View all] n2doc Sep 2013 OP

I used to live in Savannah and got the op to tell Barrow I had no use for his spineless self NightWatcher Sep 2013 #1

Louie Gohmert? DefenseLawyer Sep 2013 #2

WTF? Egnever Sep 2013 #3

He's the best you'll get in that district. GoCubsGo Sep 2013 #4

Those dems are unbelieveable! they want to shut down the Gov if Obamacare Cha Sep 2013 #5

The polling in their districts is probably 80% against Obamacare DefenseLawyer Sep 2013 #7

Thanks.. Dan Maffei is from my old District when I lived in New York. Grrrr Cha Sep 2013 #8

Most Dems probably will say they did it to speed the process pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #9

Thanks pinboy.. that was bothering me.. one of the dems is Cha Sep 2013 #11

Gohmert? Bachmann? Steve King? LTR Sep 2013 #6

That is twilight zonish.. what were their little Cha Sep 2013 #12

They wanted to defund it, not delay it. DefenseLawyer Sep 2013 #13

Aha! thanks again, DL Cha Sep 2013 #14

Thanks for clearing that up. I thought hell froze over. hrmjustin Sep 2013 #17

He and the other eight assholes deserve to lose their seats. ProSense Sep 2013 #10

Raul Ruiz? mitchtv Sep 2013 #16

I've come to expect very little of Jim Matheson. UtahLib Sep 2013 #15

Yep... TeeYiYi Sep 2013 #18