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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts) Fri Oct 4, 2013, 10:00 AM Oct 2013

Hypocrisy in a nutshell. [View all]

"I need my paycheck. That's the bottom line. I understand that there may be some other members who are deferring their paychecks, and I think that's admirable. I'm not in that position."

- Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC), in an interview with WTVD-TV, on needing to be paid during the government shutdown she supported.

Ft. Bragg is in her district.

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Hypocrisy in a nutshell. [View all] WilliamPitt Oct 2013 OP

She got her's. lonestarnot Oct 2013 #1

Talk about a sense of entitlement! City Lights Oct 2013 #2

The very definition of GOP patriotism The Blue Flower Oct 2013 #3

Maybe she could apply for food stamps and Auntie Bush Oct 2013 #4

Her Husband is a surgeon n2doc Oct 2013 #5

She's pulling herself up by our bootstraps. progressoid Oct 2013 #6

Blatant hypocrisy StrictlyRockers Oct 2013 #7

The official Repuke motto ought to be LibDemAlways Oct 2013 #8

Wow! Just Wow. I would think a good Dem candidate could use this very effectively against her. nt Fla Dem Oct 2013 #9

Looks like it's not going over well in N.C mindfulNJ Oct 2013 #10

She's also getting hammered on her own Facebook page JBoy Oct 2013 #11

Typical Republcon: Craps on everyone, grabs for herself Berlum Oct 2013 #12

Up WilliamPitt Oct 2013 #13