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Thinkingabout

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15. Do you reside in Louisiana and work in and for the oil industry?

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 10:18 PM

Nov 2014

She does, she is senator to many families who work in the industry, she would really have a lot of pissed off voters who live and vote on Louisiana and you can not understand why a senator who serves a state heavy in the oil industry would forget about the citizens of Louisiana and represent a bunch of enviromentist who do not live her state, where is your sympathy?

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Protesters Hilariously Troll DINO Senator With Inflatable KXL Pipeline On Her Lawn [View all] Segami Nov 2014 OP

A big, fat K&R! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2014 #1

LOL. nt Ykcutnek Nov 2014 #2

I guess one less Dem of whatever stripe is a win (not for me, just to be clear) n/t UTUSN Nov 2014 #3

Yeah, WTF, over? Didn't Obama say he was going to veto it? What's to gain by shitting on a MADem Nov 2014 #18

What do you mean by 'whatever stripe'?? A 'Dem of whatever stripe'? This Party must enjoy losing sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #37

wasn't her entire family crooks and conmen? roguevalley Nov 2014 #39

Well to be fair, what LA politician does not have that history? former9thward Nov 2014 #41

Lawrence Diffleman AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #52

Looks like the protesters would live to have Landrieu's far RW oponent ro win. Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #4

She will lose because she's not really a democrat SoCalDem Nov 2014 #5

It's really sad to me Aerows Nov 2014 #12

If Ann Richards were alive and representing TX in the Senate, she'd be disappointing you big time. MADem Nov 2014 #19

Says Aerows Nov 2014 #20

Hey, Ann Richards campaigned in favor of equality, yet signed a bill into law that criminalized MADem Nov 2014 #22

Oh, so now Aerows Nov 2014 #25

No--YOU brought her up and used her dead self to scold a poster here who had a different view MADem Nov 2014 #26

MADem, I don't like Landrieu's situation any better than you do Aerows Nov 2014 #27

Her POV on the pipeline just doesn't MATTER. MADem Nov 2014 #32

Here is the deal Aerows Nov 2014 #34

Here's the better deal. MADem Nov 2014 #35

She is as likely to vote Reid's way Aerows Nov 2014 #47

When the vote doesn't matter, Reid doesn't demand party unity. MADem Nov 2014 #51

Stop, in the name of...? aspirant Nov 2014 #66

Where did you get that logic from? MADem Nov 2014 #110

The "big picture" is the ecosystem - not the Dems bread_and_roses Nov 2014 #69

Yeah, well that "ecosystem" will be in extremis with an entrenched Republican legislature. MADem Nov 2014 #109

Ann Richardson-who dat? hobbit709 Nov 2014 #55

I guess it doesn't really matter. Rex Nov 2014 #81

Sorry--I mistyped - I'll correct it. MADem Nov 2014 #111

A core Democratic constituency (environmentalists) expect to get fucked by Republicans . . . hatrack Nov 2014 #9

Do you reside in Louisiana and work in and for the oil industry? Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #15

There are considerations more important than representing the interests of Big Oil (& employees) hatrack Nov 2014 #16

Oh, has the far RW republican candidate promised to vote with your issues? Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #30

Is Clean Water not so important to you? You think that Clean Water is a minor issue? 2banon Nov 2014 #73

Well Said.. 2banon Nov 2014 #74

Oh, I will enter this conversation Aerows Nov 2014 #21

Well, you are very very wrong on me not knowing the area, now that we have Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #29

Huh? Aerows Nov 2014 #33

OK, let's get back on subject. Landrieu wants a vote on the KXL, currently Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #36

I'll be honest Aerows Nov 2014 #44

I was against the KXL at one time but when I saw the damage when the rail cars derailed Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #48

Are you Canadian? Aerows Nov 2014 #49

Canadian? Actually one more concerned about the environment than those Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #54

La.'s have a side dish of oil every day aspirant Nov 2014 #68

I would ask this question to the ones running in the front yard of Landreiu and why are they not Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #71

Brunch with oil tea aspirant Nov 2014 #78

Have I hounded either the KXL, Landrieu, or rail, the same group who is happy to hound, why am I Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #80

Why don't the hounders, hound? aspirant Nov 2014 #85

Admit it is about an attempt by some to halt the tar sands, it is not happening, running on the Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #87

Canadian bossmen aspirant Nov 2014 #89

Third choice is leave the fucking tar oil in the fucking ground...we are not easily lied to. Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #57

Not building the KXL is not keeping the tar sands in the ground, they are still transporting the Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #60

Because pipelines are safe... adirondacker Nov 2014 #63

Is rail safe? Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #64

Safer. Not Sure Nov 2014 #79

The KXL protesting is more about the tar sands than the transportation, the oils are still Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #82

Tell us the truth. aspirant Nov 2014 #88

The truth is here, just say you are protesting filthy oil and encourage ceasing the use of,oil, not Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #93

An unbroken olive branch aspirant Nov 2014 #95

Go and use your time as you need, there are plenty of older folks who need my time. Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #96

When you have nothing left...? aspirant Nov 2014 #99

Why are you accussing me of this, you are not changong my mind and you argument is not Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #100

Free as a bird aspirant Nov 2014 #102

I disagree with you on that. Not Sure Nov 2014 #107

This message was self-deleted by its author susanwy Nov 2014 #97

Not Sure - can you answer susanwy Nov 2014 #98

Its about the filthy oil, not about profits, not about rail, the tar sands continue, protests Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #101

No argument susanwy Nov 2014 #103

Whose rights aspirant Nov 2014 #104

Go and protest i do not care Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #105

I don't have access to any financial info/numbers as far as rail is concerned Not Sure Nov 2014 #106

Just curious. Kermitt Gribble Nov 2014 #92

The same question could be asked of you. Do you live over the aquifer? The mistake she made is jwirr Nov 2014 #42

Well Done and a big THANK YOU!! 2banon Nov 2014 #77

Looks like voters are getting smart and can tell when someone isn't representing them on major sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #38

Can't vote for or against Landrieu this time around Aerows Nov 2014 #46

We don't want your "third way" TBF Nov 2014 #56

That's a fucking old and tired excuse. Phlem Nov 2014 #76

Is all you do is insult real Progressives? Odin2005 Nov 2014 #86

Do Ted Cruz & David Vitter have homes in Washington? LeftInTX Nov 2014 #6

i still hope she wins Liberal_in_LA Nov 2014 #7

What the party is doing in Lousiania is exactly what they were doing to lose the election...sending Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #8

In a nutshell n/t Aerows Nov 2014 #14

I used to live in LA Aerows Nov 2014 #10

"cleaning up the gulf was a piece of cake" BeanMusical Nov 2014 #11

This is part of the problem Aerows Nov 2014 #28

all true Dems know that anyone saying the BP spill had an effect are GOP plants MisterP Nov 2014 #90

Yeah, Mary.. and as the President says.. Cha Nov 2014 #13

Supporting this issue... Segami Nov 2014 #17

We don't have to support this issue. There's no need to "rub it in" to a Democratic senator MADem Nov 2014 #23

She wouldn't be fighting for her political life if she had represented the people who elected her. sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #40

Uh, she's neck and neck with a guy who was way to the RIGHT of her. MADem Nov 2014 #43

You're missing the point. She would NOT be neck and neck with him if she had not lost many of sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #45

I don't think that's accurate. MADem Nov 2014 #50

Forgetting ,if you have a choice ot 2 repubs, the real one wins. aspirant Nov 2014 #72

If the real one wins, WE lose. MADem Nov 2014 #112

I appreciate his stand, just wished he'd have taken it a year ago. nm rhett o rick Nov 2014 #24

the real problem is WHy do people in Lousiana and many Red(and purple) states support these things JI7 Nov 2014 #31

Funny thing is, Keystone doesn't even GO through Louisiana. Buns_of_Fire Nov 2014 #53

For the life of me I can't understand how she thinks a vote for the other guy's bill is a good thing Vinca Nov 2014 #58

Rosebud Sioux Nation turbinetree Nov 2014 #59

ROFL malaise Nov 2014 #61

Great protest idea! DeSwiss Nov 2014 #62

Simply marvelous aspirant Nov 2014 #75

I didn't think she had a chance before. HappyMe Nov 2014 #65

it did somewhat shock me she voted for it PatrynXX Nov 2014 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Nov 2014 #70

Did James O'Keefe steal it? KamaAina Nov 2014 #83

Isn't the majority of this oil going to China and India? Ilsa Nov 2014 #84

Is she still blind to all Blue dog losses? aspirant Nov 2014 #91

And too think.. LW1977 Nov 2014 #94

The ACLU gave Landrieus's voting record a 100% rating in 2014. cheapdate Nov 2014 #108

Finally a voice of reason. MADem Nov 2014 #113