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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

10. Wyden should not be Oregon's Democratic senator any longer.

Reply to CanonRay (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2015, 10:48 PM

Apr 2015

There's no excuse for him taking the corporate position on this, and there was no excuse for him introducing a bill that, while it closes corporate tax loopholes, cuts corporate tax rates down to a meaningless 15%, and there was no excuse for him fighting to strip the public option out of the healthcare bill.

Ron Wyden needs to step down in 2016, or else a REAL Oregon Dem in the Wayne Morse tradition(like Peter DeFazio)needs to challenge him in the primary.

Ron has abandoned everything he stood for when he helped organize the Oregon Gray Panthers. Now he's just a bland centrist hack.

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What do you think of Ron Wyden's leadership in getting TPP fastracked [View all] CanonRay Apr 2015 OP

He is getting hammered on his Facebook page Trajan Apr 2015 #1

I live in Portland dballance Apr 2015 #2

It stinks. And he should become part of those who defeat FT on the Senate floor. Faryn Balyncd Apr 2015 #3

Wyden went from critic of the TPP to cheerleader. Maedhros Apr 2015 #4

There is actually a french expression that sums it up well. It goes like this : GoneFishin Apr 2015 #5

Or, as the French much more elegantly put it in the original: Ken Burch Apr 2015 #12

Well, I answered his "ain't this grand" e-mail to voice my opposition to TPA and of course TPP. classof56 Apr 2015 #6

Turncoat SamKnause Apr 2015 #7

Here's some leadership: Faryn Balyncd Apr 2015 #8

Selling out USA democracy 99th_Monkey Apr 2015 #9

Wyden should not be Oregon's Democratic senator any longer. Ken Burch Apr 2015 #10

i'd vote for DeFazio in a heart-beat. 99th_Monkey Apr 2015 #11

I'd start a petition drive to recall Wyden ,,,Oregon is one of 18 states w recall of US Senators stuffmatters Apr 2015 #13

Recall Ron Wyden Amity May 2015 #22

I've been writing him, LWolf Apr 2015 #14

Wyden should be reminded that Oregon's State Democratic Party specifically said NO to him on this! cascadiance Apr 2015 #15

I've been thinking he's starting to move to the Dark Side... SoapBox Apr 2015 #16

Has moved..not starting fredamae Apr 2015 #17

His working with Paul Ryan on Social Security and voucherizing Medicare was also a black mark too... cascadiance May 2015 #20

DeFazio in '16! n/t. Ken Burch May 2015 #18

It isn't Just Wyden from Oregon fredamae May 2015 #19

i'm still pissed at his hopemountain May 2015 #21