Bitch about your Senators here!

[ZombieNixon]

Poll question: Bitch about your Senators here!

I love it! I post polls asking people to rate their governors and representatives and most people who reply just love to vent about their sorry officials. To that end, I have dropped all pretense for the senator poll, and open it up to rant-fest for all. Vent, fellow DUers! It's cathartic and builds solidarity.

My take: Jeff Bingaman gets a B. Pete Domenici...god, I hate that man. Sorry, Jeff, he brought NM's score down to a D.

[burythehatchet]

1. Zell. Period.

[ZombieNixon]

5. But ZigZagZell's not there anymore...

is Isakson better or worse?

[burythehatchet]

6. can you believe I forgot

I don't know much about Johnny.

[NewJeffCT]

2. I have Lieberman as one of mine :=(

Dodd is pretty good, though.

[wadestock]

15. OMG....Lieberman at the State of the Union....

sitting their relishing the fact that we're at war....
The image of his face will haunt me for quite a while...thinking of how this war is really about taking away nukes away from countries that might threaten Israel.

The guy that said he believes in "JFK style" tax breaks?

If it weren't for that scum bag, Gore would have handily won.

[mopinko]

3. it's great to be from illinois

great senators, great congressmen, blue, blue, blue. sorry red staters.

[Walt Starr]

24. I'm from Illinois and gave a "C"

Durbin gets a "B". Obama gets a D. He's voted with the Republicans three out of four floor votes and one out of one times in committee.

Obama today voted in favor of every Democratic Amendment to S.5 which was the class action lawsuit limitation law, yet voted in favor of the law. He sold out to corporations at the expense of common people. With this vote, Barack Obama has said that corporat bottom line profits are more important than the lives of common people.

[Hippo_Tron]

46. Unless you reserve an A for Boxer only I can't see giving Durbin a B

He's one of the greatest there.

[Walt Starr]

51. Boxer gets an A for standing up against election fraud

She's the only A Senator right now. Give it a few more votes and grades can change.

[mopinko]

62. well, i guess i didn't have the insane expectations

that a lot of people had of obama. in fact, i thought he was smart enough to walk in and keep his head down until he found his way around. i, personally, did not vote for a senator who would be the first dead guy on the beach.

[Walt Starr]

77. Hmmm, I voted for a Democrat

who is apprently more of a Republican.

We'll see where he stands in future votes, but if he stays on his current track for two more years, I guarantee I will not be voting for him in 2010.

[mopinko]

87. i knew he was

clintonesque. at any other time in our history, that would be a perfectly acceptable thing to be. i think he will outlast this awful time, and show his worth.
but i also think he is the kind of guy who keeps his head down in public, and works hard behind closed doors.

[Walt Starr]

106. I go by the votes

If there was an election today, I'd be for Anybody But Obama based solely upon the votes.

[tnlefty]

4. What can I say? FrankenFRIST and PlaidShirt Alexander and

I have that chickenshit Zach Wamp, coke head and bad check writer extradanaire, as a rep. I'm just so screwed.

[Clark2008]

14. I hear ya...

but at least I've got Jimmy Duncan - a Republican who voted against the IWR.

[tnlefty]

22. Do you ever dream about living in VT with Leahy, Jeffords and

Bernie Sanders???!!! I know that I do.

[against all enemies]

82. Wasn't Alexander a reasonable person at one time? I really can't

remember much about him but didn't he run as a moderate once?

[IronLionZion]

122. he is a fiscal conservative

as in he's against Bush's out of control spending and spoke out against it.

[PassingFair]

7. Both Good

I live in Michigan, what can I say?
Stabenow has been a little erratic in her voting lately, but on the whole, I'd say we get our money's worth from both of them. I especially love Levin.

[Nameless]

32. Oh yeah!

Michigan, representin!

[Martin Eden]

8. Both Good (I'm an Illinoisan)

Is there a better pair than Durbin & Obama?

Unfortunately, my Congresswoman is a Repuke (Judy Biggert).

[Walt Starr]

13. Obama sold out again today

He's voted right only one time. Once. And four votes going the wrong way.

He gets a D from me.

[bklyncowgirl]

9. Both good, Lautenberg and Corzine

Most of the time these days I'm loving Lautenberg. Corzine's not bad. All in all, like the ads say "New Jersey's got it."

[RedSpartan]

56. No doubt.

Those are my guys, too! Make me proud to be from Jersey!

Tip back a hearty cold one to our Senators.
:toast: :beer:

[independentpiney]

63. Yes, Lautenberg and Corzine!

They do make it good to be from NJ

[Rooktoven]

69. Ditto, A+

a better pair is hard to find, except maybe in Massachusetts or Vermont...

[utahgirl]

10. Hatch and Bennett

What can I say?

utahgirl

[Walt Starr]

11. I am from Illinois. Durbin has been doing B work based upon his votes

this session.

I give Obama a D with his only worthwhile vote being on the Gonzales confirmation. He pissed me off again today with his vote on the lawsuit limitation.

Together they rate a C

[gordianot]

66. As a neighbor in Missouri.

I too am disappointed in Obama. The power brokers got to him very early.

[atommom]

12. Pat Roberts. Sam Brownback. Isn't there a grade worse than F???

[ochazuke]

29. Hey, that's Kansas. We in Missouri are the real losers.

Bond and (no)Talent. What an atrocity. Double Nth Power ef ef EFF!

[fujiyama]

73. Hey

On the bright side - you're not from Oklahoma. I can't think of a worse pair than Inhofe and "breast implants are healthy!" Coburn

[GetTheRightVote]

16. voted, but not much hope for my state right now

:kick:

[paineinthearse]

17. Kerry. Bent over and took it after promising to "count every vote".

[paineinthearse]

43. "I offered him and Laura our congratulations on their victory. "

Address to Supporters at Fanueil Hall - John Kerry (Boston, MA)
November 3, 2004 - "Earlier today, I spoke to President Bush, and I offered him and Laura our congratulations on their victory. We had a good conversation and we talked about the danger of division in our country and the need – the desperate need – for unity, for finding the common ground, coming together. Today, I hope that we can begin the healing. In America it is vital that every vote count, and that every vote be counted. But the outcome should be decided by voters, not a protracted legal process."

[Queen Jane]

91. things sure are relative. (nt)

[Misunderestimator]

18. Unfortunately, we have Mel Martinez now... so I think it pulls poor Bill

Nelson down below the line. And Nelson's a good guy.

[DireStrike]

19. Schumer and Clinton - pukewarm - I give them a C.

[journalist3072]

20. Well, I'd rather b*tch about the fact that I don't have a Senator.....

As a disenfrachised resident of the District of Columbia, with no adequate representation in Congress. So I'm b*tching about not having a Senator to b*tch about!

[Arkana]

21. It's the John Kerry and Ted Kennedy show up here in EEEEVIL MA!

Both of them are excellent.

[paineinthearse]

42. The original Mayor Quimby and his successor. nt

[ohkay]

74. I am so looking forward to Corsi running

for Kerry's seat in '06!! I wonder if we can make him cry?

:evilgrin:

[President Kerry]

101. I'll even contribute to Corsi's fundraiser.. I want him to run so badly.

That'll be the granddaddy of all humiliations. He might even beat Alan Keys in a making a fool out of himself.

[latteromden]

23. I've got one of the best, and one of the worst - Dayton and Coleman.

Coleman is now pretty much universally hated among Democrats, so I've got to give my duo a C based on the crap he spews.

[TwilightZone]

25. Here's a scary one: Ben Nelson and Chuck Hagel.

The scary part is that I'm not sure which one I'd rate higher.

Hagel is a conservative who speaks his mind occasionally and annoys the hell out of the Bush administration relatively often.

Nelson is a DINO. He's like the next Zell Miller.

Hmm....

[Tux]

26. I hate mine

For the longest time they had no email address at all. Now they do but refuse to respond. At least my Rep sends me a letter with party lies in it. KY by the way and all 3 are Republicians. Figures.

[TOhioLiberal]

27. DeWine and Voinavich...

...'nuff said. x(

[Placebo]

28. Durbin & Obama

Does it get any better? I don't think so. :D

[kohodog]

30. Lieberman/Dodd

Republican/Dem??? Not quite sure how to place Lieberman these days, especially after the Judas kiss at the State of the Union.

[MisterP]

31. Boxer more than makes up for Feinstein's deadwood

[Maru Kitteh]

33. Ben Nelson

Need I say more?

[Idioteque]

34. Florida get's a C-

I'm giving Bill Nelson a B-. He was good on the class action bill today but I'm saddened by his votes for Rice and Gonzales. (I do, however, understand how he must feel as the only statewide elected dem left in FL.)

Mel Martinez get's a D. He seems like your average Republican Senator and he hasn't made any "man on dog" type comments yet that would get him an F. Let's wait and see.

Oh how I miss Bob Graham.

[katinmn]

35. Coleman and Dayton - they cancel out each others votes

[Idioteque]

36. Does Coleman get extra credit...

...for his beautiful teeth ^_^.

[katinmn]

37. no, we are still recovering from the close-ups of his old mouth

:scared:

[recovering democrat]

38. Georgia F and ?

Chambliss awful - chicken-hawk repub replaced the honorable Max Cleland by questioning his patriotism and hasn't done anything useful since. He is now "working on" getting Bush to restore some of the big budget cuts that "reward" Georgia for its great Republican victory by cutting Lockheed, CDC, and on and on......

Isakson is new and the only positive thing one could say about him is that he is an elected Republican and he is NOT Zell Miller. I can't think of anything he could do to be as ignorant as Chambliss, but he hasn't been there long.

Keeping hope alive in Georgia - someday!

[independentchristian]

39. One of mine is Richard Burr

The other is Elizabeth Dole.

What doe you think?

[dad]

102. I think we just need to adopt some Senators from other states

kind of like what we do for baseball teams

[William Bloode]

112. Me to......

Really sux, but at least we are rid of Jesse Helms ;)

[Jack Rabbit]

40. California: Boxer and Feinstein

Boxer deserves all the praise we give her.

Feinstein annoys me at times, but since she voted against Gonzales, I'll give her a pass. This week.

[Seabiscuit]

50. ... but only this week. :)

That brought her grade up from an F to a D.

[zann725]

121. Boxer...Boxer...I'm so proud Boxer's my Senator!

n/t

[Synnical]

41. Florida - They both suck

Florida - Nelson (D)and Martinez (R)

[LuCifer]

59. Oh man, telllllll me about it!!!!

At least we know Martinez is going to suck balls...but :wtf: is up with Bill Nelson?! :puke: DINOs like him, LIEberman (who should just go elope with his Howard Stern blows up doll since that's all he seems to care about!), Zill Swiller, etc., GET THE OUT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY! Cretins.

Not a day goes by that I don't stop and wonder if Mike Moore is right...just merge the 2 parties and get it OVER with :argh: :mad:

[Synnical]

76. Nelson is going to oppose the Piratization of SS

Not hard to oppose, since Shrub's proposal is so damn stupid.

This is what he wrote to me:

February 2, 2005

Thank you for contacting me to voice your opposition to President
Bush's proposal to reform
Social Security with private investment accounts.

I am willing to consider ideas for bolstering retirement security,
but remain opposed to taking money out of Social Security and risking it in
the stock market. Social Security has always provided a guaranteed source
of income for retirees. It represents a promise made to workers and
retirees alike that must be honored. Florida alone is home to 3.2 million
Social Security beneficiaries, including retirees, survivors, and people
with disabilities.

I am awaiting the details of the President's proposal, but expect
that it will closely mirror the recommendations put forth in the 2001
President's Commission on Social Security. The main component of the
President's initiative allows workers to take a portion of their payroll
tax and invest it in the stock market. There is also discussion of changing
the way benefits are calculated, linking them to prices rather than
earnings. Either way, benefits for future generations will be reduced.

Social Security does face challenges, as it has in the past, but can
be strengthened and maintained with sensible, bipartisan reforms. Plans
that call for borrowing trillions of dollars and increasing the deficit or
slashing benefits are not acceptable. I am examining other proposals that
would increase tax breaks for retirement savings so they could supplement
Social Security, not replace it.

I appreciate hearing from you. Feel free to contact me in the
future.

[MrSlayer]

44. Santorum and Specter. Yick.

Nothing lower than an "F" so that's what they get.

[Kazak]

45. My Senators aren't my Senators!

:puke:

Barbara Boxer is my Senator.

[Hippo_Tron]

47. Louisiana gets a D

Mary Landrieu gets a C+/B-, David Vitter gets an F but closer to the 0 range than the 50 range.

[Penguin31]

48. Jim Bunning and Mitch McConnell.....Oh holy crap do we have it bad here

[Jack Rabbit]

52. Ouch!!

Bunning is a bit touched now, but at least (being a baseball fan) I can appreciate his previous life.

As for McConnell, what can you say about somebody so dumb that doesn't know the difference between free speech on the one hand and bribery and extortion on the other?

[Seabiscuit]

49. B (2 dems) because one is an A and the other a D.

The "A": Barbara Boxer

The "D": Diane Feinstein

[KitchenWitch]

53. Norm "I kiss *'s ass enough to cancel out both Dayton and Wellstone"

Coleman

[Suziq]

54. Two names . . .

Lautenberg and Corzine. Need I say more?


:hippie:

[lostnfound]

55. Cornyn -- worst ever. Hutchinson - seconds of sanity in lifetime of suckup

Cornyn is a total thug and is more likely to mandate duplication of Guatanamo and Abu Ghraib in every state than to utter a word against torture.

[Bridget Burke]

61. Kay's made a career of being "not as bad as the other Senator"

It was easy when Phil Gramm was her colleague. Cornyn allows her to carry on the tradition.

Of course, she may throw it all away for a chance to be Governor.

[cry baby]

57. Frist, need I say more? n/t

[hyphenate]

58. I have no need to bitch about my senators

as both are liberal and worthy. I live in Massachusetts, with John Kerry and Ted Kennedy.

On the other hand, I lived in California for 15 years, and have become unsettled over Diane Feinstein in the past couple of years. There is no problem with Barbara Boxer at all, but Feinstein presents a bit of a challenge.

[noonwitch]

60. I give both Levin and Stabenow As

Stabenow didn't do much at first, but now is in a better position to do more. But she replaced a total idiot (Spencer Abraham), so she gets credit in my book for that feat alone.

Levin is one of the best. He is smart, he serves the people of Michigan well, and he has always voiced his opposition to things that he doesn't agree with. He always wins overwhelmingly in a swing state. There are conservatives who vote for him, because he is trusted and honest.

[President Kerry]

78. Levin = one of my favorites. Also, Dayton, Boxer, Max Cleland (sniff),

Wellstone, the Vermont pair, Lautenberg and Corzine, Durbin, Daschle.
As for my own.. Teddy Kennedy A, John Kerry B+

[charlyvi]

64. JEFF SESSIONS AND RICHARD SHELBY.....

just shoot me now.

[BamaDem]

67. Gotta second that!

States do not get much more red than Alabama.

[against all enemies]

81. I feel for you. Worse than that is most people where you live like them.

[BamaGirl]

116. Oh God yes, I'm with you on that one!

I live in one of the reddest areas of Bama. It bites. And Everett is our representative. :P He's almost worse.

[gordianot]

65. Kit Bond

Alcoholic (receives the same non treatment for disease very similar to Bush), wife abuser, drunken jerk known to harass airline stewardess in flight while being video taped (so drunk he did not recognize the video camera), liar, bigot, demagogue, racist.

In other words a typical pug.

The other is no talent Jim Talent

[harlinchi]

68. Arlen Specter and Rick Santorum.

'Nuff said!

[UdoKier]

70. An average of B here in CA

A+ for Boxer and C- for Feinstein.


NT

[fujiyama]

71. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenaw

Both great. With the exception of Debbie's Condi vote, I'm very pleased with the job they're doing. Carl Levin is awesome - delaying the Chertoff vote as well as voting against Rice. Both voted against Gonzales. Both against IWR (very impressive)...

[d_b]

72. 'President Pro Tempore' Ted Stevens

A miserable twat.

[Roland99]

75. KY gets a big fat "F"

McConnell and Bunning.



Ugh.

[Liberal_Andy]

79. Dizzy Lole, and Bitcherd Rurr! NC

On edit, I gave them a D.

:puke::puke:

[against all enemies]

80. B for Connecticut. As much as I hate Lieberman he is still much better

than those idiots, morons, and Jesus freaks from the south and west.

[LizW]

83. I haven't had any senators in years.

Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions.

And Spencer Bachus in Congress.

I haven't been represented on the federal level for years.

[Pegleg Thd]

84. Oklahoma has 2

of the most low-life knuckle draggers I have ever seen allowed out of their cages in inhofe and coburnt.

[Behind the Aegis]

97. Yup!

I can't even vote in the pool because the two asshole we have in the senate do not even rank a "F" grade. These two crawled out from under some rock, and one of them, Coburn, brought "crazy" with him!

[Pegleg Thd]

103. I would rather spend

2 hours in the vomit comet than have either of them in my presence for 2 minutes.:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[11 Bravo]

85. George Fucking Allen ...

'nuf said. John Warner is my other senator. He is a Repuke, but at least he campaigned actively against Ollie North.

[distantearlywarning]

86. Santorum. Guess I don't need to say anything else. :-(

[strategery blunder]

88. Talent and Bond.

Seriously, you need to add an option where both senators are so bad, it pushes the grade into negative territory.:puke:

[MountainLaurel]

89. I don't have any senators

Because I live in Washington, DC -- America's last colony!

[Queen Jane]

90. Lindsey Graham & Jim DeMint

nuff said?

[ultraist]

92. Burr (R) and Dole (R): F-- & F--

[captainslack]

93. Could we worse: we could still have Helms!

I'll take both of them over that f--ker!!! :puke:

[B Calm]

94. Lugar and Bayh, they both act like republicans.

[Astarho]

95. McCain & Kyl... both F

nt

[tiedye]

96. Orin Hatch

Come on, he's the worst Senator in the United States.

[emdee]

98. I have Frist and Alexander. Whoopie! n/t

n/t

[donheld]

99. Colorado's senators, why bother

One's (Allard) a hard line right winger the other (Salazar) is turning out to be a D.I.N.O.
:grr::mad::grr::mad::grr::mad::grr::mad::grr::mad::grr::mad::grr::mad::grr::mad::grr::mad::grr::mad:

[philosophie_en_rose]

100. Cantwell & Murray: Fairweather Senators (C+)

I'm proud to be in a state with two Democratic Senators, as well as a Democrat in the governor's mansion. (Screw you, Rossi.)

However, neither Cantwell nor Murray are very progressive and are unlikely to take a stand on something potentially unpopular.

[durablend]

104. Sanitorium...'nuff said n/t

[ernstbass]

105. John Warner and George Allen - how bad is that?

Well I'll tell you - it's REALLY bad. But I have a great moderate dem congressman - Rick Boucher - who takes excellent care of his constituents.

[autorank]

124. That's plenty bad bro, they're mine too.

Virginia: The Old Dominion

George Allen,R F- (Go directly to retirement, do not pass Go, etc.)

John Warner,R C*

My MC is the dynamic Democrat and stream of consciousness speaker,

Jim Moran, D, - A+ Pisses people off every now and then but hes a solid Democrat and I helped with his campaign.

*Why a "C" for Warner. Way back when Ollie North tried to run for the Senate in Virginia, Warner was shocked and appalled. He campaigned AGAINST North, I repeat, AGAINST North. Guys going to heaven no matter whatever else he's done in his life. I saw Feinstein got a C- up thread. Well, Warner's got more integrity in his left foot than she'll ever have (thanks for the * tax cut, the Iraq war and Condi Diane).

[Stop_the_War]

107. Martinez and Nelson - They both get an F from me..

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

108. Murray A minus. Cantwell C minus.

Murray slipped in my opionion when she voted for Condaleeza.

Cantwell lost any future support or votes with her vote to back shrubs war.

[graywarrior]

109. Bill Nelson-FL

Liar :thumbsdown:

[LSdemocrat]

110. Where's F-? I have Kit Bond and Jim Talent

One's a right-wing demagogue (Bond), and the other a complete "Christian" Fundamentalist (Talent).

[Raiden]

111. Bitch McConnell and Jim 'Senile Old Fart' Bunning

The only thing worse would be RICK SANTORUM! And to think, we almost had Daniel Mongiardo. Hopefully he'll run again...

[Jack Rabbit]

113. C'mon.

Let's be fair. Jim Bunning is the best senator ever to pitch a perfect game in the majors.

Am I right or am I right?

[jeffgad]

114. Give Little Normie Coleman an "F" for FRAUD.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

115. Kennedy and Kerry

can't get much better than that!

[elshiva]

117. Sarbanes and Mikulski to me rate an A.

They are both good Democrats. If you want me to bitch about current MD politicians my congressman Roscoe Bartlett is a total Bush Rethuglican. I protest the Bush SS b.s. and he wrote me a letter repeating the same damn lies that were in the SOTU.

Ehrlich, our governor, is a total ass who can't quit. His administration fires as many Dems as they can and tries to sell protected land and then has the nerve to bitch about the Baltimore Sun reporting on him and his cronies.

[harpboy_ak]

118. Stevens, Murkowksi, Young, & Murkowski, the Alaska Stooges

Congressman Dumb Young. Ted "Senator-for-life" Stevens. Lisa Murkowski, smarter than Dad but just as owned by the Repug Party and Big Oil as he is. Appointed by Dad "Frank the Bank" Murkowski to replace her, then elected because the "independent" Outside right wingnuts lied about former Gov. Tony Knowles over and over and over both on TV and with the thousands of automated phone calls they placed in the last couple of weeks before the election.

At least we could talk to Tony, even if he was waaaay to friendly with Big Oil for many of us. He had been a good governor, and many of us were looking forward to having him clinch a Dem majority in the Senate.

Lisa is as sleazy as her father, a former president of failed banks.

Ted is the foul tempered senior senior Senate Pres. Pro Tem., former chair of the Senate Budget Committee, and great friend to Big Oil, Big Timber, Big Mining, and the military-industrial complex (a former Korean War Sabrejet ace, he has never seen a weapons system that he didn't want to waste money on).

Dumb Young really holds the permanent title as the Dumbest Congressman. I could go on and on about his idiocies, but they are well documented.

For years, I, like many Alaskans, thought of George Miller as our congressman and Paul Wellstone as our Senator...

At statehood in 1959, we were a solid blue-collar Dem state, but then all those oil patch rednecks showed up and began electing the best legislators and congressional delegation Big Oil could buy. Any kind of big drop in oil prices that would send all those Texans back to Texas would sure help Alaskan politics.

[mdmc]

119. c NYS

[IronLionZion]

120. Rick Santorum is a huge flaming F

god, I can't believe what a colossal asshole he is. I send him an email through truemajority, (it automatically goes to your US legislators) asking him to do something about the crisis in Darfur and what does he do? He responds asking for donations for his 2006 re-election!

That, and he lives in Virginia while using Pennsylvania tax dollars to educate his huge family.

But what makes me really pissed off is the way the RWers worship him as a "good christian". :puke: oh, the hypocrisy


Arlen Specter is OK sometimes. Same with Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton. They weakly do good. Maybe a C for all of them.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

123. Dodd, A minus / Lieberman, C minus

[Jamastiene]

125. I wish I could

be the warden in Hell when Robin Hayes and Jess Helms get there. I am not sure which one I would enjoy torturing the most for eternity. If I was ever allowed to torture either of them, I would make Hitler look like Santa Claus to them. I used to have a picture of Jesse Helms on my dartboard and I must say it was very therapeutic to impale his eyes with my darts. I loved it. I miss my dartboard now especially with so many Repugs to cycle through. There are enough of them on my shit list now to have a different one each day of the year.