It’s difficult to imagine a worse Democratic (using the term most loosely) Senator than Ben Nelson (DINO-NE) who had goose stepped with the GOP on virtually every issue. When he has voted with our party he committed blackmail of Republican proportions, demanding that Nebraska get a deal that nobody else does, thereby giving Republicans a major talking point against HCR. He is currently behind in the polls to Nebraska Attorney general Jon Burning, who almost makes Nelson look good.
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, a frontrunner to win the GOP nomination against Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), compared poor people to scavenging racoons in a speech this week.
In a video captured by the liberal group, American Bridge 21st Century, Bruning makes the comparison as part of an elaborate metaphor originally focused on environmental regulations. He describes a requirement that workers at a construction project gather up endangered beetles by luring them into a bucket with a dead rat in order to release them elsewhere. But the plan is thwarted when hungry raccoons then eat them straight out of the rat-infested bucket. Which, according to Bruning, is a perfect image to illustrate how welfare recipients receive their benefits [sic]…
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Here’s the video:
Despicable!
As bad as this Republican is, the only think that makes Nelson better is that he voted for the confirmation of Sotomayor and Kagan.
However, we need a progressive to challenge Nelson in a primary. If we’re going to lose Nebraska, shouldn’t we at least lose it in a fight and wake a few people up in the process?
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Again as a defeatist – rather than get angry, I’ll just wait and see – watch the country do it’s thing, watch the racoons, like myself – turn to frogs on election day, then back to “racooning” the day after – Nebraska joins Wisconsin, joins Ohio, joins New Hampshire joins Colorado – and everybody’s unhappy with Obama! Next year it looks like a fantastic one for fascists!
Lee, you’re looking at the world through poo colored glasses.
Well, it’s good to see that Bruning is calling for an end to those thousand of welfare queen farmers sucking our cash from the farm subsidy teat.
Nebraska Farm Subsidies
73 percent of Nebraska farmers received welfare payments (farm subsidies) in 2009
$306.1 million in farm subsidies was collected by Nebraska welfare queens (farmers) in 2009.
Nebraska’s welfare queens (farmers) rank FIFTH at sucking at the public teat
… AND have raked in $7.69 billion over the past 16 years
Sources:
http://journalstar.com/article_3fe67197-cc4d-55e0-acfe-96f5e1ae7cd6.html#ixzz1UY4Kh87l
http://farm.ewg.org/region.php?fips=31000
You believe that, huh? 😉
The richer the corporate farm, the more welfare they get.
………..while he’s on the topic of seeing “coons” getting food from a bucket of “dead rats”, I know another story about “weasels” taking dirty money from “live rats”. 👿
Bingo!
What an A$$— this is also a not so subtle racist tale he is telling– plays on stereotypes—– Let’s not forget when we weigh President Obama’s record– it is filtered through GOP and/or corporate controlled Media ;
Farm subsidies — Biggest “Socialist” Welfare program out there.
EXACTLY ❗
Amen here too.
Who do we ask (should be whoever is heading up the debacle called the Democratic Party) to have a plank in the Dem platform that says you’re either with us or get the f out of the party.
I’m sure the Republicans have a couple of moderates they’d like to shed. Why can’t both parties excommunicate those who are clearly against all the party principals. I use the term principals VERY loosely in regard to Republicans. Matter of fact, they have none.
Marva I agree. I understand the “big tent” concept, but the tent had become bigger that the fair grounds.
The Republicans have done exactly that. They have driven the sane ones like Chafee from the party.