99er NOVO member Mignon Veasley-Fields rendered Ed Schultz speechless yesterday, blaming both the Democrats as well as the Republicans for the mess the 99ers find themselves in today.
In recent weeks, a group of the longest term unemployed has emerged called the 99er NOVOs, who are so angered by Washington inaction on a Tier 5 that they were refusing to vote at all in the upcoming elections, unless S3706 (The Americans Want to Work Act) was brought to the Senate floor for a vote first.
Mignon Veasley-Fields is a 61-year-old Los Angeles grandmother who has been out of work since June 2008. Her unemployment benefits ran out over three months ago. On Thursday's "Ed Show," Schultz did his best to get Veasley-Fields to encourage the NOVOs to cast ballots for Democrats in November despite their economic woes. Since the NOVO agreement was to halt their plans not to vote, if the bill was brought to the floor, Mignon assured Ed that the NOVOs would indeed keep their word. Unfortunately, the 99ers are not all on board with this decision.
"Well Ed, yes, we have committed that we are going to encourage our fellow 99ers to vote for either party that their choice. However, ??Ed, yesterday was very disappointing for us. And even though we are trying to tell them to vote, many of them are not going to vote even though the No NOVO says to go ahead and do this. They were disillusioned by what they saw on the Senate floor yesterday. We were grateful for Senator Stabenow for her effort, but we thought it was just sort of put together really quickly like a dog and pony show in order to get us to vote for them. This is a sentiment across this nation." Ms. Fields told Ed.
Schultz countered: "But if the Republicans, but Mignon, if the Republican Senator had not stood up, this would have gone through, and you would have had the votes, and you would have gotten an extension. It's the Republicans. Why take it out on the Democrats, the majority Party that time and time again has been there for the unemployed?"
To which Mignon replied: "Well you know, Ed, we have gone back in the history of the tiers. We as 99ers have tried to figure this out ourselves. What has happened is we can remember the time in which the Republicans said, "Sure, get another tier. Use the stimulus funds. And the Democrats said, 'No, we need to find sourcing for unemployment.' So now we're thinking back on that, and we're realizing it's not the Republicans. It was the Democrats that caused us to be in the situation that we're in. We want the Democrats to come back before this election, and we want them to come back and rectify this, Ed."
Of course, Veasley-Fields was right. The Republicans for over three months have stubbornly insisted that any additional tier be paid for either with stimulus money or some other part of the budget rather than just added to the growing deficit. Even while they demand the extension of the Tax cuts for the very rich, which would not be paid for and would add trillions to the deficit over the next 10 years.
So even as the Democrats are surely the lesser of the two evil choices Americans have this election day, it is very difficult for millions to get excited about voting when going hungry and homeless in droves every day.
Earlier in the video segment below, Ed calls upon President Obama to talk directly to the 99ers, saying: "Mr. President, you've got to speak directly to the unemployed. Directly to the unemployed. The people that don't have a job. the people that don't have benefits. the people that have been shafted by the republicans in recent weeks.” Shultz also pointed out: "I think if the Democrats, the majority party, think that 15 million unemployed voters can't make a difference in November, i think you've got another thing coming."
You can watch the full segment in the video below.
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Unfortunately, I believe that had the Democrats found another way to pay for Tier 5 such as using part of the stimulus, the Republicans would have simply come up with another excuse to block extending unemployment benefits and Tier 5. When Ms. Veasley-Fields refers to the Democrats' history and failure to pay for Tier 5 with stimulus (which I would have applauded), you also have to look at the Republicans' history. Almost w/o failure, every time the Democrats changed a bill or made a concession giving the Republicans exactly what they asked to gain bi-partisanship, the Republicans still did not vote for the bills that then had the concessions the Republicans demanded.
There's nothing in the Republicans' game paying and history that suggest they would not have acted the same had the Democrats offered to fund Tier 5 with stimulus.
Or they could have dug a little deeper and tried to find something other than stimulus funds (which I highly doubt could have been used anyway) but instead tried to make a political statement about the program.
In the end Republicans only cared about scoring points against Obama, not in helping Americans.
Actually, Ms. Mignon Veasley-Fields did an outstanding job. She should be commended. The "unanimous consent resolution" did not represent a genuine effort to get S.3706 to a floor vote, so any 99ers who withhold their support are 100% right for doing so.
NO ONE expected a unanimous consent resolution to pass. Even Dem Senator Ben Nelson would have objected. What 99ers really needed was Senator Stabenow to ask Senator Reid to hold the Senate in session until a genuine up or down vote was recorded in the Senate.
That's what Senator Reid did with heathcare reform. Why on earth don't 99ers deserve the same consideration? Is it better to let millions starve to death than deny them healthcare insurance reform?
All 99ers and their friends and family members, of which I am one, should hold Congress accountable for the Kabuki theater the other day under the guise of a "unanimous consent resolution". We have 31 days left to get this done. We should all stand together and refuse to support ANY OF THEM-- Democrat or Republican-- until this is done.
As far as the rally goes today, the only one genuinely focusing on 99ers today is the one in San Diego. 99ers are not even on the speaking agenda in DC, according to MSNBC. Good luck to Ms. King, Mike Thornton, and anyone else who gets the word of 99ers out there to the public today!
we cant blame ed! , he has been such a trooper in helping us! , us 99ers do need help badly ! , damn repubs.!!!
As a 99er who's benefits ran out in March, the Republican's haven't tried to block a single thing that would have helped me get additional weeks of benefits (with the exception of Stabenow's "campaign show" this week). The last time a Bill was passed that gave me additional weeks was in November of 2009, that added Tiers 3 and 4, and it had 100% Republican approval in the Senate.
And does anyone really think that not a single Senator would object to a Bill that would cost well over $100 Billion dollars without Stabenow even being able to give a ballpark figure on how much it would cost? Not to mention that she proposed to pay for it illegally. (Emergency Spending can not be used for UI.)
As far as the 3 filing extension deadline Bills passed this year, that the GOP filibustered. The GOP offered up amendments and companion Bills to offer other ways for funding the Bills instead of just adding to the Deficit. The Dems refused to compromise an inch on how the Bills would be funded, and refused to even let any of the GOP ideas go to a vote.
The Dems literally just wrote the Bills and said pass them the way we wrote them because we aren't going to compromise about anything. Yet the Republicans are the Obstructionists?
Most people need to open their eyes a little wider and see how the Bullies (the Dems) played politics because they had control of the House, the Senate, and the Whitehouse. Hell, it is well documented that they wouldn't even let the GOP sit in on meetings about what would go into the the Obamacare Bill.
@D.W., the only compromise the Dems tried in 2010 to gain bi-partisan support was just a few weeks ago. The GOP basically said, sorry, too late, wait until after midterms... we aren't going to make the Dems look good right before elections after not compromising all year.
I couldn't of said that better!!! This will be the first time I vote Republican.
Do you honestly think voting Republican will result in the extension of benefits or the creation of jobs? Let's remember how we got here! Unpaid tax cuts, unpaid wars, and deregulations. You think the Republicans are going change their behavior. They've already announced they to go back to Bush's game plan. How does that help any unemployed person? You vote Republican and your dooming us to ABSOLUTELY no help and probably elimination of food stamps, welfare, etc.
Yes, voting Republican will change things for the better. Generally speaking, the GOP runs up big deficits which in turn ends up creating great economies. Once the economy is kicking butt again, then it is time to vote for the Democrats to help reverse the tax cuts and bring the deficits down. (The very things that were never done after Reagan pulled us out of Carter's recession.)
And Bush had nothing to do with our current Recession (that technically is over... GDP growth isn't negative). This Recession was 100% caused by Clinton repealing the Glass-Steagal Act. This allowed banks to bundle and trade mortgages as commodities. This was so lucrative that the banks started handing out mortgages to anyone that asked for one. This created the huge housing boom.
Then, a few years later, JPMorgan found a loophole in the SEC laws that allowed them to invest their clients money to the point that they owned more oil at one point in time than the top 3 oil companies combined. They singlehandedly pushed oil prices through the roof. Because they didn't have to report how much oil they actually controlled, it took over a year for anyone to figure this out (this is the only thing that you might be able to blame Bush for when it comes to the Recession... the fact that it took so long to figure out).
Once oil prices/gas prices skyrocketed, the housing bubble burst. This created what is now known as the Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis, and was on such a large scale that over 2 years later we are still seriously hurting from it and may still go into a double-dip recession.
And what did Obama do? Bail out the banks that created the problem. Also, in his "sweeping Wall St. Reform Act", he neglected to reinstate the Glass-Steagal Act or add measures to keep JPMorgan (and companies like them) from doing what they did again.
BTW, starting wars doesn't hurt the economy, it just adds to the deficit. And Obama has kept right up with Bush's plans, even increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan. So I don't see how the Dems are any different in that aspect.
As for Unemployment Benefits... that was one of the first thing the GOP did under Bush... extend them. Gee, I haven't seen any additional weeks added in the last 11 months... yet the Dems are in control. It's not like they even tried. And starting a few months ago, both Pelosi and Reid took the stance of there will be no extensions even discussed until after midterms. As I am sure you know, the Finance Committee never spent a minute working on Stabenow's Bill.
Actually, both Stabenow's and Berkley's Bills were considered "go nowhere" Bills when they were introduced because usually they go through the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) first to have all the financials worked out before they get introduced.
So, in short, voting Democrat these midterms is basically saying that you like the way things have been the past 2 years.
For the record, I'm not saying, in general, that the GOP is better than the Dems (or vice-versa), they both suck. But this current batch of Dems needs to be booted as far out of office as possible... they have not done their jobs, Period!
@ Fred, The Democrats have repeatedly attempted bi-partisanship, however, the Republicans continue to vote against bills even when they have been changed to accommodate Republicans.
I can certainly agree w/ about Glass/Steagall, however, the Republicans controlled Congress and it would not have made a difference if Clinton vetoed the bill. Congress already had 2/3rds majority for the bill. The final vote was Senate 90–8 (one not voting) and in the House: 362–57 (15 not voting). When look at the details, its the Republicans that sponsored the bill and pushed it through Congress
You seem to be in favor of regulations and the Republicans have already stated in their "Pledge to America" that they intend to repeal the financial regulations, health care, etc. basically anything that has passed in the last two years. How will that help the economy grow? If any thing , the economy will deteriorate further only this time we won't be bailing out any banks which means our economy will crumble. How is adding another $700 billion to deficit in order to get the top 2% a tax cut help the economy or reduce the deficit?
.THE MADDENS are GOP moles trying to tear this movement and get people away from th poles! Spreading propaganda like the GOP tried to extend benefits by using stimulus funding, just think of how many projects still had money in the pot, how about tarp funds or unused small business bill funds that just passed! The truth is the GOP want to see the stimulus fail, why else would they only propose the funding come from there when they could have went after so many other funded projects or wars for that matter! The other truth is they (the gov) cant legally end the stimulus to divert the funding when its in motion some are in the start up faze, some ended, some are currently going on! People fall for this propaganda!!!! THINK ABOUT IT OR ASK YOUR SENATOR!!!!!!! fred and jane go do your inbreeding somewhere else, GREGG IS A HERO TO ME CAUSE HE HAS THE GUTS TO DO WHAT I CANT DO FOR MYSELF, I"LL THROW ANYONE A BONE THAT CAN DO THAT! You know why, CAUSE THEY DESERVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I remain anan because if I told you then would work on me specifically, I know you almost succeeded in tearing down this sight and that you are a hired gun from the GOP so do me a favor go back to your base camp and tell all your buddies to go F__K THEMSELVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a hole republi-cannot Mole!!!!
Obviously another Republicannot troll!
She was right! What happend this week was nothing more than a "dog and pony show" by the Democrats. Time after time we seen Republicans oppose UI extensions which will add to the deficit. What made them think it would be different this time? Do Democrats really think we are that stupid? If Democrats really wanted to help us, they would of used Stimulus funds to help the unemployed as the Republicans have requested time after time. It begs the question: What do they want the left over stimulus money for ? (Half of which remains untouched). What do Democrats think is more important than helping the 99ers? Who are desperate, becoming homeless, commiting suicide, falling in despair. I'm even doubtful Democrats would do anything when they come back in November. Do they deserve to be re-elected? Maybe not...
Ms. Veasley-Fields was right, and so are you. Most new tiers were passed during the Bush Administration, by a Democrat Congress who was willing to fight, and a Republican President who was willing to work with them.
When Democrats held unobstructed power throughout 2009 with a supermajority, they did not show any compassion for the unemployed. After burning the midnight oil for healthcare reform, they simply extended existing tiers for the unemployed for a month or two with the omnibus bill.
Democrats have not shown themselves to be any better friends of the unemployed than Republicans.
We are so 5cr3w3d :(
Seriously, though, as disgusted as I am, we Californians don't really have the option to stay home. The governor's race is too important. So I'll wind up voting for the Democrats anyhow, in spite of the fact they have worked us like a bunch of sleazy used-car salesmen.
Because it's either that or get stuck with Meg Whitman and Carly "Wicked Witch of the West" Fiorina for the next six years.
Do you really want Career Politicians in Office??? I know I don't.
Every single non-career politician (that I know of), that has been elected to office, has been well liked. Many even want to change the laws so Schwarzenegger can run for President.
As for Boxer... I called her office a few months ago to see where she stood on extending UI. Her staffer told me that the Senator couldn't afford to waste any more time on the unemployed and needed to focus on climate issues. I am not joking about this. It took all I had to keep from swearing and chucking my phone across the room when he told me that. I absolute couldn't believe that answer. I'm still shocked by it to this day.
Maybe that isn't how she really felt, but just the fact that her staffer was in a position to say that is enough to make sure I go out of my way to vote against her.
I also contacted Boxer's office and was given a smilar answer. I don't even think Boxer or her staff know anything about the 99ers. Please vote Boxer out of office!
Barbara Boxer has done NOTHING for the unemployed or 99ers. It's a fact that she has been absent from the debate. She has never even been cited as a potential helpful party to the unemployed by either Donalee King or Mike Thornton.
She IS a career politician only, and does not deserve the support of anyone who cares about S.3706.
Mignon, Ladonna,
Thank you for your continuing efforts. We NOVOs have one month to exercise our American right not to vote or to vote however we please. President Obama must address our problems before the election. We 99ers are not the problem. We are the solution. Help us help you. Find the money somewhere or there will be a very dismal winter. Any money distributed will be immediately spent and will help keep the USA economy improving. We cannot wait for next summers' possible low paying jobs.
NOVO is a patriotic American right.. We are not the problem. The entire government is failing right now. We will not forget.
Great points. NONE of them deserve our support. They have a full month to do something to help the millions who are losing everything. Even President Obama's national campaign manager (on Dylan Ratigan's show two days ago) and Chris Matthews suggested reconvening for a short time to pass economic legislation to help our country.
NOVOs ARE RIGHT. Our political system is too crowded with too many political partisans and lemmings who allow our elected officials to neglect all Americans at the expense of Haiti, Pakistan, or their own causes and lobbyists.
The last ext. was formed and passed in the House H.R. 4213 By Rep. Charles Rangel (D) and it was Rep. Nancy Polosi (D) who was behind it and paying for it with Stim. Money. I saw her (ESPN) on the floor arguing to get it passed. So it passed the House before the Senate because it was an amendment to and ex. law. I feel we should have went this route.
HR 4213 was not paid for with Stimulus monies. The GOP introduced the companion Bill, HR 5618 , which would have used Stimulus funds... but the Dems tabled it (aka, dismissed it without a vote). Thus, no support from the GOP for this Bill.
Also, keep in mind that the only UI extensions passed in 2010 were 3 filing deadline extensions. No extension of additional weeks were added this year. The wording does get confusing... as does CSPAN vs. ESPN. :)
There are so many ways this could get done. Just a few are: (1) using stimulus monies, which Republicans said will go back into the Treasury if they win (and I believe they will); (2) allowing tax cuts to continue for all in exchange for passage of S.3706; (3) the President could call Congress into an emergency session and demand this gets done; or (4) the president can simply announce a state of emergency and provide funding.
But we cannot make them care unless we make it clear that they work for us! I suspect either Democrats will wake up and get this soon, or NOVOs will drive the message home.
After all this back and forward from "D" and "R" I guess I will turn "NOVO". I don't trust anybody anymore.I've been beging for an extension since March 2010 and nothing happens.I thought I could get the opportunity to rent an apartment,buy clothing and go to apply for a job in a decent way,but with no extension I don't have any money.Why Mrs. Stabenow introduced the S3706 in the last minute,when they have to go home for a new brake,there was not enough time for that,she made that in purpose? Doesn't make sense to present a bill when they have to go home next day.
No, it doesn't, and it wasn't really presented for the up and down vote legislators traditionally say they want. It was presented as a Unanimous Consent Resolution, which can be defeated by any Senator. It didn't have to be LeMieux; it could have just as easily been Democrat Senator Ben Nelson.
No offense but you people need to wake up! I believe Ms. Fields and this writer aree just brought and paid for by the GOP. No one in their RIGHT mind could see what the GOP have pulled on unemployment and not catch a clue that the GOP are NOT for unemployed Americans.
I have heard that buyouts are being made inside the 99er movement to start this NOVO campaign by no less than GOP big pockets. Looks as if Ms. King and Fields been receiving some dividends. Please folks, watch the pattern and behavior. It tells a lot.
Signed,
Stop the BS, 99er
You need to come out of the liberal gutter. Democrats are responsible for the mess the 99ers are in right now!
Dude you have been watching too much X-files..
I agree with the X-Files comment. I don't think any partisan GOPers are arguing for the continuation of benefits to 99ers!
Ms. King and Ms. Veasley-Fields have nothing to prove to anyone. We all know their primary focus is in making sure that something is done to benefit the long-suffering 99ers.
Why is it that so many seem to have trouble understanding that NOVOs, and all of us, need to take a stand for our fellow 99ers, and demand that our legislators represent us?
FINALLY!! Some people are understand what the dems have been doing to us 99ers and blaming the GOP all along. It all finally is making sense to people. This HAS been a dem dog and pony show. The GOP has been consistent in saying they JUST want it funded first. What is the HUGE hold up in the Stimulous fund? Why can it NOT be used, what is the big secret? Are we saving it for Global Warming or what? How about using it for winter "home warming" for the 99ers. I am so sick of the GOP being blamed for leaving us all to starve. It truly is a stand-off between BOTH parties.
Fred: Reading your post about Barbara Boxer game me the same reaction, I'm ready to throw my computer over the back fence and into the river bottom...........
Beth, yeah, I still can't believe Boxer's office said that.
Anyways, for the record. Unlike what appears to be huge amounts of Stimulus funds still just sitting there... it has almost all been spent. Basically just tax cut funding is all that remains. The Recovery.org site is about a year behind on its updates.
I know I was yelling pretty loud to use those funds too for quite a while... until I found out that they are spent. They pretty much got used up right around the beginning of the year when unemployment started rising again.
BTW, Obama's 3 economic advisers, which at least 2 of them have quit, recommended that the Stimulus be at least double what it was, more like 3 times the amount. The only reason Obama didn't push for it was that his Chief of Staff, Rahm, didn't think the "sticker shock" of the price would allow it to pass. Oh, and he quit today too.
Word around DC is that Stimulus funds are being saved for 2012, so that Obama could spend big and save face before the election. It makes perfect sense, considering the new Congress won't allow another mass stimulus to go forward before the 2012 election.
It used to look like Obama was saving the Stimulus funds until 2012, but that just isn't the case... it is all basically spent.
But Obama is holding back what appears to be his "ace in the hole", a huge job creations Bill. The $500 Billion Transportation/Job Creations Bill. It supposedly is capable of creating 5-6 million jobs. He asked for this to be delayed 18 months, for no apparent reason, which would mean that it would be introduced to Congress right around January of 2012. Gee, if he would have passed this a year ago, the Dems would be looking really good right now.
His asking for a delay seems like nothing more than a campaign ploy for his reelection.
But, most now are saying that Obama won't even have the DNC's backing for 2012... Hilary will. So it looks like it will be another primary with Barry vs. Hilary again... and, unless things change big time, without the GOP being able to take credit for it, I guarantee Hilary will win the primary. So it is really looking like he won't even get a chance run a 2nd term. And if the GOP takes control of the House, which is more than likely, and also gain control of the Senate (looking like 1 or 2 short there), in these midterms, and then the economy starts picking back up big time. It will be a tough race for any Dem to win the 2012 Presidency... unless it is Sarah Palin running with Christine O'Donnell as her VP. :)
Fred you are wrong and I don't know where you are getting your information. I just checked and billions in stimulus are still being held. I'm looking for an article I recently read from the WSJ which discusses this issue.
Stimulus funds remaining amount to $300 billion or so, according to MSNBC. Rep. Boehner has already stated that all unused stimulus funds will revert to the Treasury if Republicans take the House. So, the approach of using these funds now DOES make sense, since the House controls spending, and it is the most likely body to switch to Republican in November.
Both parties are to blame for the scenario 99ers are facing. NEITHER deserves our support.
What I see is everyone is blaming the Dems. for failure to support Tier 5?
Here's my question: Why didn't the Reps. step up and sponsor a bill to extend Tier 5? Why aren't the Reps. held accountable for not supporting the unemployed and sponsoring the appropriate unemployment extension bills including Tier 5? Just imagine the votes Reps. could have gotten if they stepped up to the plate and offered a hand to the unemployed.
If the Reps. are indeed an improvement over the Dems,, why did their caucus send LeMeiux to the floor to object to the bill. Why didn't LeMeiux man up and support the bill for goodness sake? Unemployment in Florida is 14.9%. The Reps. caucus picked LeMeiux because he is not running for office again and his term ends at the 2010. Why are ya'll using the Dems, as whipping post (not that they are perfect by a long shot)? I think you ought take another look at the Reps! They have not stepped to the forefront to support the 99ers.
D.W. Here is the difference between the Democrats and the GOP:
Republicans flat out say NO and make a stance as to what needs to be done for them to vote in favor... while Democrats PRETEND to care about the unemployed, because they want to be known as the party of "the poor and working class Americans," but they really just put on these dog and pony shows like we saw on Wed, failed intended actions with no expected results. Democrats deceived the 99ers and played them for fools!
I agree the Democrats have done nothing but play unemployed people for their own gain.
Proof:
1. Both the House and Senate failed to present legislation for 99ers until the first week of August, just prior to vacationing for a month.
2. After returning from vacation, neither the House or Senate made an effort to move 99er legislation forward until Rob C of NOVO agreed to "dissolve" the NOVO movement.
DW, Democrats are responsible because they hold the reins of power, and have the ability to propose it, bring it to a vote, and make it happen. Look what happened with healthcare reform: Senator Reid held the Senate in session until Christmas to get it passed.
In this case, Senator Stabenow introduced her bill to the public right before the last recess. In retrospect, that was likely a cynical ploy to ensure 99ers wouldn't make her life a living hell in town halls.
This time, right before the Senate adjourned, Senator Stabenow only introduced the bill as a unanimous consent resolution, which can be derailed by any one of 100 Senators for any reason. Even Democrat senator Nelson (NE) could have derailed it.
If Senator Reid (a COSPONSOR of the bill) or any other Democrats really cared about the bill or 99ers, they could have demanded an up or down vote. But on this issue, they did not care. It's a shame, too, because at least two Republicans traditionally side with Democrats on these issues, and they were, ironically, also denied a vote by the Kabuki theater orchestrated by Senators Stabenow and LeMieux!
That is why Democrats are equally culpable.
A few posters claim Stabenow's staff told them she did NOT make a "deal" with Ed Schultz/NOVO movement.
But, of course she is not going to admit to making a deal to forward S3706 in return for Rob C. calling off the NOVO movement.
I believe Rob C and Ed Schultz much more than I believe Senator Stabenow or her office. Hoever, her cynical ploy to rein in NOVOs with a unanimous consent resolution is clearly failing. Most 99er NOVOs are sophisticated enough to know the UCR was never going to pass muster with either Republicans OR Democrats!
Democrats had better realize that many of the NOVOs are informed voters who want action, not platitudes or feigned sympathy from legislators who could not genuinely care less about 99ers. Many elections are traditionally decided by 5,000 or fewer votes, so if they don't step up to help the millions who are hurting, NOVOs could make a big impact in November.
To Stabenow I say:
Too late, but nice gesture.
Stabenow wouldn't have brought S3706 out on the day they voted to leave a week early if the deal to dissolve NOVO had not been made.
To Obama and Biden I say:
You need to listen to our complaints and act to resolve them, instead of telling us to shut up and "buck up to help Democrats" be re-elected.
To Obama and Biden,
You two aren't doing the Democrat party a favor by calling us "complainers/whiners" instead of listening to us and acting on our behalf.
Obama, YOU and Democrat incumbents need to BUCK UP and ACT IMMEDIATELY on our behalf. Naive of you to think you'll get our support when you've done nothing but ignore us.
If not for progressive Democrats, Obama would not be USA president. Yet, Obama and his people have repeatedly discounted progressive's and their values.
Good riddance, Rahm. Glad your foul mouth is going back to Chicago.
To Rahm, who called the progressive Democrat base "f-ing retards":
Elated to see you go, but pitying Chicago.
15 million 99ers cannot make a difference if they don't vote. Not voting is putting a check mark next to a Republican. Working people are going to vote for Republicans because it seems like they are trying to hold Obama in check. If you're not working vote for non-incumbents.
The dems that are considering defecting need to think, what bills did the gop provide to support us, NOT 1! I'm sure they heard from thier own constituents and by some of the same people that voted for them that are unemployed! Hopefully you wont drag me down with you when you vote! Elections suck period, they want to hold everyone accountable for the jobs they do, but the government doesnt have to comply with the same rules! Some, alot, should be impeached or fired but there seems to be no way to do it! All I have to say is stupid money games BS!
A vote for any Republican = DEATH to America. I will have to vote the Dems as the lesser of both evils.....
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