Comments on: GA-8: Valerie Meyers for Congress

By: Game Fan

Game Fan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:13:58 +0000

Sure Val, Outsiders all the way! And don’t confuse my sentiment against “politicians” with being some time of “disgrundled outcast” or an “angry recluse” or… (you get the picture-I think.)

By: Some Other Valerie

Some Other Valerie — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:31:26 +0000

Thanks, David_g, Lawful Money, and Game Fan (I think). I gave you all positive votes. I also gave Doug Deal a couple of thumbs up despite his support of my competitor because he’s quite witty…and I’m generous like that.

By: Lawful Money

Lawful Money — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:22:27 +0000

Way to go Val!

By: Doug Deal

Doug Deal — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:04:23 +0000

I’ve heard that Icarus really enjoys his sock puppet. He likes to add a little perfume and lipstick though to make it a little more realistic.

By: Some Other Valerie

Some Other Valerie — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:06:40 +0000

We had a great turnout on Saturday. It was a crowd of about 60 people with roughly half the crowd being newcomers. Folks from all over the state came to hear me speak and we raised about $100 for every minute I spoke. Pretty good for a newcomer and a first timer.

Icarus has suggested I get a sockpuppet despite how much he hates them for everyone else. I think I will probably just speak for myself if it’s all the same to everyone else. Much love.

By: Doug Deal

Doug Deal — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:00:59 +0000

Some votes go 400+ to 0+, so all reps would pretty much vote together on certain bills. I got all my figures from Open Congress and they are based on every recorded vote.

The truth is D’s vote like D’s and R’s vote like R’s. People obsess over individual bills, but no blue dog is really all that conservative and no liberal Republican is really all that liberal.

By: Game Fan

Game Fan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:06:15 +0000

Yeah, that too. DEFINITELY!

By: Raymond McKinney

Raymond McKinney — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:19:51 +0000

I don’t care for so called “blue dogs”, RINO’s, and actually not too much about D or R anymore. If you can’t stand for something then get off the pot. Why one would support one party and then vote against the agenda of that party is a major part of the problem in that politicians are more about staying in office versus actual representation. Both parties are filled with people that should not be in office. If your district believes in X, you vote for X, and your party supports Y, isn’t it dishonest to your voters to support the Y party and keep them in power?

On another note, assuming that Doug’s figures are accurate Since 47% and 85% are greater than 100% it seems that Lynn and Barney must vote the same some of the time. The simple math is Lynn, Barney, and Jim vote the same 47% of the time, Barney/Jim agree an additional 38% of the time, and Lynn/Barney agree 15% of the time but disagree with Marshal. Therefore, Lynn and Barney agree 62% of the time. Does that 1) make Barney a conservative 2) Lynn a liberal or 3) just politics? Nothing personal Doug, I actually agree with you on the subject, just curious about the data.

By: David_g

David_g — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:12:14 +0000

Go Valerie!!!

By: Game Fan

Game Fan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:35:38 +0000

“I am out raged at Washington D.C. thus I want to go there??

She sounds like she is just anti D.C. This plays well in the primary but she will never make it to Washington.”

Yeah, uh, that’s because DC won’t let you in if you don’t like it? So it just allows “friends of DC” inside the beltway? And I’m the one with the tinfoil hat?

By: steelfist

steelfist — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:09:17 +0000

Marshall won’t switch parties. He is a Democrat. He knows after he was handily defeated in 2000 by Saxby when he ran as liberal Democrat that he needs to vote conservatively to win re-election. He served4 years in the minority. If he was going to switch, he would have switched then.

By: ByteMe

ByteMe — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:02:15 +0000

Even with her chicken neck?

By: Game Fan

Game Fan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:26:57 +0000

Bachmann?
I’d knock da breaks offa dat.

By: ByteMe

ByteMe — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:26:14 +0000

She is. And I hadn’t thought of her that way. I still think Valerie’s a lightweight. Bachmann’s just certifiable.

By: Sleepy Tom

Sleepy Tom — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:22:32 +0000

I cannot figure out if Myers is the poster known as “Some Other Valerie” or not.

Stll…Myers may be the “Michelle Bachman” of Georgia.

(I know that will cause ByteMe to writhe in intellectual agony at the thought)

By: Doug Deal

Doug Deal — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:50:15 +0000

I wish.

With most of what Congress is up to, nothing is the preferred action.

By: ByteMe

ByteMe — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:38:41 +0000

And with an R you get a coward who stands for doing nothing.

By: John Konop

John Konop — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:20:52 +0000

I heard Charlie is ruining up a tab at happy hour not running for office.

By: Doug Deal

Doug Deal — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:17:28 +0000

Yeah, that’s the myth, but take one of the most conservative members of Congress Lynn Westmoreland and one of the most liberal Barney Frank, and you will find that on all roll call votes (this includes important procedural votes) he votes with Westmoreland about 47% of the time and Barney Frank 85% of the time.

There is a huge difference between what you get with a D and what you get with an R. The biggest is that with a this D, you get a coward is who is afraid to stand up to Nancy Pelosi.

By: ByteMe

ByteMe — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:09:13 +0000

“This latest example of cognitive dissonance is brought to you by… the minority party! When you say ‘no’, just think of us!”