Flap Your Lips Friday
Posted by Michelle Moquin on October 31st, 2014
Good morning!
Candi et al: Yes, I am. The write was about single women, but I am calling ALL women too…married, divorced, old, young, all women of all color. Because this is it. If we’re going to give Obama, the only male president that I am confident that will go to bat for women, a chance to be a support to women and this country…to bring it home in his last run as president, this is the time that we, the Dems, need to be at the polls voting for the Dems.
So, yes if it sounds like that is what I am trying to do, believe me, it is what I am trying to do…it is all I think about lately. And most likely…it is all I will think about until we vote on Tuesday, and we are victorious.
Tony: I HOPE you had a safe flight back. Enjoy the Parade! It will be a gorgeous sea of Orange and Black – no better way to celebrate the beloved Giants and one of my favorite Holidays. Stay safe and dry. It is a wet one today.
Thelma: I blogged this a few days ago, but it was definitely worth a re-post. Thanks!
Readers: Whatever name you package the Right with…they are all the same same. We do not want the ruthless repubs in control. We’ve already heard from a few readers what is the most important issue in these midterm elections. In case you don’t know how bad it could be with the GOP in control, please let this be a wake-up reminder.
Mary, Frank, Harold, et al: This write is for you.
From Think Progress:
10 Things To Expect Next Year If The GOP Wins The Senate
With Election Day less than two weeks away it seems each day brings new polls and new predictions about which party will control the Senate. Ultimately control of the upper chamber hinges on a few races that are still too close to call. So perhaps a more productive question than who will prevail after Election Day, is what will they do? From that perspective, there is a lot at stake for progressives. A new CAP Action report released today takes a look at ten things to expect next year if Republicans take control of the Senate.
1. Additional attempts to use the budget process to advance a conservative ideological agenda. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told Politico [add link] in August that he intends to use the appropriation process to push his conservative agenda should he become the Senate majority leader. In other words, should Republicans take the senate, McConnell has promised more of the same brinkmanship and political gridlock Congressional Republicans have used in the past few years.
2. More tax cuts for the wealthy and further spending cuts for middle- and working-class families. A Republican-controlled Senate would bring back the same old top-down, trickle-down economic policies that have been proven to benefit the very wealthy few at the expense of the rest, while hurting the overall economy.
3. Obstruction of well-qualified judicial nominees, leaving vacancies on federal courts. A GOP Senate would likely change the rules for judicial nominations reinstituting obstructionism by filibuster and stalling judicial nominations for years with the hope that a Republican president would be able to fill the vacancies in 2017 with ideologically conservative judges.
4. A vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Still outraged about the 50-plus repeal votes cast by Republicans in the House? Republicans in the Senate have indicated that even though the rest of the world is ready to move on, they still want to fight old political fights and move the country backwards by voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
5. Attempts to roll back women’s health gains. GOP senators and candidates have tried to distance themselves from their anti-women records this election season, but with safe control of the upper chamber they would most certainly vote legislation that is harmful to women’s health like an anti-abortion bill introduced last year by Sen. Graham (R-SC).
6. Use of the Congressional Review Act to weaken environmental rules, jeopardizing public health. A Republican Senate would try to undo all of the efforts the administration has been able to make combatting climate change putting the public health of current and future Americans at risk.
7. Action to dramatically expand people’s ability to carry concealed, loaded guns. Republicans in the Senate have already proven that they are beholden to the NRA, whose primary goal is to expand individual’s ability to carry concealed guns anywhere—including into bars, churches, and schools – via the National-Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act. With a majority in the Senate they would be able to pass this bill, undermining state’s current gun laws and creating a race-to-the-bottom in terms of gun safety.
8. Legislation that adversely affects the LGBT community.Following a continued expansion of same-sex marriages and recent support of marriage equality from the Supreme Court, Republicans in the Senate have proven that they are committed to restricting the rights of the LGBT community and they could do so by passing the Marriage and Religious Freedom Act that allows for government-sanctioned discrimination against the LGBT community.
9. Legislation to deport DREAMers. A year after passing comprehensive immigration reform, many Senate Republicans are distancing themselves from the bipartisan bill and instead siding with the extreme Senator Ted Cruz who wants to stop the Obama administration from carrying out DACA, which would help thousands of immigrant children.
10. New cuts to programs and rules that increase college access, affordability, and readiness. While the cost of higher education skyrockets and the United States continues to fall behind its peers in math, science and reading, a Republican Senate would make it harder for students to afford college.
BOTTOM LINE: If past actions are any indication of the future, it is safe to say that a Republican controlled Senate would bring back the same top-down, trickle-down economic policies that have already failed our country. Even more pressingly, with Republicans controlling both chambers they would have the opportunity to roll back progressive policies like the protection of clean air, immigration reform and the Affordable Care Act, while pursuing a conservative agenda harmful to women’s health and LGBT rights.
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Readers: This is not a future that we want. And no doubt there is and will be more than just these 10. (Wilhelm: That’s a nod to you) I don’t know why any decent man and especially a woman in her right mind would vote repub.
Reading all of your comments this morning gave me HOPE that we can do this.
Mike: I’m just going to assume you were joking. But then again, you may not be a decent man.
Anthony: Thanks for being a loyal reader and finally making your first comment. :) Nicely stated. “Their tenure might be short but their slash and burn agenda will leave congress in ruins.” Unfortunately you are right on. My stomach’s been in knots for awhile now but I have faith in the American people.
Paul: Thank you. There will be lots to be thankful for when we are successful this Tuesday. Let’s just be sure that we are and work it up until the last minute.
Jim: Smart move! Happy that you see the illogic in the GOP plan. Please pass it along to your friends – have an impact and get them to change their vote. The trickle down theory never trickles down. It didn’t with Bush and it won’t ever under any repub run country.
Gordon: It will if we all think logically and Country first – not just in our own best interest, but what is best for everyone.
Nice to see all of you men here voting Dem and supporting a party that supports women and OTWs, etc. Thank you.
I need to run. I’ll read the rest of the comments later on this afternoon. Thanks for being here with me and showing your support!
Thoughts? It’s Friday. Blog me. Remember…with effort, WE CAN DO THIS.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Have a fun and safe one!
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October 31st, 2014 at 9:53 am
When I came across this remark from S. Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, my jaw literally dropped to the floor.
“If I get to be president, white men in male-only clubs are going to do great in my presidency.”
That’s what Senator Lindsey Graham actually told a male-only private club a few weeks ago in a shocking new audio clip leaked to CNN on Wednesday.
Graham’s campaign is trying to play his racist and sexist remarks off as a joke. But racism and sexism aren’t funny. As the recent events in Ferguson, and what are now essentially Supreme Court endorsed efforts to block African American citizens from voting show, African Americans are very much under attack in America today. And the Republican War on Women in this country is getting worse, not better.
Graham’s recent comments were in the context of his presidential ambitions, but they also make it clear that he is unfit to serve in the United States Senate.
Tell Senator Graham: Senators must represent all their constituents, not just white men in male-only clubs. You must resign immediately and apologize to your constituents. Click here to sign the petition.
A Credo Action petition.
I haven’t heard too much about this racist, sexist, republican asshole of a senator, but I have heard all I need to about this typical GOP senator & presidential wanna-be. What do you think?
October 31st, 2014 at 9:57 am
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/graham_racist_sexist?t=1&akid=12109.2147902.49c3a4
Sorry, link didn’t come out.
November 1st, 2014 at 9:16 am
Michelle, I looked for you. It was so crowded and I loved it. But It would have made my day to catch sight of you. You are a beautiful girl. I spent a good deal of time making double takes every time I saw a girl with long black hair.
I will confess I made a color copy of that picture of you over the ““Though she be but little, she be fierce.” line. If I have never seen a more beautiful female. Your smile is just awesome.
But I had a great time. The rain didn’t last and the halloween party at the Castro was off the hook.
November 1st, 2014 at 9:18 am
Wow Al, that quote stunned me. But my brothers said that would make them vote for him.
November 1st, 2014 at 9:26 am
Al, if you were one of those white men, then you would understand that we white men are under attack from all the rest of America.
Niggers, jews, wetbacks, slopes, muds and half breeds of every tripe are just taking pot shots at us. Even our women are spreading their whoring legs to lie with those animals.
Women in general are just a bunch of bitches that need a collar or they will stay like dog bitches in heat. White women should have more will power, but I wouldn’t put any money on it.
I tell white men to say whatever they need to be political correct, but when they go to the polls vote for whoever is bring WHITE POWER back to this nation.
Today that is only being done unabashfully by the Republican Party.
November 1st, 2014 at 9:29 am
Al, I heard that quote. It changed my mind. As a white male I felt proud that a politician had the courage to stand up for us. I will not vote democratic this election. I am voting for taking our country back.
I hope you will come to see that we as white males need to unite to support those that stand up for us?
November 1st, 2014 at 9:41 am
Al#1, nice to see that you are back. I miss your input. It is usually like Zen Lill’s. It brings a new way to look at an issue. You often add additional facts that give a more complete view of the subject matter.
Your revelation about Graham’s quote is definitely an eye opener for me. I will not be voting for that racist creep and I am white.
November 1st, 2014 at 9:53 am
I know you read here. It’s me. You sucked my dick when you were drunk and begged me not to tell your wife. You have been avoiding me.
So call me or I will tell your wife and the rest of the neighborhood. By the way your daughter came by with her little sister to get candy last night. I invited her in. We had a few drinks. She sucks dick good too. But she fucks even better.
Oh, she told me you have been fucking her since she was 7. She says in 4 years when she is going to leave and then tell the police.
You will be doing jail time unless you give her to me. I can break the little slut. Think about it.
November 1st, 2014 at 11:07 am
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November 1st, 2014 at 11:17 am
That was an eye opener for me Al. I’m not sure why anyone but a racist would vote for this man. I’m a white male and I have no intention of voting for him or his party.
November 1st, 2014 at 11:19 am
Who says things like that today? Al it’s like we are still in the days when my people didn’t have to worry about what OTWs thought.
Shame.