Paul Begala: Cut off funding to Mississippi and South Carolina.

[ej510]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. What?

[ej510]

2. Since their governors and oppose the bill. I agree.

[Still Sensible]

3. And Castellanos is a jerk. Basically flat out lying

with every other word out of his mouth. He seemed somewhat levelheaded during the campaign, but I guess he's so pissed off now that Obama's kicking ass and that--despite a week of unanswered GOP criticism and claptrap in the MSM--he's now calling them out and kicking harder he's just losing it. Nonsensical bullshit.

[Captain Hilts]

4. Al Castellanos is tight with Haley Barbour. nt

[crazylikafox]

5. That gets my vote

[aaaaaa5a]

6. That comment was brilliant! NT

[pot luck]

7. Looks like Begala might get his wish (at least in regard to MS)

since that bastard Barbour said he isn't sure if he's going to accept the funding for our state.


http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/feb/03/gov-shuns-stimulus-stuns-lawmaker/

[MadBadger]

8. Can you elaborate?

[Pisces]

9. opt out of the stimulus fund that is going to each state. Mississippi can just say "thanks but

no thanks to stimulus funds.

[Thrill]

10. They should send NO money to the state govt of South Carolina

Their Governor is an arrogant piece of shit. That is clearly trying to run in '12.
They should send it to the mayors of the state.

[Thothmes]

15. Lets see if we can punish thousands of needy

citizens in South Carolina because we don't like their republican governor. Really sound public policy. Screw those needy citizens so we can make a political point.

[Thrill]

17. Did you read my post? I said send it to the mayors and not the state Govt.

I didn't say screw the citizens

[Thothmes]

32. Dont know how SC is organized

but if it is like VA, you plan will not work. Mayors have no organization or legal power to handle thinks like AFDC, Section 8, foodstamps. Then what will you do about the rural areas without mayors. Do they just go down the tubes. this is a dumb idea.

[kenny blankenship]

11. Omelettes don't make themselves

[ribrepin]

12. Now that's an idea whose time has time

Vote it up!!!!

[camera obscura]

13. Yes, let's make sure we never win a seat there again. Oh wait, Begala still thinks we can't.

after all he's the one who bitched about staffers picking their noses in Utah and Mississippi.

[Are_grits_groceries]

14. I live in SC,

and Mark Hoover-Sanford would love that. He's been trying to take the state into a depression before all the shit headed down. He doesn't care so you wouldn't teach him anything.

Rep. James Clyburn has put in a bill to try to run the money through some other channel but the Governor's office.

Edit: And my sig cat has a huge MEH! because she has to listen to him, Lindsey Grahamster and Jim Deminted.

[blindpig]

18. Quite right.

POS libertarian Sanford would like nothing more than drowning the state government and it's people in a bathtub.

The only reason shitheads like him can get elected is that the Democratic Party in the Upstate is worse than useless, run by a bunch of Chamber of Commerce types hardly distinguishable from Republicans. Why not go with the real thing?

[Are_grits_groceries]

19. The Fowlers need to be overthrown!!

They didn't even have a decent candidate to run against Graham. It's still some little exclusive club. I can't stand them. If somebody would pay attention, there could be some surprises.

[demo dutch]

23. You live in SC? , sorry but ... Why?

[OwnedByFerrets]

25. Same damn reason you live where you do....or for a similar reason....

Damn, that question is as bad as the statement "if you dont luv amerika, get the hell out".:puke:

[Are_grits_groceries]

26. It's "home."

I will never try to excuse any of the ignorance or evil that occurs here. I am fighting it with all my might as are any number of people I know.
However, it's "home." I can't explain it any better than that right now. You either understand or you don't.
I can drive for 45 minutes on farm to market roads, turn off onto several dirt ones, cut through by my aunt's house, turn where a path has been made through which a car can just fit between the trees, and in 5 minutes end up at my brothers cabin.
I can sit on his front porch with a glass of sweet tea and pet his kittens even if he is nowhere to be found. He either turns up or he doesn't. There are a lot of places where I fit like that.
It's "home."

[demo dutch]

30. I've always moved on if I didn't like living somewhere, but not everyone can handle that. "Home" is

in my opinion, in the eye the beholder

[sweetpotato]

27. I live in SC, too. I was born here.

Where do you think we should live instead?

[demo dutch]

28. No idea, I've always moved on if I didn't like living somewhere, but not everyone can handle that

never had a problem leaving any place

[GoCubsGo]

31. Me, too...

I like your idea of going over Sanford's head. It might be the only way to help the people in this state who are struggling. Unfortunately, there are still way too many others who think Sanford is doing the right thing.

[BeyondGeography]

16. Dumb...Plenty of good congressional Democrats in both those states

not to mention good people in need who suffer enough from Republicans as it is.

[demo dutch]

20. Agreed!

[SIMPLYB1980]

21. To many good people need help in those states to do that.

Nice shot across the bow though.

[Occam Bandage]

22. Let's just shoot everyone who has a Republican congressman.

That would be the progressive thing to do.

[OwnedByFerrets]

24. It sounds great, but what about the millions who DID vote for

our president and live in those states. Do you just throw them out with the dirty bathwater? I think not.

[Skidmore]

29. That's something * would do. Remember New Orleans.

How soon we forget.