Rep. Jeff Landry (R) is a punk and a corporate whore.

[MilesColtrane]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_JOBS_SCENE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Jeff Landry knew not to yell at President Barack Obama during his jobs address Thursday night to Congress. That move made Rep. Joe Wilson famous a couple of years ago, and not necessarily for the better. Instead, Republican leaders urged their members to show up, keep an open mind and be polite - voters were anxious and Congress' bickering had angered large majorities of them.

So Landry, R-La., instead printed out a small white sign to raise when Obama mentioned how, exactly, he planned to put more Americans to work.

"Drilling(equals)jobs," it read in big black letters. Seated two rows behind the well-mannered Wilson, R-S.C., Landry held it up when Obama acknowledged that Republicans might have ideas different from his $447 billion jobs package.

It was only a modest departure from decorum, but a sure signal that more than policy disagreements remain between Obama and congressional Republicans whose standoff over raising the debt ceiling last month brought the country to the brink of default. The markets and recession-weary Americans didn't appreciate the suspense. The nation's credit rating suffered for the bickering, and Congress' favorable ratings dropped to around 12 percent.

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Another douchey, disrespectful display from the a member of the GOP House.

Why didn't he just hold up a big Exxon/Mobil logo?

How much did they put in your offshore account to do this, Jeffy?

[gateley]

1. Most people with an (R) behind their names are. nt

[MilesColtrane]

3. True.

Yet, every other Republican Congressman had the basic human decency to not use the President's speech as an opportunity to flash advertising for oil companies at the TV cameras.

Jeff Landry is a special kind of asshole.

[gateley]

5. I loved your "why not just hold up the Exxon logo?"

:rofl:

[gateley]

2. Another Tea Party 2010 gift to the country. I just looked him

up.

Man, 2010 - an election that will go down in infamy.

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[Scurrilous]

6. K & R

:thumbsup:

[immoderate]

7. A chance to play this again...

--imm

[TwilightGardener]

8. I really hate it when they characterize what the Republicans did as "bickering".

It was a partisan act of terrorism against this country.

[HappyMe]

9. They are holding Americans as hostages.

Do what they want, or else...

[LeftinOH]

10. Drilling = highly specialized jobs performed by people who are usually not locals...

..and then you're left with poisoned ground water. Bitchplease.

[sarcasmo]

11. Should be forced to wear an Exxon Mobil/ BP suit to every political function.