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Re: McCain, McConnell: Start over on heath

PaulTerrell — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:28:51 -0400

Wake County GOP had a fundraiser last night at the State Fair Grounds. With Senator Burr as the main speaker we also had many locally endorsed candidates also. The crowd was over 350 people and were all very vocal about conservative ideals and many presented ideas and solutions to current local and health care issues.

Re: McCain, McConnell: Start over on heath

GiggleBox — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:10:42 -0400

The guy that lost the election for President based on his health care platform and the guy pushing the exact same one as his own say... wait!

Redo!

How about GO HOME! Instead.

Re: Senators appear in Charlotte

scharrison — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:37:27 -0400

"The parent company of the hospital has been a big spender on health care lobbying."

Of course they have, Ben. Here's a few details about that parent company, Carolinas Health Care:

James E.S. Hynes, Chairman (former Chairman Hynes, Inc., a major broker/seller of pharmaceuticals)

William C. Cannon, Jr., Vice Chairman (Pillowtex. 'Nuff said)

Malcolm E. Everett III (Wachovia)

G. Kennedy Thompson (Wachovia)

Bishop George E. Battle, Jr. (God)

Amy Woods Brinkley (Bank of America)

Edward J. Brown III (Bank of America)

Ralph A. Barnhardt (Citizens Savings Bank)

Thomas M. Belk, Jr. (banker with huge wardrobe)

Rush S. Dickson III (rich enough to be a bank)

Willis Frank Dowd IV (Bank of America)

J. Knox Hillman, Jr. (insurance)

Thomas C. Nelson (Morgan Stanley, Belk)

Edward K. Prewitt, Jr. (SunTrust)

Felix S. Sabates, Jr. (Banking Commission)

Ronald H. Wrenn (investor/advisor)

Bankers don't usually swarm like this unless there's money. A lot of money. I saw it on the Discovery Channel...

The Advantages of being Astroturf

GiggleBox — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:37:46 -0400

Carolinas Healthcare Systems was one of North Carolina’s biggest lobbying spenders on health care issues in the past two years, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan group in Washington that tracks spending in politics.

And they get a lame duck closed door meeting with Burr and the last guy to push his plan, John McCain. Was George Bush not available?

Re: McCain, McConnell to join Burr's forum

BitterEXdemocrat — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:01:01 -0400

Medical savings accounts, and mandate that EACH one pays for HIS own healthcare insurance premiums, just like vehicles.

Re: Tobacco groups gave $355k to Burr

CitizenOpinionated — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:28:53 -0400

Please don't...

Re: Tobacco groups gave $355k to Burr

Gosh — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:55:25 -0400

I may need to quit smoking.

Re: Tobacco groups gave $355k to Burr

lpetrou — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:15:19 -0400

This a dog bites man story. Reynolds is located in North Carolina, tobacco is a legal product, "big tobacco" employs many people in the state, so what is the problem. On average Senator Burr received $23,000 a year; Kay Hagan received $19,450 from tobacco companies last year, not that much less than Burr received a year. I would expect them to contribute to both senators and the congressmen, just as I would expect to see the auto companies contributing to the Michigan congressmen or coal companies to those from West Virginia. If they didn't contribute, that would be the story.

Re: Tobacco groups gave $355k to Burr

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:11:50 -0400

Good point. I added it.

— RTB

Re: Tobacco groups gave $355k to Burr

CitizenOpinionated — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:06:24 -0400

Ryan - how come you did not post Hagan's campaign contributions from Tobacco on his post?

Re: Tobacco groups gave $355k to Burr

CitizenOpinionated — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:09:05 -0400

It is also worth noting that Kay Hagan has received over $8,000 in her first election cycle from tobacco companies. More alarming is the $19,000 in campaign contributions received by the Hagan campaign from Bank of America.

Reported here...
http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/hagan_outraged_over_aig_bonuses#comment

If she is so outraged, then she should show some leadership in the US Senate and return that money, since it is nothing short of our taxpaying dollars as well.

Yet, she voted on the Stimulus Package that included the AIG bonus money. I even called her office and asked if they read the bill and they told me most of it and that Hagan would review the modifications in the bill before voting...I guess that one just slipped under the radar. This is also very ironic since Hagan co-sponsored an amendment limiting executive pay a mere week earlier.

If only the News and Observer would do some investigative reporting...

Re: Daves takes GOP to task over clothes

ShelbyRadio — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:35:38 -0500

Yep, thats it Linda, blame someone else for your failures instead of looking at yourself and asking what you did wrong.
RINOs and Democrates could not engage Sarah Palin on the issues, so they resorted to personal attacks. The fact that the so called clothes issue is still on your front burner shows the rest of us that you are not about the State or Country's business but about your own petty nit picking.

Re: Daves takes GOP to task over clothes

TBUCKEYE — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:37:21 -0500

listen to linda, it is one of the reasons we are losing elections...

Re: Daves takes GOP to task over clothes

ryeish — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:40:27 -0500

Ah, nothing like some party infighting. Linda, what does this serve to do for you?

Re: Daves takes GOP to task over clothes

tangoz — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:03:31 -0500

The clothes were either donated to charity or sold and the proceeds donated to charity. No one asked about Biden's, Bush's, or Obama's wardrobe cost. Sound sexist to me. Even if it is from a woman.