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2.05.2008

 

GOP good news

The House Republican caucus celebrated some good news Tuesday -- and this group has needed some.

House Republican Leader Steve Adams returned to the House chamber after a month of sick leave while he recovered from heart surgery. He jumped right into action, speaking up in the morning's debate on a prescription drug bill. (Check out the debate in story that will be published Wednesday.)

Adams described his return as bittersweet because of the empty seat next to him. That's where the late Rep. Cola Hudson, R-Lyndonville, used to sit.

At least one individual from Hudson's legislative district was hanging around the governor's ceremonial office Tuesday morning, presumably for an interview. Gov. Jim Douglas will make the choice of who completes Cola's term. That individual was Howard Crawford, who represented the district with Hudson until a few years ago.

The other good news for the Republican caucus was reported on the floor by Rep. Donna Sweaney, D-Windsor. Her update concerned Rep. David Clark, R-St. Johnsbury, who was hospitalized last week. Sweaney visited Clark, who is a member of the House Government Operations Committee which she chairs. She said Clark looked better and was asking about the campaign finance bill, which the committee is working on.

The House Republican caucus will lose an eight-year veteran in March when Rep. Loren Shaw of Derby steps down. He's resigning because of the fulltime nature of his work as a motor coach driver. Douglas will have to select someone to fill out his term.

-- Nancy Remsen

Comments:
Sure seems like the Republicans have a built-in disadvantage sometimes - they have full-time jobs.
 
The Republican "disadvantage" is that they aren't qualified to do anything except drive buses.
 
Tell me about the Democrats' qualifications. Don't we have a hairdresser? Well, at least she has a job and owns a business. What do the Democratic House leaders do for jobs?
 
what are you going on about?
 
I would rather have a bus driver represent me any day of the week as opposed to a college professor or personal injury lawyer. As a matter of fact I would take my chances throwing darts at a phone book before having either of the latter.
 
Yea, I don't want any educated people in government.
 
Why do you assume the bus driver is uneducated?
 
because he's a Republican ...
 
""I would rather have a bus driver represent me any day of the week . . ."

"Yea, I don't want any educated people in government."

"Why do you assume the bus driver is uneducated?"

"because he's a Republican ...""

Nice try. You got caught offering an assumption that a bus driver must be uneducated.
 
Let's see...besides the hairdresser the Dems have a gay stand-up comic, a theater director, their leader drives a yellow school bus and has a few sheep (that makes her a "farmer"), a fishing guide, etc. I don't see much here that makes them "qualified" The legislature is made up of Vermont citizens from all walks of life - that's what makes it so special.
 
Anonymous said...

"Tell me about the Democrats' qualifications. Don't we have a hairdresser? Well, at least she has a job and owns a business."

Yeah, it makes her part of the Majority Democratic Caucus, too little fella.

"What do the Democratic House leaders do for jobs?"

Well, for openers, little fella. They each lead their respective body of the Vermont Legislature.

What do yours do?

Always a pleasure.
 
JWCoop10 said...
Let's see here, We gots us 12 posts. One by me and 12 by bubble boy and the anonymettes.

If you fellas don't like me confusin' ya, either get yourselves some screen names or take your chances.

8:59 PM, February 05, 2008
 
" JWCoop10 said...
JWCoop10 said...
Let's see here, We gots us 12 posts. One by me and 12 by bubble boy and the anonymettes.

If you fellas don't like me confusin' ya, either get yourselves some screen names or take your chances."

And you are responding to what with this, little fella? The voice in your head?
 
""What do the Democratic House leaders do for jobs?"

Well, for openers, little fella. They each lead their respective body of the Vermont Legislature.

What do yours do?"

They are mine, sadly. And they do what when they are not "leading" their body for half the year, little fella? Social activism?

P.S., "Well, for openers, little fella." is not a sentence.
 
If the legislature is their job then they really aren't good at ANYTHING!
 
Anonymous has left a new comment on the post "GOP good news":

"If the legislature is their job then they really aren't good at ANYTHING!"

In other words, ya got bupkis.

Once again, little fella, your ignorant, ill-informed opinions aren't evidence to say nothing of grounds for impeachment, they're merely your ignorant, ill-informed opinions.

Always a pleasure.
 
" JWCoop10 said...
JWCoop10 said...
Let's see here, We gots us 12 posts. One by me and 12 by bubble boy and the anonymettes.

If you fellas don't like me confusin' ya, either get yourselves some screen names or take your chances."

"And you are responding to what with this, little fella? The voice in your head?"

Well, little fella, given the fact that anonymous posters are the equivalent of dear occupant, to whomever it may concern.

Always a pleasure.
 
" JWCoop10 said...
JWCoop10 said...
Let's see here, We gots us 12 posts. One by me and 12 by bubble boy and the anonymettes.

If you fellas don't like me confusin' ya, either get yourselves some screen names or take your chances."


Ya, again, and what exactly were you responding to with that little Turette's syndrome episode? There is nothing in this thread that your posting addresses. This must be another one of your oops-wrong-thread goofs.
 
I agree that there is a clear lack of qualifications in the legislature. The concept of a citizen legislature is outdated. The State has to address difficult issues that they do not have the skills to address.

In a State that goes to great lengths to qualify and license auctioneers, tattoo artists and manicurists, we certainly are more that willing to turn over the keys of the State to anyone that wants the job as a hobby.
 
Aren't you repeating yourself, too. Seems to me we saw this oligarchical idea here before--verbatim..
 
They don't know any other way.
 
maybe but the point is still valid.

JW you got bupkis.

Dismissed
 
"They don't know any other way."

Unclear. Other than engaging in oligarchical thought, or other than repeating themselves?
 
Anonymous said...

"maybe but the point is still"
valid."

It is, eh? Ya got bupkis little fella.

Dismissed
 
""maybe but the point is still"
valid."

It is, eh? Ya got bupkis little fella."

Your response is not refutation of the opinion offered. It's not debate. Refute the point, if you can, or just shut up.
 
""maybe but the point is still"
valid."

It is, eh? Ya got bupkis little fella."

"Your response is not refutation of the opinion offered. It's not debate. Refute the point, if you can, or just shut up."

Stuff a sock in it, schmuck.

There's nothing to refute, punk. Ya never established a point.

That's the fact that establishes my point.

In the unlikely event you ever make a legitimate point, little nameless-idiot fella, I'm sure I'll have no trouble taking it apart like the rest of your ignorant, ill-informed slop.

Choke and poke, little fella. Shorten your stroke, little fella. Stick to typos, spelling and grammar tips, punk. Ya just might foul one off now and then.

Dismissed.
 
"Stuff a sock in it, schmuck.
There's nothing to refute, punk. little nameless-idiot fella
your ignorant, ill-informed slop.
Choke and poke, little fella. Shorten your stroke, little fella. Stick to typos, spelling and grammar tips, punk. Ya just might foul one off now and then.
Dismissed."

Awww. Wittle Jeffy's weal angwy at all the people!

"Stick to typos, spelling and grammar tips, punk."

And wittle Jeffy forgot the serial comma after the word "spelling."

Wittle Jeffy needs to take wittle Jeffy's medicine and go bed-bed!
 
"And wittle Jeffy forgot the serial comma after the word "spelling."

Wittle Jeffy needs to take wittle Jeffy's medicine and go bed-bed!"

Please treat wittle Jeffy with respect. Ater all, he is a graduate of the Jethro Bodine Academy of Higher Learnin'. He majored in 5th grade.
 
The legislature needs to finish early and save the state some money. Working longer does not get anything done.
 
Finishing early would be good. There would be less time to do anything dumb.
 
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