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Ican't believe 39 PBS viewer votes!!Must be that s...

2008-01-03T14:03:00.000-05:00

Ican't believe 39 PBS viewer votes!!

Must be that some of them voted more than once

Brock could beat Welch. Welch keeps voting to fund...

2007-12-30T23:00:00.000-05:00

Brock could beat Welch. Welch keeps voting to fund the war and he said he would get us out of there.

Right. In other words, ya got no evidence to back ...

2007-12-30T00:29:00.000-05:00

Right. In other words, ya got no evidence to back up your slogan.

Anonymous said... "Right. In other words, ya got n...

2007-12-29T22:36:00.000-05:00

Anonymous said...

"Right. In other words, ya got no evidence to back up your slogan."

No, once again, little fella, that would be you.

Once more with feeling:

I'm lazy.

You're clueless.

Big difference.

Always a pleasure.

Yeah, a big funny story.No doubt about it, the gop...

2007-12-29T22:33:00.000-05:00

Yeah, a big funny story.

No doubt about it, the gops need a one-term, former State Auditor to run against a popular Dem incumbent in a State where the only question is whether it's 2 outta 3 or 3 outta 4 people who detest Bush, the War in Iraq and all things gop.

Do you really think his failure to be intimidated by the Anti-War Left is gonna hurt him with moderates, little fella.

If so, you're a dimmer bulb than you think I think you are.

You should run the VT Gop, little fella.

I heard Randy Brock will run against Welch - now t...

2007-12-29T22:06:00.000-05:00

I heard Randy Brock will run against Welch - now that is a big story.

Right. In other words, ya got no evidence to back ...

2007-12-29T12:54:00.000-05:00

Right. In other words, ya got no evidence to back up your slogan.

Anonymous said... "Right. In other words, ya got n...

2007-12-28T21:42:00.000-05:00

Anonymous said...

"Right. In other words, ya got no evidence to back up your slogan."

No, that would be you, little fella.

I've got it. You don't.

I'm lazy. You're clueless.

Big difference.

Always a pleasure.

Right. In other words, ya got no evidence to back...

2007-12-28T18:05:00.000-05:00

Right. In other words, ya got no evidence to back up your slogan.

That's what I thought.

Always a pleasure.

Anonymous said... Little Doogie Souser's actions a...

2007-12-28T15:36:00.000-05:00

Anonymous said...

Little Doogie Souser's actions are about as popular with Vermonters as Bush and the War in Iraq, little fella.

"Care to support that with some evidence, little fella?"

Sure. Tell ya what, I'll do that and you can prove I'm Doug Hoffer and Ian whomeverthehellheis and we'll see who finishes first, little fella.

Ya think ya can pull that off, chuckles?

Either do I.

Always a pleasure.

"Little Doogie Souser's actions are about as popul...

2007-12-28T10:43:00.000-05:00

"Little Doogie Souser's actions are about as popular with Vermonters as Bush and the War in Iraq, little fella."

Care to support that with some evidence, little fella?

1. Which "actions" in particular are you referring to, and

2. What's your evidence for the popularity/non-popularity of the specific actions you're referring to?

Name the action and show us the reliable poll showing approval/disapproval.

bubba said... "jw - Douglas has vetoed "popular pr...

2007-12-28T09:13:00.000-05:00

bubba said...

"jw - Douglas has vetoed "popular progressive legislation"? Popular with fruitcakes like you, but apparently not with most Vermonters or the vetos would have been overridden. Does that sink in, dunce?"

Always with the sweet talk, bubbles.

Evidently not since you keep spewin' the same ignorant, ill-informed, thoroughly-discredited gop-slop nonsense, knucklehead.

Little Doogie Souser's actions are about as popular with Vermonters as Bush and the War in Iraq, little fella.

Always a pleasure.

jw - Douglas has vetoed "popular progressive legis...

2007-12-28T06:31:00.000-05:00

jw - Douglas has vetoed "popular progressive legislation"? Popular with fruitcakes like you, but apparently not with most Vermonters or the vetos would have been overridden. Does that sink in, dunce?

Anonymous said... "Like I've said elsewhere, don't...

2007-12-28T00:51:00.000-05:00

Anonymous said...

"Like I've said elsewhere, don't bother arguing with JW, or Doug, or whoever he is."

You should take your own advice, sport. If you can't make a case that's your problem and it most certainly is your problem. Once again, it's not my job to disprove what you've been consistently unable to prove.

"No specific examples or pesky evidence."

Funny you should mention that, shmendrik. Are ya ever gonna address that issue or are ya just gonna keep pretending you've established the sky is green and the grass is blue? You've had 6 weeks and ya still haven't come up with anything. How much more time ya gonna need, little fella?

"As for the "will of the people," as divined by JW, isn't this the same JW who famously said in the "Ruminations" thread, "I never said I speak for anyone but myself."

Are you saying that the vetoed legislation was not popular with the majority of Vermonters, little fella?

"The legislation he seems to be referring to -- the Vermont Yankee tax bill and campaign finance reform bill -- well, they couldn't have been too popular. Neither could muster the votes for an override, which was the framers' standard for popularity."

Nice try. Legislative rules aren't carved in stone, shmendrik. They've been modified and amended a time or two in the past 216 years. Look up reapportionment. Ya just might learn something, little fella.

You're welcome.

Always a pleasure.

Like I've said elsewhere, don't bother arguing wit...

2007-12-27T23:59:00.000-05:00

Like I've said elsewhere, don't bother arguing with JW, or Doug, or whoever he is.

Notice he didn't answer the quesion, just accused Douglas of not "respecting the law, the facts and the Will of the People of Vermont and ... vetoing popular progressive legislation."

No specific examples or pesky evidence. As for the "will of the people," as divined by JW, isn't this the same JW who famously said in the "Ruminations" thread, "I never said I speak for anyone but myself."

The legislation he seems to be referring to -- the Vermont Yankee tax bill and campaign finance reform bill -- well, they couldn't have been too popular. Neither could muster the votes for an override, which was the framers' standard for popularity.

"I don't give a damn what he campaigned on my litt...

2007-12-27T23:28:00.000-05:00

"I don't give a damn what he campaigned on my little "loyal dues-paying Democrat" friend. I care about what he did and did not do."

You're a dunce. You think you're talking to me but I'm not the one who posted the above at 10:21 p.m. Sport.

"All he did was gum up the works and prevent the Legislature from enacting the Legislation the majority of the people of Vermont want."

Nice try, Ian. Douglas was elected by the same Vermonters who elected the Legislature. The same Vermonters who rejected Parker by a wide margin.

And exactly what legislation is it that "the majority of the people of Vermont want" and how do you know that a majority want it?

Hey JW:I'm curious; what should Douglas have done ...

2007-12-27T22:21:00.001-05:00

Hey JW:

I'm curious; what should Douglas have done that he hasn't?

He's proposed and got enacted:

Jobs creation package;

Workers' compensation reform (albeit watered down);

Permit reform (albeit watered down);

Lake Champlain clean-up plan;

Health care reform (Catamount);

Medicaid reform (Global Commitment); and

Workforce development package.

He agreed to:

Energy bill including renewable incentives;

Minimum wage increase;

Act 60 reforms;

GMO seed labeling law; and

Anti-discrimination legislation for transgendered Vermonters and minority students.

All this while holding the line on taxes; keeping the state's bond rating up; and facing a Legislature controlled by the opposition.

You can quibble over whether he's gone far enough on these or other issues, but the guy campaigned on a platform of job creation and fiscal responsibility and been re-elected by wide margins.

Hey JW:I'm curious; what should Douglas have done ...

2007-12-27T22:21:00.000-05:00

Anonymous said... "Excuses, excuses."You're tellin...

2007-12-27T20:52:00.000-05:00

Anonymous said...

"Excuses, excuses."

You're tellin' me, little fella. It's high time you came up with something even remotely substantive.

I agree that the Guv's squandered his time in offi...

2007-12-27T18:58:00.000-05:00

I agree that the Guv's squandered his time in office. After he survived his first re-election, he should have done SOMETHING other than keep a seat warm.

But Symington and Shumlin are both also in their second sessions as the leaders of their respective chambers of the Vt. Legislature and what have they done?

Absolute sh**, that's what.

Vermont is the poorer for both the Executive and the Legislative branches behaving like children.

six years!He had six years to do something.He's no...

2007-12-27T18:08:00.000-05:00

six years!

He had six years to do something.

He's no better than the welfare deadbeats who abuse the system and keep their status quo in order to keep receiving benefits.

Thriving on conflict at the expense of Vermont is pathetic.

Excuses, excuses.

2007-12-27T17:24:00.000-05:00

Excuses, excuses.

Anonymous said... Or:"Democrats control both chamb...

2007-12-27T17:18:00.000-05:00

Anonymous said...
Or:

"Democrats control both chambers of Vt. Senate for two sessions in a row with lopsided majorities and do nothing as the leadership focuses on . . . um . . . you know . . . um . . . whatever."

Well, it's like this, little fella. Leaving aside the fact that there's only one chamber in the Vermont Senate and the Dems there have had no problem defying Douglas and rendering Dubie the mute, inert afterthought he's qualified to be, the Vermont State Legislature is comprised of two bodies.

There's the House and then there's the Senate.

One has to control both houses of the Legislature to override the Governor's Veto. The Dems were unable to do that because they lacked sufficient numbers in their coalition this year on a number of occasions. Once, they came within one vote.

Moreover, while this years failures to override the Governor could be attributed to Speaker Symington's failure to adequately manage her caucus, it was not the case in the previous biennium when the Dems held a smaller majority in the House.

Let me know if I'm goin' too fast for ya, little fella.

Always a pleasure.

Or:Democrats control both chambers of Vt. Senate f...

2007-12-27T15:29:00.000-05:00

Or:

Democrats control both chambers of Vt. Senate for two sessions in a row with lopsided majorities and do nothing as the leadership focuses on . . . um . . . you know . . . um . . . whatever.

Top story should be:Vermont Governor has nothing b...

2007-12-27T13:44:00.000-05:00

Top story should be:

Vermont Governor has nothing but harsh words for the state of his state. Six years in office and the crickets are still chirping.