Aside from glaring misspelling - Very good NYT OpEd

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Last edited Fri Nov 7, 2014, 01:03 PM - Edit history (1)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/opinion/timothy-egan-the-big-sleep.html

The Big Sleep
NOV. 6, 2014
Timothy Egan

Maybe it’s best to close your eyes and fall into a Rip Van Winkle slumber for the next two years. The party that has refused to govern for half a decade and ran a substance-free campaign will now play at governing and not take up anything of substance.

Of course there will be votes, investigations and intrigue. Having worked tirelessly to make the Senate inert, Mitch McConnell now says he wants it to be relevant again.[The man most likely to head the Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma, would flunk a high school science class. He claims climate change is a huge hoax. The new senator from Iowa, Joni Ernst, vowed to bring at least one thing to the [font color=red]capital.[font color=black] “I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson 9 millimeter and it goes with me virtually everywhere,” she cooed.

Did you vote for that? No, you voted against President Obama. Why? David Letterman had the best line of the campaign. Take a look at this: Gas under $3 a gallon — gas under $3 a gallon! Unemployment under 6 percent — who ever thought? Stock market breaking records every day. No wonder the guy is so unpopular.”

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[Proud Public Servant]

1. Good Op Ed, no misspelling

Joni Ernst can bring her gun to the capital -- SCOTUS has seen to that -- but she can't bring it to the Capitol, which bans firearms.

[Brother Buzz]

7. Snap!

[JohnnyLib2]

2. I'm saving this one; makes all kinds of sense.

Thanks for posting.

[Logical]

3. Why put your spelling whining in the OP title??? Nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. Because I am a linguist, I suppose. Sorry to annoy you. nt

[Logical]

14. Really takes away from the point of the post and really annoying! nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. Thanks for being my Annoying police nt

[Cha]

4. Yeah, all those good things happening because of the Dems but it's the obstructionists

who got rewarded with more fascist power.

Great OPED.. thanks Laura

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/opinion/timothy-egan-the-big-sleep.html

[Capt. Obvious]

5. This OP violates copyright

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. FIXED, THANKS

[UTUSN]

6. So if the Repuke Congress passes something on immigration Jeb Crow Shrub is off the hook?!1 nt

[stevenleser]

8. Love this OP Laura, but rules say 3-4 paragraphs only to protect DU against copyright infringement

Again, love it and sorry but please edit for all of our sakes...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. done, thanks

[zonkers]

9. Jeb run and win? Not only will his Mom's soundbyte destroy him...

that Bush name is the best way to get every Dem to vote. Also, that brand is too soiled, especially internationally -- I don't care if he is the serious Bush.

Boy the writer of that article sure nailed Rand Paul!!!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Wonder what happened to his skeletons? I distinctly

remember prior to the 2012 election, that someone quoted
one of Jeb's buddies who said "he had too many skeletons"

time for us to go out an buy some shovels. haha

will be interesting to hear him shun electric border fences during a debate