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Galraedia

(5,026 posts)
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 05:07 PM Oct 2013

Confused GOP Lawmaker Thought Debt Deal Funded Joseph Kony

Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) was one of the 144 House Republicans who voted against bipartisan legislation to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling. In a statement explaining his position on Thursday, Mulvaney pointed to the "pork" stuck into the bill at the last minute.

"Finally, the 'deal' is full of pork," he said. "A dam project in Kentucky got extra money; the state of Colorado got money to help with its flooding; and the 'Lord's Resistance Army' received special funds. Those may be worth discussing, but that will never happen now, as they were crammed into this 'deal' in order to help it pass. So much for the 'clean' bill that my Democrat colleagues said they wanted so badly."

It's true that the bill contained, for example, nearly $3 billion for an Ohio River lock project that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has supported in the past -- although the funding request actually came from Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), who are both on the Appropriations Committee.

But there was no money for the Lord's Resistance Army in the bill -- and it would have been shocking if there had been.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/17/mick-mulvaney-shutdown_n_4117113.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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Confused GOP Lawmaker Thought Debt Deal Funded Joseph Kony (Original Post) Galraedia Oct 2013 OP
W.T.F. is wrong with these people? tanyev Oct 2013 #1
They were born without a heart ReRe Oct 2013 #4
I think you mean "and" instead of "or" LonePirate Oct 2013 #9
I really meant both, actually. Just left out "both" somewhere. n/t ReRe Oct 2013 #11
they LIE.. they know their base is too ignorant and lazy to research the truth so... BREMPRO Oct 2013 #21
yep. can't wait to get home and see this posted on FB by one of my nut jerb friends frylock Oct 2013 #22
Goddammit! Is it TOO much to expect "legislators" to have a fucking clue?!! KansDem Oct 2013 #2
Galraedia Diclotican Oct 2013 #3
LOL--- trumad Oct 2013 #5
He wasn't "confused". Rather, he's a dumbass. n/t SpankMe Oct 2013 #6
Did I just not see the Half-Century Man Oct 2013 #7
The Lord's Resistance Army is Joseph Kony's goon squad jmowreader Oct 2013 #25
Thank you for the sitrep Half-Century Man Oct 2013 #31
Wait till he finds out about the money for a "proper burial of Osama bin Laden" Renew Deal Oct 2013 #8
This is why 'The Onion' is superfluous. progressoid Oct 2013 #10
Well, whaddya expect? After all, just consider: (R-Idiot) calimary Oct 2013 #12
Oxygen deprivation? Or is he one of those types who believes email forwards? (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2013 #13
I'm telling you, JimboBillyBubbaBob Oct 2013 #14
Is there a locally beloved cheap beer? Mopar151 Oct 2013 #32
Graphic warning for those with tender Eyes..... Rebellious Republican Oct 2013 #15
I think he did it on purpose to rile up his base NickB79 Oct 2013 #16
Pork... hot dogs... Coney Island... Joseph Kony... klook Oct 2013 #17
Called my tea party congressman, Randy Hultgren, who said that exact thing riderinthestorm Oct 2013 #18
If I'm not mistaken, research monkeys tavernier Oct 2013 #19
I'll support any research monkey willing to run against this guy pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #23
NPR news reported (at 2pm today) that funding to hunt down Joseph Kony was in the bill. eom Mika Oct 2013 #20
Stupid fucking Bagger. SoapBox Oct 2013 #24
Mulvaney Communications Director Stephanie Faile , 'it was just a "typo"' yellowcanine Oct 2013 #26
Headline on FoxNews in 3...2...1... ehrnst Oct 2013 #27
No, it has some funding Aerows Oct 2013 #28
People are always harping about low information voters Aerows Oct 2013 #29
Well it does seem like both groups feed off each other... Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #30
Have no use for actual facts Mopar151 Oct 2013 #33
Another illiterate in Congress who gets his news from Fox. Please, make it go away! freshwest Oct 2013 #34
Idiot! sakabatou Oct 2013 #35

BREMPRO

(2,331 posts)
21. they LIE.. they know their base is too ignorant and lazy to research the truth so...
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 07:46 PM
Oct 2013

they say a few true things then compulsively and cynically slip in ridiculous over the top lies to make it seem like they are the protectors of liberty and morality and the Dems are pork spending child soldier supporting devils...

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
2. Goddammit! Is it TOO much to expect "legislators" to have a fucking clue?!!
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 05:17 PM
Oct 2013

I'm really, really, really getting tired of this shit!

Diclotican

(5,095 posts)
3. Galraedia
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 05:23 PM
Oct 2013

Galraedia

I think it is just a very bad excuse for not been able to do the right thing - I figure many reps from GOP will try to make excuses for their unwillingness to make a deal for saving the country from going defult...

Diclotican

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
7. Did I just not see the
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 05:48 PM
Oct 2013

"Let's help those suffering from the after effects of severe concussions by giving them governmental jobs" thing?

I have a question for the right questionable Rep. Mick Mulvaney, what in the fuck is the "Lord's Resistance Army"? Is that what you are calling the people who have your medication?

jmowreader

(50,561 posts)
25. The Lord's Resistance Army is Joseph Kony's goon squad
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:58 AM
Oct 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord's_Resistance_Army

There are no good guys in Uganda, just bad and worse. The LRA is "worse." MUCH worse.

The thing is, because they practice Christian fundamentalism Sarah Palin would probably support them.

Mopar151

(9,992 posts)
32. Is there a locally beloved cheap beer?
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:14 AM
Oct 2013

Or some sort of "vodka" packed in plastic - labelled or otherwise....... Put a little in that glass of sweet tea, makes everything smoooth and Rush is sooo funny...

 

Rebellious Republican

(5,029 posts)
15. Graphic warning for those with tender Eyes.....
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 06:28 PM
Oct 2013

Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) was one of the 144 House Republicans who voted against bipartisan legislation to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling. In a statement explaining his position on Thursday, Mulvaney pointed to the "pork" stuck into the bill at the last minute. Basically I just wanted to screw the pooch, and I was sick to my stomach the whole time about it.

#t=0

NickB79

(19,257 posts)
16. I think he did it on purpose to rile up his base
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 06:35 PM
Oct 2013

Gotta feed the idiots that might vote for him some red meat about our Communist Muslim Kenyan President and his librul cohorts supporting an African warlord to make sure they're angry enough to come to the voting booths. After all, look at the Bengazi "cover-up" and see how they tried to spin that.

And his supporters are likely too stupid to do any fact-checking of their own or watch anything other than FOX, so he's pretty safe from blowback.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
18. Called my tea party congressman, Randy Hultgren, who said that exact thing
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 07:03 PM
Oct 2013

That's clearly the talking point. Had to vote no since it wasn't a CR

tavernier

(12,394 posts)
19. If I'm not mistaken, research monkeys
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 07:14 PM
Oct 2013

have to have at least a minimal IQ score. Couldn't we use the same criteria for congress?

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
26. Mulvaney Communications Director Stephanie Faile , 'it was just a "typo"'
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 09:37 AM
Oct 2013

UPDATE: 5:45 p.m. -- Mulvaney Communications Director Stephanie Faile told The Huffington Post that the LRA reference was the result of a "typo" she had made.

The gift that is the GOP keeps on giving.....

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
27. Headline on FoxNews in 3...2...1...
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 10:29 AM
Oct 2013

Obama's budget financing Joseph Kony's Lords Resistance Army?

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
28. No, it has some funding
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 10:42 AM
Oct 2013

to support the African forces HUNTING Kony. His communications director made a typo, supposedly.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
29. People are always harping about low information voters
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 10:43 AM
Oct 2013

I'm far more concerned about low information legislators.

Mopar151

(9,992 posts)
33. Have no use for actual facts
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:18 AM
Oct 2013

Would not know what to do with a fact if it landed in front of them slathered in BBQ sauce.

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