DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton tells Congress to "go straight to hell"

[ehrnst]

WASHINGTON - Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D -DC) was on fire when she spoke to FOX 5 Morning News Thursday about how Washington, D.C. residents are being treated as work to avoid a government shutdown continues.

“We are absolutely outraged. This is the functional equivalent of bombing innocent civilians,” she said.

“It’s time that the District of Columbia told the Congress to go straight to hell,” Norton continued after she said a rider attached to a bill that could offer resolution prevented D.C. government from spending its own tax dollars on funds for abortions for low income women.

“If these Republicans insist that, if they don’t get the whole pie, they’ll take the whole country down with them,” she continued, “then we have got to make them pay the price.”


Video at link:

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/politics/delegate-eleanor-holmes-norton-upset-over-treatment-of-dc-during-shutdown-resolution-talks-040711

[xchrom]

1. i love her. she is just great. nt

[ensho]

2. good on her

nt

[FSogol]

3. K & R. n/t

[Deep13]

4. Stop beating around the bush and tell us what you REALLY think. nt

[zorahopkins]

5. You Go, Eleanor!

She is truly a GREAT woman!

[enough]

6. Boy, you said it Eleanor. We rarely hear this kind of righteous outrage expressed in these times.

It does the heart good.

[zazen]

7. contact phone numbers at her offices to say thanks

The website says they can't receive e-mails from anyone outside her constituency.

Capitol Hill Office
2136 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
p: [phone]
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S.E. District Office
2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., S.E.
Suite 238
Washington, DC 20020
p: [phone]
f: [phone]

N.W. District Office
National Press Building
529 14th Street, N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC 20045
p: [phone]
f: [phone]

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. Ironically, the one member of Congress with the least political voice speaks the loudest. nt

[zazen]

9. waiting for the faux outrage (missing when Cheney f/u'd Leahy)

[Blue Owl]

10. Righteous

Stick it to 'em, Elanor!

[femrap]

11. Let's sum this Repugnant

misogynist bullshit up: If a male impregnates a woman, she is forced into Compulsory Motherhood. The male continues to 'Just do what you want to do.' (That's the new repugnant law). If this woman is poor, working poor, and can't get together the $500 for an abortion, she is STUCK. And STUCK is just where these misogynist repugnant Waste of Flesh want them. POOR and STUCK.

And to make it worse, these misogynist turds are going to pull whatever safety net there is for single mothers and their children out from under them. Why? Because they are sadistic, vile pieces of scum.

These repugnants are Sons of Short Dicks.....SOSD. They hate women and want to see them suffer....it's that simple.

[ehrnst]

12. D.C. has a high concentration of people Repubs hate:

Blacks
HIV/AIDS patients
Impoverished
On Medicaid
Liberal

And a smart, outspoken Representative.

They want to punish DC.

[KamaAina]

16. You forgot teh gays

Ever hear of Dupont Circle? And they even have a gay council member!

[butterfly77]

13. Kick,kick,kick &recommended!

My sentiments exactly..

[Mnemosyne]

14. I admire and adore this woman. K&R n/t

[LiberalFighter]

15. They should require all congress members to live in DC.

[CBHagman]

23. I have additional ideas.

Herd the miserable Kochheads and teabaggers into overcrowded Metrobuses during rush-hour traffic, preferably on a vehicle with broken AC and a ranting passenger.

Chase down into the Metro those GOP members who can't see the need for mass transit but will take federal dollars to build roads in their states and/or give billions in tax breaks to profitable oil companies. Make them ride the Metro they are so eager to defund/underfund, and tell all the passengers who they are and what they are doing to the locals (D.C. residents but also those in Virginia and Maryland).

Believe me, it would be a most memorable ride... :evilgrin:

[kag]

35. I would totally get on a plane and fly from Colorado to D.C.

In order to be one of the herders. I'd even bring my own cattle prod!

[CBHagman]

41. A jolly herder!

And we'd be glad to have you.

I almost spit out my dinner when I read your offer. :spray:

[RZM]

36. Once upon a time I think most of them did

Now a good number of them commute, even all the way back to the West Coast.

[LiberalFighter]

17. It is totally wrong that DC is not represented in Congress.

Congress should not be dictating what DC can or can't do when it doesn't happen in other states.

[Canuckistanian]

22. I've always found that confusing

That a whole area of America has ZERO representation - and it's in the capital.

Isn't this considered a national shame? Has NO politician EVER sought to fix this situation?

[elleng]

27. Eleanor's been trying to fix it ever since she's been in Congress.

[trud]

29. it won't get fixed

until there's a matching Republican entity to admit at the same time.

[druidity33]

32. Democrats have tried...

They've also tried to get votes for Puerto Rico. Rethugs won't let it happen. You need a 2/3 majority, i think...

:shrug:

[ehrnst]

39. The deal is that Repubs want to add a Republican leaning seat to counter DC.

Because DC always goes Dem.

[Canuckistanian]

40. Is that it?

Because it's a solid Democratic region? Then that's even more reason for Dems to push for representation.

I don't understand why it's so toxic to BOTH sides.

[quakerboy]

38. Fix it how.

I believe many have.

DC. PR. The rest of the territories. Its time they had representation and were treated like the rest of the country. No special privileges, no lack of rights and representation.

[indepat]

18. Bombing innocent civilians: let's hope our government will never bomb innocent civilians, be it the

legislative, executive, or judicial branch, or the military. :patriot:

[freshwest]

28. There's more than one kind of bomb. They're killing people with pens.

[stuntcat]

19. she is great!

I went to see her speak once about environmental stuff and coal! she rocks :headbang:

[Luciferous]

20. Good for her!

[barbtries]

21. i don't blame her

these goddamn republicans seem hell bent on destroying the nation.

[roman7]

24. i wish she could teach the pres. how to speak up

[elleng]

26. She spends most of her time negotiating; part of the job.

[davidthegnome]

25. They can't go somewhere that doesn't exist

:)

K & R. Give em hell Eleanor!

[democrank]

30. K & R

[yngdip]

31. K&R

ain't nothing like some truth delivered with some courage!

[Glimmer of Hope]

33. You tell them!

[Scuba]

34. A spine. Love it!!!

[ChiciB1]

37. She's REALLY GREAT, But In The End, Only ONE Voice! We Have But A "Few"

Democrats who are willing to fight, I'm betting on a BIG cave in coming from our very own Dems!

It happens over and over and we are unable to stop it! "We The People" are NOTHING to them, NOTHING!