The Respectfully Republican Conversation

Sherri...Ron Paul lives up the street from me...he eats at my daughter and son-in-laws restaurant a lot! Needless to say folks around here like him!

Sherri,

But, the question begs to be asked, what was keeping you from it before?

I think the answer is obvious: Bush. They've spend so much energy hating him and Chenney they had none left for volunteering

I was also upset by Lowry prayer: brown, yellow, and  the evil white. I thought we were supposed to strive to become a color blind society.

Meanwhile Apple just came out with the great results without a bailout. Apparently if a company has great products, people will buy it. Before the announcement , the analysts were predicting gloom and doom. And of course IBM did the same thing yesterday.  I am actually getting worried about too much government help that would deter rather than promote economic growth. We want new jobs in a private sector and not government.

As Reagan said "The government is not an answer to a problem, the government is the problem".

They're using Ted's health problems, but a sick uncle wouldn't keep me from fulfilling my dreams of public service.  She might have been pressured to go for the seat in the first place.  I hate to lose another woman in Congress.  No matter what side of the aisle they're on, they fight for our issues.  They become thicker than thieves, and no man dares stand in their way. 

I think Paterson has a bigger problem now, if only the women will wake up.  Appoint another woman should be the mantra there.   There has to be another worthy woman somewhere in N.Y. State.

I am not sure that Kennedy was a good candidate. She did not impress anyone during interviews, it's got so bad that she stopped giving them. People were openly questioning how she could have graduated from Haravard Law School. Some were even asking how did she get in the first place.

Her responses were peppered with "like", "you know" and others.

I want women to be in a position of poweer but ONLY if they  are qualified. I agree with Rosemary that they could have found another woman who would be truly deserving of this Senate seat.

Actually WSJ today had a list of few women who had great credentials for this job with vast experience in public service and records of getting things done.

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Isn't Kristin sort of a moderate lib (dem)?  If she's the one I'm thinking about she's usually quite fair.  Aisle have to check Hannity out ($!)..I taped some of it.

I'm glad Caroline checked out.  I do wish another woman would get seated, but I'm afraid it will be Cuomo.  This ignorant, drama queen, troll would be glad to be seated.  But I don't live in N.Y. but neither did Hill.

I didn't watch Lowrey's opinion piece after the inaug.  I found it on YouTube and thought..WTH?  Rick Warren was 100% better.  You could tell when he prayed that he was praying EARNESTLY.  He mean what he was saying...not just a bunch of gobbledgook.

pzl ...... she had uterine cancer .....  she is funny!

I heard last night the cost is closer to $195 million.  Will we ever see the full accounting?  I guess this will start the "how to top the last inaugural" in our future. 

I'm happy to hear that there might be some pressure being put on Paterson to appoint a woman.  Someday we won't have to care about this.  

I was watching C-SPAN yesterday, and the ladies were debating the Lilly Ledbetter amendment.  She's the lady who sued her employer for unfair pay practices, and it went to the supreme court.  The court only looked at the date of her filing her lawsuit, and threw her case out.  She only had 180 days to file a complaint after she was first paid a lesser amount then her male counterpart.

Ridiculous, but that's our Court.  So Mikulski and Hutchison are doing the debating.  Both of them have good points about the amendment, but they also were touting each other as wonderful examples of what women in congress can do when they reach across the aisle to get things done.  I was impressed with their history together.  Now I don't want Hutchison to retire before her term is over.  We need her.

Anyway, the bill is being fixed.  I could see both sides had good issues, but I think the Hutchison plan won't make it, but that's ok because in either form, the employer is being given notice, pay the women the same, or find yourself in an expensive battle, one that they might not win the next time.

If I turn on the TV once more and hear the song AT LAST...playing while the wannabe Hollywood star and bride and groom are dancing - I'M GOING TO SCREAM...come on!

195 million$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WTF...OMG... I am going to puke! (Athough I don't think it comes out of tax payer's/government money.) But still...even half of that money could have been used toward one of our nations causes... perhaps the homeless or the hungry. Or gee... maybe even a cure! 

Laura,

$40 million came out of our money.  It was for security.  The entire amount of Bush's inaugural cost was spent this time just for security because he was having a 4 day fest for himself out in public.  So yes, we paid some too.

I do have a warning for all who haven't tuned into C-SPAN yet and don't know what's going on.  But to a person, a democrat person, before they say anything, they first praise and glorify THE BARACK of the OBAMA's.  If it weren't for him, this bill wouldn't be before us, because he is the reason....blah, blah, blah.  Only after that benediction, they can go on to discuss the bill before them.  It's hard to watch.

Thou shall not have strange gods before me, is what worries me the most.  We don't need any lessons from above to get some of them down to earth and out of that rarefied air they all seem to be breathing.   

On Drudge: Obama retakes oath, without a BIBLE?? Does it count? Also, Reagan inaug had over 41 million viewers, Obama's 37 mil. There is HOPE.

Anybody see that McCain was the one reaching across the aisle to help Hillary? The news said "an old foe helped Hillary" ..  apparently he went down on the floor and told the Reps to "come on, let's get this done" ... only 2 Reps went against her and it was a fete accompli!