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How did this idiot get elected?

 
 
Reply Wed 30 Jan, 2008 12:04 pm
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/clermont/orl-ginny3008jan30,0,3856624.story

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WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite touched a nerve with Puerto Ricans on Tuesday when she called them "foreign citizens" in a news release.

Brown-Waite, R-Brooksville, was complaining about parts of an economic-stimulus package when she referred to residents of Puerto Rico and Guam as "foreign citizens."


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Guam residents won citizenship in 1950. Puerto Ricans were granted American citizenship in 1917. They do not pay federal income taxes but do pay Social Security and other payroll taxes.


Shouldnt a member of Congress know this?
Its something taught in high school history class.
The people that elected this woman should demand a recall vote,imho.
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engineer
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jan, 2008 12:27 pm
I'm planning a trip to Puerto Rico and the travel agent told me I needed a passport. Wouldn't you be expected to know stuff like that if you were a travel agent? Luckily the homeland security website she sent me to had the correct information.
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jan, 2008 12:35 pm
Fortunately you don't need a passport to travel to New Mexico, a simple visa works just fine.
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mysteryman
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jan, 2008 12:36 pm
engineer wrote:
I'm planning a trip to Puerto Rico and the travel agent told me I needed a passport. Wouldn't you be expected to know stuff like that if you were a travel agent? Luckily the homeland security website she sent me to had the correct information.


I agree, a trave agent should know that also.
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blueflame1
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jan, 2008 12:38 pm
"Ginny Brown-Waite is mostly a garden variety Republican rubber stamp for Bush's disastrous agenda, both domestic and international. And when she steps out of line, it's always because Bush isn't extreme and horrible enough. She's probably best known for demanding that the body of every American soldier who died during the two World Wars be dug up and brought back to the U.S. because France wouldn't attack Iraq. Even her fellow Republicans thought she was a tad... "not normal." link
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mysteryman
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jan, 2008 12:42 pm
blueflame1 wrote:
"Ginny Brown-Waite is mostly a garden variety Republican rubber stamp for Bush's disastrous agenda, both domestic and international. And when she steps out of line, it's always because Bush isn't extreme and horrible enough. She's probably best known for demanding that the body of every American soldier who died during the two World Wars be dug up and brought back to the U.S. because France wouldn't attack Iraq. Even her fellow Republicans thought she was a tad... "not normal." link


Like I said, she's an idiot who doesnt deserve to have a seat in congress.
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ebrown p
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jan, 2008 12:43 pm
Ginny has a point.

You all may not know this, but Puerto Ricans are Hispanic.
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mysteryman
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jan, 2008 12:44 pm
ebrown_p wrote:
Ginny has a point.

You all may not know this, but Puerto Ricans are Hispanic.


SO???
Whats your point?
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Bi-Polar Bear
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jan, 2008 12:46 pm
I saw this title and thought we'd gone over bush many times and how he stole the election.... my bad...
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blueflame1
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jan, 2008 01:03 pm
When Bushie was cutting veterans benefits "Only Republican Ginny Brown-Waite, a member of the Committee on Veterans Affairs, crossed party lines to vote for increased funding for veterans." link
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