Comments on Advance Indiana™: The Democratic Walkout By The Numbers

Ellen, So the Repuboicans are accused of moving t...

2011-03-30T07:48:17.837-05:00

Ellen,

So the Repuboicans are accused of moving too fast on certain issues then on others they're accused of "wasting time." Which isit?

I'm pretty confident there is a large segment of the population that is shocked the state contracts with Planned Parenthood and wants it stopped. This is all about a private company wanting to keep the profit train going at public expense.

I still maintain that the ones who abdicated their...

2011-03-29T18:43:51.330-05:00

I still maintain that the ones who abdicated their duty are guilty of ghost employment. They got paid for 10 weeks worth of attendance to the House proceedings and were gone for half of that.

If that's not ghost employment, I don't know what it. I'm not buying any argument that sitting in a hotel room 'working on amendments' constitutes performance of their regular duties.

Ellen, you have a point about the R's wasting ...

2011-03-29T16:53:44.614-05:00

Ellen, you have a point about the R's wasting time. Most people don't care about gay marriage.

However, that's no excuse to leave town.

The reality is that the democrats could care less about my employment or unemployment because I do not belong to a huge voting block that blindly votes for them. The democrats care about getting more and more of what I earn each year, leaving me with less and less.

My retirement is just as important as a public employee's. And if I can pay for my own out of what I earn, then so can they.

Well, instead of addressing the state's core i...

2011-03-29T15:29:13.127-05:00

Well, instead of addressing the state's core issues (unemployment, education, infrastructure, etc.), the GOP wastes its time over irrelevant topics (gay marriage, eviscerating Planned Parenthood, etc.) popular with its base.

I'd leave town, too.

Gary, they don't care about wasting money. It...

2011-03-29T11:51:33.100-05:00

Gary, they don't care about wasting money. It does no good to even point it out.