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Senate Democrats Aim to Extend Violence Against Women Act, Thune, not so much (H/T – Helga)

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Okay, seems like basic common sense to protect women? Right?

U.S. Senate Democrats are counting on a fight over reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act to give their party’s female Senate candidates an edge in the November election.

The measure is part of a strategy to brand Republicans as anti-women and help Democrats retain control of the Senate in November. To bolster those efforts, Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, wants to bring the Violence Against Women Act to the floor before the end of the month, said his spokesman, Adam Jentleson.

And it seems like Ironic Johnny Thune-Bag isn’t gonna let a little rape or violence get in the way of the Dems ‘dirty tricks’;

Republicans say Democrats’ attempt to turn female voters against them won’t work and is an effort to distract from the lack of a Democratic strategy for improving the economy.

“It has politics written all over it,” Senator John Thune of South Dakota, a member of the Republican leadership, said in a March 14 interview. “Most women, particularly independent women, want to see us talking about economic issues.”

Yeah, cuz, gosh darn it, I don’t care if my husband or boyfriend beats the shit out of me daily, as long as he brings home the bacon. Because at the end of the day the economy is more important then safety, compassion or peace. Remember Thune didn’t think there should be rape protections for American contractor women working overseas. (scroll down past the first couple of stories).

 

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Thune-Bag and Romney Robot in Vegas campaigning? (H/T – Helga)

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Gotta love it when a devout Christian(?) and a devout Morman (whatever that means 🙁 join forces in Vegas.

Closer to the stage stood Romney-backing lawmakers, along for the ride and to offer testimonials. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) gave a short introduction, while Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) looked on with a grin.

Ironic Johnny certainly isn’t working for South Dakota in Sin City. He is in Las Vegas promoting Mitt Romney. Wow, talk about being disconnected. He was also with Issa who is another Republican’t with a checkered past.

So John, when is Mitt going to announce you as his VP running mate?

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Ironic Johnny Thune-Bag is really in a state of denial when it comes to his endorsement of Romney

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Thune labels Romney as a ‘job creator’

Protesters interrupted a Mitt Romney campaign stop outside Des Moines, Iowa last night, chanting that the former Massachusetts governor is “of the corporate one percent” and admonishing him to “stop the war on the poor.” The protestors were quickly shouted down by Romney supporters.

ThinkProgress spoke with Sen. John Thune (R-SD), a prominent Romney endorser, after the event to get his take on the dust-up. Thune disagreed with the protesters, saying there is “no” merit to the idea that Romney, whose net worth is estimated at $250 million, is part of the corporate 1 percent.

KEYES: Do you think there is any merit, they’re charging that he’s of the corporate 1 percent?

THUNE: No. I think that this is somebody, if I’m somebody in this country who is worried about my job or is looking for a job, I want somebody out there who knows how to create jobs. […] Obviously tonight these are people who are going to protest, that’s fine. That’s a democracy, we welcome that. I thought he handled it well.

KEYES: The charges are off-base though?

THUNE: They are. I think it’s all what you’d expect from a campaign like this. The other side’s got their people out there. I’m very happy with where his campaign is, with how he’s addressing the issues, and what I think he can do to get people back to work.

A good Christian teaming up with a Morman; Trouble every time.

 

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It’s a good thing we replaced our majority leader senator with someone who wants to be majority leader

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Ironic Johnny Thune-Bag is at it again, being ironic;

WASHINGTON — South Dakota Sen. John Thune has been elected to the No. 3 spot in the U.S. Senate’s Republican leadership.

Thune will become chairman of the Senate Republican Conference in late January.

Remember when John told us about how Daschle was bad for South Dakotans because he spent too much time on party issues as the majority leader? Wonder what kind of time Thune-Bag will have to dedicate to Republican priorities . . . oh that’s right, that is all he does currently with his time.

I also see his buddy Snooki was busy lying to the public on the house floor about dust.

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Ironic Johnny Thune-Bag says to Hell with consumers and the environment

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First, his big dump on consumers, from my email box;

Today, Senator Thune voted against a cloture motion which would allow the Senate to nominate Richard Cordray to the director of the CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau).  Basically by not allowing Cordray to even be nominated, Thune (and 44 of his fellow Republicans) are filibustering because the don’t like the idea of a government agency designed to protect the consumer.
I guess they are ok with financial meltdown and ok with billions upon billions of taxdollars being sent to banks and other financial companies in the form of bailouts along with billions upon billions more being loaned to those same financial companies at 0.01% interest (essentially giving them the power to make money at the expense of the taxpayer), but when it comes to enacting some serious reforms to protect the little guy or helping the CFPB to get off the ground, the GOP lines up behind the banks and says no.
Does this really surprise anyone?  The irony in all of this is that while the GOP screams that President Obama hasn’t done enough to improve the economy, they in turn decide it is best to prevent an agency designed to protect consumers and in turn strengthen the financial system from even being considered.  I assume the real purpose of filibusting such a vote is to prevent Obama from securing a “win” because it might help him politically.  Well that and the fact that the GOP collects millions upon millions of dollars in campaign contributions from the banks and their PACs.
It is also interesting to note what John Thune said back in 2005 when discussing filibusters:
“For over 200 years, the Senate has fulfilled its role by giving judicial nominees up-or-down votes – with a majority of senators required to approve a nominee. But now, a minority of the Senate is filibustering certain judicial nominees who fail to pass their own political litmus test. Their actions must stop.”  – Senator John Thune, April 2005

So remove the word “judicial” and tell me how things are any different today than they were in 2005?  Oh yea thats right… in 2005 it was the Democrats using the filibuster so that should be unacceptable.  Now it is the GOP using the filibuster so it is an entirely different issue.  I just have one question – if John Thune isn’t willing to give the job to Cordray it means he is killing a job right? Does that mean instead of a “job creator” he is a “job killer”?  Food for thought.

Second, the environment;

“You finally get to a point where it’s time to make a decision one way or the other,” Thune said. “Clearly my view is that this project should move forward.”

Because, gosh darn, the Chinese can’t get their Canadian crude fast enough. Give it up John, this about the presidential election and campaign contributions to you.

 

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