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Louisiana Politics
Discuss the Louisiana political scene and the happenings in Baton Rouge. Louisiana is led by Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and other elected officials including Senator David Vitter. Post blog entries, participate in the forum, or... [more]
Discuss the Louisiana political scene and the happenings in Baton Rouge. Louisiana is led by Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and other elected officials including Senator David Vitter. Post blog entries, participate in the forum, or suggest articles about local Louisiana politics.
The Louisiana Democratic Party, in a rather humorous and bold press release on Tuesday, called for Senator David Vitter (R-La.) to denounce conservatives who have called his fellow Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) a prostitute for her support of health care reform.
Vitter, of course, has his own sordid history with ladies of the night. So the chance to tie him to recent claims from the likes of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh that Landrieu was whoring...
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David Vitter knows Glenn Beck is wrong: The Louisiana Democratic Party, in a rather humorous and bold press release on Tuesday, called for Senator David Vitter (R-La.) to denounce conservatives who have called his fellow Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) a prostitute for her support of health care reform. Vitter, of course, has his own sordid history with ladies of the night. So the chance to tie him to recent claims from the likes of Glenn Beck and...
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From dailykos.com
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One Republican lawmaker out of 177 crossed party lines to support the health care reform legislation offered by Democrats.
Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, the Louisiana Republican who hails from a decidedly Democratic New Orleans district, voted yea on the final passage of legislation. He joined 219 Democrats to make the final margin 220 to 215 in favor of reform's passage.
Cao was a major (and possibly the lone) target for Democrats hoping to get...
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More amazing video from the fearless Mike Stark.Just a couple weeks ago, a Louisiana Justice of the Peace refused to marry an interracial couple. That was a huge news story. And, it evoked a lot of discussion about the 1967 United States Supreme Court ruling in Loving v. Virginia, which found that laws banning interracial marriages were unconstitutional. A couple weeks ago, Louisiana's Senator David Vitter, the hooker loving Republican...
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From feedburner.com
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WASHINGTON — Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao (R) of Louisiana must not have gotten the message from House Republicans that no one in the GOP caucus - repeat no one - would vote with Democrats on a sweeping overhaul of the US health-care system.
In a vote late Saturday night, Representative Cao - a vulnerable freshman in a Democratic district still devastated by hurricane Katrina - broke ranks, casting the lone Republican vote for the legislation.
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