Ricketts warns of 'creep of socialism'; Dems bring Republicans baby rattles, say they're scaring GOP
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Aaron Sanderford 11 hrs ago
Gov. Pete Ricketts warned the states Republicans in an email about the creep of socialism into Nebraska politics.
His Nov. 20 fundraising message called on donors to fund the Nebraska Republican Party and its candidates because Nebraska Democrats are building a progressive machine.
On Monday, the states top Democrats delivered large plastic containers of baby rattles to the offices of Ricketts and two fellow Republicans, Reps. Don Bacon and Jeff Fortenberry, and apologized for rattling the states GOP officeholders.
Nebraska Democratic Party Chairwoman Jane Kleeb said Nebraska Democrats view Ricketts email as a huge compliment and a sign that Republicans are worried about Democratic momentum.
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DeminPennswoods
(15,292 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,985 posts)jayschool2013
(2,314 posts)Paul Fell, on the right, is a Nebraskan.
Chan Lowe, on the left, is the son of Carol Channing and has spent most of his career in Fort Lauderdale.
Both are spot on.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,054 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)to the House floor.
Cosmocat
(14,578 posts)Dems relentlessly try to be statesmanlike while the mushy middle lumps us in with republican jackassery because "they are both the same" so we really have little choice, but to muck it up with Rs.
Just hate the the country gives them a pass on 99% of their shit while dems take hits from complete made up bullshit.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)high, has got us. Of course within reason, they have no bottom.
Cosmocat
(14,578 posts)has left us in a tough spot given that the Jimmy Stewart's Mr. Smith goes to Washington thing is L O N G gone. This country is simply stone cold stupid.
mac56
(17,575 posts)When we go high, they win elections.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)idea just how deplorable these folks are.
Maeve
(42,301 posts)Ligyron
(7,640 posts)Hard to spew lies with one of those stuck in their pie hole.
bucolic_frolic
(43,409 posts)Repent!! Save yourselves before it's too late!
Lonestarblue
(10,123 posts)Much of the farm bailout went to big agribusiness and wealthy farm operations. The people who needed the aid got a pittance. Republicans are good at pulling out bogeymen to scare voters, and their voters keep buying it year after year even though their threats of Democratic disaster never come true. Wouldnt you think some would realize theyre being played by now!
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)mountain grammy
(26,661 posts)Fla Dem
(23,813 posts)McKim
(2,412 posts)Just when the narrative of Peace, Justice and Democracy is gaining traction, someone on The Right starts waving the Red and Pinko Flag and cries of Socialism and Communism are trucked out.
Sorry, red baiting just doesnt work anymore. Joe McCarthy is SO over!
TheFarseer
(9,327 posts)Switched parties to run against him and ran on lowering property taxes and making sure schools were properly funded. Hold the phone there comrade!
Vinca
(50,320 posts)Jesus-y kind that feeds poor people?
louis-t
(23,309 posts)not fooled
(5,803 posts)Saint Ronnie the B-movie actor portraying some sort of westerner. A cowboy?
Pretty sure it's a painting, though.
Fake cowboy to appeal to romanticized fantasies of the wide-open frontier, implying that we would have just such freedom by getting rid of those evil regulations and evil government. Or so Saint Ronnie said. The reality brought about by that evil old bastard's policies--a degraded environment looted by the oligarchs--is of course quite different.
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Odoreida
(1,549 posts)... opponents of Social Security. Or at least that's when it became current.
olddad65
(599 posts)I had to go to public (socialist) elementary school, my parents drove me there on public (socialist) streets. I then attended a public (socialist) middle school. Then I attended a public (socialist) high school.
After High School, the capitalists were having a war over in Vietnam, so to avoid being drafted and led off to be slaughtered, I took the socialist option and joined the Navy.
After the socialist Navy, I went to a public university to study computer science. Yes, I admit that the socialist military subsidized my education through a socialist program called the GI Bill.
Then had an opportunity to work in a socialist organization offered to me by the State if California. I worked as an IT Specialist for 33 years. Sure, my friends that did the same job in private corporations got paid much more than I did, but my job was very secure. While working in my socialist state job, driving to and for on socialist highways and streets, I had to pay part of my salary into two socialist retirement programs. And I had to pay into this socislistic medical benefit program.
But after my 33 years of working in this socialistic job, I retired. Now, Ive been retired for 12 years. I still get a check each month from the two socialist retirement programs, I get excellent health care as a retirement benefit from my socialist job. I still am able to drive on the socialist streets, roads, highways, at no cost beyond what I gladly pay into another socialist program called state and federal income tax.
All in all, growing up, living in, working in, and raising my son in, a socialist segment of this society had worked out quite well for me.
Who knows, it could work for a lot if us.