tennessee politics

Link: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/13/politics/bill-lee-tennessee-governor-kkk-nathan-forrest/index.html

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I'm going to have to think about this one for a bit.

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-middle-east-tennessee/proposed-abortion-ban-tennessee Great. I hate this state.

Linky. Also: Linky. It's like performance art. I think the analogy was perfectly cromulent... before he tried to explain it. Maybe a comparison with successful draft numbers would have gone down better. And I don't think certain topics like the Holocaust, apartheid, slavery, 9/11, rape...

Ah, they hypcricy is strong with the GOP: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/10/10/pro-life_lawmaker_pressured_mistress_to_get_an_abortion.html Why is it that the GOP is so interested in not having government tell you what to do, except when they want to tell you what to do (or not do)...

Which produced a very interesting reaction in the local paper. Here's a snippet. But when I went on their web site, all I could find was some Black Robe Regiment and not much more. :wackyhuh:

Tennessee representative Richard Floyd would "stomp a mudhole" in transgender people AKA: your guide to committing instant political suicide. Tennessee state Rep. Richard Floyd (R) is the sole sponsor of HB2279 which would fine trans people $50 and charge them with a misdemeanor for using...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/22/tennessee-dont-say-gay-bill-advances_n_852616.html Oh no, we can't let kids even hear the word "gay" because it will convert them to be one of them gays!!! Gay is a contagion that is spread with language!!

http://blogs.tennessean.com/politics/2010/collierville-rep-curry-todd-compares-illegal-immigrants-to-rats/ Later he attempted to clarify that he was using the wrong code words. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20101110/NEWS/101110167/TN-lawmaker-likens-illegal-immigrants-to-rats- Shorter...

My new favorite loonytunes politician is Tennessee state representative Stacey Campfield. He is one of the reps that recently signed onto another Orly Taitz lawsuit over Obama's citizenship status. His latest stunt, was to support a failed resolution for Tennessee to reject any federal...

Stumbled across this in my pile of Google Alerts, a good example of a local paper doing some good journalistic research and not letting a woo-woo get away with crap: Maryville Daily Times, Maryville, Tennessee "Candidate promoting questionable college degree" July 7, 2008...

Dear Fox, NBC, CNN, CBS, ABC, Newsweek (who had him on the cover) Please for the love of all things not mentally retarded stop showcasing the empty suit known as Harold Ford Jr. so prominently. Yes hes young and black and running for Senate. And thats about it. Harold Ford Jr. is the only...

Proud of My Governor I didn't vote for Phil Bredesen, but he is doing a hell of a job. Likes most states in the US, Tennessee is facing budget deficits. Instead of raising taxes, instead of begging congress for bailout, instead of ballooning the state debt; Mr. Bredesen is actually _cutting_...