Tuesday, October 01, 2013

Florida Members of Congress Voting For Government Shutdown

Via Stogie: here is a list of Republicans who voted for a CR bill that would delay Obamacare. This is a nonstarter in the Senate and President Barack Obama would never sign it into law. This vote is just to appease the tea party base of the GOP.

Rep. Jeff Miller [R-D1]

Rep. Steve Southerland [R-D2]

Rep. Ted Yoho [R-D3]

Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-D4]

Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-D6]

Rep. John Mica [R-D7]

Rep. Bill Posey [R-D8]

Rep. Daniel Webster [R-D10]

Rep. Richard Nugent [R-D11]

Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-D12]

Rep. W. Bill Young [R-D13]

Rep. Dennis Ross [R-D15]

Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-D16]

Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-D17]

Rep. Trey Radel [R-D19]

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-D25]

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-D27]

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Friday, March 01, 2013

Florida Republicans Voting Against the Violence Against Women Act

This should be used as a helpful reminder to voters. I don't want congressional members of the Florida delegation to duck voting against the Violence Against Women Act. Here is a list of Florida elective officials voting nay on VAWA.

House of Representative

Gus Bilirakis, Ron DeSantis, John Mica, Jeff Miller, Bill Posey, Trey Radel, Tom Rooney, Dennis Ross, Steve Southerland, Ted Yoho

Senate

Marco Rubio

Remember this next time you head into the voting booth.

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Bill Posey's Seat Labeled Vulnerable

The National Republican Congressional Committee has added Rep. Bill Posey to their list of vulnerable incumbents.


A GOP official said simply, "better safe than sorry," mostly because Posey is a freshman.


Posey has received national attention for questioning President Barack Obama's citizenship and introducing a bill requiring "a copy of the candidate’s birth certificate." The bill is redundant. The Constitution makes clear only the Founding Fathers did not have to naturalized citizens, in order to serve as President.


No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.


Side note: Posey has not answered Stephen Colbert's challenge and provide proof he is not part gator.

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Monday, June 29, 2009

Majority of Congressional Delegation Opposes Offshore Drilling

Senator Bill Nelson got 24 of 27 members of the Florida Congressional delegation to oppose offshore drilling. The delegation signed a letter addressed to Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner. Members not signing the letter are John Mica, Bill "Gator" Posey and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.


According to a Nelson spokesman, that would mean not altering the current limits that forbid drilling within at least 100 miles of Florida’s Gulf coast, and farther out—more than 200 hundred miles—from Tampa Bay.


A Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University discovered lifting all oil bans would produced only 18 billions barrels of oil. The bans include Alaska and Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Nelson explained, on the Senate floor, the oil companies want the leases not necessary to drill. The lease values will potentially boost stock prices. F-22 pilots will train in the Gulf. Nelson explains rigs will pose potential safety hazards to pilots.

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Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Bill Posey Blast From the Past

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Damn Stephen Colbert for spreading the hidious rumors Bill Posey is the bastard grandson of a gator.

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Monday, June 08, 2009

Judgement Impaired

It is really interesting how desperate Florida Republicans are to win in 2010. Tom Feeney is hosting a fundraiser for Congressman Bill Posey. Feeney was named one of the 13 most corrupt members of Congress by the Congressional Accountability Project. Feeney was forced to reinburse the U.S. Treasury $5,643 for his Scottish golfing trip with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Feeney ultimately lost his seat.

Feeney attempted to have (I'm not making this up) the teaching of yoga banned in Florida public schools and wanted Florida to secede from the union. This is who Posey wants to be associated with. Considering Posey has been accused of being genetically half gator it isn't such an outlandish idea.

Marco Rubio has received the endorsement of Dennis Baxley. Baxley felt so strongly about Rubio he resigned from the Christian Coalition of Florida. Baxley will serve on Rubio's campaign.

Baxley has a history of making racist remarks. Baxley served in the Florida House. He lost running for the Florida Senate.

Feeney and Baxley are two has been Florida pols with excessive baggage. It says a lot about Posey's and Rubio's judgement to be linked with such political liabilities.

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Saturday, March 14, 2009

Today In Wingnuttery

Chuck Norris says he may run for President for Texas. Besides the Norris's candidacy for an imaginary office; Norris argues Texas may need to secede from the United States.


On Glenn Beck's radio show last week, I quipped, in response to our wayward federal government, "I may run for president of Texas."
That need may be a reality sooner than we think. If not I, someone someday may again be running for president of the Lone Star State, if the state of the union continues to turn into the enemy of the state.

From the East Coast to the "Left Coast," America seems to be moving farther and farther from its Founders' vision and government.

...I'm not saying that other states won't muster the gumption to stand and secede, but Texas has the history to prove it. As most know, Texas was its own country before it joined the union as the 28th state. From 1836 to 1846, Texas was its own republic. Washington-on-the-Brazos served as our Philadelphia. Washington-on-the-Brazos is where, on March 2, 1836, a band of patriots forged the Texas Declaration of Independence.


Those enemies of the state are voters, Chuck. Norris is mad at secularism. The former action star should read the 1836 Texas Constitution.


SEC. 1. Ministers of the gospel being, by their profession, dedicated to God and the care of souls, ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their functions, therefore, no minister of the gospel or priest of any denomination whatever shall be eligible to the office of the Executive of the Republic, nor to a seat of either branch of the Congress of the same.


In other news: Congressman Bill Posey introduced H.R. 1503. The bill once again brings the debunked Obama birth certificate controversy. Posey explained the bill to Ben Smith.


Opponents of President Bush used the 2000 election results and the court decisions to question the legitimacy of President Bush to serve as President. Opponents of President Obama are raising the birth certificate issue as a means of questioning his eligibility to serve as President. Neither of these situations are healthy for our Republic. This bill, by simply requiring such documentation for future candidates for President will remove this issue as a reason for questioning the legitimacy of a candidate elected as President.


Posey and his office are being disingenuous about their true reasons. Posey's spokesman, George Cecala said "If the president wanted to put an end to the whole thing, he could order Hawaii to release the authentic birth certificate. That’s up to him."

Posey refused to state if Obama is an American citizen.


He added: “I haven’t looked at the evidence. It’s not up to me to look at the evidence … I can’t swear on a stack of Bibles whether he is or isn’t.”


So much for clearing up controversy. The Supreme Court wouldn't even hear a case on Obama's birth certificate. Scopes has debunked the false allegations against the birth certificate's authenicity.

I remember conservative investigate reporters Matt Drudge, Rupert Mudoch and Newsmax telling the public they had DNA proof of Bill Clinton's black child. If any politician would have a love child it would be Clinton. These conservative muckrackers haven't produced the proof or child. I'm still waiting.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Bill Posey Does Not Heart Bob Allen

Florida State Senator Bill Posey (R) says he doesn't want to beat on Bob Allen while he's down. He then proceeds to beat on Allen. Posey his bewildered as to why Allen hasn't stepped down. Posey has been in politics long enough to know that public humiliation does not equate into the decision-making process of politicians.

Posey will step down because of term limits. He states that Allen has no chance in hell of winning his Senate district. Posey isn't helping matters by refusing to endorse him.


“I don’t think there’s any chance that that’s going to happen,” Posey said Tuesday. “There’s probably only about 500,000 people in Brevard County (population 550,000) that would have a better chance of winning at this point.”


Solicitation of prostitution is a misdemeanor. Several politicians have been charged with driving under the influence including George W. Bush). Driving while intoxicated carries far more serious consequences than a man paying to perform fellatio on another man. The chances of a drunk man killing another motorist is greater than Allen making a guy cum too hard.

Republicans treat gay men, in the party, as if they have leprosy. They publicly protested Bill Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" military policy. The hypocrisy is the same policy is instituted within the GOP. The reason why conservatives shout on radio and cable talk shows is words speak louder to them than actual actions. Leading by example morphed into bellowing morality at deafening levels. It isn't productive, but it makes bad theatre. Dinner theatre performer Bill O'Reilly will wag his finger at pornstar Jenna Jameson and inform her that people call her a whore. He will proceed to hiton her and hit her up for free porn videos.

Words. Not actions. It doesn't matter if prominent conservatives are moral, just that they makes others feel shitty about how immoral they are.

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