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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
What do you dislike about her voting record, Rupert? Her vote for the PATRIOT Act? Her vote giving Bush authority to use force in Iraq? I hate both of those, too.
Or is it the amendment she tried to put on the port security bill to provide $2 billion to sick 9/11 responders? But then, for right-wingers, people are on their own, so it's just tough that they're getting ill now after working down there in air the gov't told them was safe, right? Well, that's how the Republicans see it; they shot down the amendment.
Or is it that the two major NYC Firefighters' unions announced their support for her re-election in April (before the primaries, even)? They didn't endorse her in 2000, but she's worked very hard for them since 9/11. The president of the Uniformed FIrefighters said, "Firefighters are skeptical of everybody," he said. "In general, politicians have to win our support, and she has done that."
I'm curious as to how familiar you are with her voting record-- she's quite hawkish on defense, which I think is something that usually appeals to you, yes? Is your dislike based on her record or based on what you hear about her? Because in the end, how they vote is the only thing that really affects us.
I don't buy the "carpetbagger," "riding on her husband's coattails," blah blah blah stuff as justification because in the end, if she's doing a good job, which I think she is, that's what matters to me. Bloomberg more or less bought the mayorship of NYC, and you know what? He's doing a pretty darn good job. So what is it about her voting record that you don't like, Rupert?
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