Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida says that even though there’s a government shutdown, she’ll be taking her paycheck, thank you very much.
Notice how she tries to duck the question, but MSNBC’s Chuck Todd carefully nails her down.
Yesterday my Congressman Tom Rooney (R FL) independently and voluntarily requested his pay withheld.
Rooney is a low key effective Congressman and I am pleased with his service.
My, aren’t you speshul.
Crickets, Cody…crickets
Getting a yes/no answer from Debbie Washmyass-Schultz is like getting blood from a stone.
I don’t know if I can rightly fault these people for refusing to give up the money they earn. Not everyone in Congress is rich, and quite a few don’t live in two-income households. Even the rich deserve their pay, but jimminyfuckingcricket! Nancy Pelosi is filthy rich and, according to the Post’s link, she’s keeping her check.
Agree with you Mandy. In fact, DWS is not rich and Pelousy is just filthy and very rich. My point was that a yes/no answer is like trying to pull teeth from a snake in a snit.
I hate tap-dancing politicians.
Now now, she needs the funds to pay for her hair dos.
I was going to do the bad hair material…nuts. Oh, well, too slow or make that, too West Coast time zone.
As my nanny useta’ say, her hair looks like cats have been sucking on it.
As I’ve said about her and Cynthia McKinney, they get their hair done at the Fork-in-Toaster Salon.
http://badfrigginhair.blogspot.com/2008/12/crazy-bitch-bingo-hair-ode-to-cynthia.html
*meow*
My cousin used to have a particular dislike for Sheila Jackson Lee
she said she’d like to take the braid off her head and stuff it in her mouth.
I’m with your cousin.
That face of Pelosi would stop a train!!!
If I had that face tattooed on my posterior, I wouldn’t be afraid to back into a lion’s den.
Semper Fi
When to good Lord was handing out brains, Pelosi thought He said trains, and missed hers.
Semper Fi
She’s the face of the DNC fundraisers too, this is gonna hurt them !
My rep is donating his paycheck to charity (he’s a millionaire in his own right, still, a nice gesture)
Cruz has said he won’t give up his pay, either.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20130927-ted-cruz-even-if-government-shuts-down-i-ll-keep-my-pay.ece?nclick_check=1
Here’s a list of the members of Congress who won’t be taking their pay:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/10/01/which-lawmakers-will-refuse-their-pay-during-the-shutdown/
That was on September 27. By Monday, September 30 he said he would be giving his pay to charity.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/30/ted-cruz-salary_n_4020019.html
Thank you for that link.
I wonder why the Post didn’t have that information for the article at 6:54 last night. It certainly was available. Did the reporter just not look on-line or call around?
Dallas News = state-run media
I was refering to the Post. O’Keefe’s experienced enough that there is no reason for that list to be incomplete. He was either lazy or biased. Or, both.
I was referring to the original claim about Cruz. That’s a typical smear job by the Democrat-controlled Dallas News.
It’s not the only source I found.
AP lies just as good as the rest of them.
Interesting……..I noticed Senator Mary Landrieu (D) was not on the list. Since, she extorted 300 Million Dollars for Louisiana for her vote to pass Obamacare in 2009. Obamacare was passed on party line votes but people forget the payoffs behind the scenes. In fact, Landrieu bragged it wasn’t a 100 million payoff it was 300 million on the Senate floor while the citizens of LA were strongly against Obamacare.
Did she personally profit? if so, can it be proven?
No, she did not. However, her price tag was 300 million to LA. Even though her constituents were against Obamacare. Harry Reid offered this money elsewhere to induce her to vote.
The shutdown is saving the People money AND saving people from Obama-Biden noise pollution.
From Josh Lederman at the AP
“WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is canceling a speech to an influential gay rights group because of the government shutdown.
Biden was scheduled to deliver the keynote address to about 3,400 people at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual dinner on Saturday. It’s the nation’s biggest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights group, and gay and lesbian activists were among President Barack Obama’s most loyal supporters during his re-election campaign.
But the partial shutdown of the federal government has led Obama and now Biden to cancel a number of events. Obama canceled an appearance at a glitzy Congressional Hispanic Caucus event Wednesday and has scaled back his upcoming trip to Asia.”
just proves that anything Biden or Obama says is “non-essential”
If the shutdown curtails Obama’s endless fun raising and campaigning – works for me.
Poor poor Florida…..They get stuck voting for …..IDIOTS, and SELFISH …..people who think they are educated enough to run for Congress…..poor poor Floridians.
They have Disney World, who needs politicians ?
Debbie needs the cash to maintain her bolt own boobs.
That “woman” is a pinhead.
She really does need the money, I suspect.
Botox ain’t cheap.
What’s surprising isn’t that Debbie won’t make a token effort to stand with the oppressed and unemployed federal workers, butt that Chuck Todd asked her that question and poked until he got an answer.
MSNBC, long called the public arm of the Dems, might be making an effort to lure more viewers with a slight turn to the political center.
IMO, if that’s the case, they have a long, winding road to raise their numbers with their current lineup of offensive and unattractive talking heads.
If these people at their salary can’t miss one paycheck, where does that leave us pensioners on SS?
Many members of Congress maintain two residences, one in the home districts and one in D.C. They have to feed their families at home, and themselves in D.C. Who pays for their flights back and forth? I’m sure there are other expenses most people don’t have.
Several years ago then Rep Jeff Flake said they were given $1,000,000 per year for travel expenses. He said he returned the unused portion but that many others kept it.
Why in the world doesn’t she do something with that hair? Really, Debbie…you have done long, stringy and greasy long enough…take that check and splurge with a visit to a reputable salon. I realize that I have made a less than polite comment, but someone needed to tell you.
Those who do not take their pay during the shutdown will get it all later on anyway. So, big deal. Those who say they will donate it to charity? I’d like to see the canceled checks on those donations when shutdown is over. Note: Wasserman-Schultz is in deep deep debt. She can’t afford a delay in her check.
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