Hello Bob,   
      
   BK>Michigan and Ohio are both run by the republican party.   
      
   Louisiana is also run by the republican party.  Along with   
   several other states.   
      
   BK>Michigan has Synder, Ohio has Kasich. Michigan has the   
   BK>advantage, their governor's name is easier to pronounce.   
      
   Only liberal commentator Ed Schultz can screw up pronouncing   
   Jindal.  But then, Ed Schultz is like Jimmy Carter, having only   
   peanuts for brains.   
      
   In any event, your point that several states are run by   
   the republican party is spot on.  Rather than acknowledging   
   and doing what the people want, those governors acknowledge   
   and do what their beloved political party wants.  Playing   
   to an ideology, pretending that is what the people want.   
      
   BK>Both governors have done their best to stick it to the working   
   BK>people, both have shunted off money to their buddies. Ohio now   
   BK>has it's business development money being handled by a private   
   BK>firm, with no reporting to the state, no auditing by the state,   
   BK>and no open meeting requirements. This is the republican party   
   BK>that gave 50 million to Tom Noe and didn't bother to check on   
   BK>him until the papers revealed how he was ripping off the state.   
      
   BK>They fixed that, though, this new agency has much better   
   BK>secrecy, so you can't tell when they are ripping off the state.   
      
   Nothing is done is secret, the republican party knowing exactly   
   what their governors are doing.  After all, the republican party   
   paid for them.  It only makes sense for the republican party to   
   get what it paid for.   
      
   BK>Yet, dispite both governors doing their best to push down the   
   BK>working class, the right wing is still not satisfied. See, both   
   BK>governors understand that expanding medicaid will pay off big   
   BK>time for the state, yet the republican legislatures are so far   
   BK>right, they can't even get behind their governor when he is   
   BK>trying to do something that will pay off so well for the state.   
      
   It is not what will pay off for the state, but rather what will   
   pay off for the republican party and its benefactors.   
      
   BK>Oh, and Snyder understands that a new bridge to Canada is a   
   BK>great idea, esp since it's both the major crossover point for   
   BK>Canadian trade, and a national security issue. Yet the state   
   BK>legislature is so cheaply bought they won't approve the new   
   BK>bridge, even though it won't cost the state a penny.   
      
   US Senator Ted Stevens built a bridge to nowhere in Alaska.   
   And then he went and got himself killed in a plane crash.   
      
   Governor Jimmie Davis was much smarter than that.  He built a bridge   
   to nowhere, had the bridge named after a song he wrote, and made a movie   
   (with him as the star) while in office (not even Arnold Schwarzenegger   
   did that).   
      
   BK>Some people just can't win for losing.   
      
   Worked for Sarah Palin.   
      
   --Lee   
      
      
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   --- Maximus 3.01   
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