Democrats Squirm When Questioned about the “Louisiana Purchase”

  •  November 24, 2009


That’s the Louisiana Purchase of Mary Landrieu’s vote.
“I have no way of really knowing if it did.” -Sen. Sherrod Brown. Oh, really? Well, you could try actually reading the bill for starters! As the spaghetti sauce makers say: “It’s in there!”. The rest is just a fantastic coincidence that Ms. Landrieu was sitting on the fence until a $300 million provision for Louisiana was inserted into the bill. /sarcasm
In a related story: Unicorn farmers decry shortage of leprechaun fencing!
H/T The blog prof
Cross Posted at Proof Positive

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  • AKA WOOF

    Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!

  • spartacus

    Not sure where your going with that, Woof. Just not surprised, like most of the rest of us?

  • brain trust

    Louisiana got $300 million and our two Senators didn't even get us a t-shirt.

  • http://Array sayanything-342

    $300 million is a pittance for an entire state. She could of held out for much more.

  • spartacus

    Depends upon the state, I guess. My state is sitting on a $2B surplus it built up since we elected our current governor, uh, that amounts to about 60 days of operating expenses here. The other side wanted to start pissing that away back in February but the Gov. and his side would have nothing to do with it. May not sound like much but $300M but that would increase our "warchest" by almost 17%. I don't know what you're thinking, but $300M isn't pocket change by most peoples standards.

  • thelouisianaexplorer

    This isn't the first purchase. Anyone taking junior high American History knows about that one. It's not the second one either; and that one makes this so called "Louisiana Purchase" small potatoes. When Richard Leche, a former Huey Long's associate, was elected Governor of Louisiana in 1937, Franklin Roosevelt knew he had a strong ally in Louisiana, Long had been assassinated and Leche had shown immense loyalty to Roosevelt. In response to this new found loyalty in Louisiana, Federal money flowed into Louisiana and this was referred to in the Washington and other main Presses as the second Louisiana Purchase. It wasn't until Harvey G. Fields, Federal Prosecutor and former law partner of Huey Long's, took the preliminary case to the Attorney General in 1939 that the illegal skimming of federal Funds stopped. In the end, Leche and 200 others in Louisiana were indicted; one being the president of LSU. The President of LSU attempted suicide and failed but three others succeeded. Lech went to prison for five years however following Fields death he immediately contacted the family to say he held no hard feelings and felt that Fields was a man of the highest integrity and honor. Fields private political papers were recently found after being lost for 45 years. AI book has just been released about the papers and Fields and is called "I Called Him Grand. The Lost Political Papers of Harvey G. Fields". Over 100 letters are published and names such as Long, Roosevelt, Farley, Darrow and Leche are found throughout the book.

  • sayanything-9974

    Just continuing the long and proud tradition of Chicago (Dem/Lib) style politics. She will probably vote a couple of times, and keep an eye peeled for Ted Kennedy some how cast his vote. This should make the Obamacraps feel like they are home. Dem Motto: Vote early and often -dead people welcome

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