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salin

(48,954 posts)
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 08:43 PM Mar 2015

Signal that the bashlash in Indiana - has finally been heard by the Gov.

Gov - no-ears but for the tea-party who I think will power my presidential campaign - Pence,

Says he was taken unaware by the backlash. Now is calling for a second law to clarify the first law (that he signed 2 days ago into law) to assure that the law does not allow for discrimination. Ur, Gov Dense, shouldn't you have called for that before signing the bill into law? Nonetheless - the back tracking - when he has supermajorities in both sides of the legislature - is interesting.

Here is the link to the breaking item in Indiana (on a Saturday): http://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/tim-swarens/2015/03/28/swarens-gov-mike-pence-push-clarification-religious-freedom-law/70611906/

Read it - would love your take: is this a cynical attempt to take any responsibility while hoping the supermajorities keep their newly established (signed by Gov Dense - er - Pence) so that he still keeps his Tea Party bonafides in his predicted Presidential candidacy? Is this recognition that he didn't do his due diligence on the law and now is attempting to play the role of "the responsible adult in the room" among the Indiana GOP?

Glad that the backlash is already having an impact on my state.

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Signal that the bashlash in Indiana - has finally been heard by the Gov. (Original Post) salin Mar 2015 OP
Gov Pants sorta workin it alright. misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #1
To either his supporters, or to everyone else... looks pretty bad: salin Mar 2015 #2
They live in a propaganda bubble. The bubble prevents a clear view of the world around them. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #37
Looks like Gov Nimrod got hoisted by his own petard. Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #3
then it says he will be on Sunday politcal show to defend the bill he signed into law. salin Mar 2015 #4
OK, let's watch Iwillnevergiveup Mar 2015 #33
Pence feeling a wee bit discriminated suddenly cuz of his misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #6
bingo per his "he didn't anticipate the backlash" salin Mar 2015 #10
Ha Ha StarzGuy Mar 2015 #28
OF COURSE he didn't see the backlash coming! He has not a clue about what the real world thinks. calimary Mar 2015 #32
+1000, Bravo! smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #45
Another winner. erronis Mar 2015 #51
Marvelous statement! vlakitti Mar 2015 #52
It's hoist, not hoisted. A wise person corrected me on this a couple of days ago. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2015 #22
Buzz Click corrected me in the past, too Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #24
I am so busted. Subject line confession: I mixed up "Buzz Click" and "Brother Buzz". DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2015 #25
I was once mistaken for Buzz Click and ended up on a DUers infamous "Iggy" list Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #43
I remember that Meta thread. Good times, good times......nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #54
And the past tense of "hoise" Unknown Beatle Mar 2015 #34
Fan the flames. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #5
He's so full of it, I can smell it a state over. Ace Rothstein Mar 2015 #7
Yep. And that’s the same reason SCOTUS will strike down all same-sex marriage bans this year: NYC Liberal Mar 2015 #41
Gov Dense is perfect! Too late.. it needs to be REPEALED! mahalo salin Cha Mar 2015 #8
Should happen, but won't in this environment (super majorities in the Leg.) salin Mar 2015 #13
this is excellent, salin.. I didn't mean to downplay it like I did! The teaparty4haters on the Cha Mar 2015 #16
Ah, f***k him. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 #9
To see if he can clarify the intent of the law? LOL..noooo, the intent is perfectly clear. Jefferson23 Mar 2015 #11
exactly why this is so ... interesting. salin Mar 2015 #17
Pence has captured so much attention, mostly negative and will be interesting to see how Jefferson23 Mar 2015 #46
From reading his past statements, he SAYS that the bill is just about lawsuits OKNancy Mar 2015 #12
Agreed. But if the Sunday interviewer doesn't ask salin Mar 2015 #18
Likewise OKNancy Mar 2015 #19
That's still bullshit and wrong. n/t winter is coming Mar 2015 #20
Clarify it by repealling it and make a public apology for being bigots. 99Forever Mar 2015 #14
Now for some backlash and backtracking from the other 19 States with unconstitutional hate laws. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #15
Georgia's "religious liberty" bill brer cat Mar 2015 #23
Or, he could have told the legislature to cool it with divisive legislation SoCalDem Mar 2015 #21
Pointing Out that it Would Cause Money and Jobs to Leave the State AndyTiedye Mar 2015 #27
The only thing dear gov pence is hearing is the cha-ching tap drying up Iliyah Mar 2015 #26
He knew what he was doing but Jon82 Mar 2015 #29
The loss of the NCAA and other football games hit home Gothmog Mar 2015 #30
Left something out Jon82 Mar 2015 #31
kick Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #35
Put me in column cynical gratuitous Mar 2015 #36
It's quite obvious no one paid attention to what happened justiceischeap Mar 2015 #38
This is the opportunity for these companies to go 'nuclear' on this shit. randome Mar 2015 #39
His true God, Mammon, spoke to him & said, "Hey Asshole, you're hurting business." CrispyQ Mar 2015 #40
Ironic.... salin Mar 2015 #42
Because that's not expensive or anything AwakeAtLast Mar 2015 #44
I want to be sure I got this right: he's checking a law for discrimination that legalized .... marble falls Mar 2015 #47
hilarious! salin Mar 2015 #49
His views have changed today. William769 Mar 2015 #48
The heat is fired up pretty high on him. salin Mar 2015 #50
It must be difficult, being governor of the "Mississippi of the Midwest". ColesCountyDem Mar 2015 #53

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
1. Gov Pants sorta workin it alright.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 08:48 PM
Mar 2015

Trying to salvage the KKKristian votes he needed for his possible Pres campaign.

What's a dunce to do

salin

(48,954 posts)
2. To either his supporters, or to everyone else... looks pretty bad:
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 08:56 PM
Mar 2015

2 days after I signed the bill into law - I call for a second bill to clarify the law - and I admit that it is clear that this law will cause economic damage to the state. To supporters (tea partitaliban) he is conceding (a mortal political sin - see crazy fav. Sen Cruz), to everyone else he is admitting that he signed the law without requiring clarification - suggesting either that was his intent (discrimination), or that he and his advisers were too unintelligent to perceive the likely effects of this law (they did no homework/consultation outside of the tea partitaliban)

Short version: he and his advisers (and the Indiana GOP legislature) acted as dunces (your term) - and to his desired base... he becomes a turncoat.

Brother Buzz

(36,217 posts)
3. Looks like Gov Nimrod got hoisted by his own petard.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 08:58 PM
Mar 2015

Behind the scenes, Pence and his team have been scrambling to mitigate that damage — both to the state and to the governor’s political career.

I asked the governor if he had anticipated the strongly negative reaction set off by the bill's passage. His response made it clear that he and his team didn't see it coming.

"I just can’t account for the hostility that's been directed at our state," he said. "I've been taken aback by the mischaracterizations from outside the state of Indiana about what is in this bill."

salin

(48,954 posts)
4. then it says he will be on Sunday politcal show to defend the bill he signed into law.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:02 PM
Mar 2015

that he has already sends aides to the Capitol to push for a second bill to clarify the law. Fairly weak position per defending the law.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
6. Pence feeling a wee bit discriminated suddenly cuz of his
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:04 PM
Mar 2015

..discrimination Bill he secretly passed onto the State of Indiana?
Sucks doesn't it Mr pents.
He didn't see the backlash coming?
Maybe should have asked Az gov for advice.

salin

(48,954 posts)
10. bingo per his "he didn't anticipate the backlash"
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:14 PM
Mar 2015

former Az gov has already lived through this. Of course, cynicism suggests he could have discounted her experience, because she as a woman gov - and as a male gov. nothing similar could occur to him - thus no reason to consult.

Great points.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
32. OF COURSE he didn't see the backlash coming! He has not a clue about what the real world thinks.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 11:47 PM
Mar 2015

He's just another teabagger/extremist CON who pays attention only to the gospel according to Pox Noise and hate radio - and THAT is his reality.

OF COURSE he would NOT anticipate the blowback that he created.

OF COURSE he didn't see it coming and didn't expect any such thing. He clearly surrounds himself only with fellow nutcases, who ALSO didn't see it coming - because nobody he listens to warned him about this. That's because there WAS no one around who had a more realistic, normal view. They pay no attention to anyone with OUR worldview, for example. Ours is just summarily dismissed as invalid or hedonistic or godless. So he pays no attention to that. Doesn't bother figuring that kind of viewpoint into his equations AT ALL. Our side really has no relevance to him, and we frankly don't exist in his world. We're just there to be blocked and defied and undercut and muzzled and mocked and maybe reformed or taken to one of those deprogramming camps to screw all our heads back on "right." So when it smacks him full-on in the face like a big fat shitty cream pie, it takes him completely by surprise. Not only do we exist, WE HAVE A VOICE, TOO. A powerful one. AND we have allies - even in the business community which I'm sure he NEVER in a million years would have expected to find such a mindset. Everybody's a religionista just like he is, correct? Or they damn well should be!

But... but... but... you mean I actually have to allow for another point of view? I have to get it through my thick skull that some people will see this VERY differently than my crowd does - and they actually have an impact? I thought only MY side had an impact. I thought only MY side counted. I thought the interests of MY side were all the interests there even WERE! What the hell happened?

Just guessing, of course, but when some of these folks get a little power under their belts using the formulae and approaches and policy sloganeering they have, seems to me they start to take on an air of invincibility. OF COURSE this is a good idea. God's on OUR side! OF COURSE this is good and necessary in this increasingly heathen world! OF COURSE everybody's going to sing its praises!

Oh... wait...

Rude awakening mr. governor. GREAT debut you just made on the national stage! And you actually think YOU'RE ready to run for the White House! As they say in the Queen song: "Another one bites the dust!" Mr. Candidate "My-religion-says-I-don't-have-to-work-with-you." Yeah, THAT will serve you well in the 21st Century, kid.


 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
45. +1000, Bravo!
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 12:49 PM
Mar 2015

They really do live in their own special little worlds. They think that if they discount and ignore modern society it will go away. Sorry assholes, it doesn't work that way.

erronis

(14,955 posts)
51. Another winner.
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 06:24 PM
Mar 2015

I like seeing your analysis, perhaps because it generally jives with mine.

Perhaps we can also be accused of living in our own cocoons. I hope I talk to people with lots of viewpoints and read stupid RWNJ columnists (whoops, bias showing.)

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
22. It's hoist, not hoisted. A wise person corrected me on this a couple of days ago.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 10:13 PM
Mar 2015

Buzz Clik (31,011 posts)
28. The definition of petard is known, but it's "hoist", not hoisted. Hoist is past tense of "hoise"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6414634

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
25. I am so busted. Subject line confession: I mixed up "Buzz Click" and "Brother Buzz".
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 10:46 PM
Mar 2015

I'm sorry about that, Brother Buzz.
But thanks for the Stripes clip. It's been a long time--I need to see that movie again.

Brother Buzz

(36,217 posts)
43. I was once mistaken for Buzz Click and ended up on a DUers infamous "Iggy" list
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 12:19 PM
Mar 2015

A simple case of mistaken identity.

Buzz Click and Nadine were going at it 'tooth and nail' in one of her bizarre threads when I asked a simple but, according to Nadine, dumb question down thread. She responded in a hostile and condescending manner, picking up where she left off with Buzz Click. The post was hidden and she was subsequently locked out of her own thread. Two terse PMs from Nadine thanked me for the hide and for trying to 'get her' then informed me I was on her "Iggy" list and she was taking it to Meta. Her gripe was NOT well received at Meta, but it was extremely amusing when it was finally pointed out to Nadine I wasn't Buzz Click. 'Alas', I remain on her "Iggy" list to this day.

That's the fact, Jack:

Ace Rothstein

(3,109 posts)
7. He's so full of it, I can smell it a state over.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:08 PM
Mar 2015

He only cares about the economic impact, not that they sanctioned discrimation.

NYC Liberal

(20,132 posts)
41. Yep. And that’s the same reason SCOTUS will strike down all same-sex marriage bans this year:
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 11:05 AM
Mar 2015

Lots of money to be made. Millions and millions of dollars have poured into our economy here in NY after legalizing same-sex marriage.

It’s the same reason anything is done in this country.

salin

(48,954 posts)
13. Should happen, but won't in this environment (super majorities in the Leg.)
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:22 PM
Mar 2015

that he is pushing for clarification - after the fact. Very big deal. Forces much of the teaparty GOP into a back step mode... to have to "protect LBGT against discrimination" (Governor's dictate) - when the whole point was to make such discrimination allowable. Suddenly an interesting fiasco to those who didn't care in the run up to the passing of the bill and signing of the law.

Don't think a repeal will happen here. But if there is a legislative or executive "clarification" that prevents the intent of the law - that is in effect until the law is reviewed (and hopefully rejected) by courts that are ruled by the Constitution - then that is the best next thing to a repeal.

Mahalo, Cha!

Cha

(295,929 posts)
16. this is excellent, salin.. I didn't mean to downplay it like I did! The teaparty4haters on the
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:31 PM
Mar 2015

defensive.. as well they should be.

Money Talks!



I googled "boycott" and "Indiana" came up without writing it! Something those in the Indiana Legislature had no clue. The Impact has been swift and strong!

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,308 posts)
9. Ah, f***k him.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:11 PM
Mar 2015

He made that bed and now he gets to lie (literally or figuratively, your choice ) in it!

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
11. To see if he can clarify the intent of the law? LOL..noooo, the intent is perfectly clear.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:18 PM
Mar 2015

I don't see how this bigot is going to clarify the intent without re-writing the law.

salin

(48,954 posts)
17. exactly why this is so ... interesting.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:35 PM
Mar 2015

having to come face to face with the national reaction to the intent. "Oops - you all misread... that isn't the intent. And, well, I will ask for clarification"

I have just restated your post (I completely agree). Situation is absurd. But the back stepping of the Gov. I think is extra interesting. Will it lead to a change in the law? We'll see.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
46. Pence has captured so much attention, mostly negative and will be interesting to see how
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 12:58 PM
Mar 2015

much more squirming it takes from him to clarify his bigoted law...he loses either way in the
end. Horrid man..ack. How exactly does a state add a law to clarify the first one? LOL



OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
12. From reading his past statements, he SAYS that the bill is just about lawsuits
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:19 PM
Mar 2015

If a person sues because of discrimination, then the person can claim religious freedom as a defense.
I bet that is how he will pander on the Sunday talk shows.
It sounds pretty weak.

salin

(48,954 posts)
18. Agreed. But if the Sunday interviewer doesn't ask
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 10:08 PM
Mar 2015

about what the call for clarification (per the Ind State House) is about, then shame on the interviewer.

The question (and the action as of today by Pence) demonstrates a reaction to that weakness.

Nice to cross paths with you OKNancy. I have long felt kinship with you!

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
14. Clarify it by repealling it and make a public apology for being bigots.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:28 PM
Mar 2015

And resign from office.

Otherwise, the backlash continues.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
15. Now for some backlash and backtracking from the other 19 States with unconstitutional hate laws.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:30 PM
Mar 2015

Georgia and Alabama, your turn next to step into the limelight of public opinion and supreme federal law that exists outside the Fox existence denying bubble.

brer cat

(24,402 posts)
23. Georgia's "religious liberty" bill
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 10:18 PM
Mar 2015

has been tabled for the time being after an anti-discrimination clause was inserted. There is a good fight to keep it from coming to a vote in the General Assembly. I have been especially pleased to see protests against the bill from non-conservative clergy. We do try even though the odds are against us.


SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
21. Or, he could have told the legislature to cool it with divisive legislation
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 10:13 PM
Mar 2015

Last edited Sat Mar 28, 2015, 11:08 PM - Edit history (1)

and if they refused, he could have vetoed it..

AndyTiedye

(23,500 posts)
27. Pointing Out that it Would Cause Money and Jobs to Leave the State
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 10:52 PM
Mar 2015

…would make even Repiglickins want to cool it on the hatin', you'd think.

Jon82

(92 posts)
29. He knew what he was doing but
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 10:59 PM
Mar 2015

Never knew what repercussions would result. He is trying to look good for everyone now. I just sent out a tweet referencing this article to several backward thinking bigot supporters of the law that have been so kind to me lately for opposing it.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
36. Put me in column cynical
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 12:24 AM
Mar 2015

Pence's disingenuous mewling is belied by the fact that he signed this crackpot law in private without fanfare. He knew quite well what he was signing into law, he wasn't proud of it, but he did it anyway. Now, having eaten his cake, he'd like to have it back. Well Mike, go shit on your desk and pick out the cake; you can have it again.

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
38. It's quite obvious no one paid attention to what happened
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 09:23 AM
Mar 2015

when Arizona tried this not too long ago. When the NFL said they'd host no Super Bowls there if Brewer signed the bill, the bill was quickly vetoed. There was also national and local backlash to the law. So, yeah, Pence either wasn't paying attention or the Republican committee thought Indiana was a small enough state they could slip it by the American populace.

I find it ironic that there are people who are outright homophobic but are reasonable enough to see that legislating that homophobia is a bad idea. Pence is a bit late coming to that conclusion.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
39. This is the opportunity for these companies to go 'nuclear' on this shit.
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 09:38 AM
Mar 2015

Send an unmistakably clear message to future assholes-in-waiting like Pence: boycott the state for a full 5 years after repeal. So that this kind of shit is never even contemplated again.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]

CrispyQ

(36,231 posts)
40. His true God, Mammon, spoke to him & said, "Hey Asshole, you're hurting business."
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 10:52 AM
Mar 2015

He's a shit of the worst kind. I'm glad this is blowing up in his bigoted face.

salin

(48,954 posts)
42. Ironic....
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 11:48 AM
Mar 2015

Last gov was a privatization freak - who folks wanted (on the right) to run for Pres. The one thing I will say nice about Mitch - was that he did try to get the religious right to back down.

Now you have this gov - who thought he was the conservative gift to the country when he was Minority whip in the House of Rep - who returns to Indiana with what most Hoosiers (even those who support him) to preen for a presidential bid (but unlike Mitch - no one but him really wants him as pres.)

I am guessing that his presidential run (in his imagination only) has just come to a screeching halt.

Hey Gov: Bigotry really isn't a modern value of a civil society. Your claims that this law, did not intend to allow discrimination, are belied by your private signing - your initial preening around "Of Course I will Sign This". Your sudden concern that this law might cause harm to some citizens based on legalized discrimination or that the state's economy may take a major hit because indicates that some employees/customers/clients/execs would be treated as less than equal in this state - all make you look craven. And certainly illequipt to be gov., let alone president.

AwakeAtLast

(14,112 posts)
44. Because that's not expensive or anything
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 12:35 PM
Mar 2015

Our tax dollars at work.

He might just rival Dubya in dumba$$ery.

marble falls

(56,359 posts)
47. I want to be sure I got this right: he's checking a law for discrimination that legalized ....
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 05:07 PM
Mar 2015

discrimination?

What position will he hold in the putative Cruz Administration, Secretary of Unintentional Irony?

salin

(48,954 posts)
49. hilarious!
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 05:10 PM
Mar 2015

maybe he is practicing up for Chief-Checker of reality outside the Bubble before actual policy was made or laws were signed. Tom Cotton has already turned that potential job down.

salin

(48,954 posts)
50. The heat is fired up pretty high on him.
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 05:15 PM
Mar 2015

And his TV appearance only made it worse.

I do believe he will attempt to get some back-alley armtwisting to some leg.s to try to weaken the economic impact on the state. However, the GOP has supermajorities in both sides of the legislature. I don't know that he could convince enough of them to act on creating a legislative fix.

Sadly (I live here) - this is a fiasco.

ColesCountyDem

(6,943 posts)
53. It must be difficult, being governor of the "Mississippi of the Midwest".
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 07:30 PM
Mar 2015

Pence is a life-support system for an asshat!

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