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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 11:08 AM Jan 2017

Deplorable on C-Span verbatim- "People in California and New York want free things."

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Look you drug addled cretin California has the sixth largest economy in the freakin world:




http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2016/jul/26/kevin-de-leon/does-california-really-have-sixth-largest-economy-/


In fact our economy is lager than your pal and Trump's pal Russia.


We pay the bills around here, not your frickin podunk backwater.

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Deplorable on C-Span verbatim- "People in California and New York want free things." (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 OP
too bad they can't have them Horse with no Name Jan 2017 #1
preach it! MindPilot Jan 2017 #2
ignorance with a microphone spanone Jan 2017 #3
I have been listening since 7:00 a.m. SamKnause Jan 2017 #4
I subject myself to it almost every morning superpatriotman Jan 2017 #6
Did I get the quotes right? DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #7
Yes. SamKnause Jan 2017 #8
"She wanted to know why California didn't share it's wealth with the poor states." DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #9
Sadly they are clueless. SamKnause Jan 2017 #12
yeah, like free speech eShirl Jan 2017 #5
yeah, what do these lazy liberals think, that food just grows on trees? anarch Jan 2017 #10
Ha! LyndaG Jan 2017 #11
Red States Get More Money erpowers Jan 2017 #13
California and New York pay for red states' things TimeChaser Jan 2017 #14
They think they are the good people.. coco22 Jan 2017 #15
 

MindPilot

(12,693 posts)
2. preach it!
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 11:17 AM
Jan 2017

I always want to reply to them folks..."yeah...and your vote is worth three times mine, so how about a nice warm cup of STFU?"

SamKnause

(13,091 posts)
4. I have been listening since 7:00 a.m.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 11:19 AM
Jan 2017

That asshole took the cake.

Another question that asshole asked, "Why should he pay for the rubbers of the women in this country who are protesting" ???

Several callers are against ALL protest.

They don't think protests have changed anything in history.

Several callers basically want the U.S. to become a Theocracy.

75% of the callers were uninformed or misinformed.

25% knew what they were talking about.

It is truly frightening how ignorant people in this country are.

I was cussing at the TV.

This country is in deep shit.

You could tell from the questions and comments which callers watched Fox 'news'

and listened to talk radio.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
7. Did I get the quotes right?
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 11:28 AM
Jan 2017

The California and New York quote took the cake.

CA is the cultural center of the world and NY is the financial center of the world. CA also produces a lot of food and high tech.

SamKnause

(13,091 posts)
8. Yes.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 11:33 AM
Jan 2017

Another caller blamed everything wrong in this country on California.

She wanted to know why California didn't share it's wealth with the poor states.

It was apparent she doesn't know how state governments work.

I was screaming and cussing at the TV.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
9. "She wanted to know why California didn't share it's wealth with the poor states."
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 11:37 AM
Jan 2017

That statement contradicts the statement "we want free things.'

I like the pissing and moaning about Hollywood boycotts. One can only watch so much NASCAR and tractor pulls.

I grew up in the Daytona Beach-Orlando area and passed the 500 thousands of time. I never got the appeal. I used to say it would be just as fun to put a lawn chair beside Interstate Four and watch.

anarch

(6,535 posts)
10. yeah, what do these lazy liberals think, that food just grows on trees?
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 11:38 AM
Jan 2017

Or out of the ground or something??

Clearly, sustenance can only come from the largesse of the great and wise rulers of the planet, the old white Christian males, for whom we are all obligated to work hard every day in order to maintain our rightfully ordered Christian moral society, so that we can go to heaven when we die (perhaps in one of their unnecessary wars).

LyndaG

(683 posts)
11. Ha!
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 11:38 AM
Jan 2017

California and New York residents pay higher taxes to subsidize the poorer Red States. They are the recipients of "free stuff" !

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
13. Red States Get More Money
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 06:27 PM
Jan 2017

Hasn't it been reported that red states receive more government assistance than blue states? Isn't the biggest receiver of government money Mississippi?

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