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| Biden: 'There Should Be Two Senators from the State of D.C.' |
| 2013-05-02 |
| Last night in Washington, Joe Biden stated that abused women fear getting "raped again by the system." He also made the push that Washington, D.C. should be its own state, with two U.S. senators. "By the way, there should be two senators from the state of D.C.," he said to hoots and hollers. I have a better idea, lets combine all those tiny northeastern states which are already far-overrepresented in the Senate (Deleware, Connecticut, Rode Island, Not sure about New Jersey) and of course that tiny spec of dust called Washington D.C. into a single state. Call it Bidenville or something. Biden is living proof that our Founders got one thing wrong: not every small state has two qualified citizens to serve in the Senate... Two new U.S. senators from Washington, D.C. would almost surely be Democrats. In the last presidential election, President Obama picked up 91.4 percent of the vote in Washington, D.C.; Mitt Romney picked up only 7.1 percent. Biden also made comments about women coming of age: He spoke of the wonders of having granddaughters: "All you women out there: Daughters are wonderful. Granddaughters are betters." He lamented, though, that they grow up. "When they're 12 to 14, a dad puts his beautiful little daughter to bed. And then the next morning, there's a snake in the bed." Does anyone else see that statement as kind of 'creepy'? |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #7 I suppose it's redundant to state that D.C. stands for District of Columbia, it's NOT a STATE, therefore NO Senators. Yup "Slow Joe" has brain damage. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-05-02 23:52 |
| #6 ...Okay, in fairness, the Veep has a point(albeit VERY poorly stated) that women who have been assaulted often feel that they are badly handled by 'the System'. Duly noted, Mister Vice President. But regards the State of DC, his ignorance is not only showing but it is threatening to drag him into an alley, take his wallet, and knock him about the skull. As a lifelong politician does he not realize what a state run by the most fanatically liberal idiots they could find would do if the Feds didn't give it everything it wanted? The idea of a Federal district was created EXACTLY so no one state could hold any kind of power over a national capital. A state of DC, though, would (IMHO) have no compunction whatsoever about harassing USG employees and Congress itself if it wanted something... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2013-05-02 18:48 |
| #5 Ok. How about also two senators each from the "state" of Fort Drum, the "state" of Fort Bliss, the "state" of Fort Bragg, the "state" of Fort Campbell, the "state" of Fort Irwin, etc., all of which, IIUC, are bigger than D.C. in terms of land area. Nevermind that this debate was had, and settled, 230+ years ago: the New Jersey Plan vs. the Virginia Plan. But, silly me, we're on Planet Joe. I'll just remember to fire my shotgun through closed doors, to avoid being raped by the system. |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2013-05-02 18:30 |
| #4 Don't think so Anguper. Even victims of brain damage oftentimes elicit infinitesimal signs of improvement. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-05-02 14:00 |
| #3 Bo Jiden has drain bamage. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-05-02 13:49 |
| #2 Much easier to simply return non-Federal property to Maryland on the model of the land returned to Virginia. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-05-02 13:48 |
| #1 Biden is kind of creepy. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2013-05-02 12:37 |