More 2012: ‘Occupy’ Congress.

MASSACHUSETTS: “Scores of activists converged on the office of Senator Scott Brown today to protest his inability, they said, to deliver jobs to Massachusetts as promised,” the Boston Globe reports. “The demonstrators crammed into Brown’s office in the late morning, some plunking themselves into chairs and couches, to ask for a meeting with the Republican Senator. The Bay State group of about 250 people, many of them unemployed, arrived in Washington Monday night aboard five buses, according to Jason Stephany, the spokesman for MassUniting, which bills itself as ‘a coalition of neighbors, community groups, faith organizations and labor united in the fight for good jobs, corporate accountability, and stronger communities.’ … His office said that although Brown was in town, he was fulfilling his National Guard duties.”

SOUTH CAROLINA: Columbia Fox affiliate WACH reports that Charleston native and Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert wants to help the South Carolina Democratic Party put non-binding ballot referenda back on the primary ballot. Of particular interest to Colbert is Question 4, which asks voters to chose between two options: “Corporations are people” and “Only people are people.”

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LePage Meets with Democratic Rep., Then Curses Him

This was a recent headline in the Bangor Daily News, regarding a meeting between unemployed workers and our Teapublican governor. Nice, huh? All the Representative tried to do was to get the governor to meet with unemployed workers, to understand the challenges they face, and the governor couldn't even summon the level of courtesy we expect from seventh grader boys.

http://ericrussell.bangordailynews.com/2011/12/05/gov-lepage-meets-with-democratic-rep-then-curses-him/

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Reply#1 - Wed Dec 7, 2011 10:21 AM EST

Really irks you that Maine, one of my favorite states, is voting more conservative, doesnt it, Amy?

In the words of The Simpson's Nelson Muntz: "HA HA"

I will send a campaign contribution to Governor LePage, in your honor.

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#1.1 - Wed Dec 7, 2011 12:27 PM EST
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Comment author avatarZachary Littlevia Facebook

Nonbinding referenda like that could be a wonderful symbolic tool. Man, Stephen Colbert sure knows how to pick the right battles.

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Reply#2 - Wed Dec 7, 2011 10:43 AM EST

Of particular interest to Colbert is Question 4, which asks voters to chose between two options: “Corporations are people” and “Only people are people.”

Perhaps the smarmy Mr Colbert needs to choose between two options:

"comedian" or "official state-run media Court Jester for the Democratic Party "

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Reply#3 - Wed Dec 7, 2011 12:22 PM EST

Sounds like Bob is jealous of Mr. Colbert! Envy is a very ugly emotion Bob.

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#3.1 - Wed Dec 7, 2011 12:38 PM EST
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God bless Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, brilliant people! P E O P L E !!!!

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Reply#4 - Wed Dec 7, 2011 2:34 PM EST

Agreed CathyM agreed! They're the best!

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#4.1 - Thu Dec 8, 2011 12:02 PM EST
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