{"id":12426,"date":"2011-12-16T15:08:01","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T20:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=12426"},"modified":"2011-12-16T15:08:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T20:08:01","slug":"liberals-gone-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/12426\/liberals-gone-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberals Gone Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"

While responsible politicians like Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) are busy proposing a bold reform of Medicare<\/a>, others in Congress are engaging in less helpful behavior on the public dime.<\/p>\n

To wit<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., embarked on a 24-hour hunger strike in solidarity with four Occupy DC protesters who have gone without food since Dec. 8<\/a> to advocate for D.C. voting rights.<\/p>\n

Ellison, the first Muslim to serve in the House, met with the hunger strikers Thursday and pledged to read their declaration \u2013 which calls for full voting rights for District residents as well as legislative and budget autonomy \u2013 on the floor of the House of Representatives to enter it into the congressional record.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not to be outdone in the brazen department, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) berated former Senate colleague and multi-millionaire Jon Corzine for his MF Global failures.\u00a0 Apparently, though, there is at least one other reason for Stabenow\u2019s outrage<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Democratic senator who savaged Jon Corzine <\/a>at a high-profile Capitol Hill hearing this week had another reason to go hard on her former colleague \u2014 she recently pressed him for campaign contributions but didn\u2019t get any.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe would literally call once every two or three weeks,\u201d one Corzine intimate said of Sen. Debbie Stabenow <\/a>(DMich.).<\/p>\n

\u201cShe called all the time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But to no avail.<\/p>\n

Sources in Corzine\u2019s inner circle said they were \u201cstunned\u201d and \u201camazed\u201d by Stabenow\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n

The two had served together in the Senate, but Corzine hasn\u2019t delivered with contributions in some time.<\/p>\n

So far this year, Corzine\u2019s name has not appeared on Stabenow\u2019s campaign finance reports.<\/p>\n

Records show he last donated to her in 2006, contributing $2,000. Corzine and his then-wife, Joanne, each gave Stabenow $1,000 in 1999.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thankfully, both Ellison and Stabenow are up for reelection next year.\u00a0 Perhaps their antics will inspire some enterprising campaign lawyer to put together the first Super PAC to defeat loudmouth liberals.<\/p>\n

How about it, Renee<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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