good for him...we’ve seen the pie in the sky gambling promised...when all is said and done...gambling has not helped education in La.

it’s a form of taxation on poor people

bottom line - 02 July 2008 05:42 PM

good for him...we’ve seen the pie in the sky gambling promised...when all is said and done...gambling has not helped education in La.

it’s a form of taxation on poor people

Since when do you or Republicans trying to climb the political ladder care about poor people?

The Iberville racetrack gambling was opposed by the casinos.  This is the Abramoff-Fletcher shuffle ... Bottom is right about the poor people; the ones who get rich are the lobbyists.  Right hand pushes for racetracks while left hand raises casino and indian money to fight the right hand.  Mercy me.

No he vetoed the right of the people to decide if they wanted to have a racetrack/gambling.

Leon Trotsky - 02 July 2008 05:54 PM

bottom line - 02 July 2008 05:42 PM

good for him...we’ve seen the pie in the sky gambling promised...when all is said and done...gambling has not helped education in La.

it’s a form of taxation on poor people

Since when do you or Republicans trying to climb the political ladder care about poor people?

And now lev resorts to the stereotype that all republicans are uncaring mizers… I’m not that crazy about republicans these days, but selfish behavior is just as rampant among the dimocrats. 

Lev, take off your blinders.

guess he is only worried about the voice of the people if it effects his poll numbers

fred - 02 July 2008 06:16 PM

And now lev resorts to the stereotype that all republicans are uncaring mizers… I’m not that crazy about republicans these days, but selfish behavior is just as rampant among the dimocrats. 

Lev, take off your blinders.

I don’t think Bottom is your average Republican.  I have a feeling he is trying out lines looking for the one that will best resonate.  If not caring sounded better than caring, as when GOP-talking about Katrina evacuees, he’d go with that.  The slogan is the thing.

Lev is concerned only about the party… A narrow viewpoint indeed.

bottom line - 02 July 2008 05:42 PM

good for him...we’ve seen the pie in the sky gambling promised...when all is said and done...gambling has not helped education in La.

it’s a form of taxation on poor people

That is one promise that he kept.

I personally think gambling is a parasite on society, that preys especially on the poor and desperate.. I would outlaw all forms of it..

But hey, I aint making the laws.

BuyUpolitics - 02 July 2008 06:12 PM

No he vetoed the right of the people to decide if they wanted to have a racetrack/gambling.

Iberville can still have its racetrack.  They don’t need the approval of the legislature for that.  But of course the Iberville group was only using the track as a vehicle to get slots.  But hey, if we are going to be so liberal with handing out slots licenses, why not give every bar, restaurant, and truck stop in this state the option of trading video crack for slots, and then give the people in each parish the right to decide.

Mr. Reality - 02 July 2008 06:47 PM

BuyUpolitics - 02 July 2008 06:12 PM

No he vetoed the right of the people to decide if they wanted to have a racetrack/gambling.

Iberville can still have its racetrack.  They don’t need the approval of the legislature for that.  But of course the Iberville group was only using the track as a vehicle to get slots.  But hey, if we are going to be so liberal with handing out slots licenses, why not give every bar, restaurant, and truck stop in this state the option of trading video crack for slots, and then give the people in each parish the right to decide.

I agree. Male it no harder than getting a business license for a convenience store..  Edwards made millions limiting the number of licenses.

fred - 02 July 2008 06:22 PM

Lev is concerned only about the party… A narrow viewpoint indeed.

I am concerned about the state of the Republican Party today.  Intellectually bankrupt, purveyors of failed policies, harbingers of doom and gloom if they are not elected, zenophobia.

I’m all for gambling and casinos.  We should continue taxing it and dedicating the taxes to roads and education, nothing else. 

That’s how the bill of goods was originally sold, and if the politicians had actually stuck to what they said, we would be improving our transportation and aiding education from Texas residents’ “donations”.

BuyUpolitics - 02 July 2008 06:12 PM

No he vetoed the right of the people to decide if they wanted to have a racetrack/gambling.

Which is classic I know better what is good for you.

TOTAL POLITICIAN !

Leon Trotsky - 02 July 2008 09:41 PM

fred - 02 July 2008 06:22 PM

Lev is concerned only about the party… A narrow viewpoint indeed.

I am concerned about the state of the Republican Party today.  Intellectually bankrupt, purveyors of failed policies, harbingers of doom and gloom if they are not elected, zenophobia.

Right on. Look at what Bush Cheney have done and we’re likely seeing what Jindal and his crew want to do.
Consider the spending that may prove to bankrupt the government down the line.

A failed energy policy.

An economic plan that has cost millions of jobs and could cause millions to lose their homes.

A foreign policy that has us bogged down in a country that did not attack us and unable to fight in one where the attack originated.

Almost total loss of confidence by consumers.

A dollar so weak it’s driving up the cost of gasoline to record prices.

Bush Cheney’s economic policy can be measured by comparing the price of gasoline when they took office and the price today. Bush Cheney and their friends are making millions while consumers are facing economic failure.

I am a conservative and was a Republican except for both Bush’s reelections.