Nolan, Cravaack spar over economy in final debate
October 31, 2012 at 7:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune
The two candidates for the 8th Congressional District agreed that U.S. troops should be brought home from Afghanistan immediately, that mining is the backbone of the region’s economy and that the Air National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing is a valuable asset for Duluth and the Northland.
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There you go Mark with the typical ultra-liberal radial tripe.
What happened to you DFLers who NOW put more time, energy, and money into promoting atheism, enviro-radicalism, gay marriagism, self-proclaimed progressivism, voter fraudism, victimism, and bogus war on womenism than supporting thousands of the high paying JOBS? This is exactly why I stopped being a DFLer.
Fact is the DFL has been hijacked by the hardcore leftist ISM’s who piece by piece are destroying the American way of life that so many prospered from.
Is Nolanism the best the DFL has to offer?
Anyone with half a brain knows what is going on and will REJECT Nolan as have the all SIX major newspapers in the 8th including the Duluth News Tribune and the left leaning Star Tribune, who all endorsed Cravaack.
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Why of course they would spar! One is a spend your way out of debt kind of guy, and the other wants to tighten the purse strings! I don’t think the DNT needs to tell us that, it is well known fact.
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Good words Paula!
Here is the link to watch the October 31st debate. See the clear differences between the candidates for yourselves:
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/pages/cravaacknolan
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Nolan said he wants to return to the Carter years. Why on earth would anyone want 12% inflation, double digit unemployment, and 20% mortgage interest rates? Is this guy brain dead, or senile? People need to wake up before we get our own local obamination.
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More Nolan is brain dead proof or just uninformed. He also wants federal spending (or investing as Dems call it) on bridges and roads to create steal demand – local I’m assuming. That was tried in 2009 when the $817 billion investment stimulus act was passed AND that” let’s use American steel only” rhetoric that the Democrat dominated House and Senate were insisting on feel flat on it’s face because too many Chinese and dirty steel eco lobbists were in the back pockets of all the committee chairs. Can’t imagine that it would work a second time around with all the same leadership in place.
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It probably wasn’t mentioned in this debate, but what’s the deal with the denial on social security and medicare with Democrats looking for office. Either they are so misinformed about the stability of those programs or they just like pressing all the hot key buttons at the same time for effect. I was listening to Pat Krietlow’s (D, 7th WI) comments which are pretty much like Nolan’s about how Republicans want to destroy Social Security and end Medicare and thought are these guys insane. It says right on your last SS statement “without changes, by 2035 the trust fund will be exhausted and there will only be enough to pay 76 cents of each dollar of scheduled benefit”. With record disability claims each month, I would imagine that the same is true with Medicare. To do nothing, as Barack and Congress have done over the last 4 years, is proof of insanity.
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Ahhhhh,, those wonderful Carter years….. Anybody need a loan at 20 plus percent??? Jobs? what jobs? Yeah, Mr. Nolan, YOU ARE OUT OF TOUCH!
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Just think America, one of the “Golden Children” from the Carter era wants another chance to mess up Congress again.
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There you go Mark, no facts, more rhetoric. BTW, I sleep very well
Rick Nolan Voted to Increase the Debt Limit Ten Times when he last served in the Disco era.
Nolan Vote Date Bill Description Passed/Rejected
Yea Feb. 5 1975 H.R. 2634 – Bill to increase the temporary debt ceiling to $531 billion from $495 billion through June 30, 1975 Passed 248-170
Nay June 16, 1975 H.R. 7545 – Bill to increase the federal debt limit to $599.99 billion through June 30, 1976 Rejected 175-225
Nay June 24, 1975 H.R. 8030 – Bill to increase the temporary federal debt ceiling to $577 billion and extend it to Nov. 15, 1975 Passed 223-196
Yea Nov. 13, 1975 H.R. 10585 – Bill to increase the temporary federal debt limit to $595 billion and extend it through March 15, 1976 Passed 213-198
Yea Feb. 25, 1976 H.R. 11893 – Bill to raise the temporary debt limit by $32 billion, to $627 billion, through June 30, 1976 Passed 212-189
Yea June 14, 1976 H.R. 14114 – Bill to raise the temporary debt limit to $700 billion through Sept. 30, 1977 Passed 184-177
Yea Sept. 19, 1977 H.R. 8655 – Bill to raise the temporary debt limit to $775 billion through Sept. 30, 1978 Rejected 180-201
Yea Sept. 28, 1977 H.R. 9290 – Bill to raise the temporary debt limit to $773 billion through Sept. 30, 1978 Passed 213-202
Yea March 7, 1978 H.R. 11180 – Bill to increase the debt limit to $824 billion through March 1, 1979 Rejected 165-248
Yea March 21, 1978 H.R. 11518 – Bill to extend the public debt limit at its existing level of $752 billion through July 31, 1978 Passed 233-172
Nay July 19, 1978 H.R.13385 – Bill to increase the temporary public debt limit to $798 billion through March 31, 1979 Passed 205-202
Paired For April 2, 1979 H.R. 2534 – Adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 183) providing for House concurrence in Senate amendments to the bill to increase the public debt limit to $830 billion through Sept. 30, 1979 Adopted 209-165
Yea Sept. 20, 1979 H.R. 5229 – Bill to provide for an increase in the public debt limit to $885 billion through July 31, 1980 Rejected 200-215
Paired For
Sept. 26, 1979 H.R. 5369 – Bill to increase the public debt limit to $879 billion through May 31, 1980 Passed 219-198
Yea June 4, 1980 H.R. 7428 – Bill to extend the public debt limit at its existing level of $879 billion through June 30, 1980 (This bill was vetoed by President Carter) Passed 208-198
No Vote June 5, 1980 H.R. 7428 – Passage, over the President’s June 5 veto, of the bill to extend through June 30, 1980, the existing debt limit of $879 billion and to disapprove the $4.62 barrel of imported oil that President Carter imposed effective March 15. Passed 335-34
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Wonder if “Disco Dick” will wear bell bottoms during his concession speach?
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“speech”
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