-By Warner Todd Huston
Want to dispense some bile? Well here are the names of the eight Republicans that just voted “yes” on the DREAM Act (HR 6497). Even worse are the eleven that didn’t vote at all.
- Ahn “Joseph” Cao, Louisiana
- Mike Castle, Delaware
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida
- Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida
- Charles Djou, Hawaii
- Vern Ehlers, Michigan
- Bob Inglis, South Carolina
Of course, we may not be able to squawk too much. Of these reps, Cao, Castle, Djou, and Inglis were not reelected to Congress and Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ehlers are both retiring and will also not be returning. Of the eight only Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen are going to be there to kick around next year and to possibly primary next election.
Worse is the whopping eleven craven Republicans who didn’t even bother to vote:
- Brian Bilbray, California
- Roy Blunt, Missouri
- Steve Buyer, Indiana
- Mary Fallin, Oklahoma
- Phil Gingrey, Georgia
- Kay Granger, Texas
- Parker Griffith, Alabama
- Kenny Marchant, Texas
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington State
- George Radanovich, California
- Marlin Stutzman, Indiana
You folks in the districts of those that didn’t vote have to ask why their representative was not voting.
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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer. He has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and before that he wrote articles on U.S. history for several small American magazines. His political columns are featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, BigHollywood.com, and BigJournalism.com, as well as RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, AmericanDaily.com, among many, many others. Mr. Huston is also endlessly amused that one of his articles formed the basis of an article in Germany’s Der Spiegel Magazine in 2008.
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