They are so anti-gay that one of the Reps said that the gay agenda is worse than terrorism and refused to back down when confronted by a teenager whose mother was killed in the Murrah bombing and who escaped the same fate because he was sick that day and did not go to day care in the Murrah Building.
Before the new Speaker took over in the Oklahoma House, Speaker-Elect Steele and Gov-elect Fallin held a meeting in the NE part of the state to discuss how the economy was going to be the #1 priority in the state. The far right caucus decided to demonstrate because they wanted their social issues front and center again. How many bills on abortion can you have that are overturned by the court? Unfortunately, some of the far right State Reps come from my County. One of them is my Rep who I don't claim. Term limits cannot come fast enough for some of these Reps. Another reason not to attend a County or State Convention. Our last State Convention went for hours and hours as this far right group tried to take over -- that was two conventions in a row. I will find something to do those weekends if it is washing windows.
Two Republican Representatives were reprimanded this week by the House -- one for interrupting a minister who was speaking to the members of the House and another one for threatening some people including the Speaker through an aide but that is not surprising. The first one apologized for interrupting a minister, but the second one is arrogant and believes rules don't apply to him. He is also currently under indictment for trying to bribe a State Senator not to run.
Then my Rep decided to take on an OU Professor and some people at her meeting threatening them with arrest and said he had called the police as he said they were demonstrating against a meeting he attended when they were outside another room after their meeting talking. He had not called the police but then put out a press release that was 180 degree different than what happened. Given a choice between my State Rep and a University Professor and people with her, I will take the professor any day of the week as there is no reason for her and others with her to be against my Rep. We already know he is a bully so that is nothing new. Didn't put any yard signs out this fall so I didn't have to have the Rep's signs in my yard who claimed Conscientious Objector status twice while the Oklahoma Guard was paying his way through college.
Being bullies is nothing new to this group. Bunch of spoiled brats that got their way in the past because we had weak Speakers. Now with a strong Speaker who believes the economy and jobs should come first, they have their noses out of joint and are doing everything possible to cause problems for the Speaker.
If you are in a state and want a social conservatives as your rep, you had better be careful what you wish for as they are the most narrow minded people I have ever met and rules only apply to the rest of us.
The Tea Party in Oklahoma is made up of some of the most far right people who some of us have trouble believing are Republicans. As the editorial states, two Tea Party candidates for the Oklahoma City Council got less than 30% of the vote so most common sense Republican Conservatives want nothing to do with this group. Their candidate for Governor was one of the far right and some of his ideas were flat out scary.
Then there is the Democrat that is out of step with Oklahoma Democrats and can see no reason to work with the Republican controlled legislature submitting dumb bills.
We agree with the editorial -- spoiled brats!
Oklahoma lawmakers should stop acting like brats
The Oklahoman Editorial Oklahoman
Published: March 18, 2011
Finding the center in Oklahoma politics is easy if you look past the headlines. Finding the fringes of Oklahoma politics is easy if you read only the headlines.
Divisions within the Legislature are far broader than the traditional Republican-Democrat and urban-rural splits. The most conservative House Republicans are behaving like brats as the centrist GOP House leadership tries to focus on economic growth and reform.
The most liberal Senate Democrats are also behaving like brats. Chief among them is Sen. Tom Adelson of Tulsa, whose juvenile stunt to eliminate the personal income tax (something that Adelson vigorously opposes) earned him a slap from editorialists at the state's largest newspapers. Despite that, Adelson presses on in his bitter, sophomoric attempts to pass legislation that he opposes.
The House ideologue caucus has found a demon in state chambers of commerce, which is usually the whipping boy for Democrats. These conservative House members have framed the battle as an Us vs. Them, David vs. Goliath struggle. They're essentially fighting the same battle as two tea party-backed candidates for Oklahoma City Council, neither of whom could manage even 30 percent of the vote.
The ideologue caucus is small but its members make a lot of noise — and headlines. Most Democrats in the Legislature want to work with the GOP majority where possible. But not Adelson. He can't accept the fact that a majority of Oklahomans want Republicans to control state government for the first time in history.
Why can't we all just grow up?
Read more: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-lawmakers-should-stop-acting-like-brats/article/3549577#ixzz1H6grT9dY
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