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Title: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on June 12, 2012, 09:10:00 AM
http://www.mullinforcongress.com/ (http://www.mullinforcongress.com/)

The first political ad I saw was saying things about the candidate and why he'd be a good congressman.

Apparently that didn't work.

I saw the new one this morning.  He's going to war against Obama and hell's coming with him apparently.  They used thunder and lightning effects and caused me to grimace from the added stupidity.

I'll still use his company but taking Sullivan's example on how to run an ad campaign...meh.

(http://www.mullinforcongress.com/sites/www.mullinforcongress.com/themes/mullinforcongress/images/bust.png)
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: DolfanBob on June 12, 2012, 09:58:41 AM
I kind of know Mark from him doing business with my work. And ever since he started running these ads.
I can't help but think, Why? I'm mean what's the point?
Just because you are a successful business man doesn't mean that you all of the sudden know how politics work. Is it just the status symbol, Or that hey. People like me enough to vote for me without even knowing who or what I am?
It makes me think back to the Mayor's race when any and all Tom, Dick and Harry's put their name on the ballot box because the entry fee was so low. I still remember Night Train Lane.
So is it all the free trips to Washington D.C.? State paid salary? Slush funds for your vote? What is it?

Also. Who is he running against? and will he win by default with the who cares voters?
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: AquaMan on June 12, 2012, 11:07:12 AM
Quote from: DolfanBob on June 12, 2012, 09:58:41 AM
I kind of know Mark from him doing business with my work. And ever since he started running these ads.
I can't help but think, Why? I'm mean what's the point?
Just because you are a successful business man doesn't mean that you all of the sudden know how politics work. Is it just the status symbol, Or that hey. People like me enough to vote for me without even knowing who or what I am?
It makes me think back to the Mayor's race when any and all Tom, Dick and Harry's put their name on the ballot box because the entry fee was so low. I still remember Night Train Lane.
So is it all the free trips to Washington D.C.? State paid salary? Slush funds for your vote? What is it?

Also. Who is he running against? and will he win by default with the who cares voters?

Its ego. That's why his persona takes precedence over his company (dad started) and his workers (team). Not making a value judgement. Just have always observed that service businesses are encouraged by advertising people to use their own pictures to personalize their business. The one sure way an ad man can get an insurance person, a real estate person or a service person to advertise is to suggest they put their face on all their advertising.

Its also the great insurance and retirement plans.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Teatownclown on June 12, 2012, 11:13:13 AM
Quote from: AquaMan on June 12, 2012, 11:07:12 AM
Its ego. That's why his persona takes precedence over his company (dad started) and his workers (team). Not making a value judgement. Just have always observed that service businesses are encouraged by advertising people to use their own pictures to personalize their business. The one sure way an ad man can get an insurance person, a real estate person or a service person to advertise is to suggest they put their face on all their advertising.

Its also the great insurance and retirement plans.

GET GOVERNMENT OUT OF OUR LIVES! mantra gets real old....he must hate Firefighters, police, and teachers.

The ad business and their dealer the media moguls now run our election process. The mob is corporate Amerika. It's getting uglier. This fall we'll all be screaming for it to end and it will....only to return two years later with even more abuse of the audience. I'm getting "The Hopper (Hoppa?)".
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: AquaMan on June 12, 2012, 11:23:32 AM
Quote from: Teatownclown on June 12, 2012, 11:13:13 AM
GET GOVERNMENT OUT OF OUR LIVES! mantra gets real old....he must hate Firefighters, police, and teachers.

The ad business and their dealer the media moguls now run our election process. The mob is corporate Amerika. It's getting uglier. This fall we'll all be screaming for it to end and it will....only to return two years later with even more abuse of the audience. I'm getting "The Hopper (Hoppa?)".

This ain't your daddy's America! Unfortunately since history isn't as important to know as it was for us back in the 50's-70's, no one under 40 seems to appreciate the difference. A six year term for presidency to match the Senate terms might be a good idea. Doubling the number of Senators and Representatives while keeping the total outlay of compensation the same would also be beneficial. Then, make every public servant secure his own insurance and retirement plans.

Are you referring to Hopper from the Disney movie?
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on June 12, 2012, 11:27:02 AM
Quote from: AquaMan on June 12, 2012, 11:23:32 AM

Are you referring to Hopper from the Disney movie?

The "Hoppa"

(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_O-1EW-QUac/0.jpg)
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: AquaMan on June 12, 2012, 11:31:30 AM
Beyond me. But that's cause I have the senior Okie in me.....
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: DolfanBob on June 12, 2012, 11:36:28 AM
TTC. Call me if you want to get the Hoppa!
Thats what I do. Satellite Television and Internet.
918-251-6002
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on June 12, 2012, 11:45:39 AM
Quote from: AquaMan on June 12, 2012, 11:31:30 AM
Beyond me. But that's cause I have the senior Okie in me.....

Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Teatownclown on June 12, 2012, 12:25:41 PM
Thanks Bob! I will keep that in mind. I have to re equip with new Tee wees and I get perturbed about DISH manipulating the programming. I think I may hold out for customization through the web.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: AquaMan on June 12, 2012, 12:26:56 PM
Oh, that Hoppa'. That's funny.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Teatownclown on June 26, 2012, 10:06:20 PM
Da plumber wins! We all win! :'(
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Hoss on June 26, 2012, 10:25:00 PM
Quote from: Teatownclown on June 26, 2012, 10:06:20 PM
Da plumber wins! We all win! :'(

Not yet.  Not a majority so there will be a runoff.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Conan71 on July 03, 2012, 03:58:09 PM
Quote from: Teatownclown on June 26, 2012, 10:06:20 PM
Da plumber wins! We all win! :'(

You and Markwayne would get along real well.  He thinks single payer is the bomb!

Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: DolfanBob on July 03, 2012, 04:06:06 PM
Geez. He cant even pronounce it. How is he going to support it?
But I am glad that leaked out though. Get it? "Leaked out"
Ooh I tell ya, tough crowd, tough crowd!
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: AquaMan on July 03, 2012, 04:55:32 PM
I can't respect a guy who disses his father. He boasts that when he got the company it was in deep debt, had just a few employees and he paid off all the debt and increased the company size.

Of course he fails to mention that his father started that company and debt usually accompanies a start up. That his father gave him the company with loyal employees who stayed on. And that, unless you're totally inept, a plumbing company is a cash cow in a growing city (which Tulsa was until 2009), an old city with decaying water and plumbing systems  and good name recognition which his dad paid for.

Instead, he makes it sound like he bought a company that was screwed up and his management skills saved them all. Some respect for your dad who put you on the planet and raised you off of that operation would have been nice.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Hoss on July 03, 2012, 04:58:45 PM
Quote from: AquaMan on July 03, 2012, 04:55:32 PM
I can't respect a guy who disses his father. He boasts that when he got the company it was in deep debt, had just a few employees and he paid off all the debt and increased the company size.

Of course he fails to mention that his father started that company and debt usually accompanies a start up. That his father gave him the company with loyal employees who stayed on. And that, unless you're totally inept, a plumbing company is a cash cow in a growing city (which Tulsa was until 2009), an old city with decaying water and plumbing systems  and good name recognition which his dad paid for.

Instead, he makes it sound like he bought a company that was screwed up and his management skills saved them all. Some respect for your dad who put you on the planet and raised you off of that operation would have been nice.

And from what relatives and friends tell me, if he runs in congress like he runs his business, he'll fit right in...corrupt.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: DolfanBob on July 03, 2012, 05:11:40 PM
AuqaMan. That is exactly what I thought and said right after I heard that first ad. I wonder how his Father took it?
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: carltonplace on July 05, 2012, 08:27:51 AM
I'm befuddled by his first/middle-first name mash up: "Markwayne"?
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Conan71 on July 05, 2012, 09:44:21 AM
Quote from: carltonplace on July 05, 2012, 08:27:51 AM
I'm befuddled by his first/middle-first name mash up: "Markwayne"?

I think it's a more sophisticated "Jimbob".
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: carltonplace on July 05, 2012, 09:50:31 AM
Quote from: Conan71 on July 05, 2012, 09:44:21 AM
I think it's a more sophisticated "Jimbob".

Yes, it screams sophistication. So did the video clips; I think I saw him holding up his pinky.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Hoss on July 05, 2012, 10:04:27 AM
Quote from: Conan71 on July 05, 2012, 09:44:21 AM
I think it's a more sophisticated "Jimbob".

I was going to say something similar to that.  But then I'd be afraid I was personally attacking all people named "Mark" and "Wayne"...wait, what?
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on July 05, 2012, 04:45:15 PM
TW ran a story about Mullin and his opponent that said Mullin used "single payer" in a positive light last year without knowing what it meant.

I'm not sure about the stupidity rating here.

Who's the more stupider:

Mullin for not knowing?

His opponent for using this in his campaign to prove he's the most conservative?

Me for reading the story and posting about it?

Tulsa World for writing it?
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: DolfanBob on July 05, 2012, 04:49:24 PM
Quote from: Townsend on July 05, 2012, 04:45:15 PM
TW ran a story about Mullin and his opponent that said Mullin used "single payer" in a positive light last year without knowing what it meant.

I'm not sure about the stupidity rating here.

Who's the more stupider:

Mullin for not knowing?

His opponent for using this in his campaign to prove he's the most conservative?

Me for reading the story and posting about it?

Tulsa World for writing it?

None of the above. The people who voted for him.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on July 05, 2012, 04:58:47 PM
Quote from: DolfanBob on July 05, 2012, 04:49:24 PM
None of the above. The people who voted for him.

In jest, I was really pointing out all four.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: DolfanBob on July 05, 2012, 05:03:26 PM
Quote from: carltonplace on July 05, 2012, 08:27:51 AM
I'm befuddled by his first/middle-first name mash up: "Markwayne"?

I have often wondered why people use their first, middle and last name.
The only time I hear it abused is at High School Graduations. And I just can't help myself during the name reading to aggravate the people near me with famous names like. David Lee Roth, Pamala Sue Anderson, John Wilkes Booth, Sarah Jessica Parker. etc. etc. etc.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on July 05, 2012, 05:08:33 PM
Quote from: DolfanBob on July 05, 2012, 05:03:26 PM
I have often wondered why people use their first, middle and last name.
The only time I hear it abused is at High School Graduations. And I just can't help myself during the name reading to aggravate the people near me with famous names like. David Lee Roth, Pamala Sue Anderson, John Wilkes Booth, Sarah Jessica Parker. etc. etc. etc.

Many actors use middle names due to SAG.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: DolfanBob on July 05, 2012, 05:39:41 PM
Quote from: Townsend on July 05, 2012, 05:08:33 PM
Many actors use middle names due to SAG.

That's true. And Courts and the justice system use all three because you wouldn't want to have arrested John James Gacy.  ;D
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on September 10, 2012, 11:43:46 AM
So Mullin went into the hospital due to inability to swallow...(the crap he's spewing?)

http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/muskogee-congressional-candidate-mullin-hospitalized-friday (http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/muskogee-congressional-candidate-mullin-hospitalized-friday)

QuoteTULSA - U.S. District 2 candidate Markwayne Mullin was hospitalized in Muskogee Friday after he noticed he couldn't swallow, Mullin for Congress campaign manager Tim Ross said.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Hoss on September 10, 2012, 01:07:42 PM
Quote from: Townsend on September 10, 2012, 11:43:46 AM
So Mullin went into the hospital due to inability to swallow...(the crap he's spewing?)

http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/muskogee-congressional-candidate-mullin-hospitalized-friday (http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/muskogee-congressional-candidate-mullin-hospitalized-friday)


I thought I had read on the paper it was an esophageal tear?  I don't like his politics but hope he recovers just fine.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on September 10, 2012, 01:14:12 PM
Quote from: Hoss on September 10, 2012, 01:07:42 PM
I thought I had read on the paper it was an esophageal tear?  I don't like his politics but hope he recovers just fine.

I've thought a poorly chewed Dorito was going to do the same to mine.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Conan71 on September 10, 2012, 01:38:41 PM
I hope they weren't playing a game of "Watch This!" with a drain snake after work on Friday.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: RecycleMichael on September 10, 2012, 01:40:55 PM
They say the truth is hard to swallow. I don't know. I have never tried it.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Hoss on September 10, 2012, 02:47:10 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on September 10, 2012, 01:38:41 PM
I hope they weren't playing a game of "Watch This!" with a drain snake after work on Friday.

Well played.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on October 12, 2012, 01:44:13 PM
US House Speaker Taps Mullin for Weekly Address

http://kwgs.com/post/us-house-speaker-taps-mullin-weekly-address (http://kwgs.com/post/us-house-speaker-taps-mullin-weekly-address)

QuoteOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — U.S. House Speaker John Boehner has selected a congressional candidate from Oklahoma to deliver the Weekly Republican Radio Address.

Boehner said in a statement Thursday that he's selected Republican Markwayne Mullin to deliver Saturday's address in response to the president's weekly address. Boehner said that — as a small business owner — Mullin understands the need to shut down the "jobs-destroying red tape factory in Washington, D.C."

Mullin is a plumber from Westville who faces Democrat Rob Wallace of Fort Gibson for the 2nd Congressional District seat that stretches across 26 counties in eastern Oklahoma. Mullin, Wallace and independent Michael Fulks of Heavener are seeking to replace outgoing U.S. Representative Dan Boren.

Boren — the only Democrat in Oklahoma's congressional delegation — announced last summer he wouldn't seek re-election.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Hoss on October 12, 2012, 01:49:52 PM
Quote from: Townsend on October 12, 2012, 01:44:13 PM
US House Speaker Taps Mullin for Weekly Address

http://kwgs.com/post/us-house-speaker-taps-mullin-weekly-address (http://kwgs.com/post/us-house-speaker-taps-mullin-weekly-address)


Only thing he'll talk about is Obama's 'socialist' agenda and shutting down ORomneyCare....
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: DolfanBob on October 12, 2012, 02:28:30 PM
Westville? That's funny. I thought we installed his brand new big spread of a house out in Coweta.
That's one heck of a commute.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on October 12, 2012, 02:31:57 PM
Quote from: DolfanBob on October 12, 2012, 02:28:30 PM
Westville? That's funny. I thought we installed his brand new big spread of a house out in Coweta.
That's one heck of a commute.

Boehner calls every town West of the Mississippi "Westville".  So every rep from anywhere West of the Mississippi is now from "Westville".
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Conan71 on October 12, 2012, 03:20:53 PM
Quote from: Hoss on October 12, 2012, 01:49:52 PM
Only thing he'll talk about is Obama's 'socialist' agenda and shutting down ORomneyCare....

I would have done a triple face palm when I heard Boehner had given him this gig, but I was driving and needed all three hands on the wheel.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Hoss on October 12, 2012, 03:29:39 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on October 12, 2012, 03:20:53 PM
I would have done a triple face palm when I heard Boehner had given him this gig, but I was driving and needed all three hands on the wheel.

Nice...
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Conan71 on October 12, 2012, 03:31:31 PM
Quote from: Hoss on October 12, 2012, 03:29:39 PM
Nice...

One more opportunity for the rest of the nation to hear the worst of Oklahoma hicks.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Hoss on October 12, 2012, 03:39:24 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on October 12, 2012, 03:31:31 PM
One more opportunity for the rest of the nation to hear the worst of Oklahoma hicks.

And it's not because this guy is an R that I don't like him.  My brother has done business with him and his company and hates this guy profusely.  I've heard enough stories about how he runs his business...
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Conan71 on October 12, 2012, 03:50:49 PM
Quote from: Hoss on October 12, 2012, 03:39:24 PM
And it's not because this guy is an R that I don't like him.  My brother has done business with him and his company and hates this guy profusely.  I've heard enough stories about how he runs his business...

I've heard the same about Mullin, but of course one only hears about the dissatisfied customers, no one hears from the ones who are truly happy.  I suspect his business wouldn't have gotten to the size it is if he was that way to everyone.  His voice annoys me as well as the script he and Bridenstine are reading in their commercials.

Shame of it is, Wallace isn't any better.  Either way, OK D-2 is losing a lot of integrity with Boren's retirement.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on October 12, 2012, 03:54:01 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on October 12, 2012, 03:50:49 PM
I've heard the same about Mullin, but of course one only hears about the dissatisfied customers, no one hears from the ones who are truly happy.  I suspect his business wouldn't have gotten to the size it is if he was that way to everyone.  His voice annoys me as well as the script he and Bridenstine are reading in their commercials.

Shame of it is, Wallace isn't any better.  Either way, OK D-2 is losing a lot of integrity with Boren's retirement.

Wallace comes off as a wacko in his ads.  Not much hope for D-2.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Conan71 on October 12, 2012, 04:00:04 PM
Quote from: Townsend on October 12, 2012, 03:54:01 PM
Wallace comes off as a wacko in his ads.  Not much hope for D-2.

Yep, he's got the Okie in him.

And he looks like a dooshy weasel

Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Teatownclown on October 12, 2012, 04:04:56 PM
What are the polls saying?
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Conan71 on October 12, 2012, 04:12:52 PM
Quote from: Teatownclown on October 12, 2012, 04:04:56 PM
What are the polls saying?

"STAY HOME!"
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Hoss on October 12, 2012, 04:13:12 PM
And then there's this:

http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/political/okla-congressional-candidate-markwayne-mullin-critical-of-federal-stimulus-received-370000

He's like a little junior Ryan!

Well, except that he got the money via a payout for work.  Ryan?  He asked for it directly.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: patric on October 14, 2012, 11:27:01 AM
Broken Arrow man asked for help before disappearance



By April Hill
Clues in the mysterious case of a missing Broken Arrow man have turned cold and Broken Arrow police say the tip hotline isn't ringing.

Justin Cobb was last seen at his friend's Quickie Mart near 51st and Peoria on August 10th.

His cousin, Kandi Payne, says he told his friend he was in trouble.
The friend thought Cobb was talking about overheating because he had just finished his last air conditioning repair job for the day and looked hot.
She says, "My cousin grabbed a bottle of water. He's like I'm going to go to the hospital and he got back in his van and drove off."
Two weeks before Cobb's disappearance, he went to the hospital over heat exhaustion.

Now family and friends wonder if he meant something else when he said he was in trouble and was never seen again.
Payne tells KRMG, "That's what we're all wondering. Was he needing medical attention or was he in trouble in some other way?"

The 34-year-old worked for MarkWayne Mullin's heat and air conditioning company.

Mullin is now running for congress.

Payne says he was going through some tough times.
"He wasn't happy at work."
KRMG called Mullin for a comment.
He said he wanted to leave the comments up to the detectives.

Cobb was also having a hard time with some family members.

Most of them say he was happy and fun to be around.
Payne says he would never just walk away from his life.

Justin Cobb's cousin goes into detail about what happened before and after he vanished.

She says the proof was in his work van.
It was found four days after the disappearance in a rural area of Okmulgee County.

"Whenever they found the van, the credit card was in the wallet. The wallet had been untouched. Everything else was in there. They found his keys, his cell phone, computers. His clothes and everything were outside the van."

Payne says she has no idea what her cousin would be doing in Okmulgee County.
They don't have any family there.

Investigators at the Broken Arrow Police Department tell KRMG a man checking deer stands found the van.
They're hoping deer season brings more hunters with more clues.

Cobb's cousin says, "Now that it's been six weeks we're starting to have feelings that he's not alive anymore. But, we're still praying and keeping faith."

http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/broken-arrow-man-asked-help-disappearance/nSDDj/
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on October 15, 2012, 10:42:18 AM
Quote from: patric on October 14, 2012, 11:27:01 AM
Broken Arrow man asked for help before disappearance



They didn't tell us the part about the bloody stainless steel hook hanging from the van's door handle.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on October 19, 2012, 01:52:42 PM
TW tweet:

QuoteThe upcoming election, Mullin said, "isn't Clinton-Bush. It isn't Gore-Bush. This is socialism versus a republic."
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on October 24, 2012, 08:52:23 AM
The new Wallace commercial says Mullin knowingly allowed criminals into people's homes.

I guess no more shooting water jugs.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Conan71 on October 24, 2012, 01:47:26 PM
Wallace looks like a complete psycho.  Sure glad I don't have to vote in D-2.  Talk about two shitty choices.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on October 24, 2012, 02:03:23 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on October 24, 2012, 01:47:26 PM
Wallace looks like a complete psycho.  Sure glad I don't have to vote in D-2.  Talk about two shitty choices.

I'd suggest D-2 skip this go-round.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Hoss on October 24, 2012, 02:09:35 PM
Quote from: Townsend on October 24, 2012, 02:03:23 PM
I'd suggest D-2 skip this go-round.

Mulligan...or a push.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on November 27, 2012, 03:11:22 PM
Mullin's released a statement.

If his plumbing business doesn't increase by 75% within the next 2 months he's selling all our water to Texas.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: patric on December 09, 2012, 05:48:12 PM
Quote from: Townsend on November 27, 2012, 03:11:22 PM
Mullin's released a statement.

If his plumbing business doesn't increase by 75% within the next 2 months he's selling all our water to Texas.


http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Newly-elected-congressman-owes-about-327-000/I2UWHU4JfkO7OV0KWOLGJw.cspx
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on January 16, 2013, 02:40:29 PM
Mullin's coming out sounding more and more as a crazy folk.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Teatownclown on January 16, 2013, 05:08:25 PM
Quote from: Townsend on January 16, 2013, 02:40:29 PM
Mullin's coming out sounding more and more as a crazy folk.

What did you expect?

Router Markwayne!
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Conan71 on January 16, 2013, 08:28:00 PM
Quote from: Townsend on January 16, 2013, 02:40:29 PM
Mullin's coming out sounding more and more as a crazy folk.

You didn't source anything. Then I read the 4pm update from the TW.

Sometimes there simply are not enough face palms, Townsend.

I hope they find a dead body in his trunk soon or catch him toe-tapping.  I don't think Oklahoma's image can stand two years of this moron in Congress.

"That boy ain't right!"
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Hoss on January 16, 2013, 09:43:16 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on January 16, 2013, 08:28:00 PM
You didn't source anything. Then I read the 4pm update from the TW.

Sometimes there simply are not enough face palms, Townsend.

I hope they find a dead body in his trunk soon or catch him toe-tapping.  I don't think Oklahoma's image can stand two years of this moron in Congress.

"That boy ain't right!"

District 2.  Not the sharpest knives in the drawer when it comes to vetting candidates, evidently.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Red Arrow on January 16, 2013, 10:26:16 PM
Quote from: Hoss on January 16, 2013, 09:43:16 PM
District 2.  Not the sharpest knives in the drawer when it comes to vetting candidates, evidently.

True.  They elected Synar for several terms.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Teatownclown on January 16, 2013, 11:23:06 PM
Quote from: Red Arrow on January 16, 2013, 10:26:16 PM
True.  They elected Synar for several terms.

Yes. Then it got gerrymandered into Teadumbistan along with many similar district victims across this nation. Hence, turning the house into an impotent body of government. Scandalous. Just great having recalcitrant and obstinate lazy yahoos instead of the flexible and fair old guard.

RIP Mike Synar.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Teatownclown on January 16, 2013, 11:58:15 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on January 16, 2013, 08:28:00 PM
You didn't source anything. Then I read the 4pm update from the TW.

Sometimes there simply are not enough face palms, Townsend.

I hope they find a dead body in his trunk soon or catch him toe-tapping.  I don't think Oklahoma's image can stand two years of this moron in Congress.

"That boy ain't right!"

Change has come to America....

Politics
Tea Party Trashes Boehner's Capitol Hill Office
Jan. 07, 2013

Conservative members of the Tea Party raided House Speaker John Boehner's office over the weekend, destroying several thousand dollars worth of property and leaving behind giant bags of tea.

Capitol Hill police were at first stumped as to how the intruders gained entry, but soon came to realize that the incident had been an 'inside job' perpetrated by fellow members of Congress.

Representatives Louie Gohmert, Steve Pearce, Tom Massie, and Ted Yoho are suspected of carrying out the vicious teabagging, but a spokesperson from Boehner's office says he will not be filing charges in the name of "party unity".

Witnesses at the scene describe Boehner's office as "completely destroyed", with smashed picture frames, soiled carpet, and "shreds of paper and tea leaves everywhere." On the walls were several Tea Party slogans written in graffiti, including:

"TAXES ARE YUCKY"

"COMPROMISE IS FOR SOCIALISTS"

"WHERE'S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE?"

"NANCY PELOSI HAS COOTIES"

"JUSTIN AMASH WAS HERE"

Boehner was narrowly re-elected Speaker last week with significant numbers of conservative Republicans affiliated with the Tea Party voting against him.

Several prominent conservative activists have called for his resignation, arguing his willingness to compromise over the fiscal cliff tax hikes makes him insufficiently conservative to hold the post of speaker.

http://dailycurrant.com/2013/01/07/conservatives-trash-boehners-capitol-hill-office/



WOW! Stupid Stupid Stupid. What a disgrace to our nation the Tea Party idiots are.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Red Arrow on January 17, 2013, 07:58:19 AM
Quote from: Teatownclown on January 16, 2013, 11:23:06 PM
Yes. Then it got gerrymandered into Teadumbistan along with many similar district victims across this nation. Hence, turning the house into an impotent body of government. Scandalous. Just great having recalcitrant and obstinate lazy yahoos instead of the flexible and fair old guard.

RIP Mike Synar.

You appear to have conveniently forgotten the gerrymandering that changed parts of north Bixby and (I think) S.E. Tulsa into District 2 when Jim Jones was losing his grip on District 1.   I never wished Synar any personal ill will but I was glad when we were returned to District 1.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Conan71 on January 17, 2013, 08:49:23 AM
Quote from: Teatownclown on January 16, 2013, 11:58:15 PM
Change has come to America....

Politics
Tea Party Trashes Boehner's Capitol Hill Office
Jan. 07, 2013

Conservative members of the Tea Party raided House Speaker John Boehner's office over the weekend, destroying several thousand dollars worth of property and leaving behind giant bags of tea.

Capitol Hill police were at first stumped as to how the intruders gained entry, but soon came to realize that the incident had been an 'inside job' perpetrated by fellow members of Congress.

Representatives Louie Gohmert, Steve Pearce, Tom Massie, and Ted Yoho are suspected of carrying out the vicious teabagging, but a spokesperson from Boehner's office says he will not be filing charges in the name of "party unity".

Witnesses at the scene describe Boehner's office as "completely destroyed", with smashed picture frames, soiled carpet, and "shreds of paper and tea leaves everywhere." On the walls were several Tea Party slogans written in graffiti, including:

"TAXES ARE YUCKY"

"COMPROMISE IS FOR SOCIALISTS"

"WHERE'S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE?"

"NANCY PELOSI HAS COOTIES"

"JUSTIN AMASH WAS HERE"

Boehner was narrowly re-elected Speaker last week with significant numbers of conservative Republicans affiliated with the Tea Party voting against him.

Several prominent conservative activists have called for his resignation, arguing his willingness to compromise over the fiscal cliff tax hikes makes him insufficiently conservative to hold the post of speaker.

http://dailycurrant.com/2013/01/07/conservatives-trash-boehners-capitol-hill-office/



WOW! Stupid Stupid Stupid. What a disgrace to our nation the Tea Party idiots are.

Sucka.

Might as well have come from The Onion.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Conan71 on January 17, 2013, 08:50:21 AM
Quote from: Red Arrow on January 17, 2013, 07:58:19 AM
You appear to have conveniently forgotten the gerrymandering that changed parts of north Bixby and (I think) S.E. Tulsa into District 2 when Jim Jones was losing his grip on District 1.   I never wished Synar any personal ill will but I was glad when we were returned to District 1.

He also conveniently forgets after Coburn retired from the House that seat was occupied by two successive Democrats and still would be if Boren had not retired.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Teatownclown on January 17, 2013, 02:21:52 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on January 17, 2013, 08:50:21 AM
He also conveniently forgets after Coburn retired from the House that seat was occupied by two successive Democrats and still would be if Boren had not retired.

It was more than just a micro view of the Teaparty. My comments were centered on the fact that the dems got 1,000,000 more votes than the GOP but still have a minority.

(http://assets.amuniversal.com/434887c03da101300d53001dd8b71c47)

How did we miss?

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Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on January 20, 2013, 12:58:32 PM
His family's getting threats apparently. 

That's sad.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Teatownclown on January 20, 2013, 01:07:33 PM
Quote from: Townsend on January 20, 2013, 12:58:32 PM
His family's getting threats apparently. 

That's sad.

I wonder if it's an ex employee or a disgruntled customer. Liberals don't do this grumbling type of right wing tactics.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Hoss on January 20, 2013, 01:29:33 PM
Quote from: Teatownclown on January 20, 2013, 01:07:33 PM
I wonder if it's an ex employee or a disgruntled customer. Liberals don't do this grumbling type of right wing tactics.

Untrue.  It permeates BOTH sides of the aisle and is wrong when either do it.  Hate the man's ideology, not the man.

But my brother sure doesn't like him.  He's done business with him, so I'll give him a pass there.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: sauerkraut on January 22, 2013, 01:37:30 PM
Quote from: Townsend on January 20, 2013, 12:58:32 PM
His family's getting threats apparently.  

That's sad.
Yes his family got threats too and it's very sad & grim. Mullin is a very good level headed guy- we need more people like him. They say the threats are  serious and not like a prank. I only hope they catch the guy. All the best to Mullin as he starts off his new term and  I support him all the way!
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on January 22, 2013, 01:39:50 PM
Quote from: sauerkraut on January 22, 2013, 01:37:30 PM
Yes his family got threats too and it's very sad & grim. Mullin is a very good level headed guy- we need more people like him. They say the threats are  serious and not like a prank. I only hope they catch the guy. All the best to Mullin as he starts off his new term and  I support him all the way!

Quit it, Mary.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Hoss on January 22, 2013, 01:52:25 PM
Quote from: Townsend on January 22, 2013, 01:39:50 PM
Quit it, Mary.

;D
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Vashta Nerada on January 22, 2013, 07:19:11 PM
Quote from: Townsend on January 16, 2013, 02:40:29 PM
Mullin's coming out sounding more and more as a crazy folk.

Talk is his chief of staff came up with a pitty ploy.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on March 06, 2013, 10:41:55 AM
Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin's early votes don't reflect his public call for bipartisanship

Despite his public plea for bipartisanship, U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin, a freshman Republican congressman from eastern Oklahoma, has mostly voted with his party on controversial bills and has even opposed legislation with strong bipartisan support.

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-u.s.-rep.-markwayne-mullins-early-votes-dont-reflect-his-public-call-for-bipartisanship/article/3761665?custom_click=pod_headline_usnational-news (http://newsok.com/oklahoma-u.s.-rep.-markwayne-mullins-early-votes-dont-reflect-his-public-call-for-bipartisanship/article/3761665?custom_click=pod_headline_usnational-news)

QuoteWASHINGTON — Despite freshman Rep. Markwayne Mullin's public plea for bipartisanship, the Oklahoma Republican's voting record in his first few weeks in Washington has been decidedly partisan.

And in some rare cases when bipartisan legislation cleared the House, Mullin was among a small minority in opposition.

Monday, just hours after a House speech in which he quoted George Washington and talked about common bonds, Mullin voted against a bill that passed 370-28 to guide federal agencies in preparing for public health emergencies such as pandemics. Members of both parties praised the bill Monday for its bipartisan support; it cleared the Senate without a dissenting vote.

Similarly, in February, he was one of only 27 House members to vote against a bill to create a network to research pediatric diseases; no additional spending was authorized.

In an interview Tuesday, Mullin said both bills represented the expansion of federal government, something he said he came to Washington to oppose.

Though the bill regarding public health emergencies mostly renewed preparedness programs already in place — and imposed no additional costs — Mullin questioned whether the federal government should even have a role, other than perhaps providing some financial aid.

"I'm willing to negotiate, but not compromise my core principles," said Mullin, of Westville.

A majority of House Republicans and Democrats voted in January to increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deal with the impact of Hurricane Sandy. Mullin was among the 67 opponents, all Republican.

On partisan votes — ones in which the majority of Republicans and the majority of Democrats are on opposite sides — Mullin has sided almost every time with his party.

Those votes included a bill supported by most Republicans to stop a pay increase for federal employees; the Violence Against Women Act, opposed by the majority of Republicans; and a bill to provide $50 billion in federal aid for Hurricane Sandy recovery projects, opposed by the majority of Republicans.

The one vote in which Mullin sided with a majority of Democrats against a majority of Republicans was on a measure to temporarily raise the debt ceiling; he voted against it.

There have been bills passed overwhelmingly that Mullin supported, including two Tuesday: one to stop illegal trafficking of tobacco in some U.S. territories and another that would require the president to estimate each taxpayer's share of the deficit when submitting a budget.

Earlier this year, he supported a bill that had only two dissenting votes to condemn North Korea for a nuclear test and another to reauthorize graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals.

In his speech Monday, Mullin said he was "committed to working with any member regardless of party to roll up our sleeves and get to work."

Tuesday, he said he was working with rank-and-file Democrats on issues regarding natural gas, transportation and state lakes.

"The (Democratic) members themselves — we get along," Mullin said.

He said the two parties "have valid points" on immigration and should be able to reach an accord on a reform bill.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: DolfanBob on November 04, 2014, 10:04:46 AM
Markwayne's opponent died yesterday in a car crash near Ft Gibson.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2819818/81-year-old-Democrat-candidate-Oklahoma-U-S-House-seat-killed-car-crash.html
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Conan71 on November 04, 2014, 10:14:46 AM
Quote from: DolfanBob on November 04, 2014, 10:04:46 AM
Markwayne's opponent died yesterday in a car crash near Ft Gibson.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2819818/81-year-old-Democrat-candidate-Oklahoma-U-S-House-seat-killed-car-crash.html

It wasn't a Red Rooter van that hit him, was it?
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: DolfanBob on November 04, 2014, 10:22:43 AM
Quote from: Conan71 on November 04, 2014, 10:14:46 AM
It wasn't a Red Rooter van that hit him, was it?

Naw. Those just disappear for day's.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: patric on November 06, 2014, 11:03:09 AM
Quote from: Conan71 on November 04, 2014, 10:14:46 AM
It wasn't a Red Rooter van that hit him, was it?


...or a red BMW with a political stalker from Norman without a D.L.?   ::) ;)
None of the news reports even mention the other car.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: sauerkraut on November 07, 2014, 10:45:35 AM
I support Mark M. he did a good job. He speaks for the people.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on November 07, 2014, 12:32:38 PM
Quote from: sauerkraut on November 07, 2014, 10:45:35 AM
I support Mark M. he did a good job. He speaks for the people.

What did he do?
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: heironymouspasparagus on November 07, 2014, 01:23:35 PM
Quote from: sauerkraut on November 07, 2014, 10:45:35 AM
I support Mark M. he did a good job. He speaks for the people.


Lol....


Do you even know what bills he has sponsored??
Here's a list if you are interested.  The big one is the oilfield job preservation bill - at a time when oil is booming and really doesn't need any help.... Yep - good job...speaking for the people...the run oil companies!  But mostly that one is a ploy to let truck drivers wait for hours at a well site - no upper limit - without it counting toward their hours of service for driving.  Yeah...just what we need - MORE drowsy truck drivers falling asleep driving!!  But it caters to oil, so that's what is important.  Notice who else is co-sponsoring that one....of course.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d113:FLD003:@1%28Rep.+Mullin+%20Markwayne%29:



I second Townsend - what has he done? 

Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: sgrizzle on November 08, 2014, 08:02:19 PM
Quote from: sauerkraut on November 07, 2014, 10:45:35 AM
I support Mark M. he did a good job. He speaks for the people.

You know him so well that you didn't even get his first name right.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Red Arrow on November 08, 2014, 11:15:32 PM
Quote from: sgrizzle on November 08, 2014, 08:02:19 PM
You know him so well that you didn't even get his first name right.

Details, details.  What's in a name

;D

Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Hoss on November 09, 2014, 12:02:20 AM
Quote from: sgrizzle on November 08, 2014, 08:02:19 PM
You know him so well that you didn't even get his first name right.

He probably doesn't even realize that he doesn't represent his district.  Well, maybe NO Oklahoma representatives do.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: patric on November 09, 2014, 12:05:34 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The chairman of the Oklahoma Democratic Party says a special election is needed in the 2nd Congressional District following the death of the party's candidate just days before the general election.

Republican Congressman Markwayne Mullin received 70 percent of the vote in Tuesday's general election. But Democratic Party Chairman Wallace Collins said Friday he believes state law requires that a special election be called due to the November 2nd death of the Democratic candidate, Earl Everett.

State law calls for a special election if a candidate's death occurs more than five days after the runoff election. It authorizes political parties to replace deceased candidates, and Wallace says the party's central committee will meet Saturday to pick one.

Republican Party Chairman Dave Weston says the party opposes a special election.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: Townsend on November 09, 2014, 01:01:12 AM
Quote from: patric on November 09, 2014, 12:05:34 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The chairman of the Oklahoma Democratic Party says a special election is needed in the 2nd Congressional District following the death of the party's candidate just days before the general election.

Republican Congressman Markwayne Mullin received 70 percent of the vote in Tuesday's general election. But Democratic Party Chairman Wallace Collins said Friday he believes state law requires that a special election be called due to the November 2nd death of the Democratic candidate, Earl Everett.

State law calls for a special election if a candidate's death occurs more than five days after the runoff election. It authorizes political parties to replace deceased candidates, and Wallace says the party's central committee will meet Saturday to pick one.

Republican Party Chairman Dave Weston says the party opposes a special election.


Won't matter unless they can talk Garth or Reba into running.
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: heironymouspasparagus on November 11, 2014, 04:50:43 PM
Quote from: Townsend on November 09, 2014, 01:01:12 AM
Won't matter unless they can talk Garth or Reba into running.


Garth is moving to Nashville, so I'm guessing he wouldn't be interested....
Title: Re: Markwayne Mullin Congressional run
Post by: DolfanBob on November 12, 2014, 09:06:45 AM
Quote from: Hoss on November 09, 2014, 12:02:20 AM
He probably doesn't even realize that he doesn't represent his district.  Well, maybe NO Oklahoma representatives do.

Oh he realizes. That's why he used his Dad's ranch address instead of his in Coweta. That one is actually in the district he represents.