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General Categories => Laws and Legislation => Topic started by: omaharj on January 01, 2022, 03:53:07 PM
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https://www.votelindstrom.com/issues/
I just donated to his campaign. Your view may vary.
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Has he ever had a job, that was not working for his father?
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No further questions
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I don't know if I'm a fan of his or not yet, but your comment about "only working for his father" sounds a lot like our current governor, so....
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He did vote to repeal the Death Penalty and increase taxes ... and overrode the Governor's vetoes of both. Also, has voted against "Voter ID".
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He did vote to repeal the Death Penalty and increase taxes ... and overrode the Governor's vetoes of both. Also, has voted against "Voter ID".
He used to be my senator for a short time, I do remember being disappointed in some of his votes.
Then we got moved into Linnehan's district, and now it is Walz.
I don't know how working for your father matters much, some do well some don't.
Greg
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I don't know how working for your father matters much, some do well some don't.
I think the issue is a lot of those guys ended up pretty well off because of what their fathers did, and think they hit a triple in life because of their talents when they actually were born on third base. In some cases the son works really hard and is smart and talented. In a lot of cases, though, they aren't...
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I tried to get the info about the 'death penalty' vote from the Legislature site, but couldn't.
BallotPedia had it..https://ballotpedia.org/Nebraska_Death_Penalty_Repeal,_Referendum_426_(2016)
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https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/nebraska/
Still looks like Lindstrom is the best "viable" candidate.
Although I wish someone from the board would ask him why he's pretty quiet about LB773
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https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/nebraska/
Still looks like Lindstrom is the best "viable" candidate.
Although I wish someone from the board would ask him why he's pretty quiet about LB773
I wouldn't take the word of a once noble organization that Wayne LaPierre and the Board of Directors is working overtime to destroy.
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https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/nebraska/
Still looks like Lindstrom is the best "viable" candidate.
Although I wish someone from the board would ask him why he's pretty quiet about LB773
"Viable" is such a flexible word, full of meaning and hope. But, what has he done so far? Bullit has listed some pretty damning reasons not to vote for him:
He did vote to repeal the Death Penalty and increase taxes ... and overrode the Governor's vetoes of both. Also, has voted against "Voter ID".
Do you really want to vote for someone who thinks that taxes are too low, who wants to take the death penalty off the list of deterrent punishments, and, is against voter id? Here are at least 24 things one needs a valid ID to do, but it is too hard for someone to get a voter ID? That's laughable.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/24-things-that-require-a-photo-id (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/24-things-that-require-a-photo-id)
And, considering all the fraud that occurred with the "mail-in" voting in Nov of 2020 one would have to be a Democrat or a Marxist, but I repeat myself, not to support voter id in future elections.
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Okay, I'm now uncomfortable with my choice. He DID vote for LB773, but his relationship with BRAD ASHFORD is upsetting. I feel BA is the biggest opponent the NFOA has ever had.
Who do YOU think should get my vote. My overriding issue is the 2nd Amendment. I'm basically a one issue voter on the Gov race.
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Pillen seems to be the only candidate left then based on your statement omaharj.
While the timing is suspect of the allegations becoming public, with witnesses on the record, it's hard to vote for Herbster if you respect women's agency over their own bodies.
Honestly, they all suck, but you have to hold your nose and vote for someone...
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Looks like an early "October Surprise" number on Chuck Herbster. Looks like they are moving them up to springtime these days.
IF we draw a line through the name of every eligible man who has ever offended a woman or carried on an affair, we will be working with a very shrunken candidates list. I'm not making excuses here a-tall....Just being open, candid, and realistic about human nature. Read the backstories on just about all of our own presidents, for example. And then, there are senators, representatives, judges, mayors............................
And executives, scientists, statesmen........
Oh....I forgot preachers, pastors, rabbis, priests, all the moral arbiters.
Lord Nelson would never have been allowed to fight the Battle of Trafalgar.......There was that Lady Hamilton affair, y'know. Such an outrage against purity.
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We're talking about a little more than "offending a woman" here. Offending is ok. Groping is not. If he touched their shoulder without permission that's one thing, but putting your hand up someone's dress is entirely another.
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I’m going Pillen now. I like where he’ll be on smacking down the dyed-hair, illiberal, neo-Marxist CRT compulsory Woke speech crowd. Take a page from the DeSantis playbook there.
In terms of the whole Tushiegate thing, I go with believability, and Slama seems way more believable than, say, that bat-**** crazy hag they dredged up for the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. I’ve also spoken to some friends who are close to the matter and learned that the counter-claims against Slama (that she took money from Herbster, that she “invited him to her wedding”) are severely being misconstrued.
The whole Herbster thing seems weird to me like an “all hat no cattle” kinda guy. Very little sustained interest in Nebraska and probably buying a Trump endorsement. Then a bunch of campaign ads showing him (in as tall a pair of boots as they could find) shaking hands with random people while a narrator talks. He’s never been strong or even halfway-good on stating where he’s at on real issues.
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but putting your hand up someone's dress is entirely another.
No pushback here.
My main theme is that the timing of this event is reminiscent of previous such events that just happened to pop up during confirmation hearings and political campaigns, rather than during the actual timing when they allegedly happened.
It all has a certain whiff to it.
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Agreed. But the credibility of the accusers in this case is much better, along with having witnesses on the record. It shouldn't require that, but in this political day and age (R and D alike), they'll play for any advantage they can get no matter the ethics.
Well, actually, ethics doesn't exist anymore I don't think. Unless you're one of the subjects/plebes.
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I really like Julie Slama but I have a difficult time believing it took three years for her to bring up this traumatizing incident…..and she had to read the accusation from print…normally she is very verbose and doesn’t read from notes. Indeed she was so traumatized by this event that she invited the perpetrator to her destination wedding in the Dominican Republic just 4 months ago. Additionally he donated $10,000 to her campaign which she accepted. And then, lo and behold, on almost the same day eight (anonymous) women came forward with similar accusations! What a coincidence! My nose sensor isn’t great but I think I smell a rat!
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Normally with these things I take a wait and see stance until more info becomes available. In this case I have more info. Last summer I helped a friend with site security at Gov Ricketts Steak fry in Nebraska city. There are two entrances to Arbor State Park. One at the Northwest corner and one at the Southeast corner. I was at the Northwest gate. Orders from the Secret Service, Homeland Security and the State Patrol were that my gate was for Law Enforcement and Vendors ONLY with a few named VIPs. MS Slama came to my gate, with I presume her husband. I explained to her that this gate was for Law Enforcement and vendors only plus a few named VIPs and that her name wasn't on my list of VIPs. She told me her staff had been instructed to have her enter the park through my gate. As she was the featured speaker that day it made sense. I told her that I would have to call my boss and he would have to call NSP and then the calls would come back to me but it would take a while. She said she understood and told me I was just doing my job. She couldn't have been more cooperative, gracious, or friendly (appropriately) the call did come back in about 10 minutes and I was told where to park her car. My boss drove up in his Gator and gave her and her husband a ride to the venue. Later that day Charles Herbster also showed up at my gate wanting to park there. I again explained that this was for Law Enforcement and Vendors only and that his name wasn't on my list of VIPs. He starts to argue with me! I explained that there was VIP parking by the Arbor Mansion and that it was closer than here would be. He continues to argue with me and then slides a $20 bill out his window to save a place for him. I blew up at him and told him not to insult my integrity like that ever again. This set of actions doesn't prove anything but it sure does lend credibility to MS Slama and take it away from Herbster!! After this I wouldn't vote for him to be a poop scooper let alone Gov!!
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I’m going Pillen now. I like where he’ll be on smacking down the dyed-hair, illiberal, neo-Marxist CRT compulsory Woke speech crowd. Take a page from the DeSantis playbook there.
My problem with Pillen is he won't participate in debates...if one cannot take the pressure of a debate, how in the hell can one take on the pressures of running a state government? Sad to say, I find NO good candidates in this election...may as well throw away my vote for a dead carp....in the end it all smells the same.
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Another Herbster accuser steps forward by name. https://www.1011now.com/2022/04/30/second-woman-steps-forward-by-name-allege-charles-herbster-groped-her/
Interesting timing with the rescheduled rally and the slashed ad buys by Herbster. Wonder if he's still in it a week from now?
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First, I have no respect for someone that places and ad on TV and does not say "I support this add." Dark money makes me wonder what they have to hide. Not one candidate has publicly stated that "I fully support constitutional carry". We see the guy with the shotgun walking around just like Bill Clinton did. Nowhere in the bill of rights does it say, "the right to go hunting shall not be infringed." And finally, how can a person be convicted without a trial? I have utmost respect for Sen. Slama but, where is the police report on this incident. She knew this type of activity was wrong, why wasn't the complaint filed immediately? Why did she accept a political donation from him? Why did she invite him to her wedding? Why didn't all these other women say anything until now? Were they ordered to? This stinks so bad of a hidden political machine that it makes Tammany Hall not so bad. I will unfortunately have to vote for one of them as the Democratic alternative is absolutely out of the picture.
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I really like Julie Slama but I have a difficult time believing it took three years for her to bring up this traumatizing incident…..and she had to read the accusation from print…normally she is very verbose and doesn’t read from notes. Indeed she was so traumatized by this event that she invited the perpetrator to her destination wedding in the Dominican Republic just 4 months ago. Additionally he donated $10,000 to her campaign which she accepted. And then, lo and behold, on almost the same day eight (anonymous) women came forward with similar accusations! What a coincidence! My nose sensor isn’t great but I think I smell a rat!
That's what I'm saying is that I saw those claims too, but after I spoke to someone close to the matter as to how her office functions, the counter-claims from the Herbster camp really didn't pan out. For example.... I found out that her staff basically exported her contact list and sent out a wedding "announcement", but it absolutely was not an "invitation" to the small, family, 'destination' wedding any more than she really invited any of the other hundreds of people to show up.
Kinda the same way high school seniors send out "graduation announcements" nowadays but not actually an invitation to a reception. They're just bucking for a gift. ::)
Maybe a little tacky, but not "an invitation to her wedding" as is being spun.
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Another Herbster accuser steps forward by name. https://www.1011now.com/2022/04/30/second-woman-steps-forward-by-name-allege-charles-herbster-groped-her/
Interesting timing with the rescheduled rally and the slashed ad buys by Herbster. Wonder if he's still in it a week from now?
This dude's creepy.
Admittedly, the Pillen ad racking the pump shotgun was a little creepy too. (And I'm saying that on a gun forum.)
But the little Herbster guy seems kinda pervy.
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I'm still lost on who to vote for. Thibidoux's website doesn't even mention the 2nd Amendment on her "Where she stands on the Issues" page They all just seem like people I don't want to even know, let alone vote for.
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I'm glad to see I am not the only one undecided on who to vote for.
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We're talking about a little more than "offending a woman" here. Offending is ok. Groping is not. If he touched their shoulder without permission that's one thing, but putting your hand up someone's dress is entirely another.
No, were not.
We are talking about supposed incidents that took place several years ago and was so "upsetting" the victims decided not to report the abuse to the police. So why wait till now to report it, just a couple weeks before the primary, and still hide behind anonymity?
Because if they file a report and a prosecution takes place then the accused has a right to cross examine the accuser. Otherwise, it just another Kangaroo court of public opinion.
This tactic follows a standard pattern used several times over the last decade to destroy a person's reputation so that they appear unacceptable to do <something>:
"For the crime of being accused of <something> you are hereby doxxed, fired from your job, and forever forbidden from running for public office, etc."
I'm not voting for Hubster, but he doesn't deserve this hatchet job just before the primaries. How convenient for his opponents.
I'm not voting for Pillen either. He's been on the Univ Nebraska Board of Regents for 10 years and only started acting conservative last July when he began running for Gov. During that time Marxist have essentially taken control of campus student politics and the results are obvious. Even the faculty and adjuncts attack Pro-Life booths on campus. Pillen has no record of doing anything to stop this egregious behavior.
I got an email from Gov Ricketts today bemoaning the failure of the Constitutional Carry Bill to be passed by the unicameral. It's obvious he is planning on running for Congress or the Senate.
Governor Ricketts has released a new weekly column, which is now available below.
Unfinished Business: Enhancing Nebraska’s Commitment to Protecting Second Amendment Rights
05/03/2022 01:41 PM CDT
Nebraskans have long been strong supporters of the right to keep and bear arms. Nearly 85 years after it was enshrined in the Second Amendment at the federal level, Nebraska’s leaders chose to make our stance on gun rights crystal clear. Article I of the Nebraska Constitution proclaims that “the right to keep and bear arms for security or defense of self, family, home, and others, and for lawful common defense, hunting, recreational use, and all other lawful purposes...shall not be denied or infringed by the state or any subdivision thereof.” This should serve as the exclamation point on where Nebraska stands in its commitment to constitutional gun rights.
I'm voting for Breland Ridenour. I believe he will do better than Ricketts lip-service to the 2A.
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No, were not.
We are talking about supposed incidents that took place several years ago and was so "upsetting" the victims decided not to report the abuse to the police. So why wait till now to report it, just a couple weeks before the primary, and still hide behind anonymity?
Because if they file a report and a prosecution takes place then the accused has a right to cross examine the accuser. Otherwise, it just another Kangaroo court of public opinion.
You mean something like this?
https://www.1011now.com/2022/04/25/sen-slama-files-countersuit-against-herbster/
The good news is that now they'll both have to testify under oath.
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After doing some more research I'll be voting for Breland Ridenour in the Primary.
From the Issues page of his website:
2nd AMENDMENT
The right to keep and bear arms was settled in 1791 with the adoption of the Second Amendment. I am a very strong advocate for, not only maintaining our constitutional right, but working to regain what has already been taken. I am a full believer that "an armed society, is a polite society."
As a proponent for Constitutional Carry, I believe permits are infringement on our rights. Nebraskans have a full right to protect themselves without having to wait for government "approval".
Seems like the strongest 2A Proponent of the lot.
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Yeah, he's not going to win, but, I think I'll be voting for him too.
I'm also going to let him know it was about the 2nd Amendment that got my vote
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I'm still lost on who to vote for. Thibidoux's website doesn't even mention the 2nd Amendment on her "Where she stands on the Issues" page They all just seem like people I don't want to even know, let alone vote for.
She has stated repeatedly in her interviews that she supports Constitutional Carry. She posted this earlier today.
I happily voted for her last friday. ;D
(https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/280386023_150259784177534_1067776277818568845_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-6&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=IvI3T7bdXLQAX8t-ikP&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=00_AT_Z25fZM0ogY4tNW-WzmZ7c6qt7tPq4Buqo-BMHyW3mcA&oe=627DD672)
Theresa Thibodeau
I am a proud supporter of constitutional carry and the second amendment.
As Governor, I’ll fight against federal government overreach and protect your right to keep and bear arms! #TeamThibodeau
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After doing some more research I'll be voting for Breland Ridenour in the Primary.
Me too. I think Pillen is going to win and he's the least bad candidate with a chance. Ridenour seems to be the only one worthy of the vote, though.
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I just really hope and pray we don't end up with Morfeld as the county attorney for Lancaster. That would be potentially disastrous for anyone who may need to defend themselves with a firearm.
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Pat Condon is running for re-election against him in the fall. Neither appeared on the ballot because both were unopposed.
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Pat Condon is running for re-election against him in the fall. Neither appeared on the ballot because both were unopposed.
Yeah, he needs to get someone better to manage his website, though. I kept getting blocked because he doesn't have a valid SSL certificate. Had to jump through a couple hoops to manually confirm I wanted to visit the site anyway. I don't know where he stands on self defense issues, but he can't be worse than Morfeld.