Sharron Angle Promises A 'Just Say No' Mantra If Elected To The Senate

If elected to the U.S. Senate, Nevada Republican candidate Sharron Angle says she promises to adhere to a "just say no" mantra when presented with the opportunity to cast an up or down vote on legislation.

The Las Vegas Review Journal reports on what Angle had to say on the matter of GOP obstruction in the upper congressional chamber in a speech she delivered to the Nevada Republican Men's Club on Monday:

Angle said that as a junior senator she could wield power by joining Republicans to block tax hikes, excess regulation and spending bills, and Supreme Court nominees who don't meet a strict constitutional test, including Elena Kagan.

"There are certain things that can be done just by your junior senator," Angle said, explaining that even if Republicans remain in the minority after 2010, she could filibuster, which allows lone lawmakers to delay legislation through lengthy debate. "I guarantee that I can talk most anything to death."

Democratic assemblywoman Sheila Leslie, a former colleague of Angle, recently offered a glimpse into the Tea Party-backed contender's voting habits when they served together in the Nevada state legislature.

"In the building we used to have a joke called 41 to Angle," explained Leslie to the New York Times in June following Angle's come-from-nowhere Republican primary win. "She took great pride in voting no for everything. We have some very conservative people in the assembly, but she was the only one voting no on a technical cleanup bill. The lobbyists didn't talk to her, the legislators wouldn't talk to her, because when you vote no on everything no one wants to deal with you."

Angle signaled in a recent interview with the Review Journal editorial board that she sees Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) as exemplary in their approach to policy making. "[They] have kept the banner high even in a minority of the minority in some instances," she said.

According to research released last week, the conservative Senators say "no" to legislation in roll call votes more frequently than any of their colleagues on either side of the aisle.

Comments

[dave6686]

02:13 PM on 08/04/2010

No to helping the unemployed caused by GOP greediness and selfishness...

No to giving the American People affordable health care...

No to Social Security

No to Medicare

No to Medicaid

No to Education....

But a resounding YES to giving the richest Americans further tax breaks... at the tune of about 700 Billion hitting the deficit yearly..... And we want Republicans / GOP / Tea Baggers for WHAT???? They have nearly destroyed America with their greed and selfishness...

Does America really want more of the SAME???? I think NOT!!!!!

[mamala4]

12:43 PM on 08/04/2010

Plan B - retire after you lose in November.

[mamala4]

12:43 PM on 08/04/2010

How about an original idea...the repugs have been doing this for 18 mos.

[mrelmo]

12:19 PM on 08/04/2010

Another dodo brain with no positive ideas or input. Perfect for the Repubs...

[Uosdwis]

12:18 PM on 08/04/2010

OK... What is your "Plan B?"

[Alexandra08]

12:17 PM on 08/04/2010

Note to Angle: Vote no if you want to do so--but do NOT presume to call that blanket action patriotic, or liken it to the actions of the original Boston Tea Partiers. You are voting no out of intellectual laziness and fear of change; the 1776 patriots were voting YES out of a passion for change and a celebration of individuality. Today's Tea Party members should exercise their brains by reading a little more of American history, because -- from what I've read -- the patriots of 1776 would not take kindly to being dictated to by a bunch of people committed to preserving an elitist status quo.

[fr33d0mhawk]

12:10 PM on 08/04/2010

Sharon Angle also promised "second amendment remedies" should the GOP not win power back from Democrats in the democratic process. For those Teapartiers who claim the GOP/Teaparty is not the party of No, your claims have just been debunked. For those Teapartiers who claim to want to protect the US Constitution and US security, your support of Angle and her "second amendment remedies" has thoroughly debunked that claim as well. If Sharon promises "second amendment remedies" if the GOP does not win power of congress, what will she promise if the GOP does win power, "second amendment remedies" to keep that power in place? How is this different than Osama Bin Laden's threats against democracies who do not elect a right wing Muslim caliphate into power? Besides using a different religion to promote violence I mean.

[Ohioan4truth]

12:03 PM on 08/04/2010

An "overheard" phone conversation...

Ring, ring!
Angle's Pizza!
Do you deliver?
No.
Do you have peperoni pizza?
No.
Do you have cheese pizza?
No.
Do you have sub sandwiches?
No.
Do you want my business?
No.
Oh, well....goodbye!
No.

[dre7861]

11:57 AM on 08/04/2010

Isn't Angle admitting that the GOP won't take over the Senate? After all if the GOP is in the majority she wouldn't have to use her fillibustering "skills." That is unless she plans on fillibusting the GOP proposals - given how dim this candidate is I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't fillibuster her own bills.

Besides the Senate doesn't actually fillibuster anymore - it's just the threat of a fillibuster. I believe Reid should put an end to this 'gentleman's agreement' and make the GOP stay up alll night reading from the phonebook. If Reid is so naive to think that the GOP wouldn't do the same to him if the situation was reversed than he deserves to lose to Crazy Angle.

[Periwinkle]

11:49 AM on 08/04/2010

Sharon's way behind the times.

[fr33d0mhawk]

12:31 PM on 08/05/2010

Or ahead of the times, the speahead of a fascist terrorist state that delivers on its promises to use "second amendment remedies" to overthrow a democratically elected government. When these promises of terrorism are fulfilled, will the rest of America finally pay attention to these threats of nationally orchestrated right wing terrorism?

[liberalviper]

11:39 AM on 08/04/2010

And I hope the voters of Nevada promise "Just say unemployed" to Sharon Angle.

[Francine Beck]

11:38 AM on 08/04/2010

Will bring it? It's been just say no for the GOP since 2008.

[jasongrundy]

11:37 AM on 08/04/2010

...and the just what America needs. Another ditto head saying "No"...while the economy is in the toilet.

[HeadlessHessian]

11:35 AM on 08/04/2010

"I guarantee that I can talk most anything to death."
Hopefully you can do that to your candidacy too!

[1Houligan]

11:24 AM on 08/04/2010

From what I've seen/read, most people are Just Saying No to Sharron Angle. She's a ditz. An embrrassment.