Discussion for article #234931
Whoa, Seth, way to go…Patricide by press release.
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child, eh, Asa?
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Hmmm…sounding a lot like a democrat…as in most families we all have political differences. Nice when they listen to each other. The Governor should be proud of his son
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It sounds like he is!
The governor seems to be tossing some word salad in explaining what’s he’s going to ask the legislature to do. The mayor of Little Rock is asking for a veto. Does Hutchinson anticipate the legislature would override an outright veto?
“What is important from an Arkansas standpoint is one, we get the right balance,” he said, “and secondly, we make sure that we communicate we’re not going to be a state that fails to recognize the diversity of our workplace, our economy and our future.”
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I have a feeling that Walmart’s denunciation of the bill carried more weight with Asa’s decision than the opinion of his son.
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The governor seems to be tossing some word salad in explaining what’s he’s going to ask the legislature to do.
And he’s tossing it with a rather bland dressing of having-it-both-ways vinaigrette.
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I have a feeling that Walmart’s denunciation of the bill carried more weight with Asa’s decision than the opinion of his son.
That’s a feeling you can take to the bank!
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The son has more sense than the father.
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Yeh…
I started to listen to his blather…
thought better of it.
This is one Republican who knows how to duck and cover.
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If he just wanted to duck and cover, the governor could have just left the bill unsigned, and it would have become law in a few days. By returning it with objections, but unsigned and unvetoed, both houses of the Arkansas must redeliberate the bill with the governor’s objections in mind. The delay gives time for potential opposition to the present bill to grow and give political cover to legislators inclined to modify it as the governor directs.
As littlegirlblue suggests, an outright veto of the bill would have challenged the legislature and allowed them to override his veto in turn by a simple majority vote.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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“…stop discrimination against the LGBT community…”
Well, if Arkansas insists, I guess we’ll just have to go along.
Seth must have quite a pair of lungs if he can out-shout Jesus.
I have a feeling your feeling is the correct feeling, Wal Mart carry’s a lot of weight.