Sen. Jeff Jackson's awesome Twitter timeline ( he's the only one who showed up for work today)

[octoberlib]

Sen. Jeff Jackson @JeffJacksonNC · 4h 4 hours ago
I think I'm the only legislator in the building. Let me take care of a few things. Medicaid = expanded. Teachers = paid. Film = jobs. #NCGA



Sen. Jeff Jackson @JeffJacksonNC · 3h 3 hours ago
This is going to be like Night at the Museum only at the end we'll have a stronger middle class. #NCGA

Sen. Jeff Jackson @JeffJacksonNC · 3h 3 hours ago
Independent redistricting ✔
Invest heavily in wind and solar ✔
Support early childhood education ✔
NC is suddenly a national model.
#ncga


Sen. Jeff Jackson @JeffJacksonNC · 2h 2 hours ago
Went ahead and got rid of puppy mills. Not sure why that took so long...

#JustOneLegislator #Snowday #ncga


Sen. Jeff Jackson @JeffJacksonNC · 2h 2 hours ago
Am now receiving lots of calls from actual lobbyists. Even the false appearance of power gets their attention. #JustOneLegislator #ncga





Sen. Jeff Jackson @JeffJacksonNC · 1h 1 hour ago
Hey Charlotte - it's your airport.

#JustOneLegislator #snowday #ncga #clt



Just had a big debate over cutting the university system even more. Decided not to, because obviously that's a bad idea.
#JustOneLegislator


Sen. Jeff Jackson @JeffJacksonNC · 7m 7 minutes ago
Our jails are filled with the mentally ill and chemically addicted. Just expanded mental health care for them.

#JustOneLegislator #snowday



https://twitter.com/JeffJacksonNC

[djean111]

1. Now, THERE is someone I could enthusiastically support! Intelligent AND funny!

[riversedge]

2. Oh--if these tweets only could be true!!

[roguevalley]

19. he has my vote. from alaska.

[Fred Sanders]

3. All ideas the public supports overwhelmingly but blocked by the GOP Congress and their media.

[pkdu]

4. Off to the greatest page with you!...n/t

[irisblue]

5. I like this guy

and I bet when the GOP leadership finds out.....he NEVER gets left alone again, snow day or not. He really is making the 34 republicans in their senate look like fools. And he is a newbie!

[blm]

29. here's video from same sex marriage fight...

[Aldo Leopold]

6. Haha, awesome!

If only.

[SheilaT]

7. Oh, my. I suppose the North Carolina has

stupid rules about some sort of quorum being needed to pass these things. Too bad.

[BrotherIvan]

8. Awesome

And puppy mills too! Oh yeah Jeff Jackson, let's keep you in charge and fire everyone else. It's funny when politicos tell the truth, though it doesn't happen very often.

[mountain grammy]

9. If only, if only. I love this guy.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

12. that's what I was gonna say.

[marym625]

10. Jeff Jackson for President!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS!

[blm]

22. I'm trying to convince him to run for Pittenger's seat.

He's an Iraq war vet, with degrees in law and philosophy.

And the camera LOVES him.

[marym625]

23. I'm tweeting him to run for president

Though I am only half serious. Need to do more reading on him. But so far, I LOVE the dude!

[staggerleem]

11. Wait ...

... so, the guys who represent the JOB CREATORS, the ones with the alleged "ethic of hard work", STAYED HOME, because of the snow, and the only guy who bothered to show up is a representative of the alleged "welfare cheats" ... do I have that right?

Or, perhaps, are those allegations bass-ackwards?

[calimary]

16. Welcome to DU, staggerleem!

Glad you're here! Isn't it ironic! The only guy who showed up to work is the one who purportedly represents the lazy moocher contingent. Seems to me the lazy moochers are the ones who only do business at big-ticket expense-account lunches and out on the golf course, or out on the boat, or some such. And they're probably not even driving their own cars to those "workplaces." I guess there are lazy moochers and there are lazy moochers. Different versions for different camps.

[madamvlb]

13. Wow, love this guy!

[calimary]

17. Welcome to DU, madamvib!

Great to have you with us! This is definitely one of the Good Guys! Be proud!

I'm just still flummoxed over the fact that majorities in the red states seem to be more okay with it being the other way. They may not be moved by this. And they SHOULD be! At least THIS guy is earning his paycheck.

[octoberlib]

24. North Carolina had a majority Dem legislature for the past

century until the 2010 midterms when the R's took over. They then proceeded to gerrymander the districts and pass voting restrictions to keep it that way. It's very frustrating.

[calimary]

32. Yep. There's that "Zero Year" thing again.

If the bad guys are in control at the governor's level when the census is taken and when the population numbers from that census trigger Congressional reapportionment, then THEY get to run the table, and twist and turn the rules until the whole rule book looks like a giant pretzel. The census counts population movement and increase or decrease. Congressional districts are redrawn accordingly. And if the GOP is in charge when that happens, they're gonna do everything they can to rig the game in their favor.

That is - until they can figure out how to win strictly on the issues. And with the positions they take, embrace, and cling to like nobody's business, that's pretty much impossible. The ONLY way they can win honestly is to change their positions on some of the key issues. Like immigration. Like women's rights. Like voting rights. Like tax cuts - do away with them and RAISE taxes on the 1% and the rest of those who can easily afford to pay more. And they won't. They cling to those outdated, tone-deaf, damn-near irrelevant (to the current times) positions almost as though their lives depended on it. They do envision a staunchly CONservative United States of America - across the board. It will never be achievable. Not EVER. Anymore than ISIS can jam its narrow worldview down the throats of the rest of the world that disagrees and doesn't want to comply.

[octoberlib]

33. +1

[TBF]

14. Is the heart fundraiser over? Cuz I want to buy him a whole bunch! nt

[Delmette]

15. OMG this guy is awesome!

[Sienna86]

18. I like this guy!

Great list and sense of humor too!

[KamaAina]

20. Pity the Colbert Report is gone

He would have been perfect!

[blm]

21. Here's his hilarious Facebook postings for those who don't tweet….

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026238506

[octoberlib]

25. Thank you blm!

[blm]

26. ; )

.

[lamp_shade]

27. From the Charlotte Observer...

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/17/5520757/sen-jeff-jackson-has-senate-to.html#.VOONhfnF-Sp

[MADem]

28. This guy is quick and clever--what's not to like? nt

[octoberlib]

30. Watch This North Carolina Senator Shred His Colleagues to Pieces in 6 Minutes

Great speech by Jackson. He could be talking about Congress, as well.

http://bluenationreview.com/watch-north-carolina-senator-shred-colleagues-pieces-six-minutes-flat/




https://vimeo.com/102299905

[Enthusiast]

31. Kicked and recommended!

[Thor_MN]

34. Senate quorums shoul be redefined as an aggregate IQ of 5000.

The Democrats could take the year off as the Republics would still get nothing done, falling well short of a quorum.

[turbinetree]

35. NICE

Now what are the republicans going to do?
When they come back tomorrow they will have to pass legislation to rescind all of the items he debated------nice, way to Go Jackson

[KeepItReal]

36. #JustOneLegislator is LEGEN....wait for it.....DARY!

Coolest thing ever!

[underpants]

37. Hilarious.