Posted on 08/17/2009 7:59:42 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
The words of a local congressman on the issue of healthcare are coming under scrutiny.
Democrat Eric Massa told a group in Pennsylvania that he would vote against the interests of his constituents on healthcare reform if he believes what he's voting for would be helpful to them.
Massa has held dozens of town hall meetings, many focused on healthcare, but this past weekend while in Pittsburgh, meeting with the grassroots progressive political action group Net Roots Nation, Massa answered questions about where he stands on healthcare reform versus where his constituents stand.
"I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I'm doing is going to help them....I will vote against their opinion if I actually believe it will help them," Massa said.
(Excerpt) Read more at 13wham.com ...
That’s one outstanding represent....a....tive.......oh, wait
May he be voted out ASAP. Why does he think he’s there in the first place, for HIS paycheck?
Whoa. I’d say that might be a good way to ensure that you don’t have to stay more than two years in nasty old Washington DC.
Violating an oath perhaps????
Well, at least he’s honest about it...but...he needs to be tossed out.
We have our winning ad for the next election...
“I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district...”
more importantly: he is against the interests of freedom and the US constitution
And I am the one who is wise enough to know what is good for my constiuants ... whether they like it or not ... after all I am their (wanna be) Massa
I think he’s the guy that Greta had on last week and he said essentially the same thing -”this is a representative democracy”. What an ass!
Isn’t there any grounds against what this guy just stated to toss him out now? Emergency vote in his district to oust him? I wish I knew every law there was out there, this is so frustrating.....
Isn’t it funny that his name is “Massa?”
He’ll be one of the 61 Democrats who will lose in the House on Election Night 2010...yup, that’s my prediction.
Yup. It does. To paraphrase Judas Priest: You've got another narrative comin'...
He is a classmate of mine from the Naval Academy. USNA has not had a good record turning out politicians: Carter, Webb, McCain, and now Massa.
No, that wasn’t him, Greta’s guest was a former military guy, named , hell I can’t remember, Stacek? Stanek?
There are times when representatives and senators need to take a hard vote and vote the opposite way their constituents want. In the case of the constituents wanting something illegal, unconstitutional, immoral or something otherwise unsound. There is plenty of support behind this principle from the founding fathers. Of course they would only say it is valid when the office holder is voting for something that is truly the better thing (not what we are discussing now).
This guy is 180 degrees out of whack. He’s going to vote for something that he believes will help them but will actually hurt them. The people legitimately need to toss him out the next election and use his own words for the ad - but you have to explain in the ad WHY him doing so is wrong, because in THIS case it HURTS, not HELPS. IE Socialized medicine everywhere is a expensive failure that rations care to control costs, and we have no evidence that Congress can perfect something no other nation has. We have tons of evidence Congress screws up everything it sets up. That is why he’s wrong in this case.
agreed..but also coupled with the congresswoman from Houston taking a cell phone call during a question from a cancer patient..
Easy come, easy go.
LOL. What’s against the interests of my district is what is good for my district.
How do people get away with this $h!t??????
The left is imploding and it is about time.
Sestak and Massa, both leftist Kamikaze politicians.
Massa was interviewed today on the Lou Dobbs radio program. Lou asked him - how do you feel now that your air cover is gone since Obama has pulled the gov’t control plan. Massa says- I don’t need no air cover, I drove boats-.
He sure was one adamant guy on goverment controlled healthcare.
“He is a classmate of mine from the Naval Academy. USNA has not had a good record turning out politicians: Carter, Webb, McCain, and now Massa.”
You forgot Joe Sestak (D-PA) running against Arlen Specter.
Massa is a first term congressman. The district was held by Republicans for nearly 20 years.
He needs to find another job in 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXWmVBadWvU
“Rep. Massa Addresses Netroots: I will vote against the interests of my district”
(August 16, 2009)
Prime candidate to be unemployed in Jan11
LOL i’m there with you.
Yeah, I saw Sestak being interviewed after his announcement that he was challenging Specter. The guy is way to the left for PA.
Here come the torches and pitchforks.
And I know how we can all stop their paychecks and their spending real quick, come next April 15th!
Nope, wayyyy too late. It should never have had a chance to even happen. They've been very upfront about their kookery for some time. I'm afraid they will bring the entire country down before they can be ousted.
Typical arrogant, condescending, liberal.
“Massa is a first term congressman. The district was held by Republicans for nearly 20 years.”
Must be one of them thar “Blue Dawggers”
Yes, Massa!
bump
“I think he’s the guy that Greta had on last week and he said essentially the same thing -”this is a representative democracy”. What an ass!”
Sorry I was mistaken. This is not the same guy I saw on Greta (but he is still an ass!).
Sestak duped people by touting his long military service. People equate MILITARY with conservative, dem or Pubbie, even though murthless murtha was once a Marine; Webb is a flake; Graham is a Rino; McSlain is, well, I don’t know what he is; In No Way is a flaming liberal; Skerry was in Vietnam, doncha know, a real fake hero putz and a gigolo to boot; more like dat.
They get into office and manage to stay there for damn near ever.
I don’t know how Graham got re-elected last term after supporting amnesty. Murtha should be in jail. McSlain should be....retired without honors. Skerry should be wandering the halls of Heinz munching theresa’s raisins.
And sestak reminds me of the villains in Land of the Lost.
In No Way brings home the bacon, I guess. NONE of them ought to be where they are.
Sorry. I just can’t stand it.
I’d say that might be a good way to ensure that you don’t have to stay more than two years in nasty old Washington DC.
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And that’s how long ANY of them should stay IMHO.
1) the fact that the Senate had to take out the "death panels" means they know WE know
2) the public is acutely aware of what's going on, and if some of the House members have been "bought off" by O or intimidated, but there is much more pressure on senators, because it's a 6-year wait to try again, and many of them are so conceited as to they they are entitled to those jobs.
3) the name calling by the Left tells me we are getting very, very close. They are coming unhinged. MY GREATEST FEAR NOW IS THAT THEY WILL COMPROMISE SOMETHING, ANYTHING, TO GET IT 'INTO LAW.' I WANT THEM TO FIGHT FOR THEIR DAMN BILL SO THAT THE PUBLIC REACTION IS OVERWHELMING AND TOTAL IN 2010 AND 2012.
Well it isn't right and it isn't popular so that makes him wrong and wrong again.
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