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The High Price of Ben Nelson's Low Vote
The American Thinker Blog ^ | December 19, 2009 | Marc Sheppard

Posted on 12/20/2009 3:26:58 AM PST by Scanian

Democrat Ben “Dover” Nelson, who had previously threatened to join a GOP filibuster of the Senate Health Care Bill, proved today that everything has a price – including a man’s values. The Nebraska Senator just accepted what I’ll generously describe as an enormous “monetary incentive” to do a complete 180 on his long-time position on abortion funding and thereby gave this awful legislation life with his 60th all-Democrat vote.

Earlier this month, Nelson insisted that he would not support a bill without stronger anti-abortion language:

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: abortion; benedictarnoldnelson; benedictnelson; bennelson; bribery; cornhuskerkickback; cornhuskerkickbacks; liar; monetaryincentives; nebraska; nebraskawhore; nelson; obamacare; prostitute; sellout; votebuying; whore; youlie
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To: Scanian; zot

A new version of 30 pieces of silver. He did better than Mary Landireu. And shows how the Dimocraptic congress is completely out of control and in violation of their oath to the uphold the constitution of the United States.


21 posted on 12/20/2009 6:10:17 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Scanian

Someone on another thread figured out that Nelson’s price was less than $3 per year for each Nebraska resident. If you look at it that way, his sellout of the unborn is pretty cheap.


22 posted on 12/20/2009 7:48:00 AM PST by Western Phil
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To: GloriaJane; homegroan; Carley
This is the biggie, the 60-votes-needed-for-cloture vote. Nelson can still vote against it and kill the bill.

Exhort him! Shame him! Call him back to duty!

Click here to go to Ben Nelson's web-based message system and leave a message. After you send the message, you can hit the "Back" button, get back on the message page and do it again. And again. And again.

Let's break down his damn servers.

Then: Click here to SIGN THE EMERGENCY PETITION asking Nelson to keep his promise and vote AGAINST the manager's amendment (abortion funding.)

Don't grow weary this late in the fight.
There are three cloture votes needed.
Nelson hasn't voted for one yet.

23 posted on 12/20/2009 8:05:06 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West" - Aragorn)
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To: jws3sticks
One word describes Nelson: Whore

One has to wonder the thoughts of the other "Girls", who gave their vote away for free, are thinking this morning?

The old adage rings true today, as it has forever:

Once you identified yourself as a whore, it is just a matter of setting the price.

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24 posted on 12/20/2009 9:04:28 AM PST by doc11355
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To: GreyFriar

Blatant bribery.

The RAT senators who gave away their votes should take note and demand something like this in the future.


25 posted on 12/20/2009 10:24:04 AM PST by zot
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To: zot

Perhaps we should demand that the mighty midget mikulski hold out for the same deal as nebraska got.


26 posted on 12/20/2009 11:20:52 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

That’s a good idea. Might set off a chain reaction.


27 posted on 12/20/2009 1:27:32 PM PST by zot
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To: Scanian

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411952/posts

Boycott Nebraska.
Me | 12/20/04 | Me

Posted on Sunday, December 20, 2009 5:30:01 PM by Jeff Gordon

Senator Nelson of Nebraska cut a special deal. In exchange for agreeing to allow government funds be used for abortions, he got a special deal for Nebraska. The special deal was that Nebraska would not have to pay matching funds for Medicade. All the other 49 states must pay matching funds. Many of those state like my own state of California can not afford to pay those matching funds.

Who pays for Nebraska’s Medicare casts? All of us who live in the other 49 states. BS, I say. We should not stand by while Nebraska sucks money from all the rest of us.

BOYCOTT Nebraska! We should not give them any additional revenue after they got this sweet heart deal.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411952/posts


28 posted on 12/21/2009 10:39:46 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Does 0b0z0 have any friends, who aren't traitors, spies, tax cheats and criminals?)
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