Posted on 11/17/2013 3:48:16 PM PST by Libloather
Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Sunday said most House Democrats who broke with their party and voted for a GOP-backed health insurance bill did so to "insulate themselves against sound bites."
Almost 40 House Democrats voted on Friday for a Republican-led bill to to allow everyone to keep their health insurance, regardless of that plan's quality, splitting with President Obama and their party leadership. Most hail from competitive House districts, and Clyburn says that's the reason they backed the bill.
"What you saw with those 39 people, maybe nine people had real serious concerns. The fact of the matter is about 30 of them, and I've talked to them, were insulating themselves against sound bites. And that's part of the problem," Clyburn says on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday morning.
Clyburn ripped the bill for allowing "those substandard policies — I call them junk" to be offered again, but admitted Democrats facing tough races who voted against the bill would be handing their opponent an easy attack line in campaign ads.
"I don't blame anybody for insulating themselves from these sound bites because that's the world we live in — unfortunately, but that's the world we live in," he said.
Democrats have been plunging in the polls over the last few weeks during ObamaCare's tumultuous rollout.
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) called the healthcare law "dangerously flawed" and said it was "time to start over" on healthcare reform, calling for a repeal of the law.
"The website is just the tip of the iceberg," he said.
They called the old policies junk, but were they?
If so why didn’t they try to do something with them instead of adding more junk and a higher p[rice.
Does he mean, like...the out-of-context and chopped and spliced soundbites that the media uses against Republicans every election?
If not for inconvenient “soundbites”, Richard Mourdock would be in the Senate
When the Titanic sunk, using a grand piano as a life raft was understandale. But grand pianos are not the proper design for a life raft. The same with The Clown's expensive policies. Filled with knick knacks nearly no one will need and with their hubris they deem them superior.
nope, this is an old South Racist defending a new one who really doesn’t know what he is, but hides behind his skin color
News a few minutes ago was that 70 million people were in the path of the storm system extending from the mid south to New England today. That is fewer Americans than those who are in the path of a more destructive force, Obama care.
What that racist Clyburn is really saying is that those democrats are lying to their constituents and were voting so they could say they voted for the “keep your policy” law even though did not believe in it. They were just trying to save their asses.
Clyburn is a junk representative.
Sean Trende said there is only 40 House Dems with less than D+5.
the Dems are headed for a serious butt-woop’n in 2014
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So Clyburn decided he'd hand the easy attack line to the Democrats opponents himself? Now those candidates are spineless too, and their own party leadership is making the accusation. What an asset Clyburn is... for the Republican party.
Yeah Senator Clybur,, I'd rather have my "junk policy" that mostly didn't cover thingsy that I don't need, am not going to nreed in the future - ever!
Why do you, Sen. Clyburn, Obama and Sebelius get off telling me that I don't know what I need, YOU, in your wisdom, DO?
“Assistant Democratic Leader” James Clyburn (D-S.C.). I still can’t get over that made up title Pelosi gave him.
““Assistant Democratic Leader” James Clyburn (D-S.C.). I still can’t get over that made up title Pelosi gave him.”
A “Lawn Jockey” is still a “Lawn Jockey,” no matter what the Botox Queen says.
Clyburn is my “rep” only because they picked up my house in the night & moved it into his district which is like a giant amoeba spread over South Carolina. It’s hopeless, he’ll never be diselected & will die in office.
But I can still call Rep. Joe Wilson’s or Rep. Trey Gowdy’s office & lend my support.
Trey Gowdy for President (someday)!
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