Posted on 09/08/2010 9:55:38 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot
If Obama says more government, and we say LESS government - he yells “RACIST!”
If Obama says socialism is GOOD, and we say no it isn’t - he yells “RACIST!”
If Obama says America is mean and nasty, and we say America is the best country on earth, he yells “RACIST!”
The democrat party is the party of RACIST!
My take. The GOP can easily blow it. So far what have I heard from them? A tax freeze and a few spending cuts but nothing specific. No elimination of any Federal Agencies or programs and a little tinkering with the tax code. Hell this does not cut the mustard in my book. You might as well let the Democrats stay in and have to take responsibility for the mess. The GOP sure seems intent on blowing it.
Sorry RNC, still not a penny from me. Clearly all the talent has left the RNC and joined the RGA and Senate Conservatives fu8nd (DeMint’s group). Their ads rocks.
MR. BOEHNER: Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, I rise tonight with a sad and heavy heart. Today, we should be standing together, reflecting on a year of bipartisanship and working to answer our country's call and their challenge to address the challenge of the rising cost of health insurance in our country.
Today, this body, this institution, enshrined in the First Article of the Constitution by our Founding Fathers as a sign of the importance they placed on this House, should be looking at pride at this legislation and our work. But it is not so.
No, Today we are standing here looking at a health care bill that nobody in this body believes is satisfactory. Today we stand amidst the wreckage of what was once the respect and honor that this House was held in by our fellow citizens. And we all know why it is so.
We have failed to listen to America, and we have failed to reflect the will of our constituents. And when we fail to reflect that will, we fail ourselves and we fail our country
Look at this bill. Ask yourself, do you really believe that if you like the health plan that you have, that you can keep it? No you can't.
In this economy, with this unemployment, with our desperate need for jobs and economic growth, is this the really time to raise taxes, create bureaucracies, and burden every job creator in our land? The answer is no.
Can you go home and tell your senior citizens that these cuts in medicare will not limit their access to doctors or further weaken the program, instead of strengthening it? No you cannot.
Can you go home and tell your constituents, with confidence, that this bill respects the sanctity of all human life, and that it will not allow for taxpayer funding of abortions for the first time in thirty years? No you cannot.
And look at how this bill was written... Can you say it was done openly? With transparency and accountability? Without backroom deals struck behind closed doors, hidden from the people? Hell no, you can't!
Have you read the bill? Have you read the reconciliation bill? Have you read the manager's amendment? Hell no you haven't!
(Call from the floor: Order Mr. Speaker.)
(Speaker: Both sides would do well to remember the dignity of the House.)
Mr. Speaker, in a few minutes, we will cast some of the most consequential votes that any of us will ever cast in this chamber. The decision we make will effect every man, woman and child in this nation for generations to come. If we are going to vote to defy the will of the American People, then we ought to have the courage to stand before them and announce our votes one at a time.
I sent a letter to Speaker this week, asking that the Call of The Roll be ordered for this vote. Madame Speaker, I ask you, will you, in the interest of this institution, grant my request?
(silence)
Will you, Mr. Speaker, grant my request that we have a Call of The Roll?
Mr. Speaker? Will you grant my request that we have the Call of The Roll?
(SPEAKER: Under Clause 2A under Rule 20, a record vote is conducted by electronic device unless the speaker declares otherwise.)
And you, Mr. Speaker, will you grant that request?
(SPEAKER: The Chair will decide at the time the request is made. This is not it.)
My colleagues, my colleagues... This is the People's House. When we came here, we each swore an oath to uphold and abide by the Constitution as Representatives of the People. But the process here is broken. The institution is broken. And as a result, this bill is not what the American People need nor what our constituents want.
Americans are out there making sacrifices and struggling to build a better future for their kids. And over the last year, as the “Damn the Torpedoes” outline of this legislation became more clear, millions of Americans lifted their voices, and many for the first time, asking us to slow down, and not to try to cram through more than this system could handle. Not to spend money that we didn't have.
In this time of recession, they wanted us to focus on jobs. Not more spending. Not more government. And certainly, not more taxes. But what they see today frightens them. They are frightened because they don't know what comes next. They are disgusted because what they see is one political party closing out another from what should be a national solution.
And they are angry. They are angry because no matter how they engage in this debate, this body moves forward against their will. Shame on us. Shame on this body. Shame on each and every one of you who substitutes your own will and your own desires above of those of your fellow countrymen.
Around this chamber, are looking upon us, the Lawgivers. From Moses, to Gaius, to Blackstone, to Thomas Jefferson. By our actions today, we disgrace their values. We break the ties of history in this chamber, and we break our trust with America.
When I handed the Speaker the gavel in 2007, I said this... “This is the People's House. And the moment a majority forgets that, it starts writing a ticket to minority status.” If we pass this bill, there will be no turning back. It will be the last straw for the American people. And in a democracy, you can only ignore the will of the people for so long and get away with it. And if we defy the will of our fellow citizens and pass this bill, we will be held to account by those who have placed us in their trust. We will have shattered those bonds of trust.
I beg you. I beg each and every one of you, on both sides of the aisle, do not further strike at the heart of this country and this institution with arrogance, for surely you will not strike with impunity.
I ask each of you to vow to never let this happen again... this process, this defiance of our citizens... to begin to restore the bonds of trust with our nation, and return comity to this institution.
And so join me. Join me in voting against this bill, so that we can come together. Together anew, addressing the challenge of health care in a manner that brings credit to this body and brings credit to the ideals of this nation. And, most importantly, that reflects the will of the American People.
And I yield back...
I’d like to see a response along the lines of: No, we’re not the party of No - We’re the party of HELL NO!
How far into the video does the RNC go before attacking the Tea Party movement?
I’m sorry, but I think the advertisement stinks.
There is much too much Obama in it — I can’t even stand to look at his face, and I think a lot of voters feel the same way.
It also seems to me very unprofessional — I think they need to get some professional staff.
I also find it very confusing since more than 50% of the time it seems that voters who support Democrats are on the screen even the Republicans are paying for the advertisement.
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