Posted on 09/14/2009 12:46:42 PM PDT by KatyLoraleyVidales
Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, one of the few Republicans you can count on to stab her own party in the back more than John McCain, has issued a dire warning to the White House. Snowe insists that there is "no way" a government run healthcare system will ever pass the Senate. Sayeth the thorn, “I’ve urged the president to take the public option off the table,” adding "it is universally opposed by Republicans," leaving many wondering if she was risking her "maverick" status at the New York Times by oddly including herself in the word "Republicans".
Remember, this is the same Olympia Snowe who supports a "trigger" that would put government run healthcare in place only if the private insurance industry doesn't "come through with the type of reforms that cover more uninsured people." So, perhaps the system is not "universally" oppposed by all Republicans, much less Snowe, a RINO if there ever was one. Either you support government run health care or you do not, Senator Snowe. On this issue there can be no compromise. Period. In any case, her insistence that there is "no way" this will pass and that she is begging and pleading with Barry to take it off the table is encouraging. Maybe the folks up in Maine have been making some phone calls.
Exit question: Is it just me or does Olympia Snowe look a lot like the witch from the movie Big Fish?
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Geezzz, I looked in the dictionary under RINO and found Snowe.
I think I’ll pass judgment after the final vote.
Well, that’s pretty good news. They can barely pass it without her.
Yes she is ...
She must have been watching FOX on Saturday.
Did she bump her head or something?
I’m sure she will jump back across the isle when she comes to her senselessness.
(we ought to just rename the Isle the “line in the sand”)
Could be the protesting that has been going on lately. She has developed the habit of going to office through the kitchen.
First the Blue Dogs, now Snowe.
Encouraging, keep making those calls.
Who knew?
Maybe seeing somewhere between 10,000 and 2-million protesters in Washington over the weekend made her reconsider.
Or does she already know it will pass even without her vote?
She is sounding better than Juan McCain and Miss Lindsey Graham-nesty.
McCain is a MEGA kiss arse to Obama. He sickens me.
Is Snowe up for re-election in 2010?
Is it just my tired old eyes or does anyone else believe in a short time when she looks into the camera we will be seeing another Helen Thomas?
Olympia Snowe is pushing the “trigger” for insurance companies. Which is essentially the public option, but with a waiting period.
She also voted for the stimulus package.
She should stop taking money from the GOP to run her elections. She is NOT a republican. And she is very very liberal.
The politicians are seeing that blinking red light kick into high gear....
I wonder if Snowe has ever questioned why the New York Times has NEVER identified a Democrat as a "maverick"?
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