[Last Dakotan]

He'll still vote for it, but nice to see them taking some heat in front of voters.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”One person asked why the cost of the plan is so high if Congress isn’t sure it will be effective. “

And "why it needs to be passed immediately if it will take years to work?" This is the weak spot politically

[denydenydeny]

“Will this help them? I don’t think anybody knows,” Dorgan said. “I know what won’t help, and that is for us to say, ‘You know what? Let’s do nothing about anything.’...”Dorgan blamed the financial sector collapse on greed and a lack of government regulation.

What a complete fool.

There was a lot of common sense at the meeting, though none of it from the Senator.

“Allowing them to fail is the accountability,” he said, adding, “As long as we continue to reward bad behavior, we are doomed.”

“At some point the line has to be drawn in the sand. Do we live in a republic, a nation of laws, or do we live in a socialist society where if you get in trouble, you just go to Washington and talk to your buddy after you give him a whole bunch of donations throughout the year to get things done? This is very serious,” he said, drawing applause from the crowd.

From me too.

[tbpiper]

He'll still vote for it, but nice to see them taking some heat in front of voters.

I'll say. We need lots more of that. When Dorgan does vote for it and when it fails, we need to make him and everyother 'yes' voter wear it like a sandwich board.

[Penny]

He actually gives his e-mail address: Senator@dorgan.senate.gov . My FAX to him also went right through (unlike to Collins, which has had a busy signal since I started FAXing all senators three days ago).

Dorgan's FAX is 202.224.1193; Collins' is 202.224.2693; Snow's is 202.224.1946; Specter's is 202.228.1229; and Lie-berman's is 202.224.4041.

It also felt good to send notes of appreciation to Senators Ensign, Sessions, et al. who have steadfastly rejected this fraudulent boondoggle that only a corrupt, incompetent bunch of hysterial democrats could produce (oops--redundancy there).

Regards . . . Penny

[Girlene]

Well, at least he's hearing directly from his constituents that they don't want the spending bill. I liked this comment after the article:

This quote pretty much sums it all up. "You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."

[rushmom]

And the people in North Dakota will still vote for him.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

I disagree with Dorgan on the overall stimulus

But he was the one who put in the Buy American provision...which was the only stimulator in the whole bill...yet there was so much criticism from the Economic Anti-Americans like McCain

McCain lost 65-31 when he tried to kill Buy American...even after it was “watered down” (there was no real “watering down”)

Also, unlike McCain and some other GOP senators...he voted against Illegal Alien Amnesty when they tried to pass it in 2007.

Overall...I would trade my Florida seantors...Sen “Sex With The Troops” Bill Nelson...and Senator “Illegal Alien” Mel Martinez...for Dorgan....anyday