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Posted on 06/26/2009 10:56:23 PM PDT by Hildy
The two Republicans who didn’t vote: Jeff Flake (AZ) and John Sullivan (OK).
Here’s why: Flake had a “family conflict” (his daughter is reportedly in a beauty pageant in Alabama tomorrow) and Sullivan is undergoing alcohol treatment. FYI - Dem. Rep. Patrick Kennedy was pulled out of rehab to cast his vote.
Saw this on Malkin’s website. I don’t fault either of them. It was the eight knucklehead rinos that are at fault. I simply don’t understand why they shoot themselves in the foot, especially when rats are going with the rest of the republicans. Jeez.
You don’t fault them? Really? Probably the biggest vote of their careers?
Oh Hildy really? You are an awesome FREEPER, but you are exaggerating big time. I can name the TARP money fiasco as even worse that this vote. And there are many others that have been passed over the years.
They need to hear the riot act from their constituentns, but good!
I agree. They have a job to do. So do it.
Well..it was a big vote, in this political climate they had to know we’d all be watching. I do tend to exaggerate..it’s part of my charm! :P
So the margin would have been closer by two votes, and still would have passed. Unless they could somehow convinced the 8 to stay the course.
Damn ‘our side’(I’m not a member of either party) just dropped the ball on this big time. If nothing else, the republicans that voted FOR this garbage provided political cover so several of those dems that voted against it could do so while the legislation still passed. If those republicans would have voted against it, an equal amount of dems would have been forced to vote for it, causing them trouble back home. Also, if the vote count would have been looking like that before the actual vote, it would have given those dems more bargaining power, and could have caused the legislation to be more watered down to meet their liking.
Those so called republicans really betrayed the entire country today. What boggles the mind is how could these republicans hold firm and oppose the porkulus bill, and support THIS?? This bill is FAR worse for our country than porkulus was. ....It’s irrational!
that’s not the point...I want my congresspeople to show up. THey beg for our votes, and then do whatever they please and I for one am sick of it.
Hildy I just don’t understand this bill and I suspect that most Americans are clueless to it. Is it the businesses that are going to pay these taxes? Is this about cabon credits or something like that. I guarantee you that only 15 percent of Americans (if that high) even know what the heck it is or even that it was voted on today.
Don’t fall for that! Even IF TRUE........is that your attitude on voting day?
“Oh well, what’s one vote going to count?”
/rant
I’ve heard several commentators say today that it won’t pass the Senate...so maybe that explains it?
Wish my so called representative hadn’t voted.
Arizona Tea Party NATIONAL CAP & TRADE PROTEST RALLY'S' Arizona State Capitol Tomorrow June 27, 2009 from 12pm to 1pm...I will be there
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I agree with you 100%.
We’re having a tea party tomorrow in my small town. Almost 200 people showed up in April, and this is the follow up...I’m hoping for a lot of people and a lot of anger...we need to get angry. And then we need to get busy.
Behind the scenes horse trading and wheeling and dealing. These abstentions were part and parcel of managing the appearance of a close vote, while providing cover for the vulnerable.
Smoke and mirrors, in other words. The chummy little club protects it’s own, but will get it’s predetermined outcome eventually.
Watch the earmarks down the road for further indication of this dealmaking. Yes votes and abstentions will be compensated for risking voter wrath, unlikely as that might be in IL or NJ.
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