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Democrats search for villains on health care
Politico ^ | July 28, 2009 | PATRICK O'CONNOR

Posted on 07/28/2009 4:43:45 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

With their health care plans in a holding pattern — and no George W. Bush to kick around anymore — Democrats are casting about for somebody to blame.

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn says that Republicans have “perfected ‘just say no.’” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said insurance companies are chalking up “immoral profits.”

But even if they won’t acknowledge it publicly, most Democrats in Congress know the truth: It’s their own colleagues who are slowing down progress in both the House and the Senate.

Back in 2005, Democrats made a concerted push to recruit conservative candidates to help them win in Republican-leaning districts. The strategy worked, propelling the party to power in 2006 and giving it a larger majority in 2008.

The frustration bubbled over last Friday after negotiations broke down between the Blue Dogs and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.). Afterward, the chairman complained, “We’re not going to let them empower Republicans to control the committee.”

But now Democrats at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue are grappling with the downside: To get health care reform through Congress, they’re going to have to get it past these new, more conservative members of their party — specifically, the seven Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee who have delayed consideration of the bill.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; bhohaelthcare; bhohealthcare; bluedogs; congress; democrats; healthcare; liberalfascism; obamacare; pelosi; socialism; socializedmedicine

1 posted on 07/28/2009 4:43:46 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I know, I know.

It’s Sarah Palin’s fault.


2 posted on 07/28/2009 4:57:38 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Democrats always look for ‘villains’. That's a cornerstone of their modus operandi, divide and conquer. They push racial tension, class warfare, and label those who don't agree with them as nazis or stupid. Chris Dodd, Obama, and many others can get sweet real estate deals, and that's not a problem. On the other hand, anyone from the middle class who is just beyond the arbitrary cutoff they've decided to use is ‘rich’ and therefore needs to be somehow punished.

For the record, it's not uncommon for people to struggle for years trying to make things work financially, for example building a business or doing advanced training, and only after all those years finally making a paycheck that would put them beyond Obama’s cutoff. They aren't rich, and are just starting to reap the rewards of their efforts. They are at that point playing ‘catch up’. On the other hand, someone from old money who truly is ‘rich’ may have no income at all for a particular year, even if their investments bear fruit. So these arbitrary government cutoffs are not at all fair.

3 posted on 07/28/2009 4:58:46 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: eCSMaster

Dems don’t know math and this proves it. How 40% of the members of Congress can overrule the other 60% is beyond me. Yet that is what their ridiculous attack strategy is. Hopefully it will not work.


4 posted on 07/28/2009 5:24:34 AM PDT by TNCMAXQ
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
I think we have entered the twilight zone. Politico published this photo and writing.

"Without George W. Bush to kick around anymore, Democrats are casting about for somebody to blame. "

5 posted on 07/28/2009 7:22:16 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama, the first ever 3 in a half year, lame duck TOTUS)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Everybody, everyone, and everything but themselves.....


6 posted on 07/28/2009 7:22:21 AM PDT by cranked
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

Yep! Alisky’s Rules.


7 posted on 07/28/2009 7:28:43 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Alinsky’s ^


8 posted on 07/28/2009 7:29:02 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

The guy in the middle looks like he’s asleep, doesn’t he?


9 posted on 07/28/2009 7:29:30 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

How many of these did they use on Palin?

http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/8925/alinsky.htm


10 posted on 07/28/2009 7:31:58 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama, the first ever 3 in a half year, lame duck TOTUS)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Democrats are casting about for somebody to blame.

Aren't there any mirrors in the senate washrooms?

11 posted on 07/28/2009 7:44:35 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
 
 
Democrats search for villains on health care
 
Guess that would be us, the American People. We're their favorite adversary.
 
 

12 posted on 07/28/2009 7:52:58 AM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
no George W. Bush to kick around anymore

13 posted on 07/28/2009 7:53:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Hey dems...try looking in the mirror.

Here is a link to the full House Democrat Health Care Plan in PDF. In Section 1233 E & F, pages 426-433, you find the part about mandatory end-of-life counseling for anyone over 65 years of age. Section 152 Page 50: All healthcare services will be provided without regard to "personal characteristcs" which is not defined within the document but is understood to include immigration status.

A lot more provisions now being documented at that site.

HOUSE DEMOCRAT HEALTH CARE PLAN - http://www.jeffhead.com/DemHealthCare.htm

Also, here's a large image of the Democratic (Obama) Health Plan chart-another Obama empty promise. This is the one the House democrats are censuring. Email these links or the image to everyone you know.


Decmocrat (Obama) Health Plan
http://www.jeffhead.com/DemHealthCare.htm

Obama and all those pushing his radical agenda are abject marxist ideologues. Their "fundamental; change" is nothing more than a destruction of the American free market and fundamental republican principle.

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THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

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14 posted on 07/28/2009 8:03:52 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

Ugh. Politics is theater of the ugly - inside and out.


15 posted on 07/28/2009 8:31:49 AM PDT by hsalaw
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