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(Texas-D) Doggett says he’s more resolved than ever to pass a health-care plan ("Just Say No")
Austin American Statesman ^ | Monday, August 3, 2009, 11:27 AM | W. Gardner Selby

Posted on 08/03/2009 12:46:52 PM PDT by a fool in paradise

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, fresh off a rousing neighborhood meeting on health-care reform that ended with people chanting “just say no,” said this morning he’s more resolved than ever to seek congressional approval of health-care reforms.

The Austin Democrat said people who attended the gathering Saturday morning at a South Austin grocery store first heard him talk about why he favors change and then he took questions. Doggett said he subsequently said he wanted to talk one on one with crowd members interested in other issues, but that proved impossible because of deafening chants of “just say no.”

It was the din, Doggett said, that encouraged him to depart for a community event in Bastrop, where he said some in the Austin crowd followed. Later, he said, a few people opposed to Democratic health-care proposals showed up at a Democratic Party event in Bastrop.

Doggett said of his stop at the grocery store: “It wasn’t as if I wouldn’t listen and respond. They had their say; they just went a little too far.”

Separately, Doggett issued this statement today about Saturday’s event:

"This mob, sent by the local Republican and Libertarian parties, did not come just to be heard, but to deny others the right to be heard. And this appears to be part of a coordinated, nationwide effort. What could be more appropriate for the “party of no” than having its stalwarts drowning out the voices of their neighbors by screaming 'just say no!' Their fanatical insistence on repealing Social Security and Medicare is not just about halting health care reform but rolling back 75 years of progress. I am more committed than ever to win approval of legislation to offer more individual choice to access affordable health care. An effective public plan is essential to achieve that goal."


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 111th; agenda; bhohealthcare; congress; democratcongress; democrats; doggett; healthcare; justsayno; liberalfascism; obamacare; socializedmedicine; townhall; townhalls
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To: a fool in paradise

screw my constituants! I’m voting socialist whether they like it or not!


61 posted on 08/03/2009 1:43:29 PM PDT by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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To: basil

Ping - thought you might be interested


62 posted on 08/03/2009 1:44:43 PM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: a fool in paradise

“Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their necks in order not to listen or take correction.” Jeremiah 17:23


63 posted on 08/03/2009 1:49:09 PM PDT by TennesseeGirl
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To: AZFolks
Vote him out in 2010.

He is in the most liberal voting district in Texas. "9/11 was an inside job" and "Meat is Murder" are common bumper stickers around there.
64 posted on 08/03/2009 1:50:21 PM PDT by BJClinton (One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: ScottinVA

Dog$hit could care less. He made that clear by his statement that he’s more resolved than ever to see this healthcare farce pass.


65 posted on 08/03/2009 1:53:53 PM PDT by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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To: a fool in paradise
Durbin's now claiming that the protests are funded by the medical industry.

Durbin warns other lawmakers of healthcare town hall 'sucker punch' (The Hill Monday, August 03, 2009)

66 posted on 08/03/2009 1:55:12 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: Concho

What makes him think there were no ‘rats in the bunch saying ‘just say no’. There are some that have woken up!

This idiot has it backwards - it ‘we the people’ and that truth is definitely missing.


67 posted on 08/03/2009 1:59:36 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: nomad

bttt


68 posted on 08/03/2009 2:01:06 PM PDT by EmilyGeiger ( Government Healthcare will have the efficiency of the postal service and the compassion of IRS)
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To: a fool in paradise

Listen here little lloyd, foolishly spending the peoples money and taking away their freedoms does not a noble politician make. You sir are are an enemy of the people.


69 posted on 08/03/2009 2:01:45 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: a fool in paradise
"This mob, sent by the local Republican and Libertarian parties, did not come just to be heard, but to deny others the right to be heard. And this appears to be part of a coordinated, nationwide effort..."

Oh, so many targets! This is Marxist/Alinsky-speak for "How dare you use our tactics against us?

This is another coordinated talking point to belittle the American people, 85% of whom do not want zer0 killing Granny. We will hear this from dimonrats and rinos everywhere until they realize it's not working this time.

His "more resolved than ever" to pass this capital crime against us is translated, "I don't give a flying fig what you think. This will give us power forever over every aspect of your lives and all your money, and you can't stop us, bwaaaa ha ha ha ha!"

Great representative! But who is he representing?

70 posted on 08/03/2009 2:13:00 PM PDT by TheOldLady (I hate Freepathons! PLEASE DONATE NOW! Get it over with!)
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To: TheOldLady

So we use his tactics. Look at how many Bush policies he reversed the week he got in office.

How quick before we could repeal Obamacare?


71 posted on 08/03/2009 2:17:17 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: Jewbacca

Your assessment of Austin is correct in all aspects except geography. Some of us are considering moving the seat of government to San Antonio or possibly Dime Box.


72 posted on 08/03/2009 2:19:32 PM PDT by ByteMercenary (Healthcare Insurance is *NOT* a Constitutional right.)
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To: AZFolks; presently no screen name; All
Vote him out in 2010. ... Isn’t he suppose to represent his constituents? ... He just needs to be fired - pure and simple. And let him know. Is he up in 2010?

LLoyd Dogsh*t has been gerrymandered into one of the most liberal districts in the United States. He represents both East Austin
(almost all minorities) and the Fajita Strip. In 2008 he beat his opponent 66% to 31%.

Nothing is going to dislodge this clown short of a load of dynamite.

73 posted on 08/03/2009 2:23:08 PM PDT by Zakeet (Obama: Always wrong, never in doubt.)
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To: a fool in paradise

I’ve heard it said that it can never be repealed. People look at other countries that have it, and see that it’s not working. Their solutions are never repeal, but get-arounds like ignoring their own laws about the illegality of paying a private doctor out of pocket.

But this is the United States of America, and we should be able to do anything once we assume the reins again. How quickly? I don’t know. It depends on how much of the gubmint we can eliminate and replace either through the electoral process, provided we can wrestle it back from the oak seed crowd, or through a Continental Congress — you know, the way we did it the first time.


74 posted on 08/03/2009 2:26:43 PM PDT by TheOldLady (I hate Freepathons! PLEASE DONATE NOW! Get it over with!)
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To: Tarpon

LOL!


75 posted on 08/03/2009 2:29:45 PM PDT by lonestar (Obama is turning Bush's "mess" into a catastrophe.)
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To: a fool in paradise

He needs an opponent in the primary... a RINO running as a Dem...make him spend some $$$.


76 posted on 08/03/2009 2:31:50 PM PDT by lonestar (Obama is turning Bush's "mess" into a catastrophe.)
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To: Jewbacca
Oh, Austin is part of Texas. It's where we send the whack-jobs so we can keep track of them. It's also the state capitol. Seemed like a two-fer at the time.

/johnny

77 posted on 08/03/2009 2:34:51 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (God Bless us all, each, and every one.)
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To: 2nd amendment mama
I'm more committed than he is! I'm committed to doing everything in my power to getting him replaced next year!

What these a-holes don't realize is that there are now a majority of Americans who want no part of this health care scheme.

Hopefully, 4 yrs of a dim run congress will bring us at least 8 yrs of a conservative run congress.

78 posted on 08/03/2009 2:45:54 PM PDT by basil (Eliminate ALL "gun free" zones, AKA Killing Fields)
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To: Zakeet
ALL US reps are up in 2010, Zakeet. The fajuta strip is gone now.


79 posted on 08/03/2009 2:51:23 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (ObommaNation - beyond your expectations.)
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To: Need4Truth
I seem to remember some guy in Washington state suing his constituents and he lost the next election. Turn on your constituents, they will turn on you! Especially for this yo-yo, who was elected in a formally republican congressional district.
80 posted on 08/03/2009 2:54:26 PM PDT by rawhide
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