Posted on 08/14/2009 6:13:20 AM PDT by Ebenezer
In a public forum defined as much by passionate declarations on abortion as by statements about health care policy intricacies, U.S. Rep. Ahn "Joseph" Cao, R-New Orleans, said Thursday that he "leans" toward supporting the House Democrats' vision of a medical system overhaul provided it won't pay for procedures to end pregnancy.
"The word is 'leaning,' " he repeated to about 150 people gathered at an Irish Channel Neighborhood Association meeting, the first of four planned public forums for Cao during the August recess.
Besides the abortion caveat, Cao further tempered his statement with his concerns about how major policy changes affect the federal budget, future deficit projections, the larger economy and Medicare recipients.
"These are issues that concern the president as well," Cao said, adding one of his many references to the complexity of the proposals and his continued struggle on a decision.
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Cao beat Jeff. but he is in a huge Dem district. Perhaps he is playing rope a dope. Who knows? We shall see when and if a House bill ever gets to a vote.
Thanks for understanding. There is simply too much at stake here with this atrocious healthcare “reform” bill.
If the job assignment is to go into a heavily DEM district and elect somebody who is something other than a liberal democrat ... most people on this thread would have no clue. They are “Johnny One-Notes”.
Cao has done nothing wrong. If he casts the deciding vote in favor of ObamaCare, people can justifiably complain. But that ain’t gonna happen.
And for those who want to lose the seat to the DEMS, because “we can’t win there in 2010”, who authorized them to give that seat back to the leftists who are destroying this country? Losing elections to the leftists is not a basic principal of conservatism. (I would like to see that list of all the House seats that we are supposed to forfeit to the lefties.)
Cao has done nothing wrong.
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What I found out since my initial comments is that Cao voted against Porkulus and against Crap and tax. That confirms what you’re saying.
I also have been saying, we need people to use nuance and communicate well (cleverly, if you will) in some of these districts - using Reagan as a successful example of how we can get centrist D and Indie votes. Anyone who doesn’t understand that, will not win in many districts in this country.
It IS about the bigger electoral picture!
Another wide-stance Republican?
“I dare say if he represented a district full of thieves who wanted to steal and Murderers who wanted to kill others,...”
What was there about his representing New Orleans that you missed?
All kidding aside, I believe the absurdity to make your point fails. This is not a ‘moral’ issue in the sense of murder, thievery or abortion. And Cao has said his objections do relate in particular to the abortion issue. So that is not operating in a moral vacuum.
Nationalized healthcare is wrong in OUR opinion, based on our political persuasion, but it is not such as would be explicit in the Ten Commandments. It is an economic issue with extrapolated moral issues.
I.e., the question could and should properly be raised .. is it fair to take $ from a worker in the form of taxes to pay for health care for an able-bodied but unwilling non-worker? Is that thievery? We might believe it is, but others don’t. It’s a subjective response based on our own life experiences that inform each of our political philosophies.
I happen to live in a Congressional District that became Democrat in the last election, and is likely to stay in that column for some time to come :( Our new Congressman believes we have an absolute moral obligation to care for those less fortunate than ourselves (through the govt, of course). Frankly, I don’t want him exercising HIS vision of leadership and morality by voting for this monstrosity. But he will. And he won’t listen to his constituents who, by and large, will be stuck on the paying end. But, hey, he’s exercising his morality and leadership.
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