Snowe went ‘back and forth’ till end

Boston Globe ^ | 10/14/09 | Lisa Wangsness and Susan Milligan

[LibWhacker]

WASHINGTON - Nobody knew for sure what Senator Olympia J. Snowe would do yesterday when the Finance Committee gathered to vote on its health care bill - not even Snowe.

Chairman Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana, had been courting her vote for months, investing long hours in closed-door negotiations with her and the other members of the “Gang of Six.’’ In the late summer and early fall, President Obama spoke with her on the phone and invited her to the White House to address her concerns.

[LibWhacker]

She anguished over it, tormented soul -- teetered, this way and that, to and fro, 'til at last, in a mighty effort, she gathered herself together, jumped up and voted, her voice loud and clear: 'aye-aye,' hell yes for treason!

[fieldmarshaldj]

She chose poorly.

[ElkGroveDan]

Nobody knew for sure what Senator Olympia J. Snowe would do

I did. Why is it that when liberal Republicans spend hours and days of anguish mulling it over, they always land on the left? Hmmmm?

The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drownings frog's back. "I could not help myself. It is my nature."

[Just A Nobody]

Now she needs to pull an “Arlene Sphincter” and get her ass over to the party that is in her heart ... the DemonRats!

[freespirited]

Not buying it. Snowe digs the role she’s been playing.

Just another publicity hound who cant get enough of her name in the headlines.

[fantom]

Right. The egocentric old bag knew all along. Hey , lobster museums in Maine don't come cheap. The only cure for this crap is to take away the lifetime job from these freaks. Hollywood for the ugly second raters.

[NoRedTape]

She is too liberal. Very bad & sad & weak vote. But then again, she's pro-abortion.

Karma bites back on all confused milquetoasted ones.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

I do not trust her one bit.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Nobody knew for sure what Senator Olympia J. Snowe would do

If she had voted no it would still pass, the fact that she voted yes she gets the media spotlight and the homie shout out from the jug-eared leader.

[BigSkyFreeper]

She is Bernie Sanders in drag.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Makes one wonder what “dirt” they had dredged up on her and threatened her with??

[LaybackLenny]

This adds a whole new dimension to the term “snow(e) job.”

[rabscuttle385]

She chose poorly.

That's what she gets for working with National Socialists like Obama, Pelosi, and Reid.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Snowe made it clear that her “aye’’ vote yesterday did not mean she would support the final version of the bill. But she did guarantee she would have an even more influential voice in the weeks ahead, as Democrats continue to sculpt the final proposal.

[teletech]

If Maine floated out to sea, would anyone miss it? Anyone, anyone, Buehler, Buehler?

[Soul Seeker]

I choose to ignore her. She wants her 15 minutes of press preening and everyone focused on her. I’m not playing the game.

She’s a Liberal. She’s always been a enemy not an ally. Nothing changed here. That’s the problem for the Republicans and Deamocrat’s. Nothing changed. People will go on hating both parties and wanting to throw them all out.

[April Lexington]

Yeah. Like anyone in America will believe she was actually going to vote no. Cut the crap, Oly. You are a socialist lurking in the junkyard of the GOP.

[Semperfiwife]

Round and round the Mulberry bush....WE ALL DIE NOW!!!

[roses of sharon]

Speaking of swinging "back and forth"....the Congressional Gallows.

[Tzimisce]

Nobody knew for sure what Senator Olympia J. Snowe would do yesterday when the Finance Committee gathered to vote on its health care bill - not even Snowe.

I wasn't shocked. She's a lib.

I'm a lot more shocked when Republicans actually FIGHT for Conservative principles anymore.