Ballerina, Pantywaist, White House Chief of Staff
“Rule one: Never allow a crisis to go to waste,”
Posted on 03/08/2010 1:45:10 PM PST by Second Amendment First
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver said today on KCUR's "Up to Date" that President Barack Obama doesn't have the votes to pass health care reform in the U.S. House.
"We're not at 217," Cleaver said, referring to the number needed to pass the bill.
Later, the three-term Democrat from Kansas City said the passage number could be 216 given vacancies in the House.
The count today, Cleaver said, is about 201 health care supporters.
That number, he added, could fluctuate significantly as a final vote nears.
Listen to the show, that also featured Kansas Congressman Dennis Moore, here.
I bet you’re right about the rats being furious; this is the first real number I’ve seen to date.
Kill the Bill !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bribery and intimidation tactics from the White House. Suggest we keep good track of this stuff because after November we will need to take action of any of these tactics are against the law.
If any laws are being broken by the White House then it is going to be rough sailing. I think the intimidation, if true, must be illegal.
The Democrats have this thing called “party discipline” which, admittedly, is an almost unknown concept to non-Democrats.
It has worked pretty well for them, however. Until now.
Send Rahm down to the Congressional gym showers for more unhinged, nude berating of the intransigents!
I’d love to see none other than Ken Starr turned loose on the Obamistas for the next ten years. You and I both know that the chances of the GOP ever doing anything like that are less than nil.
Send Rahm down to the Congressional gym showers for more unhinged, nude berating of the intransigents!
Send Rahm down to the showers and drop the soap in front of Bawney Fwank.
This could be the best of all scenarios ... wherein the Democrats reveal themselves as totalitarian, oblivious to the concerns/ demands of their constitutents, free spending, incompetent, and incapable of governing in one fell swoop — with the added bonus of us not having to live with the resulting legislation.<>
SnakeDoc
It's what I wished for too, but the suspense, and the extreme danger, has my stomach in knots. I'd better buck up, 'cuz this could last for weeks.
My question is, when is somebody going to flatten that little, sawed-off SOB?
The flyover country bluedog dhimmicrats are the ones who will either not vote for it....or vote for it under duress.
Unfortunately, Nobody could beat Cleaver in that district.
He can get away with it because Nancy won’t mess with the CBC and several of the CBC members have already expressed disatisfaction with any bill that doesn’t contain a public option.
Ballerina, Pantywaist, White House Chief of Staff
“Rule one: Never allow a crisis to go to waste,”
Obama is now going to “clear the field” of opposition.
“Why are there any votes for this bill?
Bribery and intimidation tactics from the White House. Suggest we keep good track of this stuff because after November we will need to take action of any of these tactics are against the law.”
There are also some serious commies and socialists in elected office who really like government takeover of health care.
Wow, if he has only 201, he is deep trouble!
Ken Starr just took a job as head of Baylor University.
Yes, it is the Senate Bill that it is being talked about.
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