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Are Republicans losing their nerve on repeal?
Washington Post ^ | Tuesday, April 13, 2010 | Marc Thiessen

Posted on 04/12/2010 4:51:24 PM PDT by dr_who

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1 posted on 04/12/2010 4:51:24 PM PDT by dr_who
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The Repubs better remember that they are an endangered species (or perhaps endangered critter would be a more apt description). I feel more empathy for a rat than I do for the vast majority of things currently infesting Washington.

Either they repeal this, or they reap the whirlwind during the revolution.

And that - sirs - is indeed coming if we don’t kick out the loon, his minions, and the brain f*art called the health bill.


2 posted on 04/12/2010 4:55:59 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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It’s amazing how many Rs don’t have a backbone. They better get the message. It’s repeal, not amend.


3 posted on 04/12/2010 4:56:06 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: dr_who

Love this transparency! Keep talking we’ll know who to vote for in November. This bill needs to be repealed. period end of story.


4 posted on 04/12/2010 4:56:39 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (The light is about to go out, do your part)
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To: dr_who

The Republicans are about as likely to repeal healthcare as they are to tax abortions.


5 posted on 04/12/2010 4:56:57 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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Note to the GOP: It doesn’t goddamn well matter what you want. WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT IS FOR THIS POS BILL TO BE COMPLETELY, UTTERLY REPEALED. If you’re not willing to do it, we will fire you and replace you with someone who will.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.


6 posted on 04/12/2010 4:57:18 PM PDT by snowrip (Liberal? YOU ARE A SOCIALIST WITH NO RATIONAL ARGUMENT.)
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To: dr_who

Without 2/3 of both houses (to override a veto) a repeal isn’t going to happen.

It is VERY unlikely that they will have 2/3 even after Nov.

They *might* get 2/3 in the House (but even that is unlikely). But they won’t get it in the Senate - even if they win every Senate election.


7 posted on 04/12/2010 4:57:38 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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Well, the Washington Post and those of their ilk certainly hope the Republicans lose their nerve. So why not attempt to move the “storyline” in your direction by reporting what you hope to be the case as if it were news?


8 posted on 04/12/2010 4:57:47 PM PDT by The4thHorseman
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Are Republicans losing their nerve on repeal?

Rasmussen polls say “Hello!”
"Support for Repeal of Health Care Plan Up To 58%"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2491405/posts

9 posted on 04/12/2010 4:58:49 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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It’s very hard not to conclude the country is lost.


10 posted on 04/12/2010 4:59:35 PM PDT by JoSixChip (It's time to embrace the madness! The sooner we default the sooner we can reorganize.)
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To: The4thHorseman

Obama’s propaganda machine at work ... create fear, uncertainty and doubt. Oldest play in the book ... Don’t take this article seriously, I think the Republicans know they have to overturn this monstrosity.


11 posted on 04/12/2010 4:59:52 PM PDT by Free America52 (The White guys are getting pissed off. We beat Hitler Hirohito and Krushchev. Obama will be easy.)
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To: dr_who
Are Republicans losing their nerve on repeal?

Hah. They ain't got a single nerve between 'em.

Well, okay, maybe they have one nerve. But they have to share it between forty-one Senators.

12 posted on 04/12/2010 5:00:16 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (Ronald Reagan: "Peace Through Strength." Barack Obama: "Perpetual War Through Utter Weakness.")
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Republicans cave? no way.


13 posted on 04/12/2010 5:02:03 PM PDT by muddler (Obama is either incompetent or malicious, and it makes little difference which.)
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Kirk, Burr, Alexander. Three RINOs. I'm shocked. Any candidate running in 2010 who does not demand repeal, should be completely eliminated from vote consideration.
14 posted on 04/12/2010 5:02:33 PM PDT by Falcon28 (Allen West - 2012 * For a list of conservative candidates in 2010, see my profile)
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To: dr_who; BillyBoy; Extremely Extreme Extremist
Rep. Mark Kirk, who is running for the Senate in Illinois, signed the repeal pledge and even vowed to "lead the effort" for repeal, but has since backed off, declaring "I voted against it, but we lost."

You know, here in Illinois we don't exactly have a whole lot of choices in the U.S. Senate race for Obama's old seat.

We've got a corrupt State Treasurer who as Loan Officer at his daddy's bank (Broadway Bank) loaned tens of millions of dollars to mobsters and laundered countless other millions of dollars on their behalf, and we've got Mark Kirk on the Republican side.

Kirk vowed on WLS Talk-Radio in Chicago after "ObamaCare" passed to work to repeal it in whole. Now he's backing off that? I've made my fair share of calls to Kirk's office cajoling them that he'd better move to the right on key issues, but it seems the milquetoast is once again moving back to the left, and at this point I can't even "hold my nose" while voting for this POS.

Enough's enough, no more G.D. RINO's. Looks like I'll be voting third-party (again) this year after all.

15 posted on 04/12/2010 5:02:56 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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Without 2/3 of both houses (to override a veto) a repeal isn’t going to happen

Repeal WILL happen.
We stop funding for 0bamcare after we take control of the congress in November, then repeal 0bamcare after we kick the Kenyan Marxist out of the White House in 2012.
Meanwhile, public support FOR repealing 0bamcare hit the highest level ever today:
Support for Repeal of Health Care Plan Up To 58%
Rasmussen Reports ^ | April 12, 2010
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2491405/posts
0bamcare is a dead man walking.

16 posted on 04/12/2010 5:03:14 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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Weak RINOesque talk.....the GOP better get some backbone and get working on a repeal....or real conservatives will go third party


17 posted on 04/12/2010 5:03:27 PM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior (JD Hayworth for Senate ..... jdforsenate.com)
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To: The4thHorseman
Well, the Washington Post and those of their ilk certainly hope the Republicans lose their nerve. So why not attempt to move the “storyline” in your direction by reporting what you hope to be the case as if it were news?

Kind of my read on this article also. The Dem water carrying Washington Post will do whatever they can to help their 'team' (America destroying socialists)...

Not that I'm ever impressed with the jelly spined republicans - but in this case I think the Washington Post is just blowing smoke...

18 posted on 04/12/2010 5:03:46 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: dr_who

There was never any nerve to begin with. Name me one time the Republicans haven’t backed down in situations like this!!!!!!!!


19 posted on 04/12/2010 5:04:02 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Falcon28

See the complete list of legislators and candidates who have signed the “Repeal It” pledge:

http://www.repealit.org/


20 posted on 04/12/2010 5:04:08 PM PDT by Falcon28 (Allen West - 2012 * For a list of conservative candidates in 2010, see my profile)
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