Uber RINO Lindsey Ping"Republican by day, Democrat by night."
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Posted on 09/27/2013 11:54:54 AM PDT by Nickname
Today, I proudly voted to Defund Obamacare, and I am proud that every Senate Republican has united in support of the House-passed Defund Obamacare provision.
I only wish that more Senate Democrats, many of whom were responsible for Obamacare’s passage into law, would have voted with us. (NOTE: The amendment to remove the Defund Obamacare provision, which passed the House, was defeated by the Democrat-controlled Senate by a straight party-line vote of 44-54.)
With Democrats in control of the Senate, we needed Democrats to join with the American people who want Obamacare stopped in its tracks. Based upon the Democrats unanimous votes in support of funding Obamacare, they must not have gotten the message.
I fought and voted against Obamacare in 2010. Since then, I have tried to stop the law's implementation any way I can:
* Supported ending the special exemption for Congress from Obamacare; * Supported ending the special exemption for President Obama from Obamacare; * Authored legislation to allow states to opt-out of Obamacare; * Cosponsored legislation to repeal Obamacare; * Cosponsored legislation to prohibit the funding of Obamacare; * Cosponsored legislation which defunds the IRS' implementation of Obamacare; * Cosponsored a bill to repeal the individual mandate in Obamacare; * Sent a letter with my Republican colleagues requesting the Obama Administration grant relief to all Americans by delaying implementation of Obamacare so Congress can adopt common-sense reforms; and * Offered an amendment to defund implementation of the individual and employer mandates required under Obamacare.
Obamacare is, has been, and will remain a financial disaster for our nation.
Lamar!
My response:
That is a total lie. Graham voted FOR cloture, effectively giving the Democrats what they needed to remove the defunding portion of the CR. Any votes he made after that are totally beside the point. Y'all must think we constituents are a bunch of idiots. We aren't. But Graham is, trying to pull a sophomoric stunt like that. You have my solemn promise to redouble my efforts so that Mace, Cash or Bright takes Graham out in the runoff primary next June.
Lindsey should take lessons from Tim Scott, a true Conservative.
linda is a liar, pure and simple.
Uber RINO Lindsey PingGee, Senator Dimwit, do ya think that perhaps if you and the rest of the establishment “Republocrats” had the brains and spine to vote AGAINST cloture on the CR that Obamacare would have passed? Gawd, I so can’t stand these condescending, double-talking, back-stabbing, contemptuous cowards! Oh, my! ... I think I am having palpitations!
South Carolina State Senator Lee Bright issued the following statement:
“Once again, Sen. Lindsey Graham has ignored his constituents by helping the Democrat Senate Majority Leader pass a Continuing Resolution which includes full funding for Obamacare. Lindsey Graham has been in Washington for decades but he is still falling for the tricks of Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer.
“It is disheartening to see that, despite the heroic efforts of Senate conservatives to stop the implementation of Obamacare, Sen. Graham followed in lockstep with Senator John McCain, saying that because McCain and Mitt Romney lost the last two elections, Republicans should completely surrender to every demand President Obama makes. I disagree.
“Were I in the U.S. Senate instead of Graham, I would have done the exact opposite. I would have been down on the Senate floor doing everything in my power to block the implementation of Obamacare.
“After Senate conservatives like Ted Cruz courageously filibustered to stop this abomination, Lindsey Graham could not wait to vote in favor of ‘cloture’, which is a Senate procedural move to go directly to a vote without delay.
“I am proud of Senator Tim Scott, who recently took Jim DeMint’s place in the U.S. Senate, who ignored Lindsey Graham’s advice and voted against Reid’s attempt to use procedure to fool the voters and fund Obamacare.”
“Graham’s vote Friday allows Senator Reid to take the House version of the Continuing Resolution and strip out the language that defunds Obamacare. As a result, when it comes back to the Senate, liberal Democrats will only need 51 votes to pass the bill and keep Obamacare fully funded.
“It is telling that Lindsey Graham’s office in Washington was refusing to even answer calls from irate constituents. Any South Carolina voter, who was not a lobbyist, was simply referred to a boilerplate recording assuring callers that Graham was doing what he thought best.”
- See more at: http://www.brightforsenate.com/lindsey-graham-joins-obama-reid-obamacare-scam-in-the-senate/#sthash.Fh63qNfo.dpuf
That is exactly what I said in my post. The vote today in senate by republicans was CYA.
Because if debate does not end, time runs out and Obamacare does not get funded. That is why Cruz and company were trying to resist cloture of debate.
Senator Quisling speaks.
His suck-ups will never let him see this. Don’t want to sour his weekend. La-la-la-la-LAAAAH...
I disagree.
I'm sure he was "proud" and it made him feel so gay and happy, too.
Anyone who voted for cloture voted to fund Obamacare. They really think we are stupid. We will show him how stupid we are the next time he has a town hall meeting anywhere near me. (I live in SC).
Let’s start that conversation by acknowledging we aren’t going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants... bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society. Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors. [but he’s not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said.
Boehner: No Funding Bill Without 1-Year Obamacare Delay
NewsMax | 26 Sep 13 | AP
Posted on Thu Sep 26 15:45:56 2013 by xzins
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3071654/posts
It is just like John Kerry....I voted for it before I voted against it.
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