Posted on 08/12/2009 8:48:16 AM PDT by Sammy67
The revelation last week that a majority of Americans may actually disagree with the President was something for which his team was clearly not prepared. Their attempt to marginalize citizens across the country who dared to speak out against a government-takeover of health care is shameful, arrogant, and desperately sad.
With the American people growing increasingly unhappy with the President’s health care plan, Democrats in Congress are working feverishly to cast those who are concerned as radical props to the special interests. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in a sign of bold leadership, last week told reporters that protests of government-run health care were “phony” and “staged.” He stepped up to a microphone holding a piece of artificial sod and declared that the nationwide dissent was but a marketing ploy, just “Astroturf.” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called the movement “manufactured.”
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What kind of defeatist bull crap is that??? Who in the hell do you think's showing up at rallies and town halls all over the country? Sheesh!
Whew, thought it was just me!
Let me know when the McCain/Palin haters finally wake up and go to the polls to vote out the dem party.
That's not what she said. She said the Democrats have enough votes to get this passed without GOP help. That's a fact, both in the House and Senate.
Your fact, that there may be GOP members who vote for a bill in both houses, doesn't take away from the fact that the Democrats can go it alone. Only the total vote count will tell the distribution, and that's yet to happen.
But let's play "what if". What if one of the current House bills becomes the final bill exactly as written. And lets say all Democrats in both houses vote for it, all but 3 House GOP member vote against it, and all but 2 Senate GOP members vote against it. Obviously those 5 GOP members would not have an affect had they voted against the bill because there would be sufficient Democrat support. This is what netmilsmom was addressing.
Sure, we need to get the RINO Republicans out as well as the Democrats so we can return to constitutional government. But that's a separate issue beyond what netmilsmom was addressing.
Thank you!
Thank you too!
I’m a registered independent.
I never said, “GOP good, Dem bad” I’m not Hulk.
I did say that the GOP should make the Dems own this bill. It’s theirs. Good or bad.
The GOP needs to frame them with this. Let the Blue Dogs who (perhaps) vote against this, defend themselves against that idea.
You’re welcome. We’ve got a certain number of frequent posters here who are constantly putting down the GOP. They’re so quick to criticize the GOP and discourage people from supporting them that I think some of them are democrat plants. Heck, I know some are.
I hope you're right! I got a telephone poll about adolph obama in October before the election. I called him a g**d*** COMMUNIST even then! You can imagine how I feel now. History doesn't repeat itself, but it oftem rhymes. This feels like Petrograd, October 1917. The only good thing is that the American Military would never defect to the demoncraps. That's why adolph obama wants "a civilian force with all the capability of the military..." BTW Never buy anything made by a union.
I hope you're right! I got a telephone poll about adolph obama in October before the election. I called him a g**d*** COMMUNIST even then! You can imagine how I feel now. History doesn't repeat itself, but it oftem rhymes. This feels like Petrograd, October 1917. The only good thing is that the American Military would never defect to the demoncraps. That's why adolph obama wants "a civilian force with all the capability of the military..." BTW Never buy anything made by a union.
The town hall protests threaten that, big time.
No Reps voted for the stimulus bill. Only three voted for it in the Senate and one is now a Dem. 8 Reps in the House voted for cap and tax. If the Reps don't stick together on this, expecially if the Dems put in a government option, then the defectors should be drummed out of the party. Personally, I believe that the Reps in the House will remain united on Obamacare.
My pleasure. While I’m all for getting all the RINOs and as many Democrats out of Congress, and the WH, that doesn’t belie the fact that the Democrats should be backed into the position of owning any health care legislation that comes down the pike. Period. The public should be made to know that what transpires is Democrat owned. I can say this easily because the chance of meaningful reform that’s in America’s best interests is as likely as Obama resigning from office. NIL!
Thanks for the post. I hope the Democrats continue to anger the public. They are showing their true colors in a manner the corrupt media cannot protect them.
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I've been getting this all moning too, are we under attack ?? ... again ??
“I noticed that, at his townhall meeting, Obama behaved very strangely.
After speaking to a young girl about the “mean” signs outside he emitted a smile that was reminiscent of the Hillary cackle (it continued abnormally...as if greatly forced) and then he commented oddly on how “yes”, he had seen the protest signs outside.”
Yes, he has become ... the Joker.
So who cares about the GOP and why they shouldn’t get the blame ? They’re just as bad, but in a different way.
If the GOP ere truly conservative that would be one thing, but they’re not.
I believe in the separation of state and medicine.
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