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Louisiana Purchase And Omaha Stakes (Nelson Sells Out)
Investor's Business Daily ^
| December 21, 2009
| IBD editorial staff
Posted on 12/21/2009 6:24:17 PM PST by raptor22
Politics: Sen. Mary Landrieu was the new "Louisiana Purchase." Sen. Ben Nelson got the federal government to pick up his state's future Medicaid tab. Maybe we should just put Senate votes up on eBay.
Nelson, the 60th vote in the middle-of-the-night Senate party line vote on health care reform, will go down in American political history as the inventor of the permanent earmark.
His seemingly principled stand against including federal funding for abortion evaporated like the morning dew as he decided to take what was behind door No. 1.
The deal for Nelson includes special Medicaid funding for Nebraska, along with Vermont and Massachusetts, which has a special election to fill the seat of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy coming up in January. Under the Senate bill every state is equal, but some are more equal than others. The other states and their taxpayers — that means you — will pick up this tab.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Connecticut; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Massachusetts; US: Nebraska; US: Vermont
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To: raptor22
Well I hope everyone NOW sees that ANY Dumocrat and I mean ANY, are lying, hold-out-for highest-price common whores. (Yeah I could have called them prostitutes, but thats to respectable.)
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posted on
12/21/2009 7:23:09 PM PST
by
Marty62
(former Marty60)
To: mamelukesabre
Fine, but there’s no “lock”. There’s no rock bottom. Someone will always sink lower.Now that is a sure bet...;-)
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posted on
12/21/2009 7:24:52 PM PST
by
darkwing104
(Lets get dangerous)
To: freekitty
Obama & Co and these Senators should be arrested and prosecuted for briberyAli Baba and the Sixty Thieves.
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posted on
12/21/2009 7:39:22 PM PST
by
Vinnie
(You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
To: raptor22
So when is Ben gonna hold his kickback “fundraiser” for the Dingy one, like Mary did?
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posted on
12/21/2009 7:48:24 PM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
(Jeremiah 50:31 Behold, I am against you," O " you most proud, said the said the Lord GOD of hosts)
To: raptor22
If I tried a similar pro quid pro in the work of my company, I would be out on my ass immediately. Why do these reprobates get away with this crap?
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posted on
12/21/2009 8:07:52 PM PST
by
oyez
( damnant quod non intelligunt)
To: Vinnie
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posted on
12/21/2009 8:32:53 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: raptor22
I just notified Omaha Steaks that I would not buy any more of their products until Nebraska voted Ben Nelson out of office.
Hit ‘em in the pocketbook!
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posted on
12/21/2009 8:44:12 PM PST
by
arjay
(2010 Old blood out. New blood in.)
To: raptor22
This is gonna require a shot across the bow in order for Congress to wake up and smell the coffee ...
A good start would be to go after the DEM Senators up for re-election in 2010, with good chances in Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, North Dakota, and Pennsylvania.
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posted on
12/21/2009 9:24:19 PM PST
by
Lmo56
To: oyez
If I tried a similar pro quid pro in the work of my company, I would be out on my ass immediately. Why do these reprobates get away with this crap? If ANYONE walked into a Senator's office and dropped a wad of cash on the table in exchange for a vote and, if the Senator accepted - they would BOTH be commiting a felony ... Why not in this instance ???
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posted on
12/21/2009 9:27:28 PM PST
by
Lmo56
To: Lmo56
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posted on
12/21/2009 10:52:53 PM PST
by
oyez
( damnant quod non intelligunt)
To: raptor22
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posted on
12/22/2009 6:11:23 AM PST
by
csmusaret
(Pelosi and Reid have controlled Congress for two years. This is their recession.)
To: raptor22
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posted on
12/22/2009 7:29:33 AM PST
by
mlizzy
("Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person" --Mother Teresa.)
To: raptor22
I hoped that Nelson would do the right thing and refuse to sign on to a bill that sooner or later
will be used as a vehicle for abortion.
But instead, he sold his soul.
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