LA Times: In the face of Republican attacks Tuesday, leading Democrats defended a controversial endgame maneuver that would allow them to pass the Senate version of a healthcare overhaul without taking a direct vote on the legislation’s most divisive provisions.

The stratagem, known in the arcane language of Congress as a “self-executing” rule or “deem and pass,” would allow House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) to skirt a roll-call vote, speeding passage of the bill and helping limit attacks on Democrats facing tough competition in an election year.

Republicans used the same parliamentary shortcut to avoid difficult votes when they controlled Congress, but on Tuesday they accused Democrats of being high-handed and unseemly. [ READ MORE ]

Republicans Promise WAR if Healthcare is Passed

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Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the healthcare “dogs that cannot be potty trained,” led by their Congressmen, went crapping on the steps of the Capitol, in Washington. The tea-partiers came holding pictures of HATE — one depicting president Obama climbing into a coffin.

   The same BREED of RACIST-IDIOTS Marched in the 60s

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FAT Dick Morris sent out a mailing titled: “Obamacare Armageddon Has Arrived” — “Congress and the president are very close to subverting the will of the American people who strongly oppose Obamacare.” “The good news is that this nightmare can be stopped,” the mailing implored ….

…..More Wackadoodle YELPS

Anti-Immigrant Bigot Tom Tancredo Responds To Fellow Wackadoodle Dick Armey — Former Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., reacts to former House Majority Leader Dick Armey’s comments that he is a “destructive force” for the GOP.

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Senator Inhofe attacks Al Gore on global warming — While speaking on the Senate floor, Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., claimed that former Vice President Al Gore “seems to be drowning in a sea of his own global warming illusions.”

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“Horseman” J.D. Hayworth’s LIES

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Bigot Rick Santorum: “I think the Democrats are actually worried [Obama] may go to Indonesia and bow to more Muslims”

Rush Limbaugh calls Obama “essentially a third world president“

Notes: How to annoy Glenn Beck in five minutes or less — Want to annoy Fox News’ Glenn Beck in five minutes or less while simultaneously making sure your community gets its fair share of federal money? Fill out and return the 2010 U.S. Census questionnaire when it arrives in your mailbox. [ READ MORE ]

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