Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), who has long raised objections to health care reform based on his anti-abortion stance, said on Thursday that he and several other House members plan to dig in their heels again and may not vote for the final bill. [ READ MORE ]
Twittering Nihilist DOGS: Twitter has become a Republican Tea-Party meeting hall — where desperate goons, GOP bloggers, Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity and an assortment of right-wing thugs congregate to manufacture lies and spark innuendo and rumor-mongering about Health Reform. Some of these anarchist like GOP Senators Brownback and DeMint have teamed-up with deluded religious NUT-BAGS to defeat health reform.
Meanwhile Sarah THE Palin went on vacation in the “African Nation” of HAWAII — wearing a McCain visor — with the McCain name crossed out with a marker. [ SEE VIDEO BELOW ]
MSNBC’S Ed Schultz plays an interview with Bill O’Reilly, in which the Fox News host claimed there are no homeless veterans in the United States. Schultz points out that an estimated 131,000 veterans are sleeping on the streets.
Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House — Handing President Obama a hard-fought victory, Democratic lawmakers voted to approve a $1.1 trillion, 10-year plan that they said could be their defining social policy achievement. Only one Republican, Anh Cao of Louisiana, voted for the bill’s passage. All the others tried to jettison the bill using miserable “Abortion Tactics“
Picture: Two Republican LOONS, Rep. Steve King of Iowa, right, and Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, crumpled a copy of the bill on the Capitol steps.
HuffingtonPost: After months of debate, the House of Representatives passed historic health care reform legislation late on Saturday evening. The 220-215 vote (click here to see how each member voted) cleared the way for the Senate to begin a long-delayed debate on the issue that has come to overshadow all others in Congress.
A triumphant Speaker Nancy Pelosi likened the legislation to the passage of Social Security (Opposed By Republicans) in 1935 and Medicare 30 years (Also Opposed By Republicans) later. “Oh, what a night!” she proclaimed at the beginning of a press conference held after the vote. Obama issued a statement saying, “I look forward to signing it into law by the end of the year.”
“It provides coverage for 96 percent of Americans. It offers everyone, regardless of health or income, the peace of mind that comes from knowing they will have access to affordable health care when they need it,” said Rep. John Dingell, the 83-year-old Michigan lawmaker who has introduced national health insurance in every Congress since succeeding his father in 1955. [ READ MORE ] [ PELOSI'S DAY ] [ SWEEPING HEALTH CARE PLAN PASSES HOUSE ]
Unruly ReTHUGliLOONS Try To Disrupt Last Night’s Health Reform Debate
Nancy Pelosi Brings it Home
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Dick Morris, the discredited Pervert and LIAR, and former Clinton adviser, who spilled state secrets to prostitutes while strategizing for Clinton — has characterized the now passed Health Reform Bill as follows: “As the suicidal Democratic congressmen proceed to rubber-stamp the Obama healthcare reform despite the drubbing their party took in the ‘09 elections, the president trotted out the endorsements of the AMA and the AARP to stimulate support. But these — and the other endorsements — his package has received are all bought and paid for in BRIBES.” [ READ MORE HERE ]
Dick Morris has Zero credibility. Any compromises by president Obama are necessary because of “Road-Blocks” placed by Republicans and their big-business backers. What is a president to do when faced with the hostilities of street mobs, hysterical Republican congressmen, LIARS like Dick Morris, and the troglodytes at Fox News, whose sole aim is to distract and confuse the public, and to incite armed Christian racists?
Faced with unprecedented obstacles, Obama has no choice but to cut deals for the good of the majority.
As I mentioned in an earlier article, President Obama has been hit with SHIT from multiple directions. Vicious snakes with “complimentary interests” have been hammering the president relentlessly, notably big business who line the pockets of Senators and Congressmen, who in turn stoke the racist juices of their constituents, in order to hold on to power, mainly in the south.
What Dick Morris does not tell you when he overstates that the Democrats “got a drubbing in the ‘09 elections,” is that the Republicans in Virgina and New Jersey won by appearing moderate. “Tricky Dick” does not mention that there are deep divisions within the G.O.P., as evidenced in the New York District 23 congressional election, where a Democrat won a seat which has been occupied by Republicans for over 100 years. He also fails to mention that these were off-year elections which historically don’t mean much anyway (except when Democrats win, like in 2005). [ READ MORE ]
Notes: Republican Health Reform Lunacy — The Party of NO’s Plan B: STALL Healthcare Reform!
Moderate Republican, “baby face” Senator Lindsey Graham was heckled at a South Carolina town hall meeting. One tea-bagger told Graham he had “betrayed” conservatism and made a “pact with the devil” by working with Democrats, and asked when Graham would switch parties. Responding, Senator Graham said he is not going anywhere and instead would like to grow the party. He defended his conservative credentials on abortion and guns, and called out Libertarians like Congressman Ron Paul who believe that President G.W. Bush is a war criminal. “We’re not going to be the party of angry white guys,” Graham said to loud “tea-bagging” shouts.
Elsewhere, the Republican Party has sent a warning to Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, for helping pass the health reform bill in the Senate. They have threatened to punish Snowe by not supporting her for the position of ranking minority member on the senate commerce, science and transportation committee when that position becomes open. The message is clear – Moderate Republicans will face the music if they do not toe the line of the angry right.
Picture: Two Republican LOONS, Rep. Steve King of Iowa, right, and Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, crumpled a copy of the bill on the Capitol steps.
