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Old 09-23-2009, 09:04 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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I guess we can imagine what the modd is behind closed doors in the WH.......Let's hope that Obama keeps going on with his world record race for most interviews and the GOP will get even more seats than they could ever thought...Bye bye Reid, bye bye Pelosi, etc...
0bama will end up being voted out of office in 2012, just to get him off the damn TV. Either that, or people will vote him out because they are sick and tired of seeing calls of racism injected into everything.
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Old 09-23-2009, 09:10 AM
 
Location: The Great State of Texas, Finally!
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The MAJORITY favor healthcare reform, the MAJORITY elected Obama/Biden to start repairing the Bush era Dark Ages.

If you find Obama to be a terrible, Messianic madman you are part of the MINORITY of voting Americans
Then why wasn't healthscare passed before the August recess, as Obama wanted? If the majority wants Obama's healthscare and the Dems have the majority, then why is what the GOP or conservatives say relevant? The fact of the matter is that the dem party is so divided and the American people on a whole do NOT want this piece of cr*p legislation.

You can't tell me that healthscare hasn't passed b/c of the GOP, a group that has about 25% positive rating and who couldn't and still can't organize itself out of a paper bag.

THE PEOPLE don't want it. Get over it.
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Old 09-23-2009, 09:30 AM
 
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Even when Bush was president, the Dem. didn't do much about health care other than trying to prevent Rep. from getting these ridiculous lawsuits out, since the Dem. have so many lawyer lobbyist working for them...and why are Dem. against going across State lines to get health ins.? We all know it will bering premiums down!
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Old 09-23-2009, 09:32 AM
 
Location: New York City
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Even when Bush was president, the Dem. didn't do much about health care other than trying to prevent Rep. from getting these ridiculous lawsuits out, since the Dem. have so many lawyer lobbyist working for them...and why are Dem. against going across State lines to get health ins.? We all know it will bering premiums down!
Do you know how Congress works? Do you know how it is even decided what bill is being discussed in Congress?
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Old 09-23-2009, 10:07 AM
 
Location: Great Falls, Montana
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Do you know how Congress works? Do you know how it is even decided what bill is being discussed in Congress?
Of course we do ... ... Our Reps get on the horn to their corporate overlords and ask "How High?" every time they are told to jump ...
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Old 09-23-2009, 10:44 AM
 
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Finally I can agree with Biden! Vote for Rep. and we can go on and do some reform and stop the waste and fraud that is going on right now.

Vice President Joe Biden said today that if Democrats were to lose 35 House seats they currently hold in traditionally Republican districts, it would mean doomsday for President Obama’s agenda.

Biden on 2010: If GOP Succeeds, It’s ‘The End of the Road for What Barack and I Are Trying to Do’ - Political Punch
Is that the same thing as Biden hoping the Republicans fail? Sounds awful familiar. Oh, yes, wasn't Rush Limbaugh skewered for saying something similar about Obama?
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Old 09-23-2009, 10:47 AM
 
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Finally I can agree with Biden! Vote for Rep. and we can go on and do some reform and stop the waste and fraud that is going on right now.

Vice President Joe Biden said today that if Democrats were to lose 35 House seats they currently hold in traditionally Republican districts, it would mean doomsday for President Obama’s agenda.

Biden on 2010: If GOP Succeeds, It’s ‘The End of the Road for What Barack and I Are Trying to Do’ - Political Punch


I personally do not care if it is Peter Rabbitt or Bozo the Clown
whoever is running against Obama has my vote!
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Old 09-23-2009, 11:22 AM
 
Location: New York City
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Of course we do ... ... Our Reps get on the horn to their corporate overlords and ask "How High?" every time they are told to jump ...
What I meant to say was, when the Dems were in the minority in Congress, none of their bills would even make it past the committee level. None of their bills would even be up for a vote on the floor of either house, let alone have any chance of passing. So asking what they did when they were in the minority makes no sense.
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Old 09-23-2009, 11:24 AM
 
Location: Long Island (chief in S Farmingdale)
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Then why wasn't healthscare passed before the August recess, as Obama wanted? If the majority wants Obama's healthscare and the Dems have the majority, then why is what the GOP or conservatives say relevant? The fact of the matter is that the dem party is so divided and the American people on a whole do NOT want this piece of cr*p legislation.

You can't tell me that healthscare hasn't passed b/c of the GOP, a group that has about 25% positive rating and who couldn't and still can't organize itself out of a paper bag.

THE PEOPLE don't want it. Get over it.
Its called a fillibuster
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Old 09-23-2009, 12:53 PM
 
Location: Wasilla, Alaska
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Its called a fillibuster
Democrats have a filibuster-proof majority, try again.
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