Posted on 08/16/2009 11:33:17 AM PDT by paltz
Representative Eric Massa (D- NY) addressed an intimate group of Net Roots activists during their annual Net Roots Nation gathering in Pittsburgh this weekend. Mr. Massa reiterated his support for a single payer health care bill. He discussed the risks he takes for wanting to support such a measure in his "right wing Republican district."
According to Swing State Project, Mr. Massa won his 2008 race by two percentage points. The voting pattern index (PVI) is a Republican +5 seat. The National Republican Congressional Committee has the upstate New York congressman in their sights for 2010 along with 69 other House Democrats as reported by Politico. The transcript is below, and check out the corresponding video above
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With garbage like this nitwit he will probably win because of the RAT political machine will find enough dead as voters or homeless to buy. Whoops forgot ACORN and unions, how can he miss?
dumASSa
Maybe the RNC sees even easier pickings elsewhere, but Massa and Higgins (NY-27) have been total lap-dogs for Obama on stimulus, cap n trade, etc... and their constituents here in Upstate NY are NOT happy. These two will LOSE in 2010 to any serious candidate.
Congressional clunkers are very shallow of mind, weak of reasoning, and mostly talking point spotting know nothings.
They live and die for their position in the WDC walled city politburo. It means everything to them.
That looks like the cast from “Goodfellas”.
At least that way he’d have some shabby excuse. They way it looks, he’ll go out and vote against his constituents and be proud of it.
I’ll be glad to see Massa go. Where do I make a contribution?
“I will vote against the interests of my district”
Steve Massa 2008 - 2010
His political epitaph.
“I will ADAMENTLY vote against the interests of my district”
My ex-wife’s Italian Grandfather would have said,
“I’ma tella you! He’sa dumassahole!”
Why Don’t we start a campaign to send nothing but pink slips to Washington with these words on each slip:
VOTE YES against our interests and
YOU’RE FIRED in 2010!
Now you see how the democrats got elected. Make yourself look moderate then vote liberal. This is what confused me about the stimulus and cap and trade bill. The democrats ran more moderate candidates, some with conservative positions, so that the choice was easier for voters. I assumed that they actually were moderate. Nope.
So any politician that thinks they can have a crooked life any morem, or say something that won't get back to the people is crazy. The only down side of this video is that no rational republican seems to have the skill to use it to beat this guy or like minded people in Congress.
Brain Surgeon. B.S.
Congresscritters who publicly go against the wishes of their constituents, with no apology ... how very strange.
Perhaps Tea Party organizers should visit their local voter registration authority, to do a little asking around. And do it soon.
Something tells me we might have already lost the 2010 election!
I ask because it sounds completely at odds with what Obama plans for medicare -- virtually gutting it.
“Do you have any idea what he means by “a medicare coupled public option?”
I don’t know for sure. I haven’t finished reading HR3200, I’ve read completely the one proposed by Ms. Eshoo, HR1321 Healthy Americans Act that deals with private insurance carriers and doesn’t include a public option.
My guess is that it means one of two things:
First, it could mean that he’s trying to tie the public option with medicare so he doesn’t have to drop the the public option. In other words, Medicare would become the public option.
Second, it could be that he’s saying that as double-speak in attempt to assuage the public fear that Medicare is going to be repealed and the elderly will have to face the “death panels” instead of being treated.
To me, they sort of mean the same thing.
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