Posted on 08/16/2009 12:38:41 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Dems abandoning leadership advice By Jared Allen Posted: 08/16/09 01:30 PM [ET] An August in which Democrats were supposed to return home to sell the merits of a universal healthcare plan has turned into one where members are publicly fending for themselves.
Some have even shunned the talking points and tactics their leaders encouraged them to use to gin up support for the Democratic healthcare bill as they’ve engaged with sometimes hostile constituents.
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) recently lashed out at Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) recommended talking points aimed at the insurance industry, and criticized her approach in a letter to a local private insurance company, according to the Louisville Courier Journal.
“Regrettably, with passions inflamed throughout the country, Speaker Pelosi recently made inflammatory statements that assailed the character of health insurers across the board. I unequivocally reject those misguided comments,” Yarmouth wrote to the CEO of Louisville-based Humana, the paper reported this week.
Democrats unveiled a line of attack against the private insurance industry after the House failed to move a healthcare bill before August recess, an attack President Barack Obama has taken up in recent days. Pelosi called insurers the “villains” of the healthcare reform debate.
Even Democrats who are not part of the central leadership team were confident that attacking the insurance industry would play well, even in districts where members were due to face a backlash against “socialized medicine.”
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We are keeping score too.
And she will try walking out the window because the botox has poisoned her brain.
Terrific!
plus the videos of representative attacking the voters and calling them names ect. will make splendid campaign commercials.
bttt
I missed the story on Huma. Can you fill me in on what happened? I was wondering the other day what had become of her, having not heard about her for while. But I had no idea there was a Dumping. Where can we find out about it?
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She’s marrying CongressCritter Anthony Weiner ....so the story goes
Seriously, do ya’ll really think Hillary is a lesbian?
Do Dems really have "leadership?"
I thought Covens were run by a Satanic High Priest or Satanic High Priestess.
I think they are still together. I think the man Huma is supposedly involved with is a “walker.”
Why not, our Governor, Charlie Crist took a wife.... A FEMALE!
Did Jared Allen not get the memo? It's not "universal healthcare plan" it's "health insurance reform." Come on, 0bama changed that a week ago. This reporter needs to get on board with the rest of the state ran media.
What they have done, in my view, is unleash millions of elderly conservatives from their homes into the streets. And these people will NEVER quit now... and will continue to be involved in every evil bill that comes out of the Congress sewer line.
We know how to fight! we have WWII, Korea, Viet Nam wounds to prove it. WE believed the campaign obamanation’s ads that said McCain wanted to cut Medicare and Obama supported it. What we DIDN’T Consider was that OBAMA INTENDED al the while to KILL US.... .
What a DOUBLE CROSS... what a LIAR in the WhiteHouse. This is REVERSE-TREASON on America.
Yes, they worked.....and will continue to work throughout this administration (if we stay on our toes).
..."Instead of opting for an open, public forum, where they are subject to jeers and confrontations that are dripping onto web sites like YouTube.com almost hourly, some lawmakers are conducting constituent meetings over the Internet.
“Holding a telephone town hall meeting is an effective way for me to hear from thousands of residents across the Tampa Bay area,” Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) said in a statement.
A member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and a strong supporter of the leading House healthcare bill backed by her chairman, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), she opted for a tele-town hall after an earlier event turned violent and police had to provide her with a escort out of the event to ensure her safety.
Castor, though, painted her telephone town hall as a convenience for constituents.
“It’s convenient for my neighbors too. You don’t need to leave your house to participate. Folks simply answer the phone to access the call or dial in, which is helpful to those who cannot travel or suffer the August heat and thunderstorms.”
Awwww, she sounds so concerned. Bet if she was campaigning, she wouldn't do it by phone so no one suffered heat and thunderstorms. And the thing is, the weather is not keeping people back in most places. This is a worrisome Bill that will affect them a lot longer than standing one day in the rain or sun. Dumb Dems think sentiments like hers can fool us. No, no, no...shame, shame shame!
Be very cautious. They are going to push government co-ops.
Rememeber they change the wording to get the same result.
The whole idea needs to go back to the drawing board to prevent any government takeover.
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STAY VIGILANT, FOLKS!!!!!!!!
. If the GOP can’t take back both houses of Congress in 2010, it’s their own damned fault!!
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Don’t understimate the SEIU, ACORN and the census being in the hands of Axelrod, Emaunel, Jarret, odungpile and the first Wookie.
“The house dems are turning on Pelosi”
I think penis pinching Pelosi is going to face a coup. She ldrove her Dems off the cliff.
She is 110% responsible for ObamaCare fiasco.
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TORT REFORM NOW. TORT REFORM FIRST.
Great clip, I just wish Clooney hadn’t been in the movie. :P I would give everything I own to see Pelosi, Reid and Odumbass hauled out on a log.
Seriously, do ya’ll really think Hillary is a lesbian
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I think she swings both ways. I don’t think she was a les until she got older. In college she probably just didn’t have any dates until Bill because she was homely. She looks better not than she did back then. Obama, on the other hand, was a flaming f*g until he met Michelle and needed a beard to cover for him. He still does men and the First Wookie knows it.
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