Posted on 08/17/2009 7:59:42 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
The words of a local congressman on the issue of healthcare are coming under scrutiny.
Democrat Eric Massa told a group in Pennsylvania that he would vote against the interests of his constituents on healthcare reform if he believes what he's voting for would be helpful to them.
Massa has held dozens of town hall meetings, many focused on healthcare, but this past weekend while in Pittsburgh, meeting with the grassroots progressive political action group Net Roots Nation, Massa answered questions about where he stands on healthcare reform versus where his constituents stand.
"I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I'm doing is going to help them....I will vote against their opinion if I actually believe it will help them," Massa said.
(Excerpt) Read more at 13wham.com ...
That’s one outstanding represent....a....tive.......oh, wait
May he be voted out ASAP. Why does he think he’s there in the first place, for HIS paycheck?
Whoa. I’d say that might be a good way to ensure that you don’t have to stay more than two years in nasty old Washington DC.
Violating an oath perhaps????
Well, at least he’s honest about it...but...he needs to be tossed out.
We have our winning ad for the next election...
“I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district...”
more importantly: he is against the interests of freedom and the US constitution
And I am the one who is wise enough to know what is good for my constiuants ... whether they like it or not ... after all I am their (wanna be) Massa
I think he’s the guy that Greta had on last week and he said essentially the same thing -”this is a representative democracy”. What an ass!
Isn’t there any grounds against what this guy just stated to toss him out now? Emergency vote in his district to oust him? I wish I knew every law there was out there, this is so frustrating.....
Isn’t it funny that his name is “Massa?”
He’ll be one of the 61 Democrats who will lose in the House on Election Night 2010...yup, that’s my prediction.
Yup. It does. To paraphrase Judas Priest: You've got another narrative comin'...
He is a classmate of mine from the Naval Academy. USNA has not had a good record turning out politicians: Carter, Webb, McCain, and now Massa.
No, that wasn’t him, Greta’s guest was a former military guy, named , hell I can’t remember, Stacek? Stanek?
There are times when representatives and senators need to take a hard vote and vote the opposite way their constituents want. In the case of the constituents wanting something illegal, unconstitutional, immoral or something otherwise unsound. There is plenty of support behind this principle from the founding fathers. Of course they would only say it is valid when the office holder is voting for something that is truly the better thing (not what we are discussing now).
This guy is 180 degrees out of whack. He’s going to vote for something that he believes will help them but will actually hurt them. The people legitimately need to toss him out the next election and use his own words for the ad - but you have to explain in the ad WHY him doing so is wrong, because in THIS case it HURTS, not HELPS. IE Socialized medicine everywhere is a expensive failure that rations care to control costs, and we have no evidence that Congress can perfect something no other nation has. We have tons of evidence Congress screws up everything it sets up. That is why he’s wrong in this case.
agreed..but also coupled with the congresswoman from Houston taking a cell phone call during a question from a cancer patient..
Easy come, easy go.
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