GOP's Snowe voting for Democrats' health care bill

AP on Yahoo ^ | 10/13/09 | Laurie Kellman - ap

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe says she will vote for a Democratic health care bill, breaking with her party on President Barack Obama's top legislative priority.

The Maine senator kept virtually all of Washington guessing how she would vote until she announced it late in the Senate Finance Committee debate Tuesday. Until then, she told reporters, she had not even let Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., in on her secret. She told her colleagues: "When history calls, history calls," even though she had some criticism of the bill.

[grobdriver]

Well No, Duh!

[GeronL]

we’re stuned. shocked even. lol.

[library user]

P***y.

[Danae]

Maine, you got some clean up to do.

[NormsRevenge]

#1 on the T.P. list

Giddyup.

[RexBeach]

Nice going, Olympia. You’re a real tower of jello.

[Ingtar]

She should be immediately booted from the GOP.

[EagleUSA]

Such a whore. Just riding the DemoRat power wave.

[Tzimisce]

Of course she will.

No matter what the left says, the Republicans ARE a “Big Tent” party.

[rockinqsranch]

“GOP’s Snowe voting for Democrats’ health care bill”

Anyone expect otherwise!? Anyone!?

[NormsRevenge]

Bizarre.

She said the party left her.. lol

[gitmogrunt]

Snowe = Greek B!%ch!!!

[americanophile]

B*tch! Why is this woman a Republican?????????????

[San Jacinto]

I’m shocked!! I can’t get over this. It’s as shocking as if the “blue dog” ‘Rats would also vote to socialize health care! It just can’t be! /s

[Kenny]

CUT HER LOOSE!!!

[silverleaf]

Well, that makes it “bilateral”, doesn’t it?

And Limpie was so correct in her assumptions about the effects of the porkulous she also made into a “bilateral bill” wasn’t she? Brains and beaury, all in one package....Did bambi have to buy her dinner this time?

snort

[mmichaels1970]

That’s all they needed. It’s “bipartisan” now.

[TurtleUp]

Olympia Snowe says ... "When history calls, history calls,"

I think she means, "When deficits call, deficits call. As for individual freedom ... not a priority."

[silverleaf]

make that “bipartisan” ...”lateral” is the position the GOP seems to have assumed

[GeronL]

The Party was once in favor of government run healthcare?

[b4its2late]

What a $@#%!.

[GeronL]

history called and Olympia didn’t listen. It said socialism fails.

[silverleaf]

Does history usually make collect calls?

[Ol' Sparky]

It is past time to demand the RNC denounce and never give a penny again to Snowe or those running it suffer consequences.

[dfwgator]

Yeah, but why would Rats vote for a Democrat-lite Republican when they can vote for the real thing, and no Republicans will vote for her now, she just “Spectred” herself.

[Raquel]

But of course, we all knew she would, she loves the attention and democrat policy...now how can we get Maine to wise up and boot her out of office next year?

[Positive]

Only inaccuracy in the title is the “GOP’s” at the beginning.

[Bernard Marx]

Anyone expect otherwise!? Anyone!?

Not me. It's a typical Snowe job.

[fish hawk]

Not a thing any of us can do about her. It's up to the idiots of Maine Kampf to get rid of her.

[Dilbert San Diego]

So she hopes to go down in history as a deciding vote for this?

She thinks history will honor Olympia Snowe for voting for socialized medicine?

okay.............

[who knows what evil?]

Visitors to Maine can still see those ‘PROTECT FREEDOM, ELECT SNOWE’ bumper stickers kicking around. Maine is full of delusional idiots.

[batter]

Great. Looks like we'll all be paying more for our 'medical devises' - like insulin pumps. Thank a whole lot, Snowe, you really do care about us "little people"! </sarcasm>

[spectre]

"When history calls, history calls,"

So to hell with the present "callers" who are telling her to vote no?

sw

[Liberty Valance]

I don't know how this could have happened. She seemed fine back in the clubhouse.

[batter]

Ditto!

Note to Steele: Get rid of her!

[Postman]

If the leaders of the (G)OP and the RNC do not kick this ??? out of the party immediately and preferably before she casts her yes vote, they will never again see even a fraction of another cent from me. It will deprive Obama of any claim to a bipartisan win. This is too big an issue to allow her to get away with this. OUT NOW!

[Brett66]

What benefit is it to have her as a Republican? She should be kicked out of the GOP so she can run in dem primaries against her fellow travellers.

The GOP would get better candidates in Maine as a result.

[elizabethgrace]

Bizarre.

She said the party left her.. lol

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Even more bizarre, she claims she’s a fiscal conservative!

[yazoo]

Well then, it’s bipartisan, isn’t it?

[Scythian]

Who’s suprised? I’ll say it again, 3rd party time (save me your stupid sermons on the perils of a 3rd party)

[Kenny]

The Republican party should disown her, no more money or support. Let her go the way of Specter or she’s going to bring us all down.

Also, the GOP should find an opponent for the next primary.

[mplsconservative]

D.C. numbers for Traitor Snowe:

Phone: (202) 224-5344
Toll Free: (800) 432-1599
Fax: (202) 224-1946

I’ve been getting a busy signal, but will keep trying. I’m outraged!!!

[winstonwolf33]

And she's ugly too!

BLEECCCH!!!

[marstegreg]

Has she EVER sided with with the GOP? (when it counted)

[gathersnomoss]

The GOP SUCKS! If not, WHAT THE HELL IS TAKING THEM SO LONG?

Screw them.

[theDentist]

Once a RINOstute, ALWAYS a RINOstute.

And the GOP will do NOTHING about her betrayal.

[Raycpa]

I hope she got her paid well.

[NormsRevenge]

Her email
http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.Email

Her phone
http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.Phone

http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.DistrictOffices
(She has six district offices?)

[ZULU]

When this witch comes up for re-election, all people who opposed this bill should remember her name and contribute to WHOEVER is running against her in the primary or general election - then let her know why.

Further, the RNC should be notified that NO CONTRIBUTIONS will be forwarded to them unless they can swear that not one dime goes to the campaign of this elitist traitor.