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(Vanity) My Blue Dog is voting NO on Pelosi-care
phone ^ | 11/06/09 | me

Posted on 11/06/2009 1:19:12 PM PST by Daisyjane69

Since there was no clue on the website, I had to call. No screwing around and calling the locals here. I called DC.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: constitution; healthcare; taxes
I talked to the staff of my congresscritter, Jim Matheson, who is a Blue Dog. (Yes to stimulus, no to crap and trade)

She said he is voting NO on Pelosicare, for sure. I asked her if there is ANY chance in a million that I'm going to wake up Saturday and find out he changed his mind and she said NO.

We'll see. I told them I'll be watching.

1 posted on 11/06/2009 1:19:13 PM PST by Daisyjane69
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To: Daisyjane69

good intel - thanks


2 posted on 11/06/2009 1:22:13 PM PST by mwl8787
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To: Daisyjane69

Good! We must wear them down one at a time!


3 posted on 11/06/2009 1:22:57 PM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (Markets and Marxists Don't Mix! Audit the FED NOW!)
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To: Daisyjane69
I'm sure my Representative will vote for it.

Jerry McNerney is in CA-11, which Pelosi can see from her back yard. Furthermore, the district to the north, the CA-10, just elected John Garamendi who ran on a platform of passing Pelosi's bill.

-PJ

4 posted on 11/06/2009 1:23:17 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (Comprehensive congressional reform legislation only yields incomprehensible bills that nobody reads.)
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To: Daisyjane69

Go Blue Dog! Go!


5 posted on 11/06/2009 1:26:03 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Daisyjane69
Good Blue Dog! Deserves a biscuit (if he follows through).


6 posted on 11/06/2009 1:28:52 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Newt has jumped the couch.)
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7 posted on 11/06/2009 1:29:10 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Daisyjane69

Great! Keep him “honest”!!!


8 posted on 11/06/2009 1:29:24 PM PST by BnBlFlag (Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
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To: DannyTN

I told my “undecided” congressman that I’ll be watching him and if he votes for this idiocy, I’ll be actively campaigning against him and to expect a pink slip.

The girl I spoke with said he is definately against Cap and Tax.


9 posted on 11/06/2009 1:30:45 PM PST by unkus
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To: unkus

I hear Sen McCain has said the blue dogs “often bark but rarely bite.” He might be right about that one. I would not be surprised if countless “moderates” cave in and go with their extremist leadership.


10 posted on 11/06/2009 1:36:01 PM PST by TNCMAXQ
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To: Daisyjane69

Just make sure you check the record after the vote.


11 posted on 11/06/2009 1:38:20 PM PST by depressed in 06 (ZerOcare: Bureaucratic best practices equals death panels.)
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To: Daisyjane69
I called the office of Jim Himes, D-CT - he is not a Blue Dog, rather he's more like one of Pelosi's trained pets, but he represents a district that can easily swing back to the GOP in 2010.

His staff 'droid stated that he hadn't yet made up his mind about whether or not to vote for the bill (supposedly he's still carefully studying some of the amendments to the bill - but that's clearly just a way to weasel out of taking a stand until he's certain of which way the wind is blowing - "studying the amendments" when the bill itself is such a foul thing makes as much sense as (pardon the vulgarity) studying an embedded kernel of corn while trying to decide whether or not to eat some dog crap)...

I told the 'droid that the bill was an abomination, and the 'droid just sounded weary and somewhat dejected - with any luck that means that his office is getting reamed a new one by the voters in the district...

12 posted on 11/06/2009 1:44:46 PM PST by Zeppo (Save the cheerleader, save the world...)
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To: Daisyjane69

Sadly, my state (Oregon) has only one cogresscritter that will vote against this. Greg Walden. Good man.

The others are Rats who are on the record as supporting a public option:

David Wu (my congresscritter)
Earl Blumenauer
Kurt Schrader
Peter DeFazio

What is ironic is that Peter DeFazio has a national debt ticker on his web site:

http://www.defazio.house.gov/

I wonder if he realizes that his voting for the pile of dung will cause that clock to speed up considerably.


13 posted on 11/06/2009 1:46:50 PM PST by dirtman
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To: Daisyjane69

I’m glad that you mentioned you’d be watching. They really can’t be trusted.


14 posted on 11/06/2009 1:48:18 PM PST by OKSooner ("He's quite mad, you know." - Sean Connery to Honor Blackman in "Goldfinger".)
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To: Daisyjane69

My commie non-representative is voting yes, I threatened to run against him next year.


15 posted on 11/06/2009 2:00:29 PM PST by tiki (True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
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To: Daisyjane69

It was announced on Oklahoma radio this afternoon that Cong Dan Boren (D-OK 2nd) was voting NO with the rest of our GOP delegation which was no shock. He voted no on cap and trade as well.


16 posted on 11/06/2009 2:05:05 PM PST by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn - Senate 2010 ! Take Back the House/Senate! Stop ZERO!)
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To: Daisyjane69
0bummerCare: BIPARTISAN OPPOSITIION!!!
17 posted on 11/06/2009 2:05:43 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (November 3, 2009, America says: "FUBO!")
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To: Daisyjane69

Thankfully MY rep. Frank Lucas is a reliable NO vote as well as my senators Jim Inhofe and Tom Coburn.


18 posted on 11/06/2009 2:09:06 PM PST by tal hajus
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To: Daisyjane69

I have called several offices and been told since I didn’t live there it was not my business. I explained that it was my money and therefore my business. I let each office know that I would note who voted for Pelosi-care and would use my checkbook and any money I could get from others to fund whoever ran against them. If they are close enough I let them know I would arrive to knock on doors.


19 posted on 11/06/2009 2:10:10 PM PST by nclaurel
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To: nclaurel

go to Zillow, and find one of those foreclosed homes that is in their district.

THEN call them back (address in hand) and ask the question, giving that as your home address. heh

;)


20 posted on 11/06/2009 2:12:13 PM PST by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: TNCMAXQ

If they cave in, some of them will be fired.


21 posted on 11/06/2009 2:14:25 PM PST by unkus
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To: Daisyjane69
A democrat in my state, who is not a blue dog said he is voting against the Pelosi bill. Artur Davis. I don't know what the count is, but there are a few Dem's that are uncomfortable with this bill.
22 posted on 11/06/2009 2:20:14 PM PST by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: Daisyjane69

Finally got through to the office of Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Administration, before I could get my speech more than started, her aide said “she is voting against it anyway”.


23 posted on 11/06/2009 2:20:48 PM PST by nclaurel
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