Posted on 11/08/2009 7:38:54 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The House passage of healthcare legislation means different things to different folks.
For President Barack Obama it was a “courageous vote” by members of Congress.
Obama went to Capitol Hill Saturday to personally press for passage. Today he was full of praise.
“Given the heated and often misleading rhetoric surrounding this legislation, I know that this was a courageous vote for many members of Congress,” Obama said in the Rose Garden.
For Sarah Palin the healthcare bill was a mess.
“We’ve got to hold on to hope, and we’ve got to fight hard because Congressional action tonight just put America on a path toward an unrecognizable country,” Palin said on her Facebook page.
“This out-of-control bureaucratic mess will be disastrous for our economy, our small businesses, and our personal liberty,” she says.
For Congressman Anh “Joseph” Cao, the only Republican to vote for the House bill, it was “the right decision for my district, even though it was not the popular decision for my party.”
Watch CNN’s interview of the first-term congressman from Louisiana below:
(VIDEO AT LINK)
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How the f*** is passing a POS bill at midnight “courageous?” Ahole.
Democrats voting to wreck this country are “courageous.” I guess this means they are the REAL American heroes.
Maybe they can all receive medals for their bravery.
:::I had quite a delicious dinner and don’t want to lose it:::
In other words..."I only won this seat because of William Jefferson's corruption. I know that the welfare pimps in my district won't vote for me if I don't vote for this bill."
Too bad more blue dog Dems didn't feel the same way in the other direction...
BINGO!
Obama says courageous, Huckabee says mess (nope)
Obama says courageous, Romney says mess (nope)
Obama says courageous, Pawlenty says mess (nope)
Obama says courageous, Palin says mess (yup)
They admire so much how he's "grown" in office...
Yeah. And you're the one doing the misleading.
And yet, Beck's phone, dedicated to recieving corrective calls from the White House about any "misleading" statements made on Fox, remains as silent as the grave.
Sarah is right. Beck is right. Limbaugh is right.
The only people who are lying or misleading regarding the coup's actions are members of the coup and their sychophantic media echo chamber.
On Fox, Representative Cao was asked if he was going to stay Republican. I believe he replied, “of course.” Too bad he wasn’t asked to explain how he squares his support for big government and wealth redistribution with the Republican platform of small government and property rights. I accept his right to think and vote like he wants, but isn’t a vote for this health “reform” bill a bit far even for the RINOs? Are they now going to accuse us for being Nazis if we (conservatives) refuse to support Cao?
As for Palin, I agree. If she wasn’t considered a serious threat, the left would never mention her. They KNOW she’s very influential with the conservative base.
If the Obozo really thought this was such a great thing for America, why would voting for it be “courageous”? Sarah is right: this is a mess, and the sooner we can vote out these lunatics, criminals, thugs and thieves in the Clown Congress and this horrid administration, the better.
Cao’s election was a fluke and he knows it...hence his vote.
The list, ping
I don’t know what Cao was thinking. Does he honestly think his constituents will re-elect him against a Democrat opponent? Or, maybe he really doesn’t care about re-election and is only doing what he thinks is best for his constituents. No doubt many folks will be on the up side of this wealth redistribution scheme. What an idiot I’ve been to actually save and work and pay my own way. What was I thinking when I put off buying material things in order to feed, clothe, and pay for medical and dental care for my family!
Mess = government dictated euthanasia brought to you by Zero and his Gestapo accomplice Pelosi.
If tens of thousands of people gathered together in DC for one day (or if smaller masses of people gathered in various places throughout the country over a period of time) to declare oppostion to this bill, and profess a willingness to be fined—and even jailed—rather than submit to its mandates, I think it would make a whole lot of people in this country realize that it just might be time for some good ol’ fashioned CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE!
Given his district,he's gone at the end of 2 years regardless of what he does so why not do the right thing? What a schmuck.
Cao...The right decision for his district, even if worng for the party...I guess he means for his re-election possiblities, right?
I understand the outrage at passing this piece of crep but I also see an opportunity.
I am willing to bet that this bill will not pass the Senate and that the Senate will not take this up until next year, an election year. The main vehicle by which Obama has passed his agenda is by “speed legislation.” This is passing bills at such a rate as to not give anyone time to read or consider it.
Pelosi’s bill is going to sit out there like a sore thumb. The democrats will no longer be able to claim things are not in the bill and Republicans are merely scaremongering. This bill is an albatros to hang around the democrats neck into next year, an election year.
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