Merry Christmas: GOP gives in on timing of health care vote

McClatchy Newspapers ^ | December 22, 2009 | David Lightman and Margaret Talev

[chilltherats]

The lefty family members will greet the sane relatives with a warm smile and an admonition, “Now, no politics, Uncle George! We’re just going to have a nice, cozy family Christmas this year!”

[BooBoo1000]

For all of the good the GOP Senators have done, they might as well have stayed home at the Thanksgiving Recess.They are without a doubt the biggest bunch of losers in Washington History.

[Brugmansian]

Let’s hope this year when the lefty kids notice Uncle George is withdrawn, Aunt Gladys tells them he is worried sick about how he is going to take care of her under ObamaCare.

[Brugmansian]

For all of the good the GOP Senators have done, they might as well have stayed home at the Thanksgiving Recess.They are without a doubt the biggest bunch of losers in Washington History.

Worse than all the Democratic Senators. Worse than Carter. Worse than Obama.

Yeah...you're real helpful. Blaming those who don't have the votes to do spit for what Democrats have done is just great. That will encourage people. Maybe next year Democrats will have a 2/3rds majority.

[chilltherats]

No guts, no glory. Although there are a few with some guts and some smarts, most of them - far too many - are invertebrate fools.

[chilltherats]

I also meant to say that I’m at least glad to see them united and that they’re there to resoundingly vote no. Olympia Snowe though is another matter. She voted yes to let the bill out of committee. If I’m not mistaken, she could have stopped that.

[chilltherats]

Were I uncle George and Aunt Gladys, I would turn around and go home if my ids or nephew/niece/grandkid said that to me, but elderly people don’t do that. They want to see family and the youngsters, so they put up with it and general disrespect, sad to say.

[rcrngroup]

Thanks!!! I have not been able to sign onto FR since Dec 23, due to the CHRISTmas Day festivities. Any more on the Jeff Sessions press conference. It appears that the bill is on track to go to joint conference, and likely will pass no matter if the anti-abortion language is dropped or the Stupak amendment or even in the gubmint public option is added back in.

In the end, the demoRAT will get exactly the socialist piece of crap that they were aiming for all along.

We continue to get screwed in every aspect of this hellish POS bill getting passed. From the demoRATs stealing elections (Frankenstein), Spector switching over to the demoRATs, Repubs failing to delay the bill somehow till after Christmas due to Kay Bailey Hutchinson allowing the defense bill to be quickly passed without filibuster, and thereby ensuring the Health care piece of crap would make 0bozo's & Reid's Christmas Eve deadline. We are so screwed.

[onyx]

You were much better off enjoying CHRISTmas and your family. I'll try to remember to ping you some articles that will quickly catch you up to the latest going's on. Thankfully, congress is in recess until January 18, 2010 and we'll have townhalls to attend in the interim!

Happy New Year (I hope).