Ben Nelson to Henry McMaster: 'Call off the dogs'

Politico ^ | January 1, 2010 | ALEX ISENSTADT

[maggief]

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) reached out Thursday evening to South Carolina GOP Attorney General Henry McMaster, the leader of a group of 13 Republican state attorneys general who are threatening to file suit against the Senate health care bill, and urged him to forgo any legal action, POLITICO has learned.

According to a copy of a memo sent by McMaster’s chief of staff to other GOP state attorneys general detailing the call, Nelson asked McMaster to “call off the dogs,” a reference to recent threats by the state AGs to file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Medicaid provision in the bill that benefits Nebraska at the expense of other states.

[prairiebreeze]

Bring on the dogs!

[NoRedTape]

Stop your foolish meddling, Nelson. Stay out of it. You blew it. You coulda been a contender.

[GoCards]

HMMM. Lets say he drops that “deal” then what? He voted yes for nothin, Im not sure that isnt worse.

[john drake]

Call off the dogs? We’re just getting started, bozo. I hope the dogs are doberman’s as well, so they tear up the traitors to the american people real well. The real test will come with the upcoming elections, then we’ll see if there’s more “bite” vs. the bark to the citizen’s ire.

[freekitty]

Bring those dogs on and file the lawsuits.

[jessduntno]

“call off the dogs”

So, he was asking politely, eh...FUBN

[FlingWingFlyer]

Sorry Bennie! You are toast! “Who Let The Dogs Out! Woof! Woof! Woof!”

[WHBates]

And why would he do that? I don’t think the letter actually went far enough.

[SandRat]

[Lawgvr1955]

Unleash the dogs of war.

[ICE-FLYER]

You have to be a disgustingy detached and arrogant poltician to tell an Attorney General to not do their job to check the constitutionality of something.

Listen Democrats...you have forever sunk to lows you will never escapefrom. You think you’re above the law,the constitution and the people. I will always resent the hell out of you liberals who have been busy destroying the fabric of this great nation. I will also be so ery happy when I retire from the military so I can run, effectively, against you where ever I can and set you back 100 years.

[jessduntno]

Sen. Ben Nelson wants them to call of the dogs, he shouldn’t have put on his Milk Bone suit...

[Secret Agent Man]

He can say what he wants. I for one am happy he is unhappy at the AG’s oversight and threat of lawsuit. The states have every right to investigate this, and other states have the right to file lawsuits over the constitutionality of this bill.

[Raycpa]

[NoRedTape]

Nelson blew it by thinking that his little Medicare avoidance would be challenged. Who was it? Did Reid say, "hey vote our way and your State won't have to pay a dime?". Sure. It doesn't work that way. Nelson and Reid should've had the brains to realize that.

Bring on the legal challenges. Big surprise, Nelson.

[Sudetenland]

Yeah, kind of difficult to put that genie back in the bottle. That vote can't be retracted and because of it they only needed 51 votes to pass the bill.

I hope the stupid btard chokes on his vote for the rest of his miserable life.

[Oldpuppymax]

Give it a rest Nelson, you phony. You sold out for a big time payoff and you (and WE) know it. Who do you think you’re kidding? What the senate has done is thoroughly unconstitutional. Of course, never having READ the document, you wouldn’t KNOW that!

[YankeeReb]

They should prosecute with extreme prejudice. Nelson could end this by changing his vote. While we’re at it I’d love to see every crooked deal used to pass this POS exposed to the light of day.

[maggief]

[pietraynor]

Why?
Because you are afraid you my have done something UNCONSTITUTIONAL???????????

The question is will the lizard king be able to appoint another RAT to SCOTUS before it winds up in their laps.

[Psycho_Bunny]

McMaster should publicly tell Nelson, “Go @$%@ yourself, Ben”

[clamper1797]

Not a chance you frigging whore

[fieldmarshaldj]

“Chopper, sic balls !”

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

[JLS]

Unless B. Nelson is saying call of the dogs, I wont vote for cloture on the conference bill.

[Marty62]

Well AGs I’m sure like being reffed to as a pack of DOGS.

But once the hunting dogs are loose they search until they find the prey.

[Tawiskaro]

Enemies of the Republic collector's card #16:

[Marty62]

referred (sorry)

[darkwing104]

Attack, attack, attack, and, when in doubt, attack again — Patton

[JohnBrowdie]

harry reid definitely screwed the pooch on the nelson payoff. this could sink the whole monstrous bill.

[Slings and Arrows]

Slings and Arrows to Nelson: ESAD, man-whore.

[Recon Dad]

all added expenses from expanding Medicaid to cover the uninsured in Nebraska starting in 2017 would be borne by the federal government forever, not split with the state as they are now.

Going after this backdoor deal should kill this whole thing. If you have to add everything you expected the states to pick up it should be a deal breaker.

[Will88]

The document goes on to say: “Senator Nelson said it would be ‘fixed’ by extending the Cornhusker Kickback (100% federal payment) on Medicaid to every state.”

And the Dims would still claim Obamacare would not increase the deficit, with all their lies and creative accounting.

[Twotone]

Rottweilers. BIG ones!

[SmokingJoe]

"Unleash the dogs of war."

[NoRedTape]

"harry reid definitely screwed the pooch on the nelson payoff. this could sink the whole monstrous bill."

Yep. Show what a rookie Clown Reid is. By telling Nelson that Nebraska wouldn't have to pay a dime, maybe he thought the other 49 States wouldn't notice.

Reid is an absolute fool and now Nelson is too. Putzes.

[Gay State Conservative]

Hey,Ben....you're not talking to John McLame here...you're dealing with *real* Republicans.We're gonna do whatever it takes to defeat this piece of swill...and then we're gonna do everything we can to ensure that you're unemployed a year from today!

[PoloSec]

Who Let The DOGS OUT

[ozzymandus]

Nelson needs to watch who he’s calling “dogs”.

[dcwusmc]

Marcus Antonius:
And Caesar’s spirit, raging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch’s voice
Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war,
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.
Julius Caesar Act 3, scene 1, 270–275

[GOPsterinMA]

Excellent - love the blood-warming FU’s to this overflowing toilet of a senator.

Is that real hair on this guy’s head or a rug a la Jim Trafficant?

[Aria]

My little opinion is that he was just needing an excuse to vote for this and he figured the people of his state would go along with the sale....and you’re right, now it doesn’t matter, the deed is done.

[FrdmLvr]

You have to be a disgustingy detached and arrogant poltician to tell an Attorney General to not do their job to check the constitutionality of something.Excellent point.

[God luvs America]

and he further reveals his arrogance by asking people to put their convictions and beliefs aside and “call off the dogs” so HE can get what HE wants- not what his constituents want...

[rbbeachkid]

The document goes on to say: “Senator Nelson said it would be ‘fixed’ by extending the Cornhusker Kickback (100% federal payment) on Medicaid to every state.”

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Do they really have no idea who has to pay for all of this whether or not a “state” has to pay?

[maggief]

With RINO Lindsey Graham in the mix I have concerns.

[Political Junkie Too]

I'm glad you said that. I was thinking that it won't be long before Mitch McConnell joins Nelson in asking to call of the dogs in the name of comity.

-PJ

[Boiler Plate]

Let loose the hounds

[fieldmarshaldj]

2 points if you know the reference without looking it up.