As Health Vote Awaits, Future of a Presidency Waits, Too(Caption the Illustration)

nytimes ^ | 3/14/2010 | Peter Baker

[mdittmar]

Illustration by Nola Lopez, photograph by Damon Winter/The New York Times

SENATOR Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, had a little political advice last week for Barack Obama." President Obama and the Democrats: Don’t pass the president’s health care legislation because you would risk losing in the midterm elections.

Mr. Obama laughed about it afterward. “I generally wouldn’t take advice about what’s good for Democrats” from Mr. McConnell, he told an audience in Pennsylvania. But he conceded that “that’s what members of Congress are hearing right now on the cable shows and in sort of the gossip columns in Washington.” He went on to argue that the issue should be what’s right, not the politics.

But this is Washington and politics are never far from the surface, especially at a decisive moment like this. If the schedule being mapped last week holds – and Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, said on Sunday that it would -- the fate of the president’s health care plan should be decided within the week. “I believe we will have” the votes, Mr. Axelrod said on ABC’s “This Week,” though Republicans and even some Democrats have questioned whether the votes are there now.

But the plan’s fate could depend on how a couple dozen Democratic congressmen answer the questions Mr. McConnell and Mr. Obama raised: Would passing health care devastate Democratic chances in the fall? Would rejecting it devastate a Democratic presidency?

[mdittmar]

The Illustration from the nyt is interesting.

[Renegade]

Simple caption——A$$HOLE!

[goodnesswins]

Surprised they didn’t show him being “strung up” on the cross....it is almost Easter, ya know...

[Wonderama Mama]

Wow, why didn’t the photographer just put him ON the cross with blood coming out of his hands and feet. That might have been a little more subtle.

[Man50D]

The socialists are ignoring the people and BO/BS is laughing because they have an ace up their sleeve to throw the elections. It's called the Secretaries of State Project. More information can be read at the link. Soros Eyes Secretaries

[FlingWingFlyer]

That’s what this is all about. The survival of a communist president. It has nothing to do with “healthcare reform”. This is communism’s last stand in America and the commie ‘RATS know it.

[MissMagnolia]

Another not-so-subtle attempt at furthering a ‘messiah’ image.

[mlocher]

I like the Swiss Flag in the background. It is reminiscent of his overall plan to turn us into a European socialist country. It is also reminiscent of the Swiss Army knife. Something he can use to stab democrats who ultimate vote for the hc bill in the back.

[Lazamataz]

I’m starting to actually believe the guy is the genuine AntiChrist.

[GailA]

Defeat Obamacare call list: List now contains the new MAYBES culled from FR posts.

KEEP THE CALLS UP! DC OFFICE LOCAL OFFICE

Code Red” - House Target List on Health Care

The National Republican Congressional Committee has published a target list on health care. In addition to continuing to contact the five Tennessee Democrat Congressmen, you can go http://www.votervoice.net/link/clickthrough/ext/94697.aspx to contact some of these targets. Much of the talk following Obama’s announcement has focused on how to defeat this second bill through reconciliation, but that is misleading because the first step to defeating Obamacare is not by concentrating on defeating the “fixer” bill but by defeating the Senate bill in the House when it goes to the floor for an up-or-down vote on Thursday, March 18th.

Rep. Lincoln Davis 202-225-6831 Columbia office: 931-490-8699
Rep. Jim Cooper 202-225-4311 Nashville office: 615-736-5295
Rep. Bart Gordon 202-225-4231 Murfreesboro office: 615-896-1986
John Tanner (202) 225-4714, Union City, (731) 885-7070, Jackson Phone: (731) 423-4848, Millington (901) 873-5690 TN (MAYBE)
Rep. Steve Cohen 202-225-3265 Memphis office: 901-544-4131
Harry Mitchell (202) 225-2190 (480) 946-2411 AZ 5th District
Gabrielle Giffords (202) 225-2542 (520) 881-3588 AZ 8th District
Ann Kirkpatrick (202) 225-2315 (928) 226-6914 AZ 1st District
Jerry McNerney (202) 225-1947 925-833-0643 CA 11th District
John Salazar 202-225-4761 970-245-7107 CO 3rd District
Jim Himes (202) 225-5541 (866) 453-0028 CT 4th District
Alan Grayson (202) 225-2176 (407) 841-1757 FL 8th District
Bill Foster (202) 225-2976 630-406-1114 IL 14th District
Baron Hill 202 225 5315 812 288 3999 IN 9th District
Mark Schauer (202) 225-6276 (517) 780-9075 MI 7th District
Gary Peters (202) 225-5802 (248) 273-4227 MI 9th District
Dina Titus (202) 225-3252 702-256-DINA (3462) NV 3rd District
Carol Shea-Porter (202) 225-5456 (603) 743-4813 NH 1st District
Tim Bishop (202) 225-3826 (631) 696-6500 NY 1st District
John Hall (202) 225-5441 (845) 225-3641 x49371 NY 19th District
Bill Owens (202) 225-4611 (315) 782-3150 NY 23rd District
James Matheson Toll-Free Number 1 (877) 677-9743 (202) 225-3011Mike Arcuri (202)225-3665 (315)793-8146 NY 24th District
Dan Maffei (202) 225-3701 (315) 423-5657 NY 25th District
Earl Pomeroy (202) 225-2611 (701) 224-0355 ND At-Large District
Steven Driehaus (202) 225-2216 (513) 684-2723 OH 1st District
Mary Jo Kilroy (202) 225-2015 (614) 294-2196 OH 15th District
Zach Space (202) 225-6265 (330) 364-4300 OH 18th District
Kathy Dahlkemper (202) 225-5406 (814) 456-2038 PA 3rd District
Patrick Murphy (202) 225-4276 (215) 826-1963 PA 8th District
Christopher Carney (202) 225-3731 (570) 585-9988 PA 10th District
Paul Kanjorski (202) 225-6511 (570) 825-2200 PA 11th District
John Spratt (202) 225-5501 (803)327-1114 SC 5th District
Tom Perriello (202) 225-4711 (276) 656-2291 VA 5th District
Alan Mollohan (202) 225-4172 (304) 623-4422 WVA 1st District
Nick Rahall (202) 225-3452 (304) 252-5000 WVA 3rd District
Steve Kagen (202) 225-5665 (920) 437-1954 WI 8th District
Bart Stupak (202) 225 4735 MI (MAYBE)
Brian Baird (202) 225-3536, Vancouver, (360) 695-6292. Olympia, (360) 352-9768, (MAYBE)
senator mark begich (202) 224-3004 toll free. (877) 501 - 6275 just became a MAYBE
Jason Altmire 202-225-2565, Aliquippa, 724-378-0928,
Natrona Heights, 724-226-1304 (MAYBE)

On the Bubble (Major developments from the “yes” and “no” columns in the House)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2467046/posts

Congressional Dems on Twitter
http://www.arrghpaine.com/congressional-dems-on-twitter

And here are toll-free numbers we can use to call any Senators or Reps.

At the first number below you must wait through a tape recording urging you to tell your Rep or Senator to vote “yes” for the health care bill. Just hang on and when the recording is over, you will get the Capitol operator. Just ask for your Rep or Senator’s office. Then you will either talk to an aid or have the chance to leave a message for him/her to vote NO on the health care bill.

When you use the second number and the Capitol operator comes on, just ask for your Rep or Senator’s office. Every time I use this number I get the Rep or Senator’s answer machine, so it may be set up that way all the time...to go to their answer machine. Either way you can leave a message to vote NO on the health care bill!

We need to use these toll free numbers that have been set up for the health care/ BO supporters and illegals to use! After all they are FREE!
1-800-828-0498
1-866-220-0044

[maine-iac7]

not the “haloed head” again - PUKE

[Carry_Okie]

Pagan idolatry from the New York Times

[Marty62]

Wow these guys make the Nazis propaganda campaings look like kindergarten drawings.

The cross was a nice touch.
Trying to make him look like a Christain. Lies of the Lying liars.

[digger48]

The Illustration from the nyt is interesting.

For the first time since the yellow journalism of a century ago, the United States has a major news organization devoted to the promotion of one political party.

Its news operation can, in fact, be called many things, but reporters of my generation, with memories and keyboards, dare not call it journalism. -Howell Raines

[Cicero]

That is a truly bizarre picture. Obviously they still worship him. They would NEVER put up a cross for Jesus in the New York Times, but evidently they’re willing to do it for Holy Hussein.

The caption reads: “Illustration by Nola Lopez, photograph by Damon Winter.” So, they took a photograph and turned it into an “illustration.” Not photoshopped, but artified. I wonder if the National Foundation for the Arts will pay her this? I’d be curious to see if she comes up with an award from them.

Here’s her web page:

http://nolalopez.com/

[dforest]

Epic Fail, epic traitor.

[Track9]

I guess the photographer thinks not showing Zero’s face is more favorable. They’re now going one step removed and trying to elicit support with the de-personalized Messiah ploy. In any other book, this is called desperation.

[mdittmar]

Main Entry: il·lus·tra·tion Pronunciation: \ˌi-ləs-ˈtrā-shən also i-ˌləs-\ Function: noun Date: 14th century 1 a : the action of illustrating : the condition of being illustrated b archaic : the action of making illustrious or honored or distinguished

[maine-iac7]

Would rejecting it devastate a Democratic presidency?

Let me get out my editor's red pen:

"Rejecting it would result in devastating a Marxist/Muslim presidency."

Vital to saving our country.

Question: Can America survive a conflicted man who fights within himself over his heritage, who's childhoods roots are Islam in a foreign land, who's mentor's were Islam/Marxist/American haters, who suffers from narcissism?

That is a toxic mix. Pray for our country.

[loveliberty2]

Send this John Adams quotation to your Congressmen and Senators, along with the question:

"Do you save the President, or do you save "the People's" liberty?"

"Found in: John Adams, The Works of John Adams, vol. 4 (Novanglus, Thoughts on Government, Defence of the Constitution) - NO. III. - paragraph 144

"Obsta principiis (translation: resist the beginnings), nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people. When the people give way, their deceivers, betrayers, and destroyers press upon them so fast, that there is no resisting afterwards. The nature of the encroachment upon the American constitution is such, as to grow every day more and more encroaching. Like a cancer, it eats faster and faster every hour. The revenue creates pensioners, and the pensioners urge for more revenue. The people grow less steady, spirited, and virtuous, the seekers more numerous and more corrupt, and every day increases the circles of their dependents and expectants, until virtue, integrity, public spirit, simplicity, and frugality, become the objects of ridicule and scorn, and vanity, luxury, foppery, selfishness, meanness, and downright venality swallow up the whole society."

John Adams words castigate the "arbitrary power" holders in Washington today who have gained their offices by promises to "redistribute" the earnings of hard-working citizens, thereby encouraging dependency among the citizenry, and a certain path to tyranny by those who hold the reins of power in government.