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Reid: No bowing to ‘Tea Party anarchists’ on Obamacare
lasvegassun.com ^ | September 23, 2013 | Karoun Demirjian

Posted on 09/23/2013 12:55:21 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

Sticks and stones may break bones, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just hopes his words are enough to get Republicans to back off Obamacare.

“We’re not going to bow to Tea Party anarchists who deny the mere fact that Obamacare is the law,” Reid said this morning.

That was just the start of it, though.

Reid used words like "fanatic" and "extremist" to describe Republicans threatening to hold up a budget until Congress votes to defund Obamacare and its exchanges, which open for enrollment in eight days.

“Are Republicans so intent on undermining President Obama and the signature health care law that they’re willing to inflict severe damage to our economy in the process?” Reid asked. “If Democrats don’t bow to every demand they have, we’re going to go right over the cliff...Americans will know exactly who to blame — Republican fanatics in the House and Senate.”

Reid was not directing his words at the entire GOP. He was more interested in pulling Republicans away from the Obamacare cliff by turning its members against each other.

“I see more of my moderate Republican colleagues stepping up to speak sense to an extremist element of their own party,” Reid said. “A few reasonable Republicans are wise enough to know that risking the nation’s economic recovery for the sake of a pyrrhic ideological victory would be another step toward a death knell for the Republican Party.”

“I say to the House and Senate Republicans who continue to deny reality...listen to the chorus all around you. Listen to what they’re saying,” Reid said. “Your conservative Senate colleagues urge you off this reckless course...What remains to be seen is whether my Republican colleagues on both sides of the capitol are wise enough to listen.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: communismkills; doingthesame; harryreid; harryreidlies; insanityis; lowestrating; minus20percent; obamalegacy; socialismsucks; stupidparty; teaparty
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To: RKBA Democrat

I hope the senate is “torn asunder” because many of the esteemed senators are criminals of one ilk or another. Many are criminals because they broke their oath to defend the Constitution and to defend the country against enemies foreign and domestic. Many should be in prison.


101 posted on 09/23/2013 4:30:28 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: RKBA Democrat

I hope the senate is “torn asunder” because many of the esteemed senators are criminals of one ilk or another. Many are criminals because they broke their oath to defend the Constitution and to defend the country against enemies foreign and domestic. Many should be in prison.


102 posted on 09/23/2013 4:30:28 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Blue Collar Christian

It makes it so easy for government to persecute the opposition in any manner they deem necessary when the general public is conditioned to perceive certain fellow citizens as the enemy denying them their deserved utopia.
Juden raust! Judenrein!


103 posted on 09/23/2013 4:34:28 PM PDT by griswold3
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To: cotton1706
REID calls TEA PARTY members "anarchists" and "fanatics" from the SENATE FLOOR???

I thought the RULES OF THE SENATE proscribed the calling of insults towards other members or officeholders within the current administration from the floor of the Senate.

If Leader Reid is establishing an easement upon these hallowed RULES of such an august deliberative body...

Perhaps Cruz and company, citing the Majority Leader's exercise of such privilege...
...Can think of a few descriptives of their own to focus on Dingy Harry...

HINTS:

Human Anatomy...
One Word...

Two Syllables...

First Syllable begins with "A" ...
Second Syllable begins with "H"...

104 posted on 09/23/2013 4:37:02 PM PDT by Wings-n-Wind (The main things are the plain things!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Let’s all be honest.

We know there is 0% chance that Obamacare is going to be defeated.

We all know that the House has absolutely NO backbone. On just about every important decision they have let us down.

This will be no different and all of us know it.

Not with this lame leadership.


105 posted on 09/23/2013 4:37:35 PM PDT by silentknight
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To: Tailgunner Joe

how about not caving to loons, socialists and extremists.


106 posted on 09/23/2013 4:43:36 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I pray that Harry dies in a federal prison some day.

No, Federal prison is way to good for him!

107 posted on 09/23/2013 4:48:38 PM PDT by thegrump
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I pray that Harry dies in a federal prison some day.

Tom morrow works for the country if he has nothing planned.

108 posted on 09/23/2013 4:54:27 PM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: All

If Income taxes were not stolen directly from working US Citizens pay and that taxes were merit based it would be much easier to control these a-holes that call themselves representatives of the American people.


109 posted on 09/23/2013 4:58:21 PM PDT by thegrump
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To: Tailgunner Joe; GeronL; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows; Lucky9teen
Only bowing to Islamists, Communists, etc.



110 posted on 09/23/2013 5:04:07 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’d be happy with the first part


111 posted on 09/23/2013 5:13:39 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

He says it’s the law. Yet he gets around the law by making the taxpayers pay for 75% of his premiums. Oh, how I despise that man! I would love to spit in his face.


112 posted on 09/23/2013 5:25:21 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: a fool in paradise

Good thing the king doesn’t have his schwanz hanging out or Obama would be bending lower. I cringe every time I see those photos.


113 posted on 09/23/2013 6:45:42 PM PDT by trubolotta
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Anarchists? How inflammatory! Is he trying to incite violence?

Let’s see. I think the House voted against Obamacare this time. I think they would have voted against it the first time if anyone had read the bill. If the ship has a hole in it, then you abandon the ship. Obamacare is the Titanic, and it is full of holes.


114 posted on 09/23/2013 7:17:20 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I don’t care where he dies, I just hope that it’s extremely painful when he does.


115 posted on 09/23/2013 7:21:14 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: petitfour

Your Titanic comparison is on target. Cruz did a marvelous job but on reflection, I think there was one thing he could have said but didn’t. How about “The American people don’t want ObamaCare, and the more they learn about it, the more certain they are they don’t want ObamaCare.” Then he could have gone into the reasons why the American people were right using all the points he made. Probably no big deal but it would have been nice to hear.


116 posted on 09/23/2013 7:27:47 PM PDT by trubolotta
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Oooo...I’ve never been an “anarchist” before. Cool! I think I’ll just keep bugging these freaks! :)


117 posted on 09/23/2013 8:22:37 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL of you heroes!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Harry Reid: crook.

http://www.westernjournalism.com/exclusive-investigative-reports/harry-reids-dirty-laundry/


118 posted on 09/23/2013 8:53:42 PM PDT by Ray76 (Do you reject Obama? And all his works? And all his empty promises?)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Oh Yeah !!

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119 posted on 09/23/2013 9:03:01 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
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To: griswold3

I am SO afraid you’re right. I wonder what methods will be created to load us into the rail cars, or trucks, or showers, and how the public will look the other way as we are taken away.


120 posted on 09/23/2013 9:45:50 PM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (Vote Democrat. Once you're OK with killing babies the rest is easy. <BCC><)
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