Yeah...a party that was overwhelmingly elected to office, with one of the platforms being passing healthcare reform legislation. The issue Dem voters have with the bill is that it is too republican and mostly a gift to the insurance companies, at the behest of the republicans in the senate and Obama's over willingness to seem bipartisan. He gave too much and even with all that was given, the asshats on the right still voted no. That was the partisan politics. Now we have a watered down bill that is not as effective as it could have been because republicans played party politics and have been playing party politics, even voting no against measures that would have given money to small businesses which would have spurred job growth. They would rather we fail as a country than see Obama succeed as a president and risk them not getting re-elected because the Dems actually did something instead of just vote for pork barrels projects like the Bridge to Nowhere.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 6:40 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: intersting opinion piece on Beck and the teabagging party "Whether you agree with the content of the bill or not, and I don't, health care legislation was voted on and passed by duly elected representatives of the Republic. Nothing socialist about that." Yes, it was voted on by representatives. Interestingly enough, the representatives were not listening to their constituents. Hence the impending turnover. So, you have a group of leaders who are not representing their constituents. A group of leaders who think they know better. Kind of like a central counsel. Maureen, it's interesting that you bash party politics but you don't recognize that this bill had nothing to do with be representatives and everything to do with party politics. J - No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326526 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
