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To: Sub-Driver
“On to fascism, folks” El Rushbo said in closing his show, today.
3 posted on October 13, 2009 2:59:59 PM EDT by Jane Long (Clean out Congress...give 'em term limits and their own dose of "government" healthcare.)
To: Sub-Driver
So, if it was 14-9 why was her vote even needed?
Looks like 13-10 was enough to pass the committee.
This woman is such a turncoat. She should be drummed out of the party.
Go ahead Olympia, become a democRAT....you’re a RAT already.
4 posted on October 13, 2009 3:01:53 PM EDT by Ouderkirk (Democrats: the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy and Sedition)
To: Ouderkirk
I just heard ABC radio say that this is bipartisan!
5 posted on October 13, 2009 3:02:58 PM EDT by halo66
To: Jane Long
Rush said that he would tell us when it was time to panic.
Is he doing his show from New Zealand on Wednesday?
6 posted on October 13, 2009 3:07:10 PM EDT by Buckeye McFrog
To: Sub-Driver
Dear Maine,
Go away.
Sincerely,
America
7 posted on October 13, 2009 3:07:26 PM EDT by JohnQ1 (Pray for peace, prepare for war.)
To: Ouderkirk
If Republicans fail to gain as many seats as expected next year, the elites will scream as always that it is because the party has “moved too far to the right.” BS as usual. They should blame Snowe and her cohorts. Thanks to her action it shows a lack of cohesiveness in the party. By siding with the Dems and giving this bill a look of “bipartisanship,” many conservative Republicans will stay home in 2010, and probably a good number of independents who might have voted Republican will be turned off. I hope I am wrong but I think that is a realistic scenario.
8 posted on October 13, 2009 3:09:05 PM EDT by TNCMAXQ
To: Ouderkirk
This woman is such a turncoat. She should be drummed out of the party.
We need a mechanism to toss people out of the party.
We could have gotten rid of the pervs before the ‘06 cycle.
Could have gotten rid of the crooks in Ohio before ‘08.
Could have kicked McCain, Graham, Snowe, Collins to the curb long ago.
The flaws in the GOP primary system that gave us McCain have not been fixed. This is very bad!
9 posted on October 13, 2009 3:09:31 PM EDT by Buckeye McFrog
To: Sub-Driver
This is what you get when the GOP loses 11 Senate Seats in two consecutive election cycles.
Elections Have Consequences.
10 posted on October 13, 2009 3:10:13 PM EDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
To: Sub-Driver
Snowe claims she is not supporting the bill, but voted to continue the process. Then why did she not say so and vote against this bill?
Would Canada like Maine?
11 posted on October 13, 2009 3:10:15 PM EDT by mak5
To: Sub-Driver; All
Snowe said she didn’t support the bill but voted for it to get the discussion going....how nuts.
12 posted on October 13, 2009 3:10:26 PM EDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
To: trumandogz
“Elections Have Consequences”....?
The current GOP has consequences.
13 posted on October 13, 2009 3:11:27 PM EDT by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
To: halo66
Exactly one republican vote is all the media needs to run with “Bipartisan” and that is all you will hear. She is a vile Traitor!
14 posted on October 13, 2009 3:11:36 PM EDT by Boardwalk
To: gathersnomoss
We’re SO SCREWED
15 posted on October 13, 2009 3:11:52 PM EDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: halo66
“I just heard ABC radio say that this is bipartisan!”
Olympia Fig Leaf gives the Dems whatever they want if they’ll just give her her 15 minutes of fame every time one of these important votes comes up. They laugh at her behind her back, I’m sure, because she is such a pathetic patsy.
16 posted on October 13, 2009 3:11:57 PM EDT by kittymyrib
To: halo66
I just heard ABC radio say that this is bipartisan!
They always say that when Senators Snowe or Collins vote with the Democrats.
17 posted on October 13, 2009 3:13:13 PM EDT by BigSkyFreeper ("The Community Organizer better stop bitching that the community is organizing." - Rush Limbaugh)
To: gathersnomoss
In all actuality, we should call this “The George W. Bush Healthcare Bill” on the account that if he had not helped the Democrats pick-up 11 Senate Seats in two years, this bill would have never passed.
18 posted on October 13, 2009 3:13:32 PM EDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
To: Sub-Driver
Snowe used to be a Republican but then, she drifted
19 posted on October 13, 2009 3:13:35 PM EDT by silverleaf (If we are astroturf, why are the democrats trying to mow us?)
To: halo66
call you local radio netwooerk and demand they get rid of abc radio news.
my local radio station quit abc news after a sea of complaints !
20 posted on October 13, 2009 3:13:47 PM EDT by ncalburt (San Fran Nan , Your Harvey Milk was gunned down by a fellow Dem-RAT)
To: Puppage
WHY DO YOU SAY WE ARE SCREWED? IT GOES TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE...IT CAN STILL BE STOPPED...SEE THEY WANT EVEYONE TO RETREAT...VOTE YES!..BIPARTISAN...OH ITS OVER GO HOME...NOTHIN TO SEE HEAR!....BS!!! IT AINT OVER!!
READY TO FIGHT! DONT STOP BUT NOW START CALLING YOUR CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS...WE NEED ANOTHER GATHERING!!
STOP THE MADNESS!
21 posted on October 13, 2009 3:14:16 PM EDT by Texas4ever (God is in control!)
To: ncalburt
Yeah...I need to do that or listen to a station that has Fox News.
22 posted on October 13, 2009 3:15:28 PM EDT by halo66
To: rwfromkansas
Maybe, (big maybe) they’re pulling a little rope-a-dope on Lincoln, getting her on the record as a yes vote on this. Surely, she wanted the cover of the yea vote of Snowe, who isn’t up for reelection for years. It gives her opponents more ammunition to hammer her with. The bill would have made it out of committee anyway even without Lincoln and Snowe’s yea votes.
Probably wishful thinking again...
23 posted on October 13, 2009 3:15:41 PM EDT by perfect_rovian_storm (The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
To: trumandogz
You are correct GWB did help the Democrats, but so did the other weaker than weak RINO’s.
RINO Candidate = Hell No, you will NEVER Ever again get my vote.
24 posted on October 13, 2009 3:16:32 PM EDT by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
To: Texas4ever
The problem is that Snowe represents the 60th or 61st vote.
25 posted on October 13, 2009 3:16:40 PM EDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
To: Sub-Driver
I found it interesting that when the GOP held their presser after the vote, the media didn’t even ask them a question like the media wasn’t at all bothered or interested to know the other side of the story.
26 posted on October 13, 2009 3:17:35 PM EDT by BigSkyFreeper ("The Community Organizer better stop bitching that the community is organizing." - Rush Limbaugh)
To: Texas4ever
The problem is that Snowe represents the 60th or 61st vote.
27 posted on October 13, 2009 3:17:56 PM EDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
To: Texas4ever
Amen. The fight has only begun. Let Harry Reid in a back room gut the Baucus bill, add a public option, have the CBO report an astronomical score, and we’ll soon learn that the bill is DOA. Then we elect GOP governors in VA and NJ in three weeks and there won’t be a Blue Dog in the House that will vote for this crap.
This war is far from over. Keep calling your senators.
28 posted on October 13, 2009 3:18:19 PM EDT by mwl8787
To: trumandogz
Republicans in Maine need to start a Promise Vote note to Ms. Snowe...You vote yes...I vote no in 2010! Signatures and send to her office!
29 posted on October 13, 2009 3:18:33 PM EDT by Texas4ever (God is in control!)
To: Puppage
We are that. Maybe we should take a page from the left's playbook. When they lose in elections, they try to win in the courts. We are in a similar situation getting clobbered in the last two elections. I am wondering if there isn't a Constitutional issue here. I have a problem with the federal government compelling citizens to spend their privately-earned cash to purchase a particular product, insurance, in this case. And no, I don't think it falls into the same category as requiring liability in automobile insurance coverage.
WRT the vote, it was totally expected. Simple arithmetic. We don't have the votes to stop anything the 'Rats want to ram through. Beating on Olympia Snowe is an easy target, but the fact is we lost the last two elections by huge margins, and this was going to pass whether Snowe or any other 'Pub voted for it or not.
30 posted on October 13, 2009 3:18:56 PM EDT by chimera
To: TNCMAXQ
I am moving back to Hawaii where it is already Socialist and will not be as big of a shock when the full brunt of Obamunism hits. Also there are no Greyhound Bus Stations.
33 posted on October 13, 2009 3:22:15 PM EDT by screaminsunshine (!!)
To: mwl8787
Crap! Oh Well...there are plenty of fish to burn!
Going to watch Beck for a little help...need something to hang on to
34 posted on October 13, 2009 3:22:48 PM EDT by Texas4ever (God is in control!)
To: halo66
ABC radio is lying. One vote does not bipartisan make. Most people above the 1st grade can figure that out for themselves.
35 posted on October 13, 2009 3:23:18 PM EDT by popdonnelly (Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
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