Wow, betrayed by Kissell: The 34 supposed firm no votes by Democrats

[Seen the light]

I looked and looked to see if this had been posted yet and couldn't. Here are the 34 Democrats that have supposedly stated that they will definitely be voting against the health care reform bill:

According to Politico:

Frank Kratovil

John Adler

Parker Griffith

Artur Davis

Bobby Bright

Bart Gordon

Jim Marshall

Mike Ross

Gene Taylor

Charlie Melancon

Travis Childers

Ike Skelton

Colin Peterson

Walt Minnick

Michael McMahon

Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin

Dan Boren

Suzanne Kosmas

John Tanner

Harry Teague

Larry Kissell

Jim Matheson

Eric Massa

Glenn Nye

Allen Boyd

Mike McIntyre

Chet Edwards

John Barrow

Rick Boucher

Tim Holden

Daniel Lipinski

Brian Baird

Lincoln Davis

John Boccieri
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Extremely pissed and surprised at Kissell. He's breaking a campaign pledge.

[valerief]

1. Thanks. I guess we can look forward to seeing them on Fox Newz. nt

[hobbit709]

2. Their owners have spoken-i.e. paid them off

[tridim]

7. And they just lost.

Fuck their owners.

[sandnsea]

3. Many of them are in very safe seats

Artur Davis, Bobby Bright, Mike Ross, Gene Taylor, Ike Skelton - no reason at all for these people to vote against this bill. We've simply got to come up with a strategy to reach their constituents.

And what's the deal with Eric Massa? That one surprises me too.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. One name on that list surprises me: Eric Massa

He is the sole member of Congress who does not participate in the Congressional insurance plan. He says he will not take it until everyone has access to the same level of care.

Maybe his no is a protest? :shrug:

I don't really know.




(edit to change "doe snot" to "does not")

[Jane Austin]

10. Massa voted no because of the cost.

Also, he supported single payer.

[stlsaxman]

5. very pissed but not surprised at Ike Skelton.

[euphoria12leo]

12. Not surprised at all.

[aquart]

6. Before you believe a rightwing site, shouldn't you ask his office?

"Politico says you're a lying, traitorous, American-murdering bastard. Are you?"

[Seen the light]

8. They actually underestimated the number of Democrats that voted against it

There has been some negative buzz from Kissell's office this week, so I'm inclined to believe he voted against it somewhere in those 39 no votes by Democrats.

[Odin2005]

9. FUCK YOU Collin Peterson!!!

You pile of DINO shit!!!

[WeDidIt]

11. Every last one of them should face a primary challenge

and hopefully, every last one will fail to be nominated.

[Roland99]

13. C-SPAN ticker showed *39* Democrats voted NO.

:wtf:

[quaker bill]

14. Kosmas

Is in a District designed to provide Tom Feeney (r) a safe seat while he was speaker of the Florida House. He only lost to Kosmas because he tied himself closely to Bush and was involved with Jack Abramoff. While she voted this way to attempt to survive 2010, odds are that she won't if the Repugs put up any sort of credible candidate. The District is easily R+10, and likely more. McCain/Palin won the District easily on the same ballot. No need for a primary challenge here, the general election is a long shot with her and impossible for anything like a true progressive. I believe she may be the only (d) elected official in this District and is likely the first (d) elected there since the Carter Admin (1976). We had been running progressives and losing by 20 to 30 points for decades. I was surprised to see her win and I am sure it was only because Feeney was a terrible candidate.