Nelson: I'm Comfortable Being Lone Democrat To Derail Reform

[CatWoman]

Ben Nelson, a key conservative Senate Democrats, said on Wednesday that he was pleased with the changes party leadership had made to health care legislation, specifically on matters of deficit reduction. But the Nebraska senator, whose vote has been elusive to pin down so far, said he would be comfortable being the lone Democrat to prevent the bill from overcoming a Republican filibuster.

"I'm very comfortable having my vote, whatever it is, whichever way it goes," Nelson said, in response to a question from the Huffington Post. "I've said that from the beginning. There are other ways. I just have to make a decision based on what I think is best for the people of Nebraska and the people of our country. And then we will let the chips fall wherever they fall."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/18/nelson-im-comfortable-bei_n_363046.html

[UrbScotty]

1. Comfortable with letting people suffer and die, huh?

:mad:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. Ben Nelson: As useful as as a used tampon. nt

[NYC_SKP]

3. I know Nelson is an ass on this reform effort, but I wonder what the question was exactly.

I'd prefer to see a full transcript or see video of the session.

Of course, I'm predisposed to be suspicious of HuffPost articles that select quotes for dramatic effect.

It sounds like he's happy with some of it, less pleased with other parts.

We'll see...

:patriot:

[Thrill]

8. He's basically a Republican

We saw that throughout the Bush Years.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. Nelson's days are numbered!

as they would say in medieval times 'off with his head!'

[Richard Steele]

5. Ben Nelson should suck a candy bar out of my ass and choke on it. K&R

[Zomby Woof]

6. ZW: I am comfortable telling Ben Nelson to shove a corncob

up his ass.

[Thrill]

7. Yet this piece of shit, never missed an opportunity to support Bush's agenda

All we use to hear from this prick was, no one should stop an up or down vote. Now all of a sudden he's ok being an obstructionist.

And people up here actually thought there was a chance in hell of Single Payer with sorry ass Democrats like this in Congress? Keep dreaming. He can act like this and obstruct Obama's agenda because he knows the people in his state don't like Obama anyway. Same with some of the jerks in the House.