Message 3899 of 9032

Okay... so now the healthcare proposal....

.... moves on to the debating arena. Not a single Republican voted for it to go up for debate.... does this mean they'll not be participating in the debate?

Could be a very short debate...
Tripshaft's profile
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Wishful thinking.
They will be there with old and new lies about the:
bill costing to much
killing old people
death panels
Abortions gone wild
illegal aliens getting free health care, which is something they were getting all the time anyway through a number of Christian and Catholic charities, as well as laws that prohibit hospitals from withholding emergency services to anyone in this country.
Yup, it's a safe bet that Republicans will set a record for scare tactics in the next few weeks.
Charles1950's profile

over 2 years ago
You betcha...
Pluto50's profile

over 2 years ago
You betcha...
Pluto50's profile

over 2 years ago
The following was forwarded around the Internet a while ago but I found it on a blog and it works here:

“Democrats, realizing the success of the President’s “Cash For Clunkers” rebate program, have revamped a major portion of their National Health Care Plan.

President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Sen. Reed are expected to make this major announcement at a joint news conference later this week.

“I have obtained an advanced copy of the proposal, named CASH FOR CODGERS and it works like this: Couples wishing to access health care funds in order to pay for the delivery of a child will be required to turn in one old person.

“The amount the government grants them will be fixed according to a sliding scale. Older and more prescription dependent codgers will garner the highest amounts.

Special bonuses will be paid for those submitting codgers in targeted groups, such as smokers, alcohol drinkers, persons 10 pounds over their government prescribed weight, and any member of the Republican Party.

“Smaller bonuses will be given for codgers who consume beef, soda, fried foods, potato chips, lattes, whole milk, dairy products, bacon, Brussel sprouts, or Girl Scout Cookies.

"All codgers will be rendered totally useless via toxic injection. This will insure that they are not secretly resold or their body parts harvested to keep other codgers in repair.”

Submitted by Andrea
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Put this proposal out and some tea baggers are bound to believe it and start protesting.
ZoeCassard's profile

over 2 years ago
Codgers??? Are you calling me an Old Fellow???? Hummmmmmmmmmmmm!
denjolly's profile

over 2 years ago
DANG.... I gotta somehow get Mrs. Trip pregnant.... well.... maybe at least work harder at it...
Tripshaft's profile

over 2 years ago
Get to it, Trip. Menopausal women will need to wear a scarlet M on their collar.
ZoeCassard's profile

over 2 years ago
actually the reluctance to debate seems a partywide affliction...in the past year or so i have noticed that republican spokespersons on the sunday political shows have lost all their manners...they refuse to stop talking and interrupt other speakers at will...and then repeat the same tired crap ad nauseum..so it was no surprise that they would not want to debate the actual problem or the merits of a proposed solution to that problem...(would it be very rude to tell them to stick a fucking sock in it?)

over 2 years ago
First of all....if they trade this "codger' in....they would be given ....Florida. I'm one expensive health care nightmare.

Second of all....the debate will be a short one. The Dems like their closed door sessions. God forbid their magical hocus pocus be shown in the light of day...or an open session of the Senate. I'm sure Harry Reid will find a way to severely limit debate.

How long would you imagine it would take to debate 2000 pages of legislation?

See you next Easter?
pancho3's profile

over 2 years ago
What in the hell are they going to debate…Congress has their bill…And the senate is trying to hammer their bill together, why with 60 votes is beyond me?

Now if you take that 2000 page of BS and comb through it only about 100 to 500 pages are actual legislation… The rest is legal mongo jumbo about language usage…
denjolly's profile

over 2 years ago
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