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1. #752206
   On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:04 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

   Never too late to evolve.

2. #752214
   On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pm, Salt said:

   On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:04 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

   Never too late to evolve.

   LOL. I’d see this as a reaction to the President’s address not doing much to settle the nerves of the country over this bill, not that he’s suddenly very thoughtful.

   If anything, this is just a power play that one might expect from Reid or Pelosi to try and gain some political leverage on an increasingly unpopular bill.

3. #752215
   On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pm, stillontheroad said:

   Sounds like a way to defuse the situation for now and wait till “THEY” forget about it and then push it through.

4. #752219
   On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:09 pm, d1carter said:

   An ill wind blows for Dear Leader…

5. #752220
   On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:09 pm, verogolfer said:

   Quality and thoughtfulness in Congress? Well, this is an idea. Let’s try this.

6. #752221
   On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:09 pm, conservativesRus said:

   As Rags has been proclaiming – Now is the time to be extra vigilant…”they” may just be planning to morph the bill into something else. Incrimentalism still is quite possible.

7. #752222
   On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:09 pm, Drained Brain said:

   Now they’re back-pedaling from what they’ve been peddling, as they piddle away their majority.

   The decline has started.

8. #752223
   On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:10 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

   I am calling my congress man, I want my copy of the health care map. The Dems say that mailing it would be against house rules… Wonder why?

9. #752226
   On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:10 pm, zyzzyg said:

   Yep, and it applies to many many things that the Congress has done.

   I would like to add, legislation that is passed late in the evening, or things like pay raises that are passed with a voice vote.

10. #752230
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:12 pm, rambler said:

    “Health care” is going on the shelf next to “amnesty for illegals” until the next crisis or death of a famous self-destructive star occurs to create a cover for a vote out of the public eye. MJ can you come back and die again?

11. #752234
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:14 pm, Ragspierre said:

    As Rags has been proclaiming – Now is the time to be extra vigilant…”they” may just be planning to morph the bill into something else. Incrimentalism still is quite possible.

    Thank you.

    Incrementalism is THE MOST dangerous prospect now.

    They will live or die on this hill.

12. #752235
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:14 pm, vinny said:

    translation: “we don’t have the votes to ram this through, but we will keep on trying.”

13. #752237
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:15 pm, happyscrapper said:

    As I said on another thread…

    This Congress could very possibly throw Obama under his bus. He is only there for 4 or 8 years. Congress, however, can potentially have lifetime jobs. So they may want to save their jobs by jumping off the bandwagon for this travesty of a bill.

14. #752243
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:17 pm, letget said:

    All these dc bunch will probably hi-tail it out of the country on ‘fact finding’ missions, at taxpayers expense, to keep from answering questions in their home states. Things have not gone well for those who have gotten before the citizens at meetings.
    L

15. #752246
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:22 pm, Hangfire said:

    I’m betting that as the populace buys more pitchforks and torches, Pelosi and Reid will “kick out” of the wave of Obamamania with increased frequency.

    They have to protect their phoney-baloney jobs.

    Harummph!

16. #752250
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:25 pm, mom2jack said:

    Although I’m not at all confrontational, I did look at my reps’ town hall schedules (although none have any scheduled in August) and planned to go and ask tough questions the complacent media won’t. I think if your rep does have a TH during the break, you need to go and make yourself heard. I’d also like them to publish the bill so we can all read it! While they are on vacation, we can be reviewing, responding, organizing and defending!

17. #752256
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:27 pm, harbormaster said:

    Harry Reid said: “It’s better to have a product based on quality and thoughtfulness rather than try to jam something through.”

    As we say in the backwater where I live:

    No $#it Sherlock!

18. #752257
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:27 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    “It’s better to have a product based on quality and thoughtfulness rather than try to jam something through.”

    I have a feeling that quote will come back to bite Dingey Harry.

19. #752265
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:31 pm, tarpon said:

    FNC — 76% say fixing the economy more import than Government takeover of healthcare. Only 12% think healthcare should be first.

20. #752267
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:32 pm, wren said:

    To: Leget #14

    And that is precisely why we need to make sure there is a Town Hall meeting in every single Congressional district during the August recess!

    Call your Congressional Representative and both of your Senators to find out when the Town Hall meeting is scheduled for your district.

    Before anybody votes on the health care reform bill, all Congresspeople and Senators have a duty to read and understand the bill well enough to explain the details to their constituents and to answer questions about the bill.

    We need to make sure our elected representatives are doing the job we elected them to do!

21. #752273
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:34 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Let’ hear it for the Blue Dogs! I hope the GOP conservatives are learning something from this. Fight the leadership!

    Go Sarah!

22. #752279
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:38 pm, shimauma2 said:

    LOL *someone* is gonna get wished to the cornfield…

23. #752280
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:39 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Does this mean that Reid has destroyed Obama’s presidency? I hope someone asks Barry.

24. #752288
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:43 pm, glockomatic said:

    Be vigilant. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see a vote on this at 2AM tomorrow night, once the masses are lulled back into the usual somnambulism.

25. #752291
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:45 pm, Hangfire said:

    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:31 pm, tarpon said:

    FNC — 76% say fixing the economy more import than Government takeover of healthcare. Only 12% think healthcare should be first

    And then quit printing money.

26. #752294
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:45 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:22 pm, Hangfire said:
    I’m betting that as the populace buys more pitchforks and torches, Pelosi and Reid will “kick out” of the wave of Obamamania with increased frequency.

    They have to protect their phoney-baloney jobs.

    Well, they are too late. Way too late!!

27. #752302
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:49 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    reid is doing badly in his re-election bid…this is political theater and him trying to look good for his voters…he suddenly hasn’t changed his stripes…watch the other hand folks…watch the other hand….

28. #752305
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:52 pm, Texhoma said:

    “It’s better to have a product based on quality and thoughtfulness rather than try to jam something through.”

    Should read “It’s better to pass this bill after the people have a chance to forget about it rather than risk losing my reelection in 2010″.

29. #752309
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:55 pm, Flyoverman said:

    “The surge has failed. The war is lost.”

    Credibility you can believe in.

30. #752312
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:58 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    “It’s better to have a product based on quality and thoughtfulness rather than try to jam something through.”

    Michael Jackson: “We all would just jam in the bed.”

31. #752313
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:59 pm, MtsEdge said:

    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:12 pm, rambler said:

    My thoughts exactly…too bad for our congresscritters that American Idol doesn’t start again till January…

32. #752321
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 3:04 pm, graysonret said:

    This upsets Obama’s timetable. His plan is a total socialist takeover as soon as possible, before the public realizes what has happened, and long before the next elections. His “coup” has been delayed. Very risky, Reid. I guess he thinks that the public, once figured as dumb, will stay dumb.

33. #752331
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 3:10 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    September is the beginning of the 2010 re-election campaigning season for these congressmen. It was critical to Obama that this bill pass before the August recess. It would be suicidal for the Blue Dogs to try campaigning while voting in support of nationalized health care.

    Pay attention GOP House conservatives. Many of those Blue Dog seats used to Republican seats. Conservative trumps party affiliation.

    Go Sarah!

34. #752337
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 3:12 pm, maisy said:

    I called my congressmans office,Delahunt , to see if he would be making any public appearances. No, she said, .I replied gee, don”t you think it is important with a bill of this magnitude to get feedback from his constituents….(La Raza ?)
    She took my name , I also said if they pass this and give health care to 20 million illegal aliens I will stop paying taxes!. I don’t care if they do lock me up…Enough is enough of these treasonous country killers!

35. #752347
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 3:17 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Rogue! Please don’t start an evolution with the first post!

36. #752358
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 3:22 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    The only reason he’s saying that is because he knows it’s not happening before the recess.

    Given the opportunity, he would have tried to jam it through. He is being completely dishonest…. as is typical for Reid.

37. #752366
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 3:27 pm, CommentGuy said:

    Reid is up for election this cycle and is trying to sound like he represents Nevada now.

    He even voted for the cross state concealed carry issue.

    Only because he knew it would fail but it gives him a sound bite to feed the voters back home

38. #752385
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 3:34 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    To recycle an old joke… I saw Reid on the television “Hello,” he lied.

39. #752395
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 3:37 pm, BOB said:

    On July 23rd, 2009 at 2:12 pm, rambler said:
    “Health care” is going on the shelf next to “amnesty for illegals” until the next crisis or death of a famous self-destructive star occurs to create a cover for a vote out of the public eye. MJ can you come back and die again?

    Obamacare will pass within 24 hrs. of when Ted Kennedy croaks. It will be his last slap in the face of America.

40. #752432
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 3:54 pm, rightisright said:

    #36 & 37 you both have Reid pegged …any move he makes now is to paint a facade trying to convince Nevadans(?) he is not the liberal wacko that he is.

    Out with the swine in 2010.

41. #752451
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 4:05 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Obamacare will pass within 24 hrs. of when Ted Kennedy croaks. It will be his last slap in the face of America.

    Actually, I expect Ted to croak within 24 hours of the death of Obamacare. He’ll probably murder Dodd as his last act.

42. #752478
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 4:18 pm, James Felix said:

    This Congress could very possibly throw Obama under his bus.

    And if that wouldn’t be the very definition of poetic justice then I don’t know what is.

43. #752507
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 4:30 pm, CO2 Producer said:

    Have all attempts to penalize health care industry abuses, frivolity, wastefulness, and excessive and complicated administration been exhausted? Nationalizing the system, which will make things even more complicated no matter what the president tells us, should be the absolutely last thing to do. We’re not allowing the industry to reform itself. Health care needs a good kick in the pants, but not at the cost of a free market takeover. Start over, Washington.

44. #752542
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 4:40 pm, Ahh a Lion! said:

    Gee, if only they had that attitude before they jammed through all the bailouts, the porkulus, and the House cap and tax bill!

    And the Patriot Act, and Military Commissions, and Bush’s stimulus, and Medicare Prescriptions….

45. #752558
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 4:46 pm, Ahh a Lion! said:

    …and Sarbanes Oxley.

46. #752562
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 4:48 pm, denver republican said:

    There will be a rally opposing the health care takeover at the state capitol in Denver on Tuesday the 28th, 11:30 a.m.

47. #752574
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 5:02 pm, tpro1 said:

    The BHO Whitehouse is chock full of open-borders people, influencing every decision, so they will not wait long. And the HC debacle was is to be the method of mass control, so it is not likely to go away. Treat it like a monster in a typical horror flick, that keeps rising from the dead to torment its victims. You only don’t have to worry about it after the movie is over (2012 or 2016).

48. #752577
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 5:06 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=264

49. #752607
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 5:41 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On July 23rd, 2009 at 5:06 pm, Ilovemycountry said:
    http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=264

    When I care about all what of the countries our ancestors left because they were so screwed up think, I will let you know.

    When I start flying the UN Flag on Memorial Day, I will give a rat’s rear.

50. #752615
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 5:46 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

    On July 23rd, 2009 at 5:06 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=264

    Why was 2001 left out? Kinda’ suspicious.

51. #752620
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 5:52 pm, battleaxe said:

    We have a waiting period on purchase of a gun, why not for these ginormous pieces of crap our congressional criminals keep churning out?

    It took Hussein months to pick out the presidential pooch, but we have to ram through healthcare reform in just a few days?

    There should be a 7 day online posting period of the final draft of any bill before a floor vote is allowed. Any changes to the bill after it’s posted should be posted online, which would reset the 7 day clock.

52. #752820
    On July 23rd, 2009 at 9:59 pm, Bruce said:

    I hope that simple-minded Americans don’t cool down on this issue during the recess. Contrariwise, Americans should crank up the heat on these disgusting politicians NON-STOP, everyday, all day, while on recess.

    Please don’t be lulled into a false sense that Obamacare is mortally wounded: It’s not!!

53. #752897
    On July 24th, 2009 at 1:08 am, TruthToBeTold said:

    Here in Dallas we had a counter protest to the pro-Obamacare one that Moveon.org had organized at the office of Sen. John Cornyn. The numbers were about 10 (200) to 1 (20 max) against Moveon.org. They did schedule a closed door meeting with some of the staff of the Senator in Conference Room A of the building that he has his office in. I don’t watch SRM news casts so I don’t know if any of this was on the news here in Dallas. The work was sponsored by Carrollton Tea Party and Marisa Marshall.

54. #754361
    On July 25th, 2009 at 9:07 am, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

    It appears that the problem with employer provided health care has always been the same thing.

    The requirement to actually have a job

    For those who refuse to work in the capitalist system this goes against the grain.

    So naturally we must force the rest of society to fund these folks. You see they want the same coverage as someone who actually pays for it, they just do not want pay for it.