NYT: Obama thanked Collins, Snowe, Specter for their “patriotism”
posted at 12:00 pm on February 7, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Via Tom Maguire, marveling at how quickly assent has become the highest form:
The details [of the stimulus compromise] were negotiated at an afternoon meeting in the office of the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, involving Mr. Reid, other top Democrats and two Republicans, Susan Collins of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. After they came to terms, the senators brought in the White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, for assurance that the deal was acceptable to the administration. Mr. Emanuel signaled it was…
Mr. Obama called Ms. Collins and Mr. Specter, as well as Senator Olympia J. Snowe of Maine, another Republican expected to support the deal, to acknowledge they were acting against pressure from their party and, one official said, to thank them for their patriotism in helping advance the bill at a critical time.
WaPo says the cloture vote’s tentatively scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Monday with a final vote due at noon the next day, hot on the heels of Obama’s Monday night primetime presser. In the meantime, here’s The One’s latest exercise in the politics of fear, another concept earning Strange New Respect these days among the fightin’ nutroots. Fun fact from Rasmussen: The spread between those who strongly approve and disapprove of him has dropped 15 points since Inauguration Day.
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If they want to run for re-election, let them run as Democrats. Allowing them to remain in the GOP is undermining its fundamental philosophy and doing the party more harm than good.
petefrt on February 7, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Bend over and take it like a ‘moderate’.
HornetSting on February 7, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Snowe and Collins are the cheap whores of the Senate. They’ll drop their drawers if you waive a two dollar bill in their faces.
Percy_Peabody on February 7, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Sphincter, Collins, and Snowe could have AT LEAST changed their party affiliation and then voted for this cr@p sandwich.
Instead, they chose to BACKSTAB the Repubs knowing full well that it was their Repube affiliation that would give the Magic Marxist the “bi-partisan” lie to be trumpeted by the Goebbels MSM.
All 3 need to be Alinsky’ed personally, family members and staff included.
Take OFF the gloves people.
Let’s roll.
ex-Democrat on February 7, 2009 at 1:06 PM
jcila,
So the Republicans that held the line in the House get punished for the bs of 3 or 4 senators?
Overreact much?
aikidoka on February 7, 2009 at 1:07 PM
If they jumped ship back to the party, yes that would be a huge set back for cred to Obama, but Obama knows these fools and they will prove him correct.
BUT… we can still hope…
katy on February 7, 2009 at 1:07 PM
Obama is smart. He knows that without republican support his stimulous bill is going nowhere. I wonder what the republicans sold out to him for. It’s only a matter of time before we find out. Obama will have it leaked to the press after he has no more use for them.
kanda on February 7, 2009 at 1:07 PM
Dont forget to add Spector to that list. He may be a guy,but hes still a cheap whore. I sent an e-mail telling him I was disgusted with his giving in to the fear mongering of Obama and his Chicago thugs.
I havent heard back from my last not too nice e-mail. I hope to God someone challenges him when hes up for re-election.
becki51758 on February 7, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Patriotism . . . ?
But waitaminit, I thought it was dissent that was patriotic!!
This guy makes me sick. There’s no other way to say it.
Ryan Gandy on February 7, 2009 at 1:09 PM
What did Snowe and Collins and Spectre get? Absolutely nothing. After they signed on, the democraps let it out that they would restore everything cut in Conference Committee, making these women (and I include Spectre as a woman) look like stupid sluts who gave themselves to a man for fake gold. What is it with these New Englanders. The democraps say that NEsterners are supposed to be the best and brightest but these dim bulbs, and Gregg included, are being played big time by below intelligence scam artists in Congress and the White House. It almost makes you think that intelligent design is not a bedrock principle in politics or elsewhere.
eaglewingz08 on February 7, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Dude, constructive criticism and dissent are fine, even some anger, but that statement is just plain ignorant. Grow up and shape up if you want to come chitchat with the adults in the room.
maineconservative on February 7, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Bingo dude…
We need to use Alinski’s rule # 13 on them!!!
katy on February 7, 2009 at 1:09 PM
can somebody please explain to me how stabbing the american people and the next generations in the back is patriotic?
and i thought paying taxes was patriotic well i guess that dosnt hold true to dems .
grabbing my pitch fork and torch
Mojack420 on February 7, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Part of communism is to redefine history and redefine words/terms. Patriotism seems to be the first term to go.
katy on February 7, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Wow, my prayers are with your family. I hope your brave son stays safe. It must be doubly hard on you seeing these disgusting, greedy turds destroy this country.
Does anyone else realize the irony of all these greedy, idiot, Obama voters that sold out their country just so that they could get an extra $500? Too sad.
mrsmwp on February 7, 2009 at 1:13 PM
I’m feeling a strange, probing sensation in my buttocks…
Wyznowski on February 7, 2009 at 12:58 PM
MediaHacks is here?
Bishop on February 7, 2009 at 1:13 PM
Did he chastise his nominees who failed to pay their taxes as unpatriotic?
Mr. Joe on February 7, 2009 at 1:15 PM
WHORES!
oldleprechaun on February 7, 2009 at 1:16 PM
On Monday morning I am going to call those three. Might not get me anywhere. But I am going to call them. Have sent them a email last night also.
sheebe on February 7, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Any Democrats likely to turn? Maybe arrange a prisoner exchange?
saint on February 7, 2009 at 1:18 PM
They are a disgrace and an embarassment to conservative women. End of story. Maine is a mess.
BrideOfRove on February 7, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Remember the howling from the Left when Palin said she appreciated the “Real Americans” who live in rural areas, and how they accused her of signalling that effete Eastern urban-dwellers were not patriotic?
How much more direct is this, when Wacky Baracky singles out three RINO Senators as patriotic, and thus implies that the remaining 37 as unpatriotic?
When did supporting Porculus become the test of patriotism?
gridlock2 on February 7, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Not surprising.
Remember how Biden said paying taxes is patriotic?
And how Harry Reid said the other day, paying income tax is voluntary?
Probably why patriotism is also voluntary for Democrats.
saint on February 7, 2009 at 1:20 PM
The one voicemail I was able to get through to of the “Cowards of Capitol Hill” {after trying the RNC; R-Senator Congressional Committee; Kyl the MINORITY Whip’s office(s); Sen. Expectorant (Lying Liberal Non-Republican – PA) – was one voicemail of Susan Collins office.
Really would love to move their JUST TO PRIMARY HER!
Note to Congress Critters: No. Votes. For. You! No. Donations. For. You!
Branch Rickey on February 7, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Control
Control of:
The information on the information superhighway, your cable, local, and national TV and radio programming, your school textbooks, your church’s accreditation, your rights to assemble, your right to express dissent.
The end of your own pursuit to happiness, the end of inalienable rights.
ericdijon on February 7, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Gag me with a spoon.
Zorro on February 7, 2009 at 1:22 PM
I smell the stink of Pork and RINO droppings
JIMV on February 7, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Part of communism is to redefine history and redefine words/terms. Patriotism seems to be the first term to go.
katy on February 7, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Conservatives have been allowing liberals to rewrite history for over fifty years in our education system and we are seeing the fruit.
I am proud of the house republicans and so disgusted with these three!
catlady on February 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM
I don’t think we conservatives need Hussein and his socialist cohorts to lecture us about patriotism.
TexasJew on February 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Boycott Maine bumper stickers up
Let’s roll.
ex-Democrat on February 7, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Ok, now, take your three “patriotic” RINO socialists and stick them where the sun doesn’t shine.
rplat on February 7, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Look at his eyes in that video.
Tim Pancoast on February 7, 2009 at 1:28 PM
maineconservative on February 7, 2009 at 1:09 PM
CLEAN UP YOUR DAMN CATHOUSE. YOU CANNOT LECTURE US.
jay12 on February 7, 2009 at 1:30 PM
More Mavericks. Meh.
Dead to me.
Dead.to.me.
If the RNC gives them any money – any money – the RNC will get nothing from me. Pay attention Mr. Steele. If the RNSC gives them any money, they, too, will get nothing, and like it.
juanito on February 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Note to Collins,Snowe, and Specter– patriotism is the love of and devotion to one’s country, not the prostrated sniff and smooch of the president’s derrierre.
canditaylor68 on February 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM
I’ll keep your son in my prayers along with the other brave Americans defending our nation.
kanda on February 7, 2009 at 1:34 PM
What we need to do is replace some of these spineless wonders with some real leaders who know the true meaning of the words Sacrifice and Courage. Perhaps some Vets returning from Iraq or Afghanistan might willing step up to the plate in the Senate and the House and take some of these political hacks to school.
Dreadnought223 on February 7, 2009 at 1:38 PM
I just wish that Fox news would quit calling these three scumbags Mod.These three are liberal to the core have no morals and should be run out of the Rep. party TODAY.This is nothing new for these three they have stabed consev.& the Rep.party in the back many times.They should have all of there committie asignments taken away TODAY .Let them all wander around the Sen. chamber all day with no were to go.I hope you Rep sentors that did not vote for this are hearing Obama call them patriots.I guess that means the rest of you are not.Rep. Sentors strike back down while the fire is at these turncoats.
thmcbb on February 7, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Then let the “catastrophe” begin . . . it beats succumbing to communism. Obama and his threats are designed to mislead and panic masses.
rplat on February 7, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Pass on the video,..but for some reason,..sleeper cell looks an awful lot like Osama today.
strange
BTW,..sleeper cell doesn’t know jack about “patriotism”
christene on February 7, 2009 at 1:44 PM
***
RINO HUNTING SEASON IS OFFICIALLY OPEN TODAY! Remember their names and actions and vote them out of office.
***
Michael Steele will be leading the charge soon.
***
John Bibb
***
rocketman on February 7, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Couching this in terms of patriotism is wrong and dangerous. Are those who voted no traitors?
Mason on February 7, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Just sent e-mails to Chairman Steele indicating that I will continue my withholding of support to the RNC while these RINOs continue to enjoy RNC support and that if I wanted the policies they support, I would donate my money to those better able to implement those policies — the Democrats.
Also sent e-mail to the perps via the links from izone-guy.
AZfederalist on February 7, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Senator DeMint exposes another hidden agenda buried within the stimulus bill. A direct and unConstitutional attack on freedom of religion.
See Senator DeMint’s speech on the Senate floor here.
See the article here.
Maxx on February 7, 2009 at 1:52 PM
I mentioned this yesterday, with the help of someone who added something. In the WH press briefing yesterday, Gibbs noted the job-loss figure announced yesterday and emphasized that the figure was equal to the number of people employed in Maine [get that, Snowe and Collins]; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [hear that, Specter]; and Cleveland, Ohio [loud and clear Voinovich]. That was juvenile. All four of them should have stood up in the Senate and told Obama to kiss the a**.
In each case, for scurrying RINOs, they can rest assured that they didn’t do sh*t for the economy, but the borrowed heavily to ensure that employees of state and local governments won’t miss a beat.
BuckeyeSam on February 7, 2009 at 1:52 PM
They can’t back out now!!!
misslizzi on February 7, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Can the RNC kick them out? Seriously?
Elric66 on February 7, 2009 at 1:53 PM
I just emailed the staffs of Snowe, Collins, and Sphincter and included the link to “Boycott Maine ~ Socialist Sellouts” bumper stickers.
Let’s roll…..the gloves are OFF. It’s personal now.
ex-Democrat on February 7, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Hey,, anyone hear about this??? the stimulus bill has a nice little provision that says if you are a school/college and accept government money you are not allowed to have any religious activity on your campus. Wonder what other little tidbits are tucked away???
http://www.aclj.org/News/Read.aspx?ID=3172
JellyToast on February 7, 2009 at 1:58 PM
NO money to the RNC until they publicly castigate these traitors to America and the GOP, and promise to not put a dime in their re-election coffers. Meanwhile, we need to put together a 501(C) to raise funds nationwide for actual republican challengers to all three.
Vashta.Nerada on February 7, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Thank you. He, McConnell and the Senate Re-election committee need to know that they will not be getting any money of these three don’t get publicly chastised by the leadership, kicked out of any committees and denied any re-election support.
neuquenguy on February 7, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Didn’t Specter just recently have to publicly apologize for telling crude Polish jokes at a soiree in Manhattan?
jay12 on February 7, 2009 at 2:00 PM
If I were you, just my two cents, I’d put my money into a liquor store as Maine is going to screwed too with the rest of the country and at least this way you could drink for cost ;^)
Branch Rickey on February 7, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Well, Haley Barbour was on Fox Business last night, and said that the unemployment ‘help’ in the bill will only be paid to states that agree to change their own unemployment laws to allow anyone the feds decide deserves the payments to get them. I am sure each and every tidbit in the crap sandwich includes a provision to overturn current state laws.
Vashta.Nerada on February 7, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Thomas Jefferson said that assent is the highest form of patriotism.
-new made-up libtard quote book
Speedwagon82 on February 7, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Patriotism is completely miffed as this will destroy the country’s well-being.
Schadenfreude on February 7, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Specter should be helped out. Obama should have his 60 votes in the Senate from the left, one way or another, so that the country knows clearly, without any doubt, who destroyed it.
Schadenfreude on February 7, 2009 at 2:05 PM
It`s amusing that now, patriotism is not based on dissent, but agreement with the establishment.
ThePrez on February 7, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Yes, I just posted a link above to DeMint’s speech on the Senate floor addressing this blatantly un-Constitutional provision. This is no mistake, this is a blatant attempt by the Democrats to silence/outlaw all religious activity at any school that accepts any of this money. Here it is again.
DeMint Fights Against Religious Discrimination in Stimulus Bill
Maxx on February 7, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Here is a link to contact the RNC! We still have time. A group of Team Sarah members are poised to support Toomey for the PA Senate seat.
Mutnodjmet on February 7, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Specter must go.
I couldn’t sleep, I’ve written my wonderful senator, I’ve tried to call, out of frustration, I have begun preparing for the next election. I still can’t believe that Santorum and Bush both backed this guy over Toomey. I’d rather have a Dem as our second senator than somebody who calls them self a member of the GOP. Although it won’t do any good, it was a fun project to whip up defeatspecter.org this morning. It’s never to early to take out the garbage. Maybe we in PA will get lucky and he’ll just retire but if not, a true Republican must step up and defeat him in the primary.
Thomas Jefferson
Now there was a real patriot.
crashland on February 7, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Here Comes the State
Paving the way for America’s Lost Decade
In 2001, Brink Lindsey wrote Against the Dead Hand, in which he contrasted the “dead hand” of central economic planning with the “invisible hand” of the market. The distinction is memorable. It is also slightly misleading. These days, the “dead hand” is very much alive.
Voters, then, have every reason to expect from Washington a stimulus bill that will help restore growth. But they aren’t getting one. The stimulus plan is flawed. It marries a few measures that count as stimulus with tons of spending on a domestic agenda that the Democrats have waited years to push through Congress. Why? Because Obama and the Democrats who run Congress are more interested in an idea than they are in economic recovery.
In the 1990s, Japan’s zombie banks contributed mightily to its Lost Decade. In slow, halting steps, America is creating its own zombie army. The results will be the same.
The issue is hubris. The issue is group-think. The issue is that Democrats are marching lockstep down a road that has been trod before, with nary a thought of the consequences. They ought to start preparing for the inevitable populist reaction. It will be swift. It won’t be pretty.
MB4 on February 7, 2009 at 2:14 PM
I am still hoping that DeMint will lead the charge to read every last word of this craptaculus bill on the Senate floor prior to any vote. No need to filibuster, just read the damn thing, out loud, for anyone who cares to actually listen.
califcon on February 7, 2009 at 2:16 PM
I am guessing if you make more than $12 a year – like Ogabe’s bro – you will not be getting anything but the ability to keep less and less and less of the money which you earn….
Branch Rickey on February 7, 2009 at 2:17 PM
I sure hope so; the swifter and uglier the better.
Vashta.Nerada on February 7, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Remember also that NONE of this happens without a compliant media.
Let’s roll.
ex-Democrat on February 7, 2009 at 2:19 PM
SINCE WHEN IS REMOVAL OF YOUR SPINE CONSIDERED “PATRIOTIC”
UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST on February 7, 2009 at 2:19 PM
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/02/06/maddow-omits-chunk-floor-speech-uses-bad-analogy-attack-sen-jim-demints-d
JT and Maxx, you may find the post above at newsbusters interesting. To add a point, I think (but I may be wrong) this POS bill says that if a building is renovated or constructed, then it can’t be used for any religious purpose. I don’t think it rules out the rest of the campus. That said, what kind of person would include such a specific provision. Bill Ayers and his wife could use their dorm rooms at Northwestern 40 years ago to plot domestic terror, but an informal Bible study could not. Go figure.
To all three, the social engineering included in this bill is unbelievable. And the Devil is really in the details. How can 535 people plus one idiot pass a $1 trillion package unless each one of them fully understands everything that’s going on in it.
Sheeps to slaughter, thanks to swing-voting sheep.
BuckeyeSam on February 7, 2009 at 2:22 PM
“Real Americans” thinking “country first.”
getalife on February 7, 2009 at 2:22 PM
A little know fact about Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, he was the one that invented the so-called “magic bullet” theory during the Warren Commission days. Yes, he’s been around that long, and he’s always been a snake in the grass.
Maxx on February 7, 2009 at 2:22 PM
So, what happens if the states refuse to go along? Then the money doesn’t get spent? I can see this happening if these payouts are a one-time thing, then the state has to pick up the bill in the future. It’s an easy argument to make to the people that that the state couldn’t afford to take the “gift” from the fed because the result would be higher state taxes in following years.
AZfederalist on February 7, 2009 at 2:23 PM
Bravo! Well done you two! ROFLMAO!
Branch Rickey on February 7, 2009 at 2:25 PM
I believe the states that need money now will be required to change their laws as well as picking up the burden after the ’stimulus’ money runs out. Best of both worlds for the feds.
Vashta.Nerada on February 7, 2009 at 2:25 PM
BTW, all of this temporary federal help will ensure much higher state taxes, and once the federal bailout hits about $3 trillion, the only option is a huge rise in federal income taxes. “We have to raise taxes, we have no choice” will be heard in the not too distant future.
Vashta.Nerada on February 7, 2009 at 2:28 PM
The founder fathers understood that people looking at the government as the source of their personal financial advantage would be a great threat to our democracy. If history was objectively written, I wonder if the FDR era will some day be seen as the beginning of this downward spiral that has made the re-distribution of wealth the main role of the government, and the number one campaign issue.
neuquenguy on February 7, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Bamby (or any other Liberal) wouldn’t know “patriotism” if it hit them square in the jaw… These people constantly blame America for everything wrong on the planet (as well as outer space); they support those who burn our flag; they want to supply condoms to the entire planet while at the same time whining about how America sticks our nose in other countries business… The list of hypocrisy is too long for a single thread.
Keemo on February 7, 2009 at 2:30 PM
“Real Americans” thinking “country first.”
getalife on February 7, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Nope. Phoney Politicians thinking of their own careers first. There is an awakening happening in America. Every day that goes by, people are starting to have “buyers’ remorse”. They are realizing that “Hope and Change” were “Words. Just Words”. That is why Mr. President is trying to get this piece of garbage passed as quickly as possible.
kingsjester on February 7, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Well, Haley Barbour was on Fox Business last night, and said that the unemployment ‘help’ in the bill will only be paid to states that agree to change their own unemployment laws to allow anyone the feds decide deserves the payments to get them. I am sure each and every tidbit in the crap sandwich includes a provision to overturn current state laws.
So, what happens if the states refuse to go along? Then the money doesn’t get spent? I can see this happening if these payouts are a one-time thing, then the state has to pick up the bill in the future. It’s an easy argument to make to the people that that the state couldn’t afford to take the “gift” from the fed because the result would be higher state taxes in following years.
AZfederalist on February 7, 2009 at 2:23 PM
DrStock on February 7, 2009 at 2:35 PM
Well, duh. That’s the point. Liberals want to explode the federal government, and then destroy the productive class with punitive taxes to pay for it. This really is about redistributing wealth, folks. Make no mistake. They want everyone to be “middle class” in this country – except for themselves, of course.
rockmom on February 7, 2009 at 2:36 PM
The ultimate quid pro quo.
“Bi-partisan support” may be attempted to be used in the media and some deranged liberal Democrats, but make no mistake, this great American porkfest is owned by Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and every Democrat that made their payments to those who invested in electing them. In this process, it’s the people of this nation that are forced to pay for this irresponsible act. Not one word in this legislation was written that explained where this money will come from or how this government was going to pay it back. If stealing billions from Americans is called PATRIOTIC, I don’t care to be a patriot any more.
Rovin on February 7, 2009 at 2:36 PM
Snowe, Collins, and Spector are as patriotic as Benedict Arnold was. Forever you will be pariahs to the conservative community unless you have a change in heart and not vote for the package. I would you call you traitors but that appellation is too good for you all.
technopeasant on February 7, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Eventually, taxes will not be sufficient and you will see much larger deficits, debt and inflation. this is the road Argentina took when the socialist/populist Peron took over and started a massive re-distribution of wealth nanny government campaign. They eventually ended up with hyper-inflation, price controls and massive foreign debt which had the IMF dictating their domestic policy and from which they have been spending decades trying to recover.
neuquenguy on February 7, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Wouldn’t you love to know what 0 promised the girls from Maine?
Oleta on February 7, 2009 at 2:42 PM
My two sons know what “patriotism” means–getting tossed around in decades-old Coast Guard cutters in the Bering Sea in the dead of winter. Search and rescue missions and national security.
Mr. Obama, don’t EVER lecture my family on what it means to be patriotic. There are thousands of families whose loved ones are in harms way. You cannot lead where you will not go.
DrStock on February 7, 2009 at 2:42 PM
Voting, talking, whining; the time for that is past. Whine and whimper until the day you die, if you like, it’s not going to change anything at this point.
Midas on February 7, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Toast, the traitors Snowe Collins, Specter were bought off by some special pork in a closed hearing with Obama insurgents. They didn’t even read the bill and possibly don’t even care what is in it.
FireBlogger on February 7, 2009 at 2:46 PM
And a slimy piece of Chicago politician would know the definition of patriotism? Which tells us what the three really are.
sloopy on February 7, 2009 at 2:47 PM
What really infuriated me was Collins telling us from the floor last night what the American people want. She doesn’t care what the American people want, much less know.
sloopy on February 7, 2009 at 2:49 PM
No more Wicca or Islam? are you sure? Who wants to bet that this will be enforced for anything other than Christianity?
neuquenguy on February 7, 2009 at 2:51 PM
And yet again… Yet another reference to the past “eight years”. It’s truly as if he is still campaigning, still obsessed with Bush’s term. For all the talk that somehow he is a moderate, to me he just continually comes across as extremely partisan.
tartan on February 7, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Republican Senators.
Read the bill.
Read the bill.
(And while that is going on, put the fear of God into these traitors. Help them figure out what rationale they will use to explain to the American people how they changed their minds and will now vote AGAINST the bill.)
It is the only way they can save face (maybe).
DrStock on February 7, 2009 at 2:54 PM
This is still an EPIC FAIL for Obama. He can put all the “bipartisan” lipstick he wants on this thing, but it’s still a stinky Democrat pig.
Everyone knew going in to this session of Congress that Specter, Snowe, and Collins would probably vote with the Democrats on most bills. They always have, and Specter is up for reelection in 2010. But Obama failed to get a single other Republican to support this monstrosity. He is no uniter at all. I believe the House Republican vote was a HUGE slap in his face, and he is still obviously shellshocked by it.
The House Republicans exposed the nakedness of our new emperor.
rockmom on February 7, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Let’s not let Teddy Roosevelt off on this one and his pushing for the federal income tax amendment!
Branch Rickey on February 7, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Only a change in currency can happen in your scenario. Consider this; we have known that the socialists are actually constructing a system where the government takes the place of God, this “god” will sustain you but only if you do its will. Now, considering that we are about to experience a crisis, and that the world is already clamoring for a new world order and a new currency, what do you think will happen when we can’t pay anything back, or when China wants to cash in those IOU’s?
The pressure to change currencies will be tremendous. Now, when we do change currencies, what one word will be taken out of the currency? Remember, the state must become the god, that’s why it’s so hostile towards Christians.
Can anybody guess which word? Who will the money no longer acknowledge?
Who do you trust?
True_King on February 7, 2009 at 2:59 PM
A Sissy Matthews “tingle” up their legs too?
/sarc
Branch Rickey on February 7, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Misspent is the highest form of patriotism.
Jim Treacher on February 7, 2009 at 3:00 PM
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