Breaking: Snowe defects on committee vote
posted at 1:22 pm on October 13, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Charles Grassley predicted that the Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee would stick together on the final panel vote on the Baucus health-care overhaul plan. Unfortunately, he didn’t reckon on colleague Olympia Snowe’s desire to make “history,” which apparently trumps fiscal responsibility and common sense. Snowe will vote to pass the non-bill, giving Democrats some much-needed political cover:
Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe says she will vote for a Democratic health care bill, breaking with her party on President Barack Obama’s top legislative priority.
The Maine senator kept virtually all of Washington guessing how she would vote until she announced it late in the Senate Finance Committee debate Tuesday. Until then, she told reporters, she had not even let Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., in on her secret. She told her colleagues: “When history calls, history calls,” even though she had some criticism of the bill.
History? Certainly, we don’t often see Congressional committees passing summaries instead of writing legislation, so that’s one for the history books. We also don’t often see Congress passing trillion-dollar bills in a rush, although to be fair, they managed to do it earlier with Porkulus — a bill on which Snowe also helped make “history”. Unfortunately, we see Snowe often crossing over on critical votes, so that’s neither history nor a surprise.
This does give Democrats momentum on the floor. Snowe’s approving vote makes it tougher for Blanche Lincoln and Ben Nelson to buck their caucus and oppose it. Joe Lieberman’s opposition may make that a little easier, and a negative CBO score when the language gets written may push Snowe back into opposition. It’s more likely, though, that the CBO won’t score it in time to make a difference in the floor vote on cloture.
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I think the whole Ayatollah thing is useless. I really do. And that was my point, it was the same point. I am talking grass roots people here, ordinary every day people…a lot of them like Huckabee, he was popular around here…but there are other conservatives who say he is too much of a populist and Rudy is not socually conservative enough and Romney is an elitist…and so on. That is my point. The right has this habit of dividing up into camps and they blame everyone else for that. The RNC, Karl Rove, whoever.
Terrye on October 13, 2009 at 4:32 PM
farright:
You are going to stand firm by abandoning the entire party for the vote of one Senator? How does that stop Obama’s agenda?
Terrye on October 13, 2009 at 4:34 PM
It is absolutely laughable that this can be considered bi-partisan, but it will be dutifully reported as just that on the news
TheVer on October 13, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Maybe McConnel is right and this thing will never get to the floor. The people do not really want this.
The dollar is collapsing, the deficit is out of control and unemployment is almost into the double digits and somehow or other the Democrats think we have to do this right now..I hope it will backfire on them. I really really do.
Terrye on October 13, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Gee, what a shock…
Lessee here…so what’s next…Cap and Tax, Civilian Defense Force, Fairness Doctrine…
I was wondering how He was going to get all the “brothers and sisters” out of crummy Great Society free housing ghettos, but since it looks like the FHA is being used to expand the housing lending thing, I’m pretty sure that’s how they’re going to roll on this.
Dr. ZhivBlago on October 13, 2009 at 4:37 PM
How can anyone call 1 vote bipartisan? If it was a bill Bush wanted and he only got 1 Democrat, it would be called divisive.
Terrye on October 13, 2009 at 4:37 PM
I no longer call myself a Republican. People like that steaming pile, Snowe, thoroughly disgust me, along with the other RINOs you mentioned.
Jeff from WI on October 13, 2009 at 4:37 PM
I am not abandoning the party, I am just not going to donate to the national party because I don’t want my donations going to RINO’s. I will donate to individual campaigns of conservatives. As far as I am concerned we would be better of if Snowe would follow Specter and become a democrat.
farright on October 13, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Does anyone here know whether any accounting of the cost of the health care travesty includes a breakdown of the cost of the salaries of the hundreds of thousands of new government employees that will be administering the nightmare? British EU Rep. Daniel Hannon says that in England, there are ONE MILLION government employees handlling their govt. healthcare.
Hannon says they are breaking the bank with their salaries.
I haven’t heard anyone mention a projection of how many new govt positions we would need here, and how much it would cost.
Hoping to get an answer from the collective here at HA.
tigerlily on October 13, 2009 at 4:46 PM
So true it hurts.
TheVer on October 13, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Some folks are reminding me of Charlie Brown when Lucy pulls the football as far as Senator Snowe vote goes. The first clue was that they were bringing it up for a vote today. If they did not have one Republican vote then it does not come out of committee. All arrows pointed to Snowe being the one. That being said I admit she should draw a conservative in primary and RNC needs to back that conservative.
Dire Straits on October 13, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Truth of the matter…they could care less what it costs
TheVer on October 13, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Does anyone here know whether any accounting of the cost of the health care travesty includes a breakdown of the cost of the salaries of the hundreds of thousands of new government employees that will be administering the nightmare? British EU Rep. Daniel Hannon says that in England, there are ONE MILLION government employees handlling their govt. healthcare
-I haven’t seen any, but remember that the Government controls healthcare in the UK, hires the doctors, etc. That’s not the case with the current Baucus provisions.
Jimbo3 on October 13, 2009 at 4:48 PM
If I hear that the RNC gives this b*tch one dime of money I am through with the bastard RNC
bluegrass on October 13, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Heartbreak in the land of cheese curds.
simplesimon on October 13, 2009 at 4:50 PM
What the hell – let’s just open a Cobo Hall in every town and hand out all the money left in the Treasury. What do we need with businesses?
MochaLite on October 13, 2009 at 4:52 PM
I prefer conservative
TheVer on October 13, 2009 at 4:52 PM
On a side note regarding Cobo Hall, if you heard the audio clips from WJR and the interviews with people at cobo…you can see why we are stuck with Carl Levin and Stabbenow
TheVer on October 13, 2009 at 4:56 PM
LOL
Breaking?? Come on Ed, what made you think she was going to vote against it?
Hell, my cat and 2 dogs knew she was voting for it and they don’t watch TV or read the blogs.
Old Hippie Vet on October 13, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Well I wouldn’t have expected NCLB, prescription drugs for seniors, TARP, or Amnesty either…. but it happened.
The parties are different but they are both poison. I heard Glenn Beck say today that we often hear about picking “the lesser of two evils.” He said that they both have the word “evil” in it and wants no part of it. In fact he might actually choose the quick death over the slow one.
PrincipledPilgrim on October 13, 2009 at 4:56 PM
But remember, folks, the GOP MUST MODERATE IN ORDER TO WIN!!!!! Right?? Snowe is the harbinger then, isn’t she? *sarcastic*
ddrintn on October 13, 2009 at 4:59 PM
So give the party an enema then…clean out the ‘poison’ and make it better
TheVer on October 13, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Sultry Beauty:
Maybe this answers your question From the Hill:
Terrye on October 13, 2009 at 5:02 PM
PrincipledPilgrim:
Prescription drugs for seniors is a private/public plan that acts as a discount, not a giveaway and it came in 40% under budget.
I doubt if that can be said for this bill. In fact when that plan went through, it also included Medicare Advantage, a plan Ed has said nice things about and Health Savings Account.
If the Democrats are successful in the House they will kill Medicare Advantage, do away with Health Savings Accounts and re do the prescription plan to make it strictly a government plan, with the government negotiating directly with drug companies.
Terrye on October 13, 2009 at 5:07 PM
This will be great news to the Democrats. No kidding.
Terrye on October 13, 2009 at 5:08 PM
She could be the love child of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Judge Napolitano (see hairline).
Chubbs65 on October 13, 2009 at 5:10 PM
TheVer on October 13, 2009 at 5:10 PM
TheVer:
When did it ever work? Ross Perot? Sheesh. Clinton won with less than 43% of the vote.
The only person I can think of who won on a third party vote, was Lieberman when he ran as an Independent.
Otherwise it just steals from conservatives and libertarians and gives to Democrats. That is the only reason Obama won in Indiana, Barr stole just enough votes from McCain to give the state to Obama. Obama won by less than 1%.
I was so disgusted.
Terrye on October 13, 2009 at 5:14 PM
This says it all; stupidity on steroids.
Johan Klaus on October 13, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Political cover because Snowe-job went along with the charade? Since Specter put an end to his faux-Republican label Olympia has taken over the role of designated fig leaf.
MJBrutus on October 13, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Agreed, and Lieberman won mostly because of name recognition and possibly as a ‘screw you’ to the democrats and their tactics. Third party is a recipe for disaster and yet for some it seems like the only logical option.
TheVer on October 13, 2009 at 5:27 PM
OBAMACARE IS DEAD!!!!!!
battleoflepanto1571 on October 13, 2009 at 5:32 PM
I hope so.
Terrye on October 13, 2009 at 5:33 PM
The thing is we are a big country with all sorts of people, trying to coral them into two parties is almost impossible and yet the system itself dictates two parties. This is not some parliamentary system where we form governments from coalitions.
Terrye on October 13, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Can’t deny that I enjoy reading the endless angst over this sort of thing… but seriously, if you people don’t pace yourselves you’ll never make it through the next 7.5 years of President Obama’s administration! :D
benny shakar on October 13, 2009 at 5:37 PM
If we can make it 6 years of Lame duck…I think we’ll make it just fine.
TheVer on October 13, 2009 at 5:40 PM
History called alot of people. Most of them should have hung up on history.
Chubbs65 on October 13, 2009 at 5:40 PM
I read an interesting article about the demise of Detroit, their former mayor of 20 years and how he destroyed the city as a sort of “payback” to the affluent. And of course his own self inflated image of greatdom. Does anyone else see a similar direction for our entire country?
SWChance on October 13, 2009 at 5:40 PM
I thought the earth was going to burst into flames before then anyway?
Hening on October 13, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Gee, brand new talking points put out this weekend! How much is Anita Dunn–the
WhitehouseWhorehouse Communications Director–paying you? Considering you are using her exact same words–hmmm? You trolls are so upset that you are so impotent when it comes to FOX and the truth, rather than the lies and spin put out by all the other Obama-kissing TV stations.More people are coming to FOX every day. They understand that something is happening, and that they are not hearing the whole story.
All thats left for you trolls to do is sling dirt from your pigsty.
lovingmyUSA on October 13, 2009 at 5:41 PM
MoveOn is angst-ridden too, it would appear.
ddrintn on October 13, 2009 at 5:41 PM
These are the jobs that Obamao promised to “create.” President Government never saw a “job” that he couldn’t create that didn’t “serve” his purpose.
What I do not understand about Snowe’s vote to take this “concept” out of committee is the problems her own state is having with health-care costs and the fact that the Baucus plan throws more burden for escalated medicaid recipient on to already over-burdened (or collapsing) state budgets.
Every governor, regardless of party, should be howling over this unfunded mandate.
onlineanalyst on October 13, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Do you feel this country is more conservative than not? Its hard to get a read as usually the conservatives are normally known as the ‘silent majority’ for a reason. I think this last election may be a wake up call for alot of people to get involved and pay attention.
TheVer on October 13, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Unemployment IS in the double digits. The real number called the U-6 is at 17%. The U-6 is the Old way of counting, notthe new fudge it up version that you see reported everywhere.
dogsoldier on October 13, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Its that chicago math
TheVer on October 13, 2009 at 5:46 PM
I can’t possibly add to the expressions of disgust here. Who are these people, the Snowes of this world? They can’t possibly be Republicans. What do they see and think when they look in the mirror? Are they so stupid they can’t comprehend what these schemes are leading to and that they’re colluding in the annihilation of individual liberty, or is it just pure moral vacuity? Both? It boggles my mind. They have to go.
At this point, it’s Palin for me or a third party. I want no more part of these fools and tools and cowards.
rrpjr on October 13, 2009 at 5:53 PM
A senator who is so fiscally ignorant should not be on the Finance Committee.
onlineanalyst on October 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Olympia Snowe declared, from Congress, to anyone/everyone, “when history calls, history calls.”
When her hair dye is black, her hair dye is black.
When she’s sleepy and needs a nap, she’s sleepy and needs a nap.
When she’s stupid in her elderly years, she’s still stupid in her elderly years, even when she’s in the Senate.
Lourdes on October 13, 2009 at 5:58 PM
DITTO.
Lourdes on October 13, 2009 at 5:58 PM
One of the latest Drudge headline stories is that the dollar has been displaced as the reserve currency. Obamao economics is putting us into the tank faster than thought possible.
onlineanalyst on October 13, 2009 at 5:59 PM
I’m surprised Snowe didn’t declare the polar bears endangered, state that she’d created the internet and that she wanted the guy in the wheelchair in the room to STAND UP, JUST STAND UP, JOE!
Lourdes on October 13, 2009 at 5:59 PM
As with almost everything in government – its an oxymoron, kind of like ol Chuck Rangel being in charge of house way and means comm.
TheVer on October 13, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Medicare prescription drug plan.
The GOP would simply expand what’s already there.
Some prefer the death of the Republic to be a little slower I guess.
True_King on October 13, 2009 at 6:01 PM
What is this call of history that Snowe apparently is responding to? Is she hearing voices in her head?
onlineanalyst on October 13, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Olympia Snowe is an airhead; too bad Maine citizens didn’t spit on her long ago…
IntheNet on October 13, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Before you think about any of this think about all the Presidential Executive Orders that have been signed that have to do awarding jobs or preferential treatment of unions.
The Federal Government will swell (thus saving or creating jobs /s) to create the agencies that will run the Government Run Health Insurance. Think about how many DMV’s there are. Government salaries have outpaced private salaries.
Remember the stated goal is single payer, goverment run health care, not just insurance, this “Baucus chaiman’s mark” is just a way-station step on that path. In the Chairman’s mark is the destruction of our current system of care to the poor & the elderly – Read the CBO report, the drastic cuts to the providers(caregivers, facilities, testing and supply companies) AND the severe slashing of the reimbursment disproportionate share hospitals (DSH)those that provide the majority (actually almost all) care to the poor, uninusured, illegals, underinsured, and non-payers, will bankrupt or run off the providers and shut down the hospitals. You can’t run a business on good will, no matter what John Kerry thinks.
Once the charity based hospitals can’t serve the poor, once the county based hospitals can’t serve the poor – who will? And who will work there? Go back to the Presidental Executive orders. You have to find a way to Government run health care and shutting down the care to the poor will do it. The draconian cuts in the Chairman’s mark (aka the latest Baucus bill)will overload the system.
Disincentivise people to buy private insurance or even the government insurance (it’s cheaper to pay the fines) and you end up with greater amounts of uninsured – oh you know the Chairman’s mark leaves 25 million uninsured don’t you – over loading the system even more.
It’s Cloward-Piven injected into your medical system.
batterup on October 13, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Here is an idea…..let’s BANKRUPT THE DEMOCRAT PARTY…..here’s how…SERIOUSLY.
Let’s use Alinsky’s rules on THEM.
RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules. (This is a serious rule. The besieged entity’s very credibility and reputation is at stake, because if activists catch it lying or not living up to its commitments, they can continue to chip away at the damage.)
Send a $1.00 donation or less to the DNC. Sign up 20 people (or heck just sign up the people in your own house). Then they will send a letter to each person in your house. Then they will send MORE letters to every person in your house. THEN you can take the letters and send them back that little “PREPAID POSTAGE” envelope with your negative feedback and so forth……..UNLOAD ON THEM!!!
They will send letters for a year or more. Make sure the postage paid envelope doesn’t have any identifying zip code or #’s on it.
If we all did that……..used RULE # 4 on THEM……well it would be fun wouldn’t it. :-)
PappyD61 on October 13, 2009 at 6:05 PM
My opinion on the third-party thing: it didn’t work with Nader (several times), other than Nader was glad he’d ruined a win for candidates he didn’t like or parties he didn’t like, either; and,
it didn’t work for Perot, it didn’t work for Paul (though he managed to cling to the story he was “a Republican”).
If you don’t like the Left today and you’re really not happy with Obama in the Executive Branch, then work to replace that and him with people who will do the job most akin to what you would like to see done (in Congress, in the Executive).
And sometimes Glenn Beck isn’t “right” he’s simply loquacious. He makes a heckofalot of great statements and reports (I watch him daily, I buy his books and read them, I read his site and tend to agree with most of what I find on all three sources), but SOMEtimes, he makes one of those “off” remarks.
And he’s just iterating the total irritation — peak of tolerance moment — with both parties. That voting again and again for candidates for one or the other who are somewhat lesser offensive than the other, is a failed practice.
But it isn’t a practical solution to unseating the current Leftwing grasp on Congress and the White House, to reject voting for any Republican because some Republican politicians are unreliable (putting it mildly).
Continue to demand that the GOP represent us with Conservative positions and donate to campaigns and not the party. That sends a very real message especially when it’s put in writing and often, to the party.
HOWEVER, the Libertarian element wants to disconnect FROM the Conservative positions and voters. SO, I continue to see the real problem as arising from among some Libertarians as to the problems with the GOP — and the GOP party heads who pay more attention to the Libertarian demands than they do those from Conservatives, while Conservatives represent, generally, more of the voters by head and vote count. Puzzling…
Lourdes on October 13, 2009 at 6:08 PM
So says Glenn Beck….which is why we were discussing taking the party back from the ‘squishy’ moderates and ending this cycle of seeming no consequeces for actions taken.
TheVer on October 13, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Everyone CALM DOWN
This was the 5th committe’s bill.
It’s one of five.
It took them FIVE MONTHS to get 5 ‘options’ out of a congress that they have a +20 lead in the senate and +70 lead in the house.
It ain’t happening.
OBAMACARE IS DEAD! DEAD! DEAD!
battleoflepanto1571 on October 13, 2009 at 6:09 PM
You people are so silly…this IS the US Congress
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CWforFreedom on October 13, 2009 at 6:12 PM
I had exactly the same question when I heard her.
“When history calls, history calls.”
It’s not only a roundly STUPID, insipid remark, it’s meaningless. Snowe received no tap on her shoulder (or elsewhere) from any “history” today, yesterday and almost certainly for the rest of her life except, perhaps, as the Weird Maine Lady who was last seen walking the rocky coastline calling out for History’s Blue Lobster.
Snowe is giving the likes of Senators Boxer, Schumer and many others, a run for the money: it’s as if they’re all competing to see who can be more insane than the rest.
Lourdes on October 13, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Her and Maureen Dowd should get together
TheVer on October 13, 2009 at 6:14 PM
I’ll say what I said at the beginning of the year when she started voting for every Obama proposal–she should be thrown out of the party.
Snowe, Collins and Specter were the only Repubs to vote against their entire party, both the House and Senate. She needs to be publicly tossed aside and mocked at the same time for her narcissistic behavior.
patrick neid on October 13, 2009 at 6:27 PM
TRAITOR!!
kringeesmom on October 13, 2009 at 6:29 PM
I saw this at powerline:
Terrye on October 13, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Please no Snowe thread. She disgusts us all and the unfortunate part is you have to put a picture of that ugly crow up here. If nothing else, perhaps an offshoot of the Chris Mathews/James Bond thread and list our favorite all time Bond girls as a thread..LOL…it beats the “When Will You Get Windows 7″ thread.
Jeff from WI on October 13, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Stick with the PRIMARY platform of LESS GOVERNMENT . . . not just in words – but in action . . . concentrate the message on a strong national DEFENSE (no policemen of the world) and both camps, conservatives and libertarians might actually be able to unite for once.
Firefly_76 on October 13, 2009 at 6:33 PM
I wonder if Democrats have some dirt on Snowe the reason she’s been so willing to throw her party under the bus to vote for Obama’s agenda?
Christina_M on October 13, 2009 at 6:54 PM
THROW OLYMPIA OFF THE LIFEBOAT.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaG2-MGtCVE
PappyD61 on October 13, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Does Ms Snow even know what conservative means? Say good bye sweety
foxone on October 13, 2009 at 7:22 PM
I am a con and do not ever remember her claiming to be one. I think you meant to say does she even know what a Republican means. She is a major Rino.
CWforFreedom on October 13, 2009 at 7:42 PM
I TOLD YOU
She is a TRAITOR
We the people said NO
Her own constituants said NO
and just like the evil democrats
she just flipped OFF ALL of her voters
and voted with the liberal nazis..
I have had enought
Its time to DRIVE A SILVER STAKE
INTO THE HEARTS OF THESE TRAITORS..
We SAID NO
and if you DONT LISTEN TO US
We WILL DESTROY YOU..
You work for US
We are NOT your God Damed SLAVES…
AMERICA PREPARE YOURSELVES
For these politicians will BETRAY ALL OF YOU
Obama works for SEIU
NOT FOR YOU..
veteranoutrage on October 13, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Sharmuta Oct 13, 2009 4:18:11pm
I’ve never liked hot air. I can hardly stand to read comments over there because the layout is terrible. And then there’s the content of those pages- just ugly. The misogyny is so thick, you could cut it with a knife. Why would any self-respecting woman want to join that site and spend time around such people?
PER LGF, if you oppose Snowe’s voting record, then you are, gasp, a misogynist!! They LOVE that word over there – creepy. A bunch of you are quoted with your vitriol and redneck anger…….congrats!!
Ris4victory on October 13, 2009 at 7:53 PM
My only quibble would be less government and more efficient government. Some groups like the FDA you would not want to go away completely, but are badly in need of a kick in the pants, organizationally speaking.
Dark-Star on October 13, 2009 at 7:55 PM
WTF
THE reason i don’t go to lgf to check out the trollish news of the day is because of the AWFUL site charles designed — 1200 comments on ONE PAGE? REALLY? and you want me to have to press ‘refresh’ on a mobile phone to view it?
LGF complaining about bad site design is like Obama complaining about media worship.
battleoflepanto1571 on October 13, 2009 at 8:02 PM
LGF is trash talking Allahpundit. I guess they are desperate for traffic over there.
Blake on October 13, 2009 at 8:09 PM
Defection? Hardly, Up in Maine, there’s always snow on manure piles.
As Ceasar found out the hard way, It’s your own kind that wilstab you in the back!
Don L on October 13, 2009 at 8:12 PM
That IS disgusting–if everybody to the right of Stalin had voted for Barr, the electoral votes would not have gone to Obama! Why, Indiana? WHY??????
Can we expect the Party of Lincoln to commit to repealing this turkey asap??
Chris_Balsz on October 13, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Did the lady vote to what her constituents wanted or to what she thought would be the best bet? You people in Maine need to do some homework. I hope you clear the slate in the next election or you will be fodder for the the next administration.
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mixplix on October 13, 2009 at 8:57 PM
History will soon show HUGE cuts in medicare, higher taxes for the middle-class, and government intrusion in our doctor offices. We got Snowed.
TN Mom on October 13, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Last time I checked Snowe has been moderate for quite some time, to the anger of many conservatives. She voices a position that is popular with her constituents. She is not from Utah folks. Get over it. Nothing surprising here.
Why speak of heresy when you praise Lieberman on defense? Are we talking about purity tests?
DanStark on October 13, 2009 at 9:10 PM
My, my! Such an angry bunch of ‘conservatives’! Be sure to say goodbye before you secede! You’ll be missed!
simplesimon on October 13, 2009 at 9:12 PM
In my traditionally right-leaning Independent Maine tow, I can find no one who is going to vote for her or Collins again in their next elections. We’d all rather vote Democrat(you know what you’re getting then) or Independent. I view as cleaning out the trash to get some new blood in there following that cycle.
scrubbiedude on October 13, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Wow. The crazy LGF blog banned someone for pointing out that it is not against the law or anything wrong to post the office telephone number to a public official. The poster was then accused of wanting to send death threats to Snowe. Jeesh.
And this nutter needs ECT:
These people are insane.
Blake on October 13, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Video parody: Senators Boldly Answer Call of History, Say Wazzup! http://optoons.blogspot.com/2009/10/senators-boldly-answer-call-of-history.html
Mervis Winter on October 13, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Wow! Big shocker. Not.
I’m sure all my Kennedy-democrat relatives in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, all life long union stooges, were doing an Irish jig upon hearing this.
Gang-of-One on October 13, 2009 at 9:32 PM
As stated on other thread, kick her out of the party. She would do less damage as a democrat. Of course after succession, she won’t be in my country anymore anyway. :)
ray on October 13, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Was that defects or defecates?
cjk on October 13, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Olympia Snowe’s 2008 rating from the American Conservative Union (100 being most conservative):
12.
TWELVE.
By comparison, Bernie Sanders, VT Senator, the senate’s only SOCIALIST, is an 8.
WHY IS SHE A REPUBLICAN?????????????????
battleoflepanto1571 on October 13, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Her soul is as black as her hair dye.
OneVision on October 13, 2009 at 10:00 PM
California is brain-dead, and it never wakes from it’s eternal dark-blue nightmare. SOS in LaLa Land. That’s the way it looks from my world in San Diego.
Gang-of-One on October 13, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Because the voters of Maine say so. Enough republicans signed her ballot petition, enough voters gave her the election.
And the only way to get rid of her, is for those folks to decide enough is enough.
Rebar on October 13, 2009 at 10:13 PM
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