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Steele to Democrats: I dare you to go it alone on ObamaCare
“Get it to the floor. Up or down, baby,” Steele said at a news conference at the state GOP headquarters. “Put it on the table. And if you don’t think you’ve got enough votes to get to 60, you’ve got the nuclear option. You’ve got 51.”…
“You want it done? Pass the bill,” Steele said. “But they know it’s poisonous and they know the American people will not tolerate it. They’re scrambling now and they’re beginning to turn on each other because they’ve got a big problem, a political one, and they can’t solve it.”
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Yes, I am quoting myself. But just wanted to say Palin came out with a blog post today regarding tort reform. It is a think of beauty
deidre on August 21, 2009 at 10:17 AM
Because he realizes that any compromise on this mess will be a failure. The Democrats have locked the GOP out of the process anyway and accepting a couple of bones just makes them chumps.
The Democrats have backed the GOP and themselves into a corner on this thing. Steele has rightly concluded that it’s all or nothing time. Someone’s going to blink and it’s not going to be him.
Steele also knows that if the Dems use reconciliation to weasel in a takeover of 1/6 of the economy, it will create an epic $htstorm. If that happens, he wants to make sure the battle lines are clear and make sure everyone knows who owns what.
Simple put, the GOP has nothing to lose here. That sounds scary, but this is where Obama and the Democrats have brought the debate. Steele figures if he’s going down, then he’s taking these bastards with him.
RadClown on August 21, 2009 at 10:22 AM
ACTUALLY it WON’T pass in the FORM that you hope it WILL. The DEMS are tanking REGARDLESS. EnjoY
CWforFreedom on August 21, 2009 at 10:32 AM
Bat Chain Puller on August 21, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Wow you actually liked that Anti-white, Anti-western, Anti- historically accurate piece of cinematic crap?
Richard Mulligan actually did a better job of, and was more historically accurate, in Teachers when he played Custer for his High School history class.
LincolntheHun on August 21, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Your belief in historical revisionism saddens me.
LincolntheHun on August 21, 2009 at 10:35 AM
It would be completely different. But it would still involve negotiation with the Democrats and Obama wouldn’t negotiate in good faith. He’d do anything to get government control of SOMETHING which would be the wedge needed to grow it in 10 or 15 years.
Also any plan by the Republicans has to involve the insurance companies which is an automatic point in Obama’s favor or helping the poor at which point Obama can rightly claim his plan will help the poor MORE (how can “free” money NOT be the best plan?)
Total opposition is really all the GOP has. But I wish Steele’s talking points would be that the DNC is trying to usurp individual liberties and socialize the economy instead of taunting “You haven’t got the VOTES and if you DO, it’s all YOURS” Which is kind of meaningless.
Skywise on August 21, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Link?
RushBaby on August 21, 2009 at 10:39 AM
ITA — it was awesome!! She cited some pretty bulletproof examples of how tort reform actually WORKS, didn’t she?
NoLeftTurn on August 21, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Not calling Custer crazy, just praising the actors. Its only a movie.
doctormom on August 21, 2009 at 10:54 AM
found it on another thread
http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin?v=app_2347471856&viewas=1763455439
RushBaby on August 21, 2009 at 10:57 AM
One would think that if this thing is such a wonderful idea, they would just go ahead and pass it themselves (as they are surely capable) and take all the credit for themselves, thus cementing their power in Washington.
I guess they really know it’s not such a wonderful idea after all.
CurtZHP on August 21, 2009 at 10:57 AM
If this is so great put all government ,all unions including the UAW and all the other thugs(SRM) in it no exceptions.
Farfed on August 21, 2009 at 11:00 AM
No, deidre, they DO talk about it. They don’t have a forum, however, as the dems won’t allow anything they propose to come to the floor, the MSM have totally shut them out, and the only place I find consistent messages from the GOP is at Redstate.com. Think about it.
zeebeach on August 21, 2009 at 11:05 AM
name one government run program that works
runner on August 21, 2009 at 11:07 AM
FTFY
Vic on August 21, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Time for the Dims to pull their balls out of the bag and play, we’ll see what they are made of.
la.rt.wngr on August 21, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Thanks for mentioning Sarah Palin’s Facebook post. It is terrific!
INC on August 21, 2009 at 11:21 AM
You want to fix health care? Here you go: tort reform and allow me to buy health insurance across state lines. Other than that, what’s broke?
Yeah, I want the dems to go it alone. Make them own it.
cjs1943 on August 21, 2009 at 11:50 AM
This is a brilliant assault by Steele. The dems have been lockstep in saying that it’s only GOP astro-turfers. The implication is that the people still want it. Steele is asking them to back up their own spin. Test how popular this bill is.
The goal is to do the equivalent of admitting that it has been party spin all along.
It will look very bad for them to treat the bill as unpopular when it it’s only supposed to be a select group of isolated paid pubs.
Very sharp move by Steele.
Axeman on August 21, 2009 at 11:51 AM
There are few groups more despised by liberals than black conservatives. I’ve been called a “self-hater,” “Oreo” and worse many times in my life by Whites and Blacks because of my personal choices.
“Because the republican-hyphen-the conservative movement has now crystallized into the white power movement” and minority conservatives suffer from “Stockholm Syndrome.”
The Race Card on August 21, 2009 at 1:47 PM
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