Counter-Revolution
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Posted on Friday, March 5, 2010 by Coco Letterman 
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by Coco Letterman, QNO contributor-at-large
Senator Kit Bond (R-MO) told me one time that getting a majority of votes together in the House and the Senate “is like trying to herd cats. You’d have better luck trying to stick frogs in a wheelbarrow.”
After countless months of deliberation, a day-long photo op at the White House last week, the awarding of a judicial seat to the brother of an undecided Senator, and Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid’s assertions that the health care bill will be passed sooner rather than later, 11 Democrats today announced they would join Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI) in his opposition of the newly-revamped, rekindled, rehashed and revolting Health Care Reform package.
I’m sure the administration isn’t looking kindly on the Dirty Dozen of 2010.
According to a Reuters article from Thursday, Stupak left little wiggle room. “’Yes. We're prepared to take responsibility,’ Stupak said on ABC's ‘Good Morning America’ when asked if he and his 11 Democratic allies were willing to accept the consequences for bringing down healthcare reform over abortion.” The White House and Cabinet leadership say their bill “will not change the status quo on the policy of abortion. There will be no federal funding for abortion.” Yet Stupak and his Gang of 11 are unmoved.
The cheers of Tea Party revolutionaries can be heard from Maine to pockets of Southern California. The bill that just won’t die just won’t pass, either. People have had easier times passing kidney stones the size of Buicks than democrats have had passing this bill.
This President, who previously asserted that reconciliation would not be used in this process, is piece by piece destroying the Democratic party and any hopes it had of retaining a majority in 2011 and beyond. Rarely do we see anyone so methodically shoot themselves in the foot on a national stage. In this environment, however, the president isn’t just using a shotgun or a rifle; he’s using a bazooka.
Even Howard (“AIIEEERRRGGHHH!”) Dean announced today he thinks this pursuit of health care at any cost is ill-fated, and by doing so, the president is hanging his fellow party members out to dry.
So why is he
doing it? Why is Obama shoving his
health care bill down the throats of Congress and the American people?
Everyone has their own beliefs. Mine? I believe he’s just cocky, arrogant, and believes he’s smarter than you. I know he thinks he’s smarter than me. I’m a conservative. That makes me stupid, ignorant, intolerant, and a fan of those black-hearted insurance folks.
You know, say what you want about Bill Clinton, but at least he knew when to take his foot off of the gas when he proposed ClintonCare. If Obama’s hitting the brakes, he must be in a Toyota, because he’s not stopping. If anything, he’s just picking up speed.
As this bill is debated and we begin to hear more of the behind-the-doors
pressures and prizes being handed out to win votes, the odds of the democrats
actually cobbling together a coalition of 216 votes in the House and 51 votes
in the Senate are probably no better than 50-50 at this point.
I’m just happy Kit’s still there to watch one more catfight in person.
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Reply #3 on : Fri March 05, 2010, 16:47:50