GOP Stalls Healthcare Bill

[fivestarmichael]

I am ashamed to be a Democrat, so I am changing to Republican now.

[cybervore]

Too bad that all we did was stall it, instead of killing it! The next step...over-turn the POS!!!

[noudidnot]

The economy was in shamble when President Obama took office. For 8 years the Republicans did nothing but make the rich people richer and the poor people poorer. Eight years of nothing....

In one year we got health care reform. High five to our officials who voted YES!!! America remember what the Republican party did to America. Brought us to our knees.

[noudidnot]

Republicans don't get their way and they turn to violence. Shame on them. For 8 years they did nothing but turn this country into a utter mess. I hope the voters will remember this.

[pluto4847]

@noudidnot

Exactly and I am ashamed to be a REpublican so I'm changing to Democrat now. I'm with you brother.

[hadenufnow]

hey you publicans better start figgering out how to hide yo money or we be gettin it thru all dat resistributin by hiring UNION....

......................fools...­chumps.,...

[AgnesBojaxhiu2000]

the wsj-foxnews-rushie ECONOMIC FREEFALL neocons is the obstruction politico of NO ... the manson i mean murdoch family (bod & largest shareholder) are led by foreigners mostly from australia & rupert's wife's born in chicom Xuzhou .. meocons CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH so they lie & lie ... take obamacare ... endorsed by nearly every major medical association including ama, doctors & the aarp ... designed to be $ competitive against red china who said NO ... join the fox news sponsor boycott

[AgnesBojaxhiu2000]

the wsj-foxnews-rushie ECONOMIC FREEFALL neocons is the obstruction politico of NO ... the manson i mean murdoch family (bod & largest shareholder) are led by foreigners mostly from australia & rupert's wife's born in chicom Xuzhou .. meocons CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH so they lie & lie ... take seniors ... look at their shrinking ss checks ... skyrocketing medical costs, higher copays ... & their life span is the same as mexicans ... red china says win-win ... join the fox news sponsor boycott

[fringbenefit]

I never heard anything from the gop party of what their version of healthcare reform bill or is it just keep everything the same and do nothing because it still works, but for whom? WALL STREET!!!!!!!!!!

[STILLNAKEDBULLWINKLE]

@fringbenefit LOLOLOL...nice talking point..obama bailed out wallstreet and been busy with them all year so bitch to him about wallstreet first...and second, the dems have or had all the power they could ever dream, the house, senate, committees, subcommittees, and white house, they had a SUPER MAJORITY and after one year, could not pass THEIR OWN LEGISLATION SO CHEW ON THAT CAPS FOR AWHILE my frustrated liberal friend...ciao

[STILLNAKEDBULLWINKLE]

@fringbenefit OH, and their version is one that does not cost about a trillion freaking dollars..you never heard it because they controlled all the committees and subcommittess...plus you watch msnbc and that network has the ratings similiar to dog crap so keep watching for you are all they have left...ciao again libby

[STILLNAKEDBULLWINKLE]

good call fringe, your reply was feeble and not valid and you wisely removed...nice call....

[anonybrowser]

Why are you spreading the word(s) of God on my page? And why do you always remove my right to free speech on your page?

[ManufacturedThoughts]

USA = Corporate Totalitarian State.

[AgnesBojaxhiu2000]

the wsj-foxnews-rushie ECONOMIC FREEFALL neocons is the obstruction politico of NO ... the manson i mean murdoch family (bod & largest shareholder) are led by foreigners mostly from australia & rupert's wife's born in chicom Xuzhou ... meocons CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH so they lie & lie ... take health care ... meocons say we have the world's best health care system ... but we have the same life span as mexicans & we pay $8K/person/year, mexicans pay only $700 ... join the fox news sponsor boycott

[STILLNAKEDBULLWINKLE]

@AgnesBojaxhiu2000 YOU GET THE MOST JIBBERISH TYPED TEXT MESSAGE OF THE YEAR AWARD...WERE YOU TYPING WHILE ON THE TOLIET OR ON A ROLLERCOASTER???? what a mess for a message. ever had a coherent thought that was not injected up your ass by a talking point lost liberal pissing and moaning about not having the power to back their legislation, oops, they did and failed....fact pissedoffboy,,,CIAO

[btc8128]

Is there no end to this irrational predigest toward health and life? And these people call themselves pro-life

[joe035]

So much for the Republicans stalling, Christmas for their families is more important then the welfare of the nation and generations to come. The dems passed this Bill for the sake of passing it, because they know it is flawed and those they supposedly represent won't like it. We all have been fucked over by the fools we continue to reelect to office. They have no integrity and all should be recalled with few exceptions Ron Paul 2012 The true voice of conservatism and common sense!

[STILLNAKEDBULLWINKLE]

@joe035 RONNIE AGAIN...ugh...when will he quit wasting your campaign dollars on another failed run for the white house. I put him in the possible ralph nader to win column...glad it is your donations and not mine for another lost cause but march on brother and send that check today!!! lol

[joe035]

Why is Ron Paul unelectable? Because the dominant Liberal media puts emphasis behind losers like McCain? So called conservative personalities like Sean Hannity will discredit polls and popular public opinion to prop up established biz as usually Republicans, that still have not evolved since the chaos they created under Bush. Because people like you vote for a Party instead of the best candidate?

[STILLNAKEDBULLWINKLE]

when ron paul advocates that he would not have defend south korea by the north korean communist in 1950, I say, nice man but what do you say to all the vets who defended that demcracy that flourishes today? check jon stossil interview on Paul. Hey, Paul is a good man. I like the man. I do trust him more than others but he is not capable of being a commander in chief and that interview proved it. He is not electable and that is obvious now. blame the messenger and not me...have a nice day. :)

[joe035]

Were trade partners with vietnam, even though we were once enemies. It is the responsibility of ones own peoples to decide the laws and ideology they should live under, not ours. I am not saying we should allow dictatorships like Kim Jung Il or Irans to go unchallenged, but to go in CONQUER and REBUILD then police and for many generations defend is pure stupidity. We are policing the middleast according to most military opinion. McCAin thinks were fighting a war there so we don't have to here?

[STILLNAKEDBULLWINKLE]

and for the record, I live in alaska and did not vote for ted stevens, don young, or sarah palin. I did vote for reagan twice, bush sr, dole, bush jr. and mccain. I vote for man or woman and do not vote for the party so your arrogance to claim to know my heart and voting record is foolish and dangerous. do not claim to know someone by a simple comment on a social chate site such as this. I avoided voting for dem alternative too in alaska so sadly had to abstain on those seats. I need reagan! bye

[nani12379]

I don't care who did what, I just want them to fix it. I may not know about politics or economics but what I know is that if I need or want something and I don't have the money to get I simply go without until I can save up some money and buy it. My family is one of those 30 millions americans without insurance but I don't want to bankrupt the nation to get a mediocre healt care benefit.

[Piscivorus]

I don't want affordable health insurance, I want affordable medicine. If any of these morons in Congress wanted to help people, they would end the patent monopolies.

[joe035]

Obama backed off on that promise to keep the Pharmacueiticals from opposing his healthcare bill.

[Piscivorus]

Yes, because he and all the other rich bastards in D.C.- both Democrats and Republicans- are well invested in big pharma and they don't want to give up the monopolies that are making them rich.

[nVei06]

it's not even keep their jobs, it's keep outrageously high health insurance costs high. they would drop to the floor. thank you local nigger for supporting the media. thank the democrats.

[nVei06]

the big rush for mandated health care is because of the economic collapse. they want to pass this before the economy collapses so the insurance companies keep their jobs.

[jsmythib]

and dont forget how many laws on the books require us to pay insurance. It is a last desperate attempt to save this completely bankrupt system. If it fails, the system collapses- if It passes, the second revolution begins. Pass it and millions of Americans will just give Washington our favorite American Bird- and for good reason.

[nVei06]

sorry but the insurance companies are a bunch of money gougeing snakes. they write the law to prohibit competition and they set the rates as high as they can with the help of corrupt politicians. We would be ok, if the economy dropped to the floor, everyone dropped their health insurance, and then prices dropped too. that would be on line to a cure. this is a disease. the democrats are a disease. if we kill the liberals, the cure is found. you will see the economy bounce back.dead jew houses.

[TunaHelper64]

Well every politician is bought democrat and republican.

[joe035]

Ron Paul is the acception check out his history and where his campaign donations come from.

[hadenufnow]

Freak boy ""dingy harry"" on page 1000 in the bill placed a statute where the bill cannot be rescinded or repealed without 67 senate votes in favor..a virtual impossibility..

.......What a jackass,,,,

.......We'll just find another way to make it more difficult for those freaks to face people in public for the rest of their miserable rotten lousy lives..

[hadenufnow]

@med

You have been successfully USED by blaming Bush for your ingrown toenails and your social misgivings...

When they are done with you , you will not be part of their plan....& then you will see the error of your ways...

[ryen1992]

hadenufnow medartist01, is not that smart to understand how he is being fk. what the obama and the democrats have done was what Stalin did in Russia Pit the poor against the rich. and look how that ended.

Im not rich but I do know that the democrats are NOT FOR THE POOR they are for a way to control the lifes of EVERY AMERICAN. may like his WELFARE BUT THE DEMOCRATS WILL NOT GIVE HIM ANY MORE MONEY WHAT THEY WILL DO IS HAVE MORE MONEY FOR THEMSELVES.

READ THE BILL

[joe035]

Thank you!!

[medartist01]

Of course it's gonna be PAINFUL to fix all the Bush/Republican trainwrecks and failures that were foisted on Obama. Of course there will be lots of suffering. Economists said, this is the WORST ECONOMY SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. Thank you, George. W. Incompetent Bush! You A-hole. Also, let's add TWO FAILED, UNFINISHED WARS THAT WERENT PAID FOR, for Obama to solve. And, work with approx. $10 trillion debt and deficits, and a shattered economy. The GOP killed this nation's heart and spirit.

[joe035]

The democrats are putting in the final nails. There all rotten not just the repubs but dems to. Cap & Trade what family can afford a additional $2000 annual electric bill increase. Mandatory healthcare tax to insure 30 million without how will that not effect those who pay for their healthcare and sustain its quality? Were in a lot of trouble and it was government who got us here. We need less government and new leadership. Somebody without the ambition of being a career politician!

[medartist01]

Remember what Boehner said? He actually said, in January, before Obama came in, to LET IT ALL FAIL. Let the banks fail, let Wall Street collapse (which it did, losing 40% of its value and killing so many seniors nesteggs), let businesses fail, and no help to those who lost their jobs, with no extension of benefits, or help to anyone. THATS WHAT THE REPUBLICANS ALL SAID. They also said later, LET OBAMA get no help from us, because we want him to fail. That is, let the NATION DIE. GOP=EVIL.

[joe035]

Let the nation die. Is that on youtube so I can see that. These giants should have failed so it would have created OPPURTUNITY for smaller entities to take them over create more competition and benefit the economy instead of continue to be the liability they are. When will the President go after Fanny & Freddie corporate bonuses?

[medartist01]

Oh, but Ryen1992 is so clueless, that he believes that Obama is at fault when he has to come in to put out all the fires and chaos he INHERITED from the DEADBEAT REPUBLICANS who couldn't solve their OWN MESSES. Bush looked so limp and girly as he ran around the world and made his last photo-op tour as our nation was in full-blown economic and foreign policy meltdown. At the same time, the GOP said, NO to anything that would save off complete collapse. My god, these Republicans are traitors!

[AgnesBojaxhiu2000]

the wsj-foxnews-rushie ECONOMIC FREEFALL neocons is the obstruction politico of NO ... the manson i mean murdoch family (bod & largest shareholder) are led by foreigners mostly from australia & rupert's wife's born in chicom Xuzhou ... meocons lie & lie, get caught & lie to cover lies ... take helicopter sarah ... recently named liar of the year 2009 with her award winning medical care death panel lie ... but sarah insists it's not a lie ... whadayaxpect ... join the fox news sponsor boycott

[hadenufnow]

Anyone who supports such an obviously defective bill either can't "reid", has an IQ below ""0"" & is a masochist, or any combination therin...

They are beyond help so we should write an amendment for them to be euthanized..They would probably sign it themselves, as they would sign anything...

[joe035]

Well said!! The bill was shit Democrats in Massachussetes who actually read instead of listen to Obama and the Libs on news knew that and voted accordingly.

[smokersRgreat]

this is illegal. against our constitution. obango the illegal alien knows that, all the liberal pukes need to go to prison. we have had enough of this shit.

[ryen1992]

U Voted for the democrats NOW U ALL GET Sc....d.

27yo and Up U will HAVE TO BUY health insurance.

Every Family except if U are on Welfare U will PAY MORE TAX.

Ur Company that pays for Ur Health Care Will NOW Pay More TAX, thats LESS MONEY they will give U in Ur Pay.

If U are on Medicare U will NOW be Denied Treatment.

11 MILLION will STILL NOT BE COVERED

READ THE BILL

[medartist01]

Ryen1992 is a clown. We had 8 yrs of Bush/Republicans creating BORROW-and-spend chaos. Tax cuts for the rich. Doubling the Natl Debt to $12 trillion, failing to protect us on 9/11, getting us into two, ongoing, failed, unpaidfor wars. Economic collapse. A huge recession, almost depression. Millions out of jobs, homes. Complete failure to address domestic concerns of Medicare, Medicaid, & SS. Republicans are masters at creating TRAINWRECKS and then leaving town. Feeble and incompetent morons.

[politicman1]

This is not about heath care refom, It's about the sellout of America all caused by the lefty whore democrats that got paid off by politics as usual. Well we will see in the 2010 elections when most these despicable democrats get booted out of office for this catastrophic health care reforme bill, that they insisted is good for the 48,000.000 uninsured people by the tax payers expense. Obama spoke on transparency in his campaign, however where was the transparency in this health care bill!!

[PraiseDog]

Difficulty Obama faces is that the public does not catch on that the post WWII "rich kid on the block" era is over, we cannot get that back. We had 85% of world capital and were a creditor nation. Things are very different today, we cannot live like we did in the past. We will have national health coverage, this is just a transitional step, it is just inevitable, nothing else is functional anymore, or can be, we are not the rich kid on the block anymore, accept it.

[dustbunniesJ]

Actually you can thank Reagan and the neocons who idolized him for a nearly full-blown collapse and economic disaster.

& it was Obama's task to CURTAIL that.

You can also thank the willfully ignorant and apathetic 'ME NOW' group-think - ie, those who don't want to sacrifice one thin dime (who make mess after mess while other people clean up after them) toward the betterment of our nation because their creedo "greed is good" is their national anthem.

[quizerry]

If your so smart tell us what is in this healthcare bill? What kind of healthcare is it? How much it will cost you and your employer. Also tell us what the estimated cost of this total bill in ten years will be and what taxes will be raised. Who will qualify for this plan and how many people will it cover. Will it raise premiums for private insurance? How much? How much will MICA taxes have to go up to pay for this. Will our incomes be reduced 20%? How much more & abuse fraud will it create?

[quizerry]

Why don't they put the bill on line and let the American people read it and poll them to see if the people want it?

The only one whoever proposed that was Ross Perot. But it is time with the internet do advance to the public having a say.

[dustbunniesJ]

Why don't you stop looking for it on the Fox "News" Channel.

You obviously haven't been looking for it because you could have reviewed it on line, only you decided to let the most voracious sabateurs and most vocal opponents read it to you.

[quizerry]

I read both bills that were posted but we don't know what is in the bill they passed last night because it isn't posted. As for Fox they at least report the cost of this monstroity and tell you were you can read it.

[independent684]

Too Funny, I rather die with dignity then die with health care coverage that canceled me when i needed it the most.

[dustbunniesJ]

Now I know why they call themselves the Teabag party. They have their mouths wide open and ready for the insurance industry's you-know-whats.

Here's a little something about Mitch McConnell, one of the most corrupt senators out there: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has received more than half a million dollars from 14 health-care organizations and their 127 outside lobbyists .

[smokersRgreat]

well here's another nail in the American peoples coffin. now they can throw you in jail if you dont buy their shit. When are we going to wake up and throw these traitors in prison where they belong?

[dustbunniesJ]

And I bet you were one of the idiots who joined the party of NO who opposed to the public OPTION that would have made this bill more viable.

Talk about people who speak out two sides of their mouths...

What did you think would happen to health care reform once the public OPTION was taken out.

[smokersRgreat]

no ignorant fxxking libral puke dustisafag. bankrupting the country in any form is ignorant. but you keep cheering for the illegal alien obango, maybe he will spare you when its your turn to die. ya right. idiot.

[quizerry]

We all need to Call and Fax our Senators today. That this bill is a monstrosity of taxing, spending and taking away our Constitutional rights. Neither the left or the right wants this. It is not reform it is an expansions of a failed system. It will cost well over a trillion and still not cover everyone. It is a sorry excuse for healthcare reform that will lead to more fraud abuse fines Taxes higher premiums and even jail. PLEASE call you Senators.

[IEALES2]

Every small business should now lay off one employee the day this bill passes and add 30 million more unemployed to the economy and tell the Gov. this is what your forced health insuruance got you!

[dustbunniesJ]

That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, ieales2. A lot of small business owners haven't been able to insure their employees because the cost would crush theirr businesses. The health care reform bill will finally enable them to have their employees insured. If Republican politicians spent 1 day in the shoes of working people without insurance, or people who've had to file for bankruptcy to pay their medical bills, they'd probably leave the country.  And your ignorance hurts our country.

[quizerry]

If any and all politicians spent one day in a working mans shoes they might get an eye opener. I don't know what you believe is in this bill but it isn't good for anyone or for our economy. It is a tax and spend bill that will cost every American family higher rates and less freedom. If you want to live where the Govenment provides everything for you move to cuba. They are all very poor but they have free healthcare and education.

[hadenufnow]

A mandate stuffed inside a trojan horse bill for HC is a skunk in the road...too stupid to debate...

REPEAL the BIll nobody ever wanted..

[AgnesBojaxhiu2000]

the wsj-foxnews-rushie ECONOMIC FREEFALL neocons is the obstruction politico of NO ... the manson i mean murdoch family (bod & largest shareholder) are led by foreigners mostly from australia & rupert's wife's born in chicom Xuzhou ... take health care ... this country spends $8K per person per year ... twice as much as the nearest major industrial country ... & has an average life span closest to that of mexico ... which spends $700 per person per year ... join the fox news sponsor boycott

[quizerry]

@AgnesBojaxhiu2000 We also have the best outcomes on all major diseases. We develop the largest majority of the life saving drugs and treatments. Our cancer survival rate far out weigh the rest of the world. You get what you pay for. We could however lower our healthcare cost by getting Government out of the business and putting health dollars into the hand of the people. People think Gov. plans are free they are a huge burden on the economy and provide less then quality care.

[dustbunniesJ]

You can thank the National - yes, National - Health Institute for those advances.

[quizerry]

Sorry but the vast majority of advances came out of the United States

[DasPug]

It's all over Amerika. Unfortunately you guys are finished. It's been fun.

LOL@US corruption and cheating politicians.

Obama henchmen=STASI

[1ruskie101]

Not too long ago, a bill like this would never have been conceived. Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest, reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits of man has ended.

Now we're experiencing a dumbing down in evolution. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species.

[haeema]

Obama health care has 60 required Democratic voters to pass bill. It is going to be voted on Monday 1AM Dec 21 TONIGHT. Important go to Firecharger channel.Health bill faces 1am vote

Today

[haeema]

@haeema Today, CBO Director Doug Elmendorf wrote a letter to Senate leaders informing them of an error in the original cost estimate that results in less estimated deficit savings after 2019. The new figures have no impact on the 2010-2019 figures. The Senate will hold general debate until 11:30pm ET in preparation for a 1am ET procedural vote. Senate Democrats are likely to have the 60 votes needed to move forward.

[moonphibes]

For the life of me, I cannot understand why anyone would support this bill. This is idiocracy at it's finest. The years passed, mankind became stupider at a frightening rate. Some had high hopes the genetic engineering would correct this trend in evolution, but sadly the greatest minds and resources where focused on conquering hair loss and prolonging erections.

[MrSTANDFORAMERICA]

The Obama mobsters worked on Lieberman. Obama lined Lieberman pockets with millions, so now Lieberman is all for the bill.

Nelson was against the bill, now that Obama lined his pockets with millions. Nelson will vote for the bill.

This is the only way Obama can get the bill to pass the senate. Steal tax payers money and line the pockets of corrupt senators.

Lieberman and Nelson and the rest of the Democrats are just like Obama, a liar and a thief.

[quizerry]

They are all a bunch of crooks we need to Vote them all out. Of the 535 there are only 11 worth keeping.

[PraiseDog]

There has to be some organized collection of ditto heads posting the drivel we see below. See how it is all worded, it sounds rehearsed to me. For 50 years 80-90% of the American population has let 10-20% of the population screw them. Depending on your view. I say it has been 10% screwing the rest, but some may say only 80% have been getting screwed. Time to change America to serve the majority. Eisenhower and Kennedy taxed rich at 70-80%, now it is just over 30%. Wake up.

[PraiseDog]

I was speaking of "Heritage Foundation" mentioned in post below mine.

[hadenufnow]

REPEAL the stupid HC TAX & JAIL Trojan Horse Mandate nobody wants..

It is Illegal & no one will support or follow it..

it is FAR more catastrophioc & lethal than was 911 to AMERICANS..

Kill the damn bill....

[MrBillTroop73]

Watching Katie Couric is like watching sausage being made

[sunshine83193]

The thing about this health care bill is, nobody has read it. At 2,000 pages who has the audacity to sit down and read it?? I don' t think most know what the bill consists of, not even our congressmen who are so desperate to get the bill through. I think health care does need reform, but socialism is not the way to go about it.

[quizerry]

You can go to heritage foundation and read the highlights of what is in the bill. It is a monstrosity of higher taxes and takes away our constitutional rights. It will force you buy insurance and mandate what kind you have to buy. If you don't you will be fined and or go to jail. CALL YOUR SENATOR TODAY TELL THEM SCRAP THIS BILL OR THEY ARE OUT 2010 2012

[PraiseDog]

One of those organizations with a fine sounding name. Do a search on it, very right wing source of sound bites for Rush types. Life expectancies in the US are lower than any country in Western Europe. We are tied with Cuba in that respect. We pay 1 1/2 to 2 times what anyone else pays on average. 20 times what Cubans pay. Wake up.

[quizerry]

If you want the Government to take care of you move to Cuba. They are all very poor but they have free healthcare and education. Also fyi most clinics in Cuba lact supplies and the people are forced to bring their own bandages and other goods. Also most time there are not enough food baskets to go around so people go hungry for days at a time. We still have the best outcomes of all major diseases and cancer survival rates. We still provide the highest quality with no waiting times.

[PraiseDog]

Exactly what did I say that was incorrect? The country closest to paying per capita what we pay for medical care is Switzerland, we pay 1 1/2 times. We pay closer to 2 times what most pay. We have lower life expectancies than any Western European country. We match Cuba in that regard, and pay 20 times what they pay. All that is true. We also have a maximum tax rate for the rich only 10% higher than a person at 34 thousand dollars. Just facts I am stating.

[dustbunniesJ]

If you want to object to paying your fair share of taxes, quizerry, then stop using our roads and bridges, tell the mail carriers you don't want mail delivered, stay away from our fire department, police department, and military. And next time you get sick, remember to stay away from medicines that were developed by the NATIONAL institute of health. Go live under a rock.

[concretepete2007]

how long do we have to listen to these lying pieces of shit

[RangRing68]

Until you liberals realize that healthcare is not needed right now! The economy/unemployement problem needs fixing first! OBOT!

[Koreanbean]

phoenixtimes2 knows what hes talkin about

[phoenixtimes2]

Well, of course Republicans will stall anything that helps everyday people. They represent monied interests. Is that news to anyone?

[RangRing68]

you are wrong! This healthcare bill will bury this country in even deeper!

[phoenixtimes2]

Every bit of progress we make as a nation has been thwarted by Republicans. Name me one piece of legislation where they've ever given a damn about everyday people...Just one!

[MrBillTroop73]

Abraham Lincoln's emancipation proclaimation

[wiz9496]

@phoenixtimes2

what about tax cuts? that's something for everyday people.

[phoenixtimes2]

Tax cuts for wealthy Americans, corporate welfare, pharmaceutical welfare, insurance industry welfare...they "de-regulated" us into a near depression. So pardon me if I'm not bowled over by their 'tax cuts.' They blow that same note about tax cuts all the time. On issues of substance they are never on the cutting edge, they are sitting on their well endowed backsides preaching or moralizing about things they haven't got a damned clue how to handle.

[wiz9496]

You're talking about stupidity and corruption in the government. I am convinced that if ordinary people are taxed less, the economy will take care of itself. Business will be able to employ more people, relieving stress on welfare rolls. As for deregulation, I agree with you absolutely. Regulations could have prevented this world wide economic crisis. A lot of people blame the Federal Reserve. I think that should be looked into, also.

[cecgm938]

Isn't that how they passed the Federal Reserve Act---late night at Christmas time?

[mortician54]

right sided bastards!! ...all of you assholes have health insurance

[RangRing68]

the right side is the only side that is going to save this country from you leftist sissys!

[leddhed]

Each and every one of those punks who votes for this 2000 page mess will be voting to end their career in Congress.

[stereokid]

How can you vote for a bill that you have never seen?! It shouldn't be allowed! Something this large would require a few weeks to review.

[MikeofWyoming]

<300 pages are actualy for healthcare...Any guesses what the other 17" are in there for? Remember our dear leader campaigned to eliminate pork from any bill that came to his desk.

[MrDeppness]

A 30 second commercial for a 3 minute sound clip? ABSURD!

[bb44332211]

If you don't like wrinkled politicians, then what we need is TERM LIMITS. That 100 year old Kennedy had to die off before someone else finally got a chance to represent Massachusetts.

[MrsSarb]

They would have just voted for a different Democrat silly.

[MikeofWyoming]

Yes but it's a cult of personality. Kennedy didn't represent all democrats. People just loved having a Kennedy in office. Anyone can become stale after a while.

[joebidensanass]

diah4. You're a racist.

[diah4]

The right wing is a bunch of senile, wrinkled, old, erectile dysfunction having, ornery white guys that need to grow the hell up.

[jyoung0000]

Give up the fight! This country is fucked no matter what we do.

[akillerkidofcolor]

agreed!

[TheNRA4ever]

Fuck this Socialized Healthcare crap...if I want shitty care I will goto Canada...if it is such a great plan, why is it the members of Congress and the president himself wont take the plan??

[MikeofWyoming]

Strange thing that some of the moderate dems are straying from this. The reason the far left nutts are opposed is because the bill has lost much of the strength it had. And yes, thank god we have a few republicans left to speak for the silent majority.

[a4finger]

agreed

[Boredflem1]

HEALTHCARE REFORM IS GOOD

[SpyderFilmDayv]

@Boredflem1 Not since the Dems have taken any real reform out of the bill all this bill does now is force you to buy from insurance companies .... 30 million new companies and easily evaded oversight -- OBAMA should veto this thing and force them to do what we really need.

[return135]

reform refers to improvement... this bill isnt improvement.

[MrsSarb]

All progress requires change, but not all change is progress.

[cecilbdml]

HEALTHCARE REFORM IS NOT NECESSARY.

We have laws in place that mean anyone who gets in a car accident gets treated at the ER--REGARDLESS of whether they have insurance or cash or not. We have the best mechanism for funding R&D which makes the world's medicines and treatment technologies.

What we need is GOVERNMENT reform, to remove government from the equation and stop all the unfunded mandates stuck on healthcare providers. Anything else is only trying to remove Constitutionism.

[mortician54]

your don't have a brain!