"And to all before me I bring Chaos. Let all that was be ripped asunder. For I am the Hope and I am the Change, the Lightbringer to cast all before me into darkness".
If you are near a TV or radio and are monitoring events unfolding in the House, please use this thread to update the drama as it unfolds.
Will the Red Queen Nancy Pelosi find the votes she needs to unleash Hell upon this nation?
Will the Blue Queen Obama get his “historic and unprecedented triumph”, and giggle later with his cadre of fellow socialists?
Track what you know is happening out there as best you can. Pound those antacids if you need to. It’s a stomach turning, anxious day for America…with our only real hope being supposedly pro-life Democrats being counted on to stick to their beliefs and vote no to prevent chaos from reigning over all of us.
We’re not holding are breathes on that one.
March 21, 2010 at 1:34 pm
(202) 225 4735
Call Bart Stupak, he’s taking a poll on yes/no. Tell him NO
March 21, 2010 at 1:36 pm
WTf??? Now, at this hour?? He is taking a poll??!!
March 21, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Is he screening for in-district #s only, or can anyone call, or anyone w/a hidden called ID call?
March 21, 2010 at 1:45 pm
ANYONE CAN CALL
March 21, 2010 at 1:36 pm
A poll? What a mindless fool.
March 21, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Hes a democrat… which equals mindless fool these days.
March 21, 2010 at 3:39 pm
The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency. It will be easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president.
The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails us. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.
March 21, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Just in from NRO-
Stupak@4 [Robert Costa]
Driehaus confirms: Eight or nine pro-lifers are having a press conference at 4, with Stupak.
March 21, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Its streaming on Fox.
March 21, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Let us hope they do not cave!!!
March 21, 2010 at 3:10 pm
He is trying to justify his actions– the man is a fool, a traitor and will have blood on his hands…..whoever called him Judas had it right!
March 21, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Politico.com: Stupak and his gang are a yes.
I am sorry.
March 21, 2010 at 1:38 pm
No need for me to watch this nonsense then.
Its over. It will pass.
March 21, 2010 at 2:08 pm
I apologize Kristi. ssmith is right. I am not looking at Politico again today. In fact, putting the computer down…walking away.
March 21, 2010 at 2:17 pm
OMG… we have all gone psycho!!
I am so glad we go crazy together!
hahaah
March 21, 2010 at 1:40 pm
THIS IS A PHYCH-OUT.
Major Garret just spoke with Stupack’s spokesman, he is a no.
the rumor is being spread to pressure them. Didn’t you guys watch the undemocratic primaries??
Politico, AP, NBS, all the other shitty demoncrat peddlers just mimich the talking points for the dims.
March 21, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Good, I just hope he will hold under the pressure!! *crosses fingers*
March 21, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Ugh. yes.. No…
I am going to have a nervous breakdown.
I am going for a walk.. clear my head and pray.
Todays feast day: St. Nicolas of Flue. He was a hermit and stopped a civil war in Switzerland by getting the delegates to work together. He worked through the night and came up with a set of proposals that everyone could agree on.
Here is his prayer: Lord God, You alone are holy and no one is good without You. Through the intercession of St. Nicholas help us to live in such a way that we may not be deprived of a share in Your glory. Amen.
March 21, 2010 at 1:55 pm
kristi — go for a walk… stay calm.
trust me. if they pass it, we (sane dems, repubs, indies, conservative) will tear it bit by bit, for as long as it takes.
:-)
March 21, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Just took a small walk around the nieghborhood.
Geesh that felt good.
March 21, 2010 at 3:06 pm
LOL Kristi. I am back!!
I can not help myself. God help me :) I too, took my dog a couple of blocks around the hood. Fresh air felt great. I couold not help thinking that this might be the last breath of fresh air as a “free’ person. What is wrong with me?
March 21, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Code Red has 213 against, 212 for, with 6 undecided.
http://www.nrcc.org/CodeRed/main.php
March 21, 2010 at 2:50 pm
now it is 4 undecided. will Pelosi allow a vote?
March 21, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Do the donkey Reps spouting the nonsense on the House floor right now actually believe any of it?
March 21, 2010 at 2:26 pm
amazing isn’t it??? I can’t believe the lies being told- and on a Sunday too!
March 21, 2010 at 1:38 pm
According to Drudge:
“OVERHEARD: Walking into Capitol this morning on phone, Speaker Pelosi tells Hoyer: ‘Steny, we have to get to 217. None of these members wants to be the deciding vote’… Developing…
”
I’ve heard too many conflicting reports about Stupak (from a lot of different sources) so I don’t know what to think…
March 21, 2010 at 1:39 pm
I’m watching the train wreck. Praying for a miracle.
Lord, forgive my foul language today.
March 21, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Appropriate prayer.
March 21, 2010 at 1:39 pm
“The Fall of the Republic” watch it on youtube before “they” take away our rights to watch it…explains a lot of this garbage..
March 21, 2010 at 1:42 pm
March 21, 2010 at 1:42 pm
I have to say I am sickened watching Nazi Pelosi and her soldiers purposely walking through the protesters linked arm and arm as if they were fighting the KKK instead of hard working Americans who don’t want to be enslaved by this bill! I shouldn’t be surprised they want turn this into a civil rights issue – this fascist group makes everything about race, gender, sexual preference and income to divide the American people. We have some news for them: we see right through your antics and won’t be part of them anymore! We are Americans of all races, faiths, genders and incomes and we love America and will not be divided by your petty shows for the media.
SaraB
March 21, 2010 at 2:55 pm
I was sickened also. They didn’t have to do that – they were trying to antagonize and stage a situation for the television cameras. The look on her face spoke volumes – that shitty smile was vile and with that HUGE gavel in her hands like she was going to use it on someone’s head if they came near her. The rest of the COWARDLY DEMS following along behind her like kitty cats looked cowed and like they were going to wee wee their pants any minute. She even DARED to compare that walk to John Lewis walking over the bridge at Selma, AL during the Civil Rights movement! That is insane! I almost went through the TV! The disdain she has for these people is unheard of in my lifetime – and it’s not only her now – it’s the rest of the Democratic Party – they’re all painted with the same brush in my book and I WAS A DEMOCRAT FOR 30 YEARS!
March 21, 2010 at 10:23 pm
She makes me feel violent. I simply can’t watch her anymore. The discomfort I feel when I see her is intolerable, as I am not a violent person.
My understanding of body language tells me that she is a very, very dangerous person indeed, but my visceral reaction to her tells me just how much trouble we are in.
March 21, 2010 at 3:46 pm
That clip made me sick to my stomach. Pelouse-i is disgusting. I have never seen anyone so incredibly vile.
March 21, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Actually that clip explained to me why they are doing this. They’ve become totally irrational and are reliving the 60s civil rights. Somehow they’ve confused equal OPPORTUNITY for blacks in the south with this govt takeover of healthcare freedom.
March 21, 2010 at 1:42 pm
I don’t trust Stupak, he’s is a big fat lying bastard! Rep. Bart “YOU LIE” Stupak had no idea he was being recorded in this clip.
March 21, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Well that’s a great video to spread around come election time isn’t it? That the whole time he was a LIAR and planned to vote yes all along…just wanted to APPEAR to put up a fuss for the sake of the pro-life people.
If he votes yes we are going to make sure this video gets the attention it deserves.
March 21, 2010 at 2:23 pm
I just posted it on Catholic Forums..
There are democrat catholics posting what a stand up guy he is.
Ugh.
March 21, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Rush said a while back that if Stupak was really Pro-life he could have voted for no govt funding of Planned Parenthood. But he didnt.
March 21, 2010 at 3:15 pm
i wish i would have had this weeks ago to send to Greta and Hannity.
March 21, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Seriously…how is it possible that this is only coming out today when it’s too late for us to do anything about it!??
March 21, 2010 at 7:01 pm
The same way Reverend Wright came to be known after B.O. already had enough electoral votes in the dem primary to make his nomination inevitable.
March 21, 2010 at 8:57 pm
Probably because the person who took this video and kept it from the public thought that because Stupak was able to get an amendment out of Pelosi on the House Vote, he’d be able to get an amendment in the reconciliation bill. Only now that person has been betrayed and is angry. Suddenly this video goes viral.
It is sad that he didn’t trust his original instincts [video without knowledge and consent of the congressman] and send it out so that Stupak would have had to either put up or be seen as a fraud.
March 21, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Bart Stupak thinks he will be able to use legal doubletalk and half-truths when he is staring into the eyes of Christ at the moment of his judgment. He was always going to vote yes, and honestly thinks that he will fool God. I’m going to go sit on the stairs and weep for my country now.
March 21, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Power of positive thinking my friends, just think positive for the next several hours, think, think, think. Think HARD!!!
March 21, 2010 at 1:43 pm
And PRAY!
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=USA
March 21, 2010 at 1:47 pm
THEY DO NOT HAVE THE VOTES (reported by THE HILL):
http://ow.ly/1p5fL
CALL THOSE ON THE FENCE AND URGE THEM TO HOLD STEADY AGAINST THE PRESSURE TO FLIP!
STUPAK (just called, they’re not screening for district): (202) 225 4735
March 21, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Mailbox is full!
March 21, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Argh, I got the same thing.
March 21, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Me too!
March 21, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Me too..
I emailed and it bounced back saying could not deliver.
Must be insane busy.
March 21, 2010 at 2:38 pm
I just called and got a message saying the office was closed/Stupak was in a meeting.
March 21, 2010 at 1:56 pm
You guys are fantastic, I love reading your work and thank you for all you do. Stupak is a NO at the moment, but it’s all doublespeak from the communist news network and dems.
I can’t tear myself away from cspan to actually do work today. I am watching what may be likened to the fall of classical Athens.
March 21, 2010 at 1:56 pm
I think it’s time for a Chamberlain CHARGE! from somebody. Chamberlain was the leader of a rag-tag bunch from Maine in the Civil War… given the orders to hold a wide flank from being overrun by the Confederates. They were badly out numbered, had taken charge after charge, until they were down to only a few men with no ammunition. And Chamberlain knew they were one charge from the Alabama regiment from being overrun. So he made a fateful decision.
“Fix bayonets! And CHARGE!”
Charge! Charge! Get ‘em!
The Alabama was so surprised by these men charging over the hill, they assumed there must be a whole army coming after them, and they surrendered.
Had the Alabama taken the hill at Gettysburg that day, we might not even be one country at this juncture.
We need a Chamberlain to make a bold decision to CHARGE the seemingly unbeatable army arrayed against us.
God, give our new Chamberlain courage to make the order to CHARGE!
March 21, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Please God!!
March 21, 2010 at 1:57 pm
here are stupack’s numbers
Want to call Bart Stupak (a live person is answering the phones at his office?
(202) 225 4735,
(989) 356 0690,
(906) 875 3751
he needs to hear from us..
I called 2 times… use redial…got thru to a live person both times.
March 21, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Called Bart, was directed to leave message and they could not take any messages at this time! Keep praying everyone!
March 21, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Psalm 48:14 “For this is God: He is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.”
March 21, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Psalm 37 is getting me through the day. Here is a link to the entire psalm, and the entire thing is definitely worth reading on a day like today when it seems that evil men are prospering!
http://net.bible.org/bible.php?book=Psa&chapter=37#n19
My favorite part:
37:7 Wait patiently for the Lord!
Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner,
a man who carries out wicked schemes!
37:8 Do not be angry and frustrated!
Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!
37:9 Wicked men will be wiped out,
but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land.
March 21, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Beautiful post, the psalms are so pertinent to all moments in our lives. Half of them lamenting, the other half giving thanks. But always bring solace.
March 21, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Code Red has 4 undecided who are they?? anyone know??
March 21, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Here are three key reps to call — they are NO or leaning NO now, but may need some persuasion to hold out:
Reps. Marion Berry (Ark.): 202-225-4076
Rick Boucher (Va.): 202-225-3861
Mike McMahon (N.Y.): 202-225-3371
These Congressmen and women all have local offices as well. If you can’t get through to DC, go to their websites and get numbers for local offices. I’ve found that’s easier to get through, especially when the entire House switchboard goes down.
March 21, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Fox has live streaming-a Repub rep from California is having out with The Slaughter House woman. The Repubs are not going down without a fight. They are discussing the BRIBES. Some Donkey just said that the bribes were essentially ok..ends justifies the means so to speak. I advise a barf bag if you watch- the Dems are lying thru their teeth- or they are truly clueless.
March 21, 2010 at 2:16 pm
I can’t watch just because I know I would die young (23) from my blood pressure skyrocketing.
March 21, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Bless you for being young and smart!
March 21, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Pray to the saints and angels too, they unleash God fury!
I agree keep praying.
March 21, 2010 at 2:06 pm
“comments awaiting moderation”
for how long?? :-(
March 21, 2010 at 2:07 pm
nevermind. :-)
March 21, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Rep Ryan had a wonderful quicktime speech with the budget figures, and the economic hardships.
The one thing I wish freedom-loving people would emphasize more, though, when they talk about economic hardship, is that economic hardship translates into very real human suffering.
I guess budget hawks simply take it for granted that everyone knows this, but I don’t think many Dems do. I think to many Dems’ minds, “economic hardship” means that some rich people don’t go on as nice a vacation as they would have done otherwise.
No, economic hardships force many to make tragic choices that they could have avoided if they were more prosperous.
The ones who benefit the most from general prosperity are the poor (at least in a free society), and I don’t think many Dems get that. They think that, since the gap between richest and poorest gets wider during prosperity, then the poor must necessarily be getting poorer. That is like saying that if everyone woke up twice as wealthy tomorrow, the poor would be poorer for it.
The invidious classes really don’t understand the difference between relative wealth (mere status) and absolute weath (real wealth).
It is because we’ve had a relatively free and prosperous society that your average person suffering from, say, sinusitus, no longer needs risky and expensive surgery and a move to a dry climate. No, these days, most sinus problems can be taken care of with cheap over-the-counter meds that any pharmacist is happy to recommend to you free of charge. Who does that benefit more, the rich (who had the money for surgery and recovery in exotic climes all along) or the poor, who used to have no affordable treatment for sinus problems?
And they want to wreck it all, that wonderful innovation machine that has benefited so many of the poorest and sickest among us, in the name of compassion for the poor and the sick.
That’s sick. It makes me sick. I’m crying and I’m angry.
Also, obviously, I’m on a rant. But you’d have to have a heart of stone not to seethe over so much cruelty masquerading as so much compassion.
March 21, 2010 at 2:16 pm
In case people might be wondering what cheap OTC meds can work on sinusitus:
*decongestants
*antihistamines
*probiotics seem to help many
*pain-killers to mask pain
They don’t use antibiotics (which are prescription only) as much anymore as a first resort. That in itself is an innovation.
March 21, 2010 at 5:46 pm
antibiotics will only work on the bacterial infection. The snot has to be green before you need antibiotics.
Probiotics help with stomach issues.
With painkillers you have 2 types. In my opinion the Ibuprofen type should be on prescription because if it is taken the wrong way it will cause ulceration in the stomach.
Antihistamines need to be taken with caution. If you have it in nasal spray form you can only use it for a short time because of rebound. The better and cheaper form is the salt water type nasal sprays.
Also need to beware decongestants. The pseudoephedrine can upset the heart.
March 21, 2010 at 2:08 pm
can I just say again how much I appauld my atty general in VA??
“In a matter of hours after House passage of the Senate Bill, the state of Virginia will file suit in federal court. The Commonwealth will be joined in the suit by a dozen other states. I expect a flood of additional lawsuits. The suits will be based on the provision that requires every American to purchase health insurance. . . . While the legal battles wage on, expect an enormous public back-lash against the Democrats. Longtime political observers will recall the backlash after Democrats passed a “catastrophic health care” bill in the 80s. That event …
“
if anyone wants to give a shout out to the VA’s AG on monday (should this shit pass)
here is his number: (804) 786-2071
March 21, 2010 at 2:11 pm
http://patriotroom.com/article/after-the-vote-head-spinning-blowback
March 21, 2010 at 2:16 pm
I do not live in VA, but I most certainly will call and thank him for taking a stand on “principle” on behalf of his/her state.
March 21, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Same here. Wish we had someone with a backbone in Colorado. I am really disappointed with the liberals ruining my beautiful state.
March 21, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Can I say how proud I am of your attorney general.
March 21, 2010 at 3:23 pm
God bless your attorney general.
March 21, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Virginia just became my favorite state. If by some kind of twisted miracle this thing manages to actually become law I will be picking up and moving to a state that refuses to sit by and ignore the Constitution. Virginia sounds nice…I was there once when I was a teenager, it seemed like a nice place.
March 21, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Current CodeRed whip count:
http://www.nrcc.org/CodeRed/targets/
Call the 4 Undecideds!
March 21, 2010 at 2:13 pm
I can’t turn the tv on. My heart can’t take it.
This just came in my email:
BREAKING — DEM NO VOTES AT 39 — UNLESS STUPAK CAVES!
THE HILL ^ | 03-21-2010 | cww
Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010 1:58:33 PM by CWW
UPDATE: Washington daily The Hill reports about 20 minutes ago that the Democrats do not yet have the votes, and in fact The Hill is reporting a total of 39 “NO” votes from Democrats on their whip count, enough to sink Obamacare. High drama with Stupak and others is sure to continue as Pelosi and Obama work feverishly to find the 3 or 4 votes they need.
Hours before a scheduled vote on healthcare reform, Democratic leaders don’t have the votes.
The decisions of two Tennessee Democrats, Reps. John Tanner and Lincoln Davis, to vote no has put President Barack Obama, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her lieutenants in a major bind.
If every member votes, Democratic leaders can only afford 37 defections. According to The Hill’s whip list, there are 39 Democrats planning to vote no.
Furthermore, The Hill also has eight Democrats in the undecided/unclear column: Reps Jim Cooper (Tenn.), Kathy Dahlkemper (Pa.), Paul Kanjorski (Pa.), Alan Mollohan (W.Va.), Earl Pomeroy (N.D.), Mike Quigley (Ill.), Bobby Rush (Ill.) and Loretta Sanchez (Calif.).
There have been various reports on Sunday that Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and other anti-abortion lawmakers have agreed to an abortion deal involving an executive order from the Obama administration. However, Stupak’s office are strongly denying those reports.
March 21, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Jim Cooper is an A**hole and will vote yes. I would bet my house on it.
March 21, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Watching it online and Rep. Slaughter provides comedy for her defense of the reconciliation bill. No available clue whatsoever.
March 21, 2010 at 2:14 pm
I’m going to go try to rest right now. I’ll come back and check in here… not sure if I can bear the tv on, so will depend y’all to tell us what’s happening. Those of you with strong hearts and strong stomachs, please keep us posted!
March 21, 2010 at 2:17 pm
karen — calm down, take a walk.
if it passes, we are all in this together, we will break it up, tear it apart, bit by bit, as long as it takes.
stay calm, talk a walk. and by all means, do not turn on the TV.
:-)
March 21, 2010 at 2:21 pm
I’m ok as long as the tv is off. I have a severe eye problem and need to rest my eyes frequently in order to be able to see. I just need to go get my eye drops in and rest them.. won’t be sleeping, just laying there praying.
I am a firm believer that no matter what… God is still in control! There are many times that it really seems doubtful- like today so far- but GOD IS NOT DEAD, HE IS NOT ASLEEP… He knows just what is going on. For those who know it… I just looked again in my Bible and nobody cut Romans 8:28 out of it yet. it’s still in there…. and I’m hanging onto that with both hands, both feet, both arms, and both legs right now.
March 21, 2010 at 2:25 pm
look karen, 2 years ago, I though repub, conservatives… ewww… evil evil.
now, we ex-dems, independents are fighting along side with you.
we have differences, but we have more in common.
stay calm, if it passes, then yes we will fight it and we will prevail.
it will not be easy or quick, but we will stand together and fight this.
so… on that note. I need a drink LOL!
March 21, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Thank you for your comment, ssmith….I’ve been holding myself together all day. Now you made me cry. I’m proud to stand alongside YOU today.
Karen, grab Ps. 48:14–chew it, sleep on it, take it for a walk! Faith doesn’t make the journey unnecessary. It makes it possible.
March 21, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Thanks SSmith and Emma… Emma I looked that up and will bookmark it. yes, it’s remarkable. I was kicked out of Pumapac because I had voted R in the past (even though never was registered republican). In there if you even voted R you are filthy or something. Strangely enough, the R’s I know never detested the D’s as much as the D’s I know detest the R’s. There is a lot of hatred in the democrats that I can’t understand. Now, what they are doing is TRYING to build up a hatred in me for them. I don’t hate them a people; but, my gosh, the party needs to be burned and destroyed permanently!
I really liked JFK. The Kennedy’s today, though… well… you know. They’ve gone the way of the rest of the dem party now. There is something intrinsically wrong in there…. a kind of evil that I never would have imagined before.
YES- I am proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with all of you patriots! R, D, I…. AMERICA FIRST!
March 21, 2010 at 2:15 pm
I dont know what kathy castor is smoking, but she has no idea what she’s talking about. she’s blathering on about how much this rationing will help “families.”
March 21, 2010 at 5:49 pm
it will not help families. It will end up being very, very costly for families.
March 21, 2010 at 2:15 pm
A frequent point made by the donkeys is that with this bill all Americans will get the health-care that Congress has. That is an outright lie.
We can’t call it the Deemocrat Party — but why not the Shameless Party?
March 21, 2010 at 2:18 pm
its the Undemocratic party
or the demon-crat’s party
that’s what I write when I get their survey crap.
March 21, 2010 at 2:19 pm
I know.
One Repub bill explicitly tries to turn Medicare and Medicaid into the same menu of health-plans that Congress gets, and Dems rejected that as “ending Medicare as we know it” (which is true, because it replaces it with something better) and abandoning the old and poor to their own (presumably stupid) decisions.
Grrr…
March 21, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Congress exempted themselves from it… that is unconstitutional and another angle for challenge.
March 21, 2010 at 2:17 pm
~~ When people fear their Government- there is Tyranny. When the Government fear’s the people’ there is LIBERTY~~ T. Jefferson
The majority of Americans are on our side peeps– We must never give-up hope’ I know it’s hard right now– but’ either way, we will kick this administration to the curb not matter the out-come today. The fight is on. The fall of Obama is coming..”
Is there no doubt’ that we do have a Marxist’s in office…”
March 21, 2010 at 2:22 pm
“A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.”
- Thomas Jefferson
I looove Jefferson! ♥
March 21, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Did anyone else see NancyPee carrying her 40 lb gavel, ceremoniously across the street to the House Chambers for the vote?
All the better for pummeling the Constitution I suppose.
I am at work…but from other sources, apparently all the usual suspects have amassed. Patrick ‘Patches’ Kennedy shouting and shaking (maybe ObamaCare will clear that up) and Maxine Waters, resplendant in all costume jewelry she owns, incoherently blathering in something close to english.
G-d save us all…
March 21, 2010 at 5:51 pm
i thought Maxine only spoke jive… but not the usual dialect of jive :) wink wink…. thought she only knew gibberish.
March 21, 2010 at 7:20 pm
So dysfunctional and melodramatic, that march into the Capitol.
March 21, 2010 at 2:23 pm
i’m watching C-SPAN live streaming … here’s the link, for those who can stomach it…
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN.aspx
March 21, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Jesse Jackson, Jr.’s ‘deer in the headlights’ moment. What is his IQ? Honest. The audacity of stupid.
Now the sob stories… Rep. Chu. Please tell me, is there any minority combo that they won’t parade to the microphone today?
March 21, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Being from Chicago, I’m suprised: JJ Jr is handling the gavel better than I expected.
I thought he’d be showing more favoritism to Dems…
Of course, impartiality is just his job, but it’s more than I expected.
March 21, 2010 at 3:01 pm
This is his big moment! Has he called anyone racist yet??? That’s usually his gig.
March 21, 2010 at 3:06 pm
I went to Xavier Bacerra’s website to send him an email telling him what an ass he was yesterday when Paul Ryan was schooling Louise Slaughter and him on his healthcare plan (all the while Xavier (clueless) was sitting behind Ryan, continually shaking his head and mouthing comments and he had a note on the front page of his website, asking people to send in their sad healthcare stories so he could use them – jeez – what a tool! He’s one of the radical CA left wing loonies there.
March 21, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Not sure who the guy from Cali ( my state) is but he is making the life hell for the acting Speaker:-) he is going to need a drink- whoa a fight is breaking out!!!
March 21, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Very disappointed in Geraldine Ferraro. She was just interviewed on Fox News and is apparently a strong supporter of ObummerCare. She says the opposition (all of us) have been ginned up by $200 million worth of TV ads. (Because we’re all just that stupid.)
Even people on the left hate this monstrosity. Here’s a fact sheet put together by a liberal blogger:
<a href="http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2010/03/19/fact-sheet-the-truth-about-the-health-care-bill/<Fact Sheet: The Truth About the Health Care Bill
March 21, 2010 at 2:31 pm
I remember her saying this when the discussion about Healthcare started. She also seems to have taken a swig of Koolaid concerning Palin as well.
March 21, 2010 at 2:41 pm
She was running with Walter Mondale…who would you expect? The Dems dissed her, too so she has about as much appeal as a rotting corpse.
March 21, 2010 at 5:54 pm
I was in USA at the time she ran with Mondale. He was a loser and she was a loser as well…..
March 21, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Yeah’ Sheppard Smith– a lib-hole fox reporter, and Ferraro’ what a joke she is– hearing those two talking about this health-care crap sandwich’ I almost put my foot through the TV screen..”
March 21, 2010 at 2:48 pm
HOW DID THAT FOOL END UP ON FOX NOW– HE SHOULD BE OFF!!! I CUT HIM OFF EVERY DAY — I AM ON C-SPAN
March 21, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Whoops, sorry. Here’s the link to the liberal blogger’s fact sheet:
Fact Sheet: The Truth About the Health Care Bill
March 21, 2010 at 2:29 pm
http://minx.cc/?post=299623
March 21, 2010 at 2:29 pm
I’m watching the movie “Serenity” right now. The parallels are strong as well as it’s very comforting right now.
March 21, 2010 at 2:34 pm
What time are they supposed to vote? Does anyone know?
March 21, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Michelle Malkin has a guesstimate timeline of sorts here:
http://michellemalkin.com/2010/03/21/wreckonciliation-sunday-the-demcare-schedule-in-the-house/
March 21, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Protests outside the Capitol.
http://interactive.foxnews.com/livestream/live.html?chanId=3
March 21, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Repubs were going out, waving and holding signs “Listen to the PEOPLE”. Dem Sheila Jackson Lee thought she would see “the little people”..no wave, just looked down her nose. The people are not going to give in on this one. See if this works:
http://interactive.foxnews.com/livestream/live.html?chanId=3
March 21, 2010 at 2:39 pm
FLASH: Senate Republicans found a provision in the new House health care bill that likely makes it ineligible for expedited ‘reconciliation’ procedures in the Senate. Dems refused to meet with GOP and Parliamentarian…. Developing….
March 21, 2010 at 2:39 pm
This is on DRUDGE RIGHT NOW.
March 21, 2010 at 2:54 pm
says it is a developing story….can they get details in time to derail this???
March 21, 2010 at 3:16 pm
I can’t get in there! Has it been taken off already? Wouldn’t surprise me. What it is saying? Is it saying that even if this travesty passes the house “fix” won’t pass? But… (sigh)… the senate bill that the house passes would still be law then, wouldn’t it?
March 21, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Look who they have establishing the Parliamentarian Rules…Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Can he even spell it?
March 21, 2010 at 2:53 pm
OH!! that is who that is?
March 21, 2010 at 7:20 pm
I think they may have the votes in the Senate for a straight 60 vote. Won’t need reconciliation. But I have not seen any updates on this.
March 21, 2010 at 2:41 pm
THIS MESS IS EMBARRASSING !!! I THINK IF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AT LARGE WAS MADE TO WATCH THIS CIRCUS– THINGS WOULD PROBABLY CHANGE— THESE BOZOS ARE TOTALLY INEPT!!! THIS IS LIKE A BANANA REPUBLIC– ALL WE NEED IS TO SEE THE FISTI-CUFFS ( FIGHTS) — LOL WOULD SORT OF LIKE TO SEE IT MY SELF
March 21, 2010 at 2:47 pm
I was thinking they should bring back dueling.
March 21, 2010 at 2:49 pm
LOL WORKS FOR ME!!!
March 21, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Even if the American people aren’t watching in significant numbers, the world is. Islamists and Communists around the world are indeed ROFL and will be all week, as they start pulling dust-covered files out of drawers containing strategies and plans they had in the 80′s and 90′s to undercut America. Putin is feeling all perky as he faces the brave protesters in Russian streets, but he can bee 100% confident that are no sabres left in Washington that would dare rattle themselves at him.
March 21, 2010 at 3:13 pm
,,,….all perky BECAUSE he can be 100% confident….
March 21, 2010 at 2:44 pm
ssmith: I’m having a drink with you.
March 21, 2010 at 2:46 pm
MERCY — I NEED A PROZAC — A BOTTLE OF PROZAC—
SAD TO SAY I DON’T EVEN HAVE A PRESCRIPTION….
March 21, 2010 at 2:50 pm
A bottle of prozac will make ya a lot sicker than a bottle of booze. Stick with the booze!
That prescription remark was cute, though ;-)
March 21, 2010 at 2:53 pm
DID NOT PLAN TO TAKE ALL AT ONE TIME— ALWAYS— KEEP STUFF IN RESERVE…
March 21, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Ah…
March 21, 2010 at 3:14 pm
I don’t even drink, but I may join you.
March 21, 2010 at 2:48 pm
At this min Stupak still not a yes–press conf at 4pm. Still rumours Piglosi doesnt have last couple of votes even without Bart! Keep praying!
March 21, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Oh and final vote around 11pm!
March 21, 2010 at 2:53 pm
So…
Should us callers, e-mailers and faxers keep hammering at it? Just keep the NOs rolling in, if we can get through?
March 21, 2010 at 2:59 pm
11 pm now? What they’re going to hold them all hostage? Give me a break!
March 21, 2010 at 3:51 pm
My husband thinks they just want to wait for the protesters to have to go home for work.
March 21, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Yeah. Like they will forget after they leave for work. Wait until those first paychecks with the HC tax deductions come out!
March 21, 2010 at 3:10 pm
They want to do this under cover of darkness so they can slither away in the heat of the night and hope that everyone is tucked in their beds sound asleep. The FREAKING COWARDS!
March 21, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Take a look at the photo Drudge has up right now…these are our ‘leaders?!?!?’ In a populace the size of America…THAT is what we come up with???
Channeling my inner Limbaugh, its like the cantina scene in Star Wars…
March 21, 2010 at 2:57 pm
My first thought when seeing Pelosi’s nose in the air was…”Pride goeth before a Fall” Keep praying!!!
March 21, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Did you notice how they are all wearing blue?
March 21, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Pelosi looks like an a$$…and by a$$ I mean donkey. ;)
March 21, 2010 at 6:08 pm
her picture at Drudge makes me want to vomit and I am not an American!!
March 21, 2010 at 2:51 pm
I am at work with it on right now. I will be knitting or crocheting as I listen, hopefully it will keep the blood pressure down.
March 21, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Knit a snare for unscrupulous politicians!
March 21, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Nyah, Little easter baskets for soldiers in Afghanistan. (Yes, I am aware of ship times, but better late then never and my little fingers will be going like mad little spiders)
Better to make things for the deserving…I will not waste my creative energy on those congresscritters; not even for snares and nooses. :D
March 21, 2010 at 3:15 pm
be careful that needlework doesn’t get all pulled up tight ‘n scrunchy!! I’ve had that happen when I “crochetted mad”!!
March 21, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Looks like Judas Stupak has given up his honor for Lent.
March 21, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Did he vote already?
March 21, 2010 at 2:59 pm
OH CRAP.
March 21, 2010 at 3:18 pm
What? What? What happened? Did the vote happen already? Did Stupak cave??? C’mon guys… I don’t know what’s happening!
March 21, 2010 at 2:56 pm
I can’t watch it. I’m watching the Bewitched marathon on TVLand and refreshing this link and the drudge report for info.
March 21, 2010 at 2:56 pm
gretawire tweet: Congressman Bart Stupak to hold press conference in 6 minutes (4pm eastern)
March 21, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Please Stupak, don’t let us down, please. Can I have a beer now?
March 21, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Don’t get your hopes up. He’ll vote for Piglosi. He is, after all, a Democrat. Can’t you imagine how he would be treated if he was the one who stopped this bill? The DNC would run him out.
Now we get to run him out.
March 21, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Lawsuits… start your engines…
personally, this is how I look at it. 75% of American hate this POS. Lets say they vote it thru.
Every chitty piece of garbage will be exposed, and the people who voted for it. They will not be able to hide.
As for people forgetting about this? LOL! I haven’t forgotten about may 31th 2008. and hell, I’m a recovering democrat.
if Stupack is bought, so be it,
this is not the end, stay calm everyone, we will tear this POS up, bit by bit, piece by piece, it will not be quick, but the bill is so disgusting, that there are thousands of chitty provisions that are indefensible that will come to light.
March 21, 2010 at 3:14 pm
I haven’t forgotten 5/31/08 either. I can’t see I ever will forget that!
March 21, 2010 at 3:02 pm
I think he (Stupak) was going to cave all along. I’m wondering if they all knew they were going to vote yes and were just creating drama to make their fearless leader look good.
March 21, 2010 at 3:06 pm
How can he believe an Executive order from the Briber in Chief means anything legally or personally??
March 21, 2010 at 6:10 pm
he is stupid if he believes there will be an EO… sucked in….. 30 pieces of silver…. tarnished silver….
March 21, 2010 at 3:04 pm
The vote has not happened yet, hold tight, think positive, pray. It’s not over yet.
March 21, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Okay b/c I want to get to know the brothers and sisters in arms I’m introducing myself!
My name is Esther, I’m 23, Graduating Senior, and a republican leaning independent. (I have voted for Blue Dog Dems a few times in my life. ;) ) Anyways I would love to get to know you and familiarize myself with those whom I am interacting with!
March 21, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Hey, Esther, welcome!! You are SO welcome. Make yourself at home and just chat along…there’s every stripe of anything at this site pulling for America, unwilling to be silent. Proud to stand with you.
March 21, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Hi Esther! Xana here. Nerd. Talks too much when agitated.
We’re happy warriors — even though we’re not too happy right now.
March 21, 2010 at 3:29 pm
I’m P80, E90 on the Nolan Chart:
http://www.theadvocates.org/quizp/index.html
March 21, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Thanks Esther…my advice to you is that our future is in you and your peers hands. When I was in college and about your age, it was a good time…it was cool to aspire to be rich and independent from gov’t control. Reagan was in the White House and in the movies we heard “Greed is good”.
I can’t imagine being young and strong enough to break out of all the liberal brainwashing you’ve been subjected to by entertainment, school and the media!
Stay strong and I think you’ll like it here at Hillbuzz!
March 21, 2010 at 6:12 pm
hi Esther,
I am Maggie the Australia. I have American cousins.
I hope that you will get over voting for Dem blue dogs in the future…. they are turncoats… they are wolves in sheep’s clothing
March 21, 2010 at 3:08 pm
There’s no way the anti-abortion people are going to be the deciding voters against this bill…they’d be run out by by the DNC
March 21, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Yep Bev.
March 21, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Stupak caved. An executive order from Oblahblah means NOTHING. Bastard.
March 21, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Ugh!
March 21, 2010 at 3:14 pm
bloody hell
March 21, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Well if they can’t advance the reconciliation bill thru the senate the executive order will be dead in the water as well.
Stupak is not going to allow himself to be the vote that kills this bill. He’s a Democrat first.
I’m not getting my hopes up of any miracle that this will not pass…but it would be fun to watch the Dem idiots fein surprise when they don’t get their reconciliation bill thru and they are left holding the old senate bill they thought was going to get fixed.
Let’s see Piglosi get their votes on the next bill they want desperately to pass.
March 21, 2010 at 5:42 pm
It won’t go to the Senate. Pelosi is lying to the saying that the Senate will “fix” the bill. The Senate Dems will not touch it again. If the House passes anyting, the Senate bill will become law.
March 21, 2010 at 3:15 pm
He’s an idiot.
March 21, 2010 at 3:36 pm
I expect that was an excuse to vote yes while giving an appearance of maintaining his declared position. I am sure he knows an EO or any kind of promise from Obama is worthless. He is not an idiot. He has been in the Dem machine for a long time. He knows how the game is played. He did his duty. He voted yes on the empty BO promise an anti abortion EO would be added. Now he has an excuse when it doesn’t happen.
Both men of empty words. Rush is right.
March 21, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Gene Taylor has come out and said that he doesn’t trust an EO to rescind abortion, and he has told Stupak that.
Should we hammer the “pro-life” Dems with messages saying “Do not put your faith in EOs!”?
March 21, 2010 at 3:19 pm
An EO is not a law!! What are they thinking. It means nothing- BHO rescinded quite a few that GWB had put in place. What gets me is that these ninnys seem to think that they have actually done something wonderful as opposed to being incrediably stupid
March 21, 2010 at 3:26 pm
I know! Do you think they’d still listen if we told ‘em that?
March 21, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Does anyone think we could lose pro abortion yes votes?
March 21, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Not in a way that makes a difference. Pro-abortion reps will only abstain if the bill’s gonna pass anyhow.
They can always pass some later bill increasing “charitable” grants to Planned Parenthood, etc.
March 21, 2010 at 3:14 pm
DRUDGE FLASH: Reconciliation fix may not advance in Senate….
Well, well, well…wouldn’t that be fun?
March 21, 2010 at 3:15 pm
When I click the link the page doesn’t load…do you what the page says?
March 21, 2010 at 3:17 pm
*know what the page says?
March 21, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Exactly what I just wrote.
March 21, 2010 at 3:52 pm
The link still doesn’t work- so no-one knows what exactly what Drudge knows. I would imagine that Boehner is doing his darndest to find out save the Nation!
March 21, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Yes it would Bev, that could kill the bill right? I’m so confused.
March 21, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Just saw this. This could be a gamechanger.
March 21, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Wait… no… it would just mean that the SENATE BILL would be law.
March 21, 2010 at 3:20 pm
The old senate bill with ALL THE KICKBACKS and all the stuff they hated that the Senate promised they would vote to change…AND WILL NOT CHANGE….LOL
What idiots.
March 21, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Right! The senate bill that Pelosi couldn’t get votes on. The only reason she got votes now is because she guaranteed her cult followers that a reconciliation bill would pass the senate to fix what they didn’t like.
March 21, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Will that matter if obama signs the thing they pass today? IOW, it’ll just become law with no reconciliation (and then the bought off deemocrats can yell all they want that “they promised”–fools)
March 21, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Rush has been saying something like this might happen all week.
March 21, 2010 at 3:42 pm
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me”
This will be the new Democratic motto.
March 21, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Stupak is going to be toast for this come November.
March 21, 2010 at 3:19 pm
They dont care. They dont care. They dont care.
They are counting on the american electorate to forget or stop focusing on this issue and moving on since we seem to have ADD.
HOwever I believe 100 percent that they dont care if they do not get elected ever again. They are willing to face that to get this passed. I bet they are salivating at getting their mouths to the health beauracracy teat as a reward for impaling their political career.
There is a lot of pork to be hoovered up…
March 21, 2010 at 3:22 pm
his ofc phone is closed as of 4pm..traitor..u’ll be sorry!
welcome esther..
March 21, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Marcy Kaptur is speaking now….how can they say these things with such joy and wonder…so profound to be part of bringing this country into the 21st century..,..vomit vomit vomit. Im going back to crocheting now… i am going to turn this off. I want to feel smooth and happy as I make things, not knotted and angry…
I do know this…they have made a lifelong enemy out of me. I am dedicating myself right here right now to learning how to take them down, one grassroots bite at a atime. Not only take them down but shred their evil legislation.
Hillbuzz men, I will be nagging and asking questions on HOW to do what you do so aplogies in advance if any are needed.
bye for now.
March 21, 2010 at 3:16 pm
It sounds like Stupak and his group (of how many?) have accepted that this Executive Order is enough for them.
The speeches on the House floor from the donkeys have been full of lies, but these critters speak nothing but lies. I hope they enjoy their moment of fame — or notoriety — because I suspect that back home they are all going to get the Ben Nelson treatment, at the very least.
March 21, 2010 at 3:27 pm
WHY DO U THINK THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO GO HOME FOR THE WEEK-END—- BEN NELSON TREATMENT— WE NEED TO KEEP THE CARDS AND LETTERS(FAX AND CALLS) FLYING!!!I HOPE THEY ALL GET CANNED!!! ANYTHING THEY HAVE EVER DONE IS BEING THROWN IN THEIR FACE…. ALL THEIR SECRETS LAID BARE— REMEMBER MASSA???
March 21, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Stupidpak is a whore like all the others that were bought off!
March 21, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Manwhore.
March 21, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Stupak is an idiot if he really believes they’ll really honor that deal. Personally, I think it just gives him and his bunch plausible deniability–”the President PROMISED us it wouldn’t fund abortions, how were we supposed to know he’d change his mind after we voted?” Umm, because everything he says is a LIE??? I think Stupak wanted to vote for it and just didn’t know how else to get around it and make himself look good.
March 21, 2010 at 3:31 pm
You know peep’s, all along something about Stupak’ he seemed spineless to me anyways,,,” So’ not too surprised here!
March 21, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Yes. Exactly. I agree completely.
March 21, 2010 at 3:23 pm
I’m watching PSYCHO. I have no intention of watching Piglosi gloat.
Just imagine the outrage felt across this country right now. And the Democrats have no clue if they think Americans will forget.
I’d love to watch the video where the Aliens blow up the Capital building and that old lady laughs…what movie was that?
March 21, 2010 at 3:24 pm
I have never in my life been so angry. They are hoping people will accept and move on, but it ain’t happening here. I will NEVER forget what they’ve done.
March 21, 2010 at 3:31 pm
I have never been more upset at our government, I will commit to do whatever to undo this.
I will be on those steps rebelling next time !!!!!
March 21, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Bev, was it Mars Attack?
March 21, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Yeah that was it.
March 21, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Oh yeah!
The one where the aliens are chasing and killing people and doing all kinds of damage while saying, “Don’t run. We are your friends. Ack. Ack.”
Anyone up for a photo shop of that? (I don’t know how to do photo shop.)
March 21, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Stupak just said that he thinks they had the votes even without his little band — this in justification of accepting this deal. I wonder what he’ll say — or do — this evening if it becomes clear that they could not in fact have passed it without them …
He thinks he’s playing a good game of poker, but in the end he’s just a Joker.
I can see the signs already …
March 21, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Stupak thinks he can get away with pleasing everyone. Little does he know….
March 21, 2010 at 3:39 pm
He’s toast.
March 21, 2010 at 3:30 pm
My God, my God…. America is being sold for less than 30 pieces of silver; it’s being sold for nothing but shit.
Every single person voting “yes” today is a traitor to the U.S. If our founding fathers were alive today every single blasted one of these traitors would be arrested, tried for treason, and executed.
March 21, 2010 at 3:31 pm
I agree, this is unreal!!
March 21, 2010 at 6:17 pm
tarnished silver and silverplate is shit.
March 21, 2010 at 3:31 pm
The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency. It will be easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president.
The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails us. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.
The multitude of fools continues to grow, supported by eachother, in their delusional agenda to diminish our freedom and distribute a social equity. This is a self fulfilling prophecy of socialism.
March 21, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Well said and you are correct.
However,when this country runs out of funds and the pillows are removed from under the arms of fools, there will be changes.
The saving grace of the US, it was built by individualists coming from everywhere and I believe their spirits in the end will turn this country into the wonderful land of liberty it was meant to be
March 21, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Today I shed a tear for my nation, I hope to awake tomorow having found a measure of resolve, strength of will, and peaceful purpose allowing my spirit to continue the struggle. Tonight, I internalize and cope with my grief.
My love this nation lies not in what she can be, but more importantly, for what I know she is.
March 21, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Too true, sdf.
March 21, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Stup[id]pak is up for reelction this year. His opponent is Dr. Dan Benishek who is a fiscally conservative republican: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=287806148754&ref=share
March 21, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Also it seems as if his campaign is extremely grass roots b/c of this tweet: “Will someone kindly offer to help Dan Benishek get a contribution web page up? He answers his number himself, I just called.”
March 21, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Everybody go to his FB page and join…this has to be one of our big projects this year. Stupak just made a fool of himself.
March 21, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Maybe the Boyz can add Stupak on their list.
March 21, 2010 at 3:58 pm
The irony is that he is a DOCTOR. A general surgeon. You should visit his Facebook page and read the comments.
March 21, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Hey Esther
Get this on to Sarah Palin’s facebook site and Conservatives4Palin STAT. That will ensure an avalanche of support.
Regards
March 21, 2010 at 4:47 pm
I suspect that very soon there’s going to be an endorsement of Benishek by Sarah Palin.
March 21, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Just came in my email…
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
March 21, 2010 at 3:41 pm
I just joined. I’ll help him beat out Stupak. Now, if we could just get rid of Harry Reid, Dina Titus, and Shelly Berkeley here in Nevada. Reid wouldn’t stand a chance, except that some stupid people may vote for the fake Tea Party candidate and put Harry back in. But we’ll fight big time to keep it from happening!
March 21, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Every single blasted democrat who voted “yes” today needs to be taken out of congress and ridden out of their districts on a rail….
March 21, 2010 at 3:49 pm
I think we need to pick off these traitors off one by one…
March 21, 2010 at 3:42 pm
I had a bad feeling all week. I could sense that Stupak was dying to vote for this bill, but needed some type of “fig leaf.” The Hillboyz called it out a week ago, they saw this coming from a mile away.
After Nelson, Blanche-Lincoln and Bayh caving, why should we expect Stupak to do any different?
I do admit I am really sad today, and kind of afraid. However, I have a feeling (I know its unscientific) that the Boyz are right about the Republicans. I think they will have a spine and fight this thing, b/c the people will DEMAND that they do. Palin said on Beck that people have to demand it, and so we’ll elect politicans who are serious about this.
I don’t think people will forget about this, do you guys? People are still ticked off about the stimulus for crying out loud.
March 21, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Yeah, but it’s going to be harder to take out then put in. For one thing, how hard will it be to take out when the dems start screaming that the R’s are going to be “taking away your healthcare”? You know that’s what they’re going to do. The big question is…. in the past people believed the lies the D’s said about what the R’s were going to do. Will they this time? I hope to God they’ve learned their lesson; and that it isn’t too late.
March 21, 2010 at 3:47 pm
People won’t “have healthcare” they will have higher taxes, higher premiums, less access to care, and longer waiting lines as a result of this bill. This bill “takes away” their healthcare, it doesn’t give them anything, except for the aforementioned items.
March 21, 2010 at 3:48 pm
…and less drs…. and more unemployment…
March 21, 2010 at 4:04 pm
FOUR YEARS until anyone sees any “benefits.” That’s a LONG time… especially when your taxes go through the roof in that time as well.
March 21, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Philly, I agree. Well said.
March 21, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Enough of them won’t have learned their lesson for the Dems to have a gullible audience when they scream, “They’re taking away your health care!”
This will be hard to fight. It’d take people able to distinguish between stated intentions, real intentions, and actual effects.
So many just accept that the stated intention of a law will be the same as its actual consequences.
March 21, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Sorry to disagree, but when people will have to wait for care or denied tests for treatments, that’s when it will hit them. I have several family members in the medical profession who say that their patients will NEVER TOLERATE rationed care. People are so demanding now, just wait when they are told no by their provider b/c of Obama.
March 21, 2010 at 6:50 pm
PhillyCon…I am one of those patients that your medical friends are talking about. My family alone will make it very unpleasant for the gov’t official that denies services to me or mine…seriously!
March 21, 2010 at 3:54 pm
People will definitely NOT forget about this.
For one thing, there will be plenty of reminders because of all the other egregious legislation they have planned to follow this.
Personally, I hope something can/will be done before vote time.
March 21, 2010 at 3:43 pm
On the bogus — and hypocritical — embrace of the Executive Order, Andrew McCarthy has a succinct statement:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjFiNGRiZmFiY2NjYTMzNGFiMDQ2NjIxZTc3ZTg4ODU=
March 21, 2010 at 3:43 pm
The funny thing is….Stupak somehow thought that holding out would make him look better in the long run because it looked as tho he fought for the provision.
But we all know he was just a liar all along. We have that video that was posted showing he was a liar. So he actually made himself look ten times worse than if he had just admitted he would vote yes all along.
That Benishek guy is not going to know what hit him because as we speak his facebook page is rolling with posts asking where to send the money.
March 21, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Your right about Benishek. According to his facebook page, he just entered the race of March 15th, less than a week ago! Can you imagine deciding to run for Congress and then having this rush of attention and popularity? I hope he’s ready for it, he is probably going to Washington.
March 21, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Several state attorneys general are ready with lawsuits to challenge the bill if it gets passed: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031901470_pf.html.
March 21, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Anybody happen to notice how carefully the D’s stacked the courts over the past 8 years? How many times GWB tried to get a federal judge or district judge put in and they weren’t even allowed to vote on them? How there was a huge back-log of them from GWB’s time due to the congress not allowing them to be voted on? That, of course, was part of “the plan”. Stack up the courts with D’s; stack up the state’s “secretary of states” to certify votes… and then you’ve got protection all around.
March 21, 2010 at 3:57 pm
They do it…and so do the republicans. That’s a given. That has been going on since the beginning of time.
March 21, 2010 at 3:49 pm
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=287806148754&ref=share
Everybody…go read the posts on Benishek’s FB page and it will give you reason to love your fellow countrymen.
He is being BOMBED with money to beat Stupak. It’s awesome.
March 21, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Hillboyz you gotta new friend.
March 21, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Where does it say the money coming in?
March 21, 2010 at 3:56 pm
You can’t see the 5000 posts on his facebook page???? People from all over the country are posting on his facebook page asking where to send their money.
March 21, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Now I do..
March 21, 2010 at 3:55 pm
I loved the comments…we the people are awesome!
Anyways for donations someone is working with him to get a site up by tonight but for the moment you can send donations to:
Benishek for Congress
802 Pentoga Trail
Crystal Falls, MI 49920
March 21, 2010 at 4:06 pm
He looks like just the guy for the job!
March 21, 2010 at 3:52 pm
This is not the end. Those of us who have lived and breathed this battle for weeks are a minority and we are weary right now. But this is by no means over. Over the course of the next few months, we will gain recruits and soldiers in this war against socialism. Make no mistake – Rep. Stupak and every democrat in a conservative or independent district will be unemployed in January 2011. It just got easier today to defeat them, but it will still take a lot of work. Start tomorrow. Fund their opponents. Target their donors. Never give up. NO EEYORES ALLOWED HERE!
March 21, 2010 at 3:57 pm
And remember- they have not yet cast their votes!!!! If there was ever a season for a miracle this would be the one. It ain’t over yet- dont give up hope!!!!
March 21, 2010 at 6:22 pm
you are not in the minority. The majority do not want this stinking stuff.
March 21, 2010 at 3:55 pm
OT. Redstate has a laundry list for the GOP.
List of Items for the GOP to Begin Investigating Once They Take Back Power
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/03/21/list-of-items-for-the-gop-to-begin-investigating-once-they-take-back-power/
There are a number of things the GOP will need to launch investigations over once it takes back power. As is usually the case, the party opposite that of the White House will make inquiries into a host of items once in control of Congress.
With today’s health care vote coming, it is time to begin considering what investigations there will be.
Here is my initial list:
1.The bribes to get health care passed.
2.What did the Democrats know and when did they know it about Eric Massa.
3.ACORN
4.Kevin Jennings’ appointment
5.The Sestak promises
6.The Andrew Romanoff promises
7.Barack Obama’s foreign campaign donors and what happened with that money
8.Obstruction by the DOJ of North Carolina’s non-partisan elections laws
9.DOJ lawyers who represented GTMO detainees
10.Democratic congressional staffers disrupting Republican offices in 2006 in Colorado
The list goes on and on. What else should be added? Let’s keep a steady going list of these things so we can get our side up to speed and ready once we take back the majority.
March 21, 2010 at 4:02 pm
#1 Caucus fraud
March 21, 2010 at 4:07 pm
YES!!!! The caucus fraud!!!
March 21, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Website for Benishek is in development at http://benishekforcongress.net/
Nothing as of yet but it is developing…
March 21, 2010 at 4:03 pm
I’ve been watching his FB page. In two minutes he has gained 53 fans on his FB page. He is being absolutely bombed with offers of help and money. Everyone…EVERYONE….go read the posts. It will make you feel wonderful.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=287806148754&ref=share
March 21, 2010 at 4:11 pm
It’s absolutely wonderful how people from all across the United States are banding together behind this guy! I don’t think that he believed he had a chance in hell that he was going to win in November since he has no website and when I first saw his group he only had 200 members. Now with everyone rallying behind him I think (and hope) that he’ll give Stupak a run for his seat!
March 21, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Now over 580. It’s going up about 25 people a minute.
March 21, 2010 at 4:31 pm
I’m number 687 at 5:30 p.m. eastern time.
Go, Ben!
March 21, 2010 at 4:43 pm
864 at 5:43 p.m. eastern!
March 21, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Over 1,000 at 5:50pm Eastern. His facebook is going neuclear now.
March 21, 2010 at 4:43 pm
WE NEED TO GET THIS INFO OUT TO GRETTA ON THE AIR— SHOW THAT BUNCH WHAT IS WHAT!!!
March 21, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Hill Buzz Boyz:
I have an idea for a blog I would love you to steal. We need to expose the LIES. It could be a campaign like the donor campaign. Washington Post LIED about 59,000 nuns endorsing this. Waxman LIED about 59,000 nuns endorsing this. This morning I believe MSNBC LIED about Stupak having already decided to vote Yes. LIES get to the core of this unprincipled B.S. Everyone here who hears a LIE put it on the blog. It is probably a LIE that there was a “chorus of” the N word at the Tea Party yesterday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtZV5XdfqrI
March 21, 2010 at 4:11 pm
It was probably paid for SEIU people paid and instructed to go there and do that. They do that at all the tea partys.
March 21, 2010 at 4:22 pm
THANKS for the link!!!
I recognized the chorus–
“They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious”–
from the TV show *V*.
Great song!
March 21, 2010 at 4:31 pm
We could have our own “Media Matters” site here. They constantly have what they consider “lies” that Fox News and conservative commentators say on their website, but I notice they NEVER call out MSNBC or CNN for their blatant lies. I’ve written them several times giving them examples of the lies on those cable channels and……crickets.
March 21, 2010 at 4:12 pm
You want us to record all the lies told by politicians? Coz I don’t think there’s enough space on the Internet for all of it!
March 21, 2010 at 4:22 pm
LOL!!!
March 21, 2010 at 4:13 pm
10 minutes ago Benishek had 401 fans on his FB page. He now has 522 and counting.
March 21, 2010 at 4:15 pm
11 minutes…..566 fans
March 21, 2010 at 4:19 pm
13 minutes 570
March 21, 2010 at 4:22 pm
596…It’s getting hard to keep up..LOL.
GOD I LOVE AMERICANS
March 21, 2010 at 4:23 pm
You can add at least 1 to whatever number is going on on Facebook. I don’t have a FB account but I am suddenly a fan too.
March 21, 2010 at 4:28 pm
I’m getting the word out wherever I can (Facebook groups, friends, communities, etc.) I’m not going down without a fight and this is one way I can help.
March 21, 2010 at 4:24 pm
620
March 21, 2010 at 4:29 pm
667
March 21, 2010 at 4:30 pm
It’s up to 686 now… :O :O
March 21, 2010 at 4:32 pm
705
March 21, 2010 at 4:43 pm
719
March 21, 2010 at 4:50 pm
1,000
March 21, 2010 at 4:52 pm
holy cats. 115 joined in less than 2 mins. Over 1,100
March 21, 2010 at 4:56 pm
1262
March 21, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Mr. Benishek should be ready for the ride of his life. Taking back America.
March 21, 2010 at 4:31 pm
I think he’s probably sitting there shaking his head wondering when he’s going to wake up…. Stupid Stupak just handed him a HUGE GIFT….
March 21, 2010 at 4:31 pm
I’m enjoying watching all these people…Democrats, Republicans, Independents…all standing up and saying HELL NO….throwing their money at this guy. He is an overnight success. Bart Stupak is toast.
March 21, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Happy early Christmas! :D
March 21, 2010 at 4:33 pm
I bet he’s wishing he had put up a paypal button before this…LOL.
I wish Hillbuzz were watching this.
March 21, 2010 at 4:36 pm
I know…but I’m sure that these people are fired up mad that they’ll wait 24 hours for an online donation and won’t forget what Stupak did. (I know I won’t!)
March 21, 2010 at 4:37 pm
788
March 21, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Don’t you wish Stupid Stupak would hear about this before he votes? But they probably have him packed away so he won’t hear anything they don’t want him to hear before “the vote”..
March 21, 2010 at 4:46 pm
CAN ANYONE GET THIS INFO TO GRETTA ON LINE NOW SHE CHECKS HER BLOG!!!!
March 21, 2010 at 4:46 pm
HOLY COW it jumped to 951 in like 2 minutes. Somebody on the news just reported on it.
March 21, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Over a 1000 now
March 21, 2010 at 4:53 pm
1158
March 21, 2010 at 4:57 pm
1289
March 21, 2010 at 5:10 pm
1672
March 21, 2010 at 4:40 pm
I am sure he will get lots of exposure from conservative outlets and therefore lots of support.
March 21, 2010 at 4:38 pm
So anything interesting going on at the moment on the hill? Or are demoncrats still being total imbeciles and talking through their butts?
March 21, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Dan Benishek is running for Representative in 1st District in MI against Stupak- tweeted this 20″ ago.
March 21, 2010 at 4:50 pm
The at the posts above and go to his facebook site…it’s exploding with patriotic Americans.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=287806148754&ref=share
March 21, 2010 at 4:39 pm
BTW, Jesse Jackson Jr. is a tool. What is wrong with the water in Illinois!?!
March 21, 2010 at 6:08 pm
They fluoridate it and it messes with our precious bodily fluids?
Chicago water tastes pretty good, actually. From Lake Michigan…
Oh, the zebra mussels got to it. Of course!
March 21, 2010 at 4:59 pm
SCOTT BROWN’S OFFICE NEEDS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THIS DUDE AND HELP THEM WITH A MONEY BOMB AND SIT BACK AND WATCH THE FIREWORKS!!! GOOD BY STU-PID
March 21, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Someone posted on his FB page that he is going to the next Scott Brown in regards to support from everyone in the country!
March 21, 2010 at 5:05 pm
On CNN now: The McPresident screwed the pro-lifers with his executive order.
March 21, 2010 at 5:05 pm
UP TO 1400 NOW I THINK HE HAD 420 WHEN I JOINED 20 MIN AGO!!
March 21, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Wow!!
March 21, 2010 at 5:11 pm
closing in on 1600 now.
Amazing.
March 21, 2010 at 5:13 pm
1800
March 21, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Over 1900 now ~including myself~
March 21, 2010 at 5:17 pm
He had 200 when I joined a little over 2 hours ago! :O
March 21, 2010 at 5:14 pm
HILLBUZZ Contact this guy so you can tell them how to make a donate button!!! HOLY GOD HE COULD BE A MILLIONAIRE BY NOW
March 21, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Oh I know!
He should have set it up before today.
I love reading the comments from my fellow Americans.
March 21, 2010 at 5:24 pm
over 2k now
March 21, 2010 at 5:14 pm
News is spreading fast on fb and Money Bombs are being discussed. Revenge is soooo sweet.
March 21, 2010 at 5:16 pm
See “The Order” by Yuval Levin at
http://corner.nationalreview.com/
March 21, 2010 at 5:20 pm
I wish we could contact somebody who could help them…you know if it’s driving us nuts they are running around pulling their hair out…LOL
March 21, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Don’t worry. Benishek’s team is on it!
March 21, 2010 at 5:20 pm
let’s keep this going for Mr. Benishek– send out this face-book alert” send it load and clear.
No one can run from this “Yes” turn-coat vote,,,, Stupak– should have listened !
March 21, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Benisheck now has 2025 members. This week will be a big gainer for the republicans – in both support and money.
March 21, 2010 at 6:02 pm
3,177 WOOOO HOOOO!
March 21, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Rush was talking about how the Pelosi & Reid are lying to the Dems in the House ~Surprise, Surprise~ The HellCare bill will not go back to the Senate, Pelosi will carve out the Senate Bill, send it to the Senate to certify is and then BO will sign it. The Senate Dems will not touch it again. They’ve got what they want. Any House member that believes the Senate is going to touch this bill is a FOOL!
http://republican.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_Id=6b53ad02-2d4b-4134-a08d-7c439defd83b
March 21, 2010 at 5:33 pm
and this on the sham executive order:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjFiNGRiZmFiY2NjYTMzNGFiMDQ2NjIxZTc3ZTg4ODU=
March 21, 2010 at 5:36 pm
A better link on the legalities of EO:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODAxYWJiMzliZjA3NGJiYjZmNDdjMzNmZDgyNTZjNjc=&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
March 21, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Thought you all would enjoy this Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&ref=share&gid=287806148754#!/pages/Bart-Stupak-Keep-Your-Butter-Fingers-Off-Our-Healthcare/101158723257424?ref=ts
March 21, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Sorry, the link isn’t going to work. You’ll have to cut and paste it.
March 21, 2010 at 6:17 pm
It works, waiting for friend approval to spew my true feelings about selling out at the price of the innocent. Nice guy, liar just like the rest that have to go.
March 21, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Hoyer is on the floor, talking about Martin Luther King and continuing his legacy.
Shameless.
March 21, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Yes, Steny Hoyer looks like a recipient of the work of MLK.
What a buffoon.
March 21, 2010 at 6:23 pm
This an absolute outrage. My hubbie called this earlier this week, said it was all political grandstanding to act like there was an actual fight occuring. Lawyers can smell liars out it’s second nature. The ex. bill has still not been signed. Let’s keep praying for a miracle, you know natural disaster, ect. anything to take precedence over this human disaster!
March 21, 2010 at 6:25 pm
over 3900 on Benishek’s FB page
March 21, 2010 at 6:27 pm
The final vote prediction at Code Red is 214-217:
http://www.nrcc.org/CodeRed/main.php
March 21, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Who are the two that crossed over?? Names people??? anyone know???
March 21, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Saw on Twitter that an unintended consequence of ObamaCare is that those with domestic partner benefits will now have to pay for individual insurance because of the individual mandate. Interesting. Thoughts?
March 21, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Karma for gay obots.
March 21, 2010 at 6:36 pm
We fight not for glory nor for wealth nor honor but only and alone we fight for FREEDOM, which no good man surrenders but with his life.
March 21, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Texas Attorney General Abbott twitter:
“I am organizing a conference call tonight for AGs across the country. We will discuss our litigation strategy…”
http://twitter.com/Abbott2010
Go Texas!
March 21, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Don’t mess with Texas!!
March 21, 2010 at 6:52 pm
Everyone get ready for all the “heart warming stories” of how all the insurance company reforms that go into effect emmediatly “have saved lives” and “saved families from lossing their homes” I guarantee that Obama, the dems and the LSM are going to be filling the american people’s heads with loads of trash.
Never again! under-estimate the stupidity of many of our fellow americans! Never
March 21, 2010 at 7:01 pm
I think I need comfort, so I came here because the Boyz cheer me up and the people here are so proactive.
Right now, in the long run it seems like it might be good for Dems…they’ll lose this election, and maybe 2012, but it’s another entitlement program that may end up gaining Dem voters…leading us on a march to socialism. Will someone PLEASE talk me down off of my gloom-and-doom?
I’m sad tonight. :(
March 21, 2010 at 8:18 pm
The key is the next two elections.
But conservatives have a lot of weapons.
First is defunding. No money, no Obamacare. If the Republicans get control of even the House, they can do this.
Second is repeal – or amendment to the point where it’s not an issue. This is going to take control of Congress and the White House, with enough of a margin to overwhelm a filibuster in the Senate.
Third is legal action. The mandate to buy insurance is of debatable legality…and with opposition as high as it is, the courts will feel safe in ruling against it.
Fourth is a Constitutional Convention. The Thermonuclear Option. If 33 states call for one, it MUST happen. There are already that many states opposed to Obamacare. This makes local and state elections critical, though. We need 38 states to ratify an amendment.
March 21, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Thank you. I really needed this kick in the butt. THERE IS something we can do, unlikely as all of these are, so was Scott Brown’s election and look what happened. We can doooo this!
March 21, 2010 at 7:04 pm
You can watch it live on C-Span here…where do they find these people? How can they even be Americans?
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN.aspx
There are some great American heroes going to battle for the People and against socialism.
March 21, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Benishek FB over 5,200+
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=287806148754
March 21, 2010 at 7:14 pm
STUPAC T-SHIRT!
http://twitpic.com/1a4dfe
March 21, 2010 at 7:16 pm
Add a “k”. :)
March 21, 2010 at 7:35 pm
posting over at his replacements facebook page
March 21, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Done! It looks nice over at the new guys page.
March 21, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Beautiful!
March 21, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Here is an interesting theory as to what the Leftists think will happen (at least in the Senate) come November from American Thinker: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/03/democrats_take_the_long_view_o.html
It’s up to us to make sure they are WRONG.
March 21, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Heard that President Obama will come out in primetime and declare victory. Ugh. ><
March 21, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Puke!
March 21, 2010 at 9:46 pm
And that’s that.
March 21, 2010 at 9:48 pm
They’re chanting, “Yes, We Can!” I have to throw-up now.
March 21, 2010 at 10:18 pm
On Drudge site: At the very top you can join to repeal this crap. The picture of dear leader pretty much sums it up. Join. I did.
If you weren’t sick enough. The press just asked what ozero was doing while this charade was happening this evening. Gibbs response “just watching college b-ball” What an arrogant SOB.
March 21, 2010 at 10:32 pm
like hell he was.
March 21, 2010 at 10:12 pm
This battle has ended but the war continues. http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/03/21/happy-warriors-still/
March 21, 2010 at 10:34 pm
“A Day that will live in Infamy”
March 21, 2010 at 11:30 pm
“Silver Linings”
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/03/025892.php
March 22, 2010 at 2:33 am
Can’t possibly sleep tonight after watching this travesty-even with 2 Ativans and an increase in my Zoloft!
I feel so sad for us all.