Reid: "I will never forget (valor) of the 3 Republicans who broke from the pack and stood alone."

[Hissyspit]

...and did what was right for the economy of the country. Collins, Snowe, Spector.

Speaking now on the floor of the Senate after the passage of the economic stimulus bill.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

1. Does he mean "valor"? nt

[Hissyspit]

2. Yes.

Even I had to look it up.

[Hissyspit]

3. opps. dupe.

[pacalo]

16. I heard him say "valiancy", which is the same as "valor".

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. K & R

for Specter, Snowe, and Collins for standing for principle and NOT party.

[Hope And Change]

6. Indeed.We should send thank notes to their email.

[ColbertWatcher]

14. It's Valentine's Day, we should send flowers.

Especially for Specter, who survived another battle with cancer.

[jillan]

5. The only 3 repugs that put their country before their party.

The rest of them make me ill. :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[blue_onyx]

7. Sad that only 3 are willing to do what's best for the country

The GOP is playing a risky game. They are hoping the stimulus fails so they have something to run on. If it succeeds, then they'll pay the price for many years to come. It's horrible that the GOP's future is based on our country failing.

[Maccagirl]

10. Regarding your last line

Hasn't that ALWAYS been their philosophy?

[DCKit]

21. Disaster Politics, to borrow a concept.

Without the ability to generate fear, they've got nothing.

[KittyWampus]

8. If those three had any real guts, they'd leave the freaks behind and go independent.

[OmahaBlueDog]

9. OK, let's get real here for a second

(Valor)? What they did was allow for a bill to pass while giving their party political cover. Even if the economy roars back to life in 18 months, they all intend to chant the mantra that this bill is everything that's wrong with the economy. Put more simply -- now it'll be our fault, not theirs.

Specter has already pissed off the GOP right, and has hinted that he won't run. Neither Snowe nor Collins are up for re-election in '10, and Dems in Maine tend to vote for them anyway.

What these 3 did was allow the Republicans to go along with the bill without actually appearing to be bi-partisan.

[katanalori]

11. PLEASE

DO send them thank you notes if you are so inclined. I made it easy for you - here are their e-mail forms:


http://specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.Email

http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.EmailIssue&CFID=751&CFTOKEN=61061108

[ColbertWatcher]

15. They need to be recognized for choosing country over party.

Fuck the rest of the GOP.

[Festivito]

19. And the press tells US that NO Republicans voted for the bill.

So, Republicans get to sabotage the bill as best they can, then sit back and claim it was all the Dem's fault.

[howmad1]

12. Oh my frikin God!

Harry Reid ass kissing the rethuglicans again. If this SOB Reid had a pair of balls, he would have called their bluff, killed the fillibuster, and let them suffer the consequence. I can't friggen believe he allowed these three thugs to control the outcome of this "democratic" package. I'm beginning to suspect that Reid is on the pad to the rethugs.

[Raksha]

13. I agree with you. Harry Reid should have called their bluff,

and would have if he wasn't a spineless wuss.

Personally, I'm not going to be sending those three any thank-you notes.

[tritsofme]

17. 60 vote threshold was due to Senate budget rules, not a filibuster

Legislation that increases the deficit requires 60 votes.

[MrSlayer]

18. After making sure a lot of the teeth were taken out they broke from the pack.

Fuck the three of them, fuck Reid too. He should have called them out.

[bobbolink]

22. Don't forget... FUCK the Dems who enabled the asses! My two senators

were among them.

Udall and whats-is-name are no better than LIEberman.

:grr:

[MrSlayer]

24. Lieberman probably would have negotiated a better deal than Nelson.

Traitor Joe is really only a neo-con when it comes to foreign policy.

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

20. Snowe and Collins are okay. Spector I'm more leary of.

I'll drop them a nice thank you note as a matter of courtesy, but frankly that whole party needs to be put in its place.

[w4rma]

25. Snow and Collins decimated that bill. They are not moderates. They are opportunistic. (nt)

[Cleita]

23. Okay now that I'm through throwing up, I would be in a more

laudatory frame of mind, if only they had stood up and passed the package without the big cave in that the brave three Republicans who stood alone demanded.