Rep Cooper: 'Repubs Were In Favor Of Stimulus-But Feared Repub Leadership Too Much To Vote For It'

[kpete]

Cooper: Stimulus necessary but rushed
Nashville Business Journal

U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) says he talked with 10 or 15 Republican colleagues in the House who were in favor of the $787 billion federal economic stimulus bill, but feared Republican leadership too much to vote for it.

Cooper, who voted against the first version of the bill and for the second one, made the comment today at a luncheon before about 70 engineers from the Nashville chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee. Cooper and Metro Finance Director Rich Riebeling were there to talk about the effects the stimulus bill may have on Tennessee.

Cooper decried the rush to pass the massive stimulus bill through both houses of Congress before Presidents Day as a “procedural abomination.”

Cooper said economists from both sides agree some sort of stimulus is needed, and predicted two or three more years of hard times.

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[Kolesar]

1. "I was for it before I was against it"

The gops got nothing for all of their travails and wails on the stimulus bill. Well, they did get tax cuts, but they got *nothing* that they could run on--nothing that they will be remembered for.

[atreides1]

2. So??

The Repukes fear of their leadership, is more important then the needs of their constituents?

It figures, cowards to the end!!

[livetohike]

3. I sent my Rep. a letter and called him a coward. I think they

(Republicans) need to fear their constituents more than anyone in their leadership.

[bdamomma]

8. they need to hear it from their constiutents.

[Winterblues]

17. They don't fear you, they know you would never vote for them anyway.

They fear Republicans because they could put up a Primary Challenge and that they fear.

[Uben]

4. Doesn't matter

History will only record their vote. They will be remembered as the cowards they are, forever!

[gratuitous]

5. The Elephant flies over the Eagle

We've seen these pinheads and their antics long enough to know by now that the Republican Party values politics over the people, party over country, and ideology over patriotism. They will do anything for their party and nothing for the country. They know what the right thing to do is, but if it conflicts with party dogma, they won't do it. The old Soviet Union had nothing on the GOP.

[leftofthedial]

6. the Watergat coup put the neocons in charge of the repukes

sounds like they need another coup to get rid of them.

[bdamomma]

7. hypocrisy at its highest heights.

they totally forgot about the last 8 years haven't they?

[Historic NY]

9. They have nothing to fear but "themselves" . Repukes cave into Repukes.

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. They (R)'s think only of themselves.

That's why they lose on election day.

[FSogol]

11. Wait a minute. Someone, somewhere is afraid of McConnell and Boener?

:rofl:

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

12. Moral courage consists of doing the right thing in spite of being afraid,

not wishing you had done it. The Republicans get no credit and deserve only blame and shame.

[FSogol]

13. Moral courage? The repubs don't have it. n/t

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

14. I'll drink to that

:toast:

[Elidor]

15. The GOP on the Hill is just a gang

You do what you're told by the leadership or you suffer retaliation in the form of crappy committee assignments and a primary challenge. It's not about drafting good legislation. It's all about acting as a bloc to acquire more power.

[AndyTiedye]

16. And WHY Do the Repiggies Fear Their Own Leadership So Much That They Always Vote in Lockstep?