It's the health care reform bill, stupid.

[pnwmom]

Why have all these Rethugs suddenly become born again civil rights advocates? Why are they all piling on Senator Reid right now? And calling for him to resign?

It's the HCR bill. As flawed as it is, it never would have gotten this far if it weren't for Harry Reid's ability to pull people together. And it's in a critical time now, with negotiations still ongoing but set to pass in the next few weeks. The Rethugs are determined to derail this process.

Expect more distractions to follow.

(This doesn't mean I don't think Reid made a mistake. He did, and he was correct to apologize. But that has nothing to do with why the hypocritical Rethugs have all suddenly become so sensitive about racial issues.)

[midnight]

1. I'm confused.... This bill is a give away for the corporations. Isn't that what

these republicans work for?

[begin_within]

3. Exactly

And after Clinton signed NAFTA, you'd think they would lionize him. Instead they impeached him.

[SoCalDem]

5. Republicans are status quo-ers. Their greatest fear is that something good might happen

and a dem might get credit for it. they prefer that nothing "new" happens, unless it's a war or some new military toy that their benefactors can made a shitload of money on..

[pnwmom]

4. They hate the bill. They hate the fact that it limits profits on all insurance companies.

They hate the fact that it imposes other regulations, such as banning rescissions and pre-existing conditions. They hate the fact that passing this bill will help Obama succeed on the rest of his agenda.

[atreides1]

2. He did more bribing then leading

While I agree that what Senator Reid said during the campaign, isn't important, I have to disagree with the claim that he pulled people together.

Lincoln, Landrieu, and Nelson were bribed with multimillion dollar packages for their home states, and Lieberman was able to get the public option and buy in to Medicare tossed under the bus.

That isn't really "pulling" people together, it's plain and simple bribery, or politics as normal!

[SoCalDem]

6. Reid's theme song? "Bend me Shape me, anyway you want me"

I hope the senate has finally learned its lesson on picking majority leaders.. Pick someone from a SAFE state.

[TheKentuckian]

7. If the Confederates are anything its gotta be hypocritical

Obama, Reid, and dumbass drunk Baucus let them have more impact on the eventual bill than Democrats. Remember this came from the "Gang of Seven...err...six after Hatch quit because I guess Conrad had more pull then him"? This is fully a conservative construction and heavily Republican influenced despite their refusal to vote for it or even stop lying about it.

Using Republican hypocrisy as a guidepost is dangerous territory. You'd have to be naive as hell to think that even letting them fully write the legislation would cause them to vote for it.
They do this silly shit all the time, just like "Mr Bipartisan" McCain who co-wrote immigration reform and then refused to vote for it.
They are idiotic assholes who go through life without even thinking about being consistent or making sense, you just can't rely on them to be anything but full of shit. I know you haven't forgot the instant turn around on teen pregnancy. They went from bashing the living hell out of Brittany Spears sister or whoever it was to worshiping Bristol Palin in like a millisecond.