Repukes plan to haul everyone involved in health care reform into the dock

[KamaAina]

and they haven't even taken office yet. :scared:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101109/ap_on_bi_ge/us_targeting_health_care

Republicans plan to use the investigative powers of Congress to go after President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, and they're focusing on questions uppermost in the minds of consumers:...

Republicans can call hearings and compel testimony, and Obama has no veto power to stop them. In the House, they'll control three major committees with a mandate to poke around on health care, subpoenas available if needed. In the Senate, they'll have added leverage on two key panels, so their demands can't be easily ignored.

"Oversight will play a crucial role in Republican efforts," Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said. "We may not be able to bring about straight repeal in the next two years ... but we can compel administration officials to attempt to defend this indefensible health spending bill."...

"If their intent is simply to point fingers and demonize the Democrats, then they are never actually going to accomplish their goals," said Brian. She said she's hearing mixed messages from Republicans, and from Democrats "an overreaction that any oversight is a threat."

Overreaction? With these guys?

[villager]

1. An "overreaction" from Democrats? Wouldn't that require a discernible "reaction" first?

:shrug:

[Autumn]

2. Cool, nothing like a bunch

of pukes overreaching. Bring it on. They will pay.:rofl: :rofl:

[county worker]

3. It would be a good way for us to sell the bill to the public.

We could reveal the lies the right tells and it will be on C-Span.

[elehhhhna]

4. lol who they gonna attack? Pharma & Health Insurance racketeers?

LOLOLOLOL that's their BASE! And that's who Obama cut the deals with, duh.

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. +1.

[msongs]

5. maybe dems can use this information to propose better health care reform :-) nt

[Cleita]

6. I'm so happy they are putting the needs of

the nation above politics and payback. :sarcasm:

[cyborg1966]

8. Are they going to bring Kenneth Starr out of whatever hole he's been living in?

Republicans are good at this sort of bullshit...and Kenneth Starr was a very effective weapon in the last round of legalese bullshit we had from them.

What are they going to do, look him up and tell him that he'll get paid millions of taxpayer dollars if he acts as "prosecutor?"

Incidentally, if you look at some of the commentary on Yahoo! it's got almost scary...now some of these loonjobs are talking about putting "progressive liberal socialist Democrat Marxists" in detention camps.:wtf:

[elehhhhna]

9. iirc that hole is called Pepperdine University.

[elehhhhna]

10. iirc that hole is called Pepperdine University.

[cyborg1966]

11. No offence intended to Pepperdine students, alums or profs

Starr is dangerous, especially as a hatchet potentially wielded by Darrell Issa.