America's Real Radicals: The 40 Senators Who Voted Against Medicare

[marmar]

from AlterNet:



America's Real Radicals: The 40 Senators Who Voted Against Medicare


On Wednesday forty radicals in the United States Senate took an extremist position by voting to end Medicare.

That simple sentence will be challenged by a lot of political and media people. They'll say I don't understand the popular mood, and that I'm applying my own values to Wednesday's vote. But I can prove this statement is true, using only a dictionary and some polling data. They'll even say they didn't vote to end Medicare! But that can be proved, too.

When 40% of the Senate votes for a policy that's opposed by 78% of the public, it suggests that one of our political parties has been profoundly radicalized.

In a two-party system, that's a serious challenge for democracy. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/601351/america%27s_real_radicals%3A_the_40_senators_who_voted_against_medicare/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. When you have 40% of the Senate voting against the wishes of 78% of the populace,

it's no longer a representational democracy. They are voting on behalf of someone or something else than The People. It's that obvious.

[gop_equals_taliban]

2. of the 40

How many are up for reelection in 12?

From looking at the list very few if any are.

Not very radical if ya ask me.

[jtrockville]

4. 7 are "Class I", up for re-election in 2012

Barrasso, John (WY)
Corker, Bob (TN)
Hatch, Orrin G. (UT)
Heller, Dean (NV)
Kyl, Jon (AZ)
Lugar, Richard G. (IN)
Wicker, Roger F. (MS)

NOTE: Kyl, says he isn't running again

[RagAss]

3. And they called us nuts when we warned of a Fascist takeover of the government !