Our Representatives and President Laugh at Us
They will continue to do so until we vote them out:
The Honorable Mr. Owens, now the official representative in the U.S Congress for the 23rd District of New York, is off to a fine start, at least by Democrat standards. Only twenty four hours into the short term he won to fill former Republican Representative McHugh’s seat, the new guy on the block has already broken four campaign promises. This amazing effort may have beaten the record of other recent promisers.And our eloquent President:
Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit” Democratic voters “and it will encourage the extremists.”We're all extremists now! Thanks Mr. President! You are certainly post-partisan! You are hyper-partisan! UPDATE: The indispensable Gateway Pundit:
And to reiterate the bait-n-switch mentioned above:Democrats cheer on the House floor after taking over the nation’s health care industry. U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, released the following statement regarding the passage of a 2,000-page health care bill in the House of Representatives:
“This 2,000-page bill goes in exactly the wrong direction: it means higher premiums, higher taxes, Medicare cuts, more debt & huge new health-care costs for state taxpayers. Instead we should start over and go step by step. Specifically, we could start with small business health care plans that would lower premiums, cover up to 1 million new small business employees, and reduce spending on Medicaid.”God help us.
More… President Obama acknowledged today that he and Bill Owens pulled a health care fast one on the voters in NY-23.UPDATE II: Yes, our President just called Freedom Lovers Teabaggers.