Rockefeller Blasts "Gang of Six"

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/08/05/rockefeller_blasts_gang_of_six.html

Rockefeller Blasts "Gang of Six"


Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) is tired of the focus on the Senate Finance Committee's "gang of six" senators that is negotiating a bipartisan health care reform bill, reports Politico.

Said Rockefeller: "All the attention is going to those three Republicans... you just watch as this bill diminishes. Those three won't be there when the bill passes."

The three Republicans: Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Olympia Snowe of Maine and Mike Enzi of Wyoming. Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) "has insisted on their support in getting the Senate health bill out of committee."

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http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2009/8/5/105248/9391


Stop Pretending

by BooMan
Wed Aug 5th, 2009 at 10:52:48 AM EST


I'm having a very difficult time understanding how Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) can be considered a potential partner in a bipartisan health care bill. According to Progressive Punch, he is the sixth most conservative member of the Senate. The only senators with worse records? Barrasso, Bunning, Cornyn, Inhofe, and DeMint. Because Sen. Enzi doesn't do much television, I don't think most people know who he is. But he is basically a slightly more jovial version of Dick Cheney. Because he is the ranking member and former chair of the HELP Committee, he has done some bipartisan work on health care with Teddy Kennedy. But the idea that Enzi, of all people, is going to break with the conservative movement and vote to end a filibuster on health care is ludicrous. So, can we stop pretending?

[grantcart]

1. Jay is very good on TV and right on point here

[aquart]

2. May they rot in Hell and before they die.

[Justitia]

3. And Wyoming is the LEAST POPULOUS state - that really chaps my ass

Enzi is working to deny healthcare to all Americans and I have more people in my freaking zip code than he has in his entire state!

What that tells you is that not only is he NOT representative of the American populace, he is also bought and sold in order to finance his campaigns and keep his seat.

Tyranny of Minority Assholes

edit to add: in fact, my CITY has more people than the other two republicans represent for their whole STATE as well, so why the fuck are they calling the shots for so many more people exponentially then they, in fact, represent?

[stuball111]

6. Can;t even get cell phone service in most parts..

We're being held hostage by trees and dirt and cows!

[orleans]

4. so when does baucus get kicked off the committee? n/t

[stuball111]

5. Go Jay!

I like that guy, and he's right... what the hell happened to a majority ruled democracy when a few hicks representing the least populated parts of the country can hold the rest of America hostage? A minority rule? Seems something is bass-ackwards Jim!!

[The Magistrate]

7. And Quite Rightly, Ma'am

There will be no Republican votes for any bill brought to the floor, no matter what 'compromises' are written into it.

[redqueen]

8. "Stop Pretending"...

oh, if only.

These are first-class whores though... they can fake it better than all but the best in Hollywood.