again.....not ONE fucking republican vote....NOT ONE

[spanone]

they are truly the PARTY OF NOTHING.

[BridgeTheGap]

1. Now that's not true! They're pretty big on the war thing. ;-) n.t

[derby378]

2. Which is weird, because this was essentially THEIR bill

They hammered Congress and vowed they wouldn't vote for the bill unless all these compromises were made, and they didn't vote for it, anyway.

President Obama should be eating some serious crow this morning over his stubborn quest for bipartisanship.

[pocoloco]

7. Really sad!

It could have been a good bill.

[bondwooley]

9. Same thing was going through my mind...

... If not one GOP voted for it, why did they waste so much breath trying to change it over the last - God, however long it's been!

[Walk away]

3. They are truly scum. What is wrong with the fools who vote for them?

Will they continue to be so stupid after this?

[TransitJohn]

4. Bipartisanship is for Democrats, silly.

At least that's what I get from the media...they never expect Republicans to help Democrats, but always hammer Democrats for not helping Republicans.

[jschurchin]

5. Not true!

There were lots of Republican votes. Nay, Nay, Nay, etc....

Thats all they know how to say. If they would ever say Aye, there fucking heads would explode.

[Joey Kidd]

6. Yeah...

When I learned about that I was barely surprised but it made me furious anyway.

[treestar]

8. They really are horrible

And those who elected them - which includes my district.

[Captain Hilts]

10. Look at all the compromises we made to accommodate them. The time wasted. nt

[Bitwit1234]

11. I hope and pray every single day

that this comes back to them. But the MSM won't let them be the fall guys they are praising them to the hilt. If Obama and the Democrats had a lick of sense they would see this. They would put the Fairness Doctrine into effect as soon as possible. It would definetly cut down on rush's and Fox LIES. As long as they tell the truth they should have no problem. So why is the right so set against the Fairness Doctrine. I will tell you it will make them tell the truth or they will be fined and their license revoked. And it couldn't happen to more better people.

[Blue_Tires]

12. we should have gone for single payer from the start, imo

Too many compromises and concessions to get the pubs on board and they still bitched and pouted...

[RaleighNCDUer]

13. So WHY did we re-write this POS bill to suit THEM?

I will support this bill IF, in reconciliation they

1) Restore a STRONG public option;

2) Write in that the government subsidies will go ONLY to not-for-profit or government public option policies. There is NO reason for the government to be picking up the tab for private insurance profits.

[DemoTex]

14. Well, at least they are consistent in SOMETHING.

May I coin the term assholity?

[bvar22]

15. Kinda makes you wonder why...

...the Democratic Party Leadership spent over a year conceding Issue after Issue to the Republicans, and got exactly NOTHING in return. :shrug:

[Xenotime]

16. Gone are the days of individual happiness over that of the collective good.

[krabigirl]

17. It's sad...to be honest, I don't see why they wouldn't vote for this.

It's not like there's a public option in it. Wouldn't they like big insurance companies to make more money?

[dflprincess]

19. It's a win - win for them

Yes, big insurance will make more money between the premiums we're "mandated" to pay and the billions of tax dollars that will be sent to them for the premiums subsidies. But it won't be the Republicans fault.

When the public figures out how badly they were scammed with this bill the Republicans will remind them that not one of them supported it (never mind they didn't have any ideas to fix the system, that will be forgotten).

If the Republicans had pushed a bill like this there would have been major backlash against it (especially on sites like DU). It just proves that there are times when the working and middle classes are being set up to be screwed, only the Democrats can get by with it. Next up on the Corporadems hit list? Social Security & Medicare "reform". :scared:

[Contrary1]

18. It's politics, that's all.

Once they realized there were enough votes to pass it, there was no need for them to jump on board. It would have been political suicide to do so.

They were actually representing their constituents. That doesn't always happen.

[spanone]

20. it's never been this polarized. never.

[Festivito]

21. They were the party of nothing when Clinton passed his jobs bill.

Said it would not work. 1993. Not one vote.

The No Applications Being Taken Signs came down within weeks.

Republicans, however, kept saying: "What recovery?"