Democratic defector: Vote no quickly or get treated 'like a piñata'

[babylonsister]

Yea, because no one in Mississippi needs health care.



Democratic defector: Vote no quickly or get treated 'like a piñata'
By Bob Cusack - 03/21/10 06:54 AM ET


A Democrat who has long committed to opposing healthcare reform legislation has advised his fellow defectors that they should vote no early on Sunday and then immediately leave the House chamber.

Otherwise, Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) told The Hill, they will be treated "like a piñata."

Taylor opposed the House healthcare bill in November and is a firm no on Sunday. He suggested it would be a mistake for Democratic no votes to linger on the House floor.

The tactics of House leaders during what is billed as a 15-minute vote are important. It is likely that some firm no votes on the Democratic side will vote right away while others, at the request of House leaders, will wait to register their no until the tally reaches the magic number of 216. Once it does, politically vulnerable Democrats will likely cast their no votes.

But if getting to 216 is a problem, Democratic leaders may lean on these members to change their minds.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/88077-democrat-advises-defectors-to-vote-no-quickly-or-get-treated-like-a-pinata

[argonaut]

1. Such cowards.

Why are they even Democrats?

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Why are they elected politicians?

Their job is to decide on their vote and make it, and stand by it. It shouldn't be some farce of waiting until their vote makes no difference, and then pretending they've done the one thing they were elected to do, or hiding because you can't come up with decent reasons for why you voted as you did.

For all we made fun of it, when Dubya said "I'm the Decider" at least he was stepping up to a bit of his job.

[SoFlaJet]

2. I guess Gene Taylor doesn't remember

what they tried to do to him on the House floor a few years ago-now he fucking votes WITH the scumbag party making him well, just as bad and essentially another tea bag idiot. Fuck You Gene

[Inuca]

4. What did they try to do to him? n/t

[SoFlaJet]

7. words taken down-that kind of stuff

but more heated than I ever saw it-it looked like it could have turned into an Asian congress slap fight

[Inuca]

3. How many doors out of the House floor?

Pelosi and her lieutenants should be guarding all of them. With some brawny hired help.

[rpannier]

8. Why?

Once they've voted it's a done deal.
Let them leave.

[Inuca]

9. First - I was joking, obviously :-)

Second - they CAN change their vote, happens all the time.

[rpannier]

11. My bad

The tenor of the posting on this has gotten so incredibly hostile that it's hard to tell the people who are joking from the people who are being serious

My apologies for missing it

[babylonsister]

10. Not necessarily; arms have been twisted and votes changed. Read the article. nt

[Jennicut]

5. What a coward. If you believe in your vote you don't act like a wimp after.

[icnorth]

6. Political expediency for "me"

must always trump the health care issues for "you". :puke:

[Massacure]

13. Of course they will be treated like a pinata.

November 2. Nuff said.

[Orsino]

14. Pretending real hard that just being a Democrat won't get them the same treatment.

It is not going to matter who voted for and against. The right-wing scream machine will tar all Democrats equally, and the Idiot box will not make a coherent distinction, either.