All 40 Senate Republicans will filibuster ObamaCare at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday
Posted by Bill Dupray
on Nov 19 2009 Filed under Politics.
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We need to peel off one Democrat to kill this thing.
For those of you glued to your laptops when the abortion known as PelosiCare was passed a couple of weeks ago, this Saturday’s fight in the Senate will consist of 10 hours of debate, which were won by Republicans in return for their not having the entire bill read on the floor.
According to Roll Call (subscription required, but the snippet is there), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) will join the other 39 Republicans in the filibuster.
The first vote is scheduled for 8:00 p.m., so, if my math is correct, the debate begins at 10:00 a.m. In any event, the debate will be all day, and this is crunch time.
Plain and simple: If you value your freedom, now is the time to melt the phone lines in your Senators’ offices.
As Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) notes at RedState, a vote by Democrats to proceed to a debate is a vote on the substance of the bill. Once the Democrats get the first 60 votes, they only need a majority to pass the bill itself. They will then allow vulnerable members of their caucus to vote against the final bill. It is a John Kerry “I voted for the bill before I voted against it” line of BS.
But don’t be fooled by senators that will say they oppose a government takeover but just wanted to allow debate on health care, they are not being honest.
The simple fact is this: Any senator that votes to proceed to the Reid-Obama bill is voting for a government takeover of health care.
Why? Because, President Obama and Harry Reid cannot pass a government takeover without clearing 60 vote procedural hurdles in the Senate — but they also know that vulnerable Democrats likely cannot win reelection if they vote for this unpopular bill. So they want all Democrats to stick together on the vote to proceed, then some Democrats will vote against final passage of the bill and claim they tried to stop it.
Senators who say they just want to allow for debate are trying to deceive their voters while giving President Obama the crucial votes he needs to pass a government takeover of health care.
Saturday is the day. We only need one Democrat. Ride to the sound of the guns.
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Great post, Bill. This is huge. C’mon any of you being represented by supposed “Blue Dogs.” Make them prove that they indeed are. Do we have any true Jeffersonian Democrats left? Show your hands and win re-election.
I have faith! This is a huge turning point in our nation’s history. If it does pass, it will be the downfall of America as we know it.
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this is huge. I will be commenting on some Virginia blogs so maybe our Dem Senators will vote against Harry Reid. but let me apologize in advance because neither is inclined to buck Obama.