Comments on: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is correct about the GOP http://whitenoiseinsanity.com/2009/12/22/senator-sheldon-whitehouse-is-correct-about-the-gop/ Politicians…don’t piss down our backs and then tell us it’s raining! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:00:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Clif http://whitenoiseinsanity.com/2009/12/22/senator-sheldon-whitehouse-is-correct-about-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-73033 Clif Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:07:43 +0000 http://whitenoiseinsanity.com/?p=11383#comment-73033 Looks like the angry old white guy FAILED again: <blockquote cite="" >Sophomore Rep. Chris Carney (D-PA) has now released a statement, obtained by the Post, in which he says ... "I am flattered by the overtures of Sen[ator] McCain and other Republican Party officials and consider their outreach a sure sign that I have worked in a truly bipartisan manner," said Carney in a statement. "I appreciate the Republican Party's outreach, but I have no plans to change parties."</blockquote> Looks like the angry old white guy FAILED again:

Sophomore Rep. Chris Carney (D-PA) has now released a statement, obtained by the Post, in which he says …

“I am flattered by the overtures of Sen[ator] McCain and other Republican Party officials and consider their outreach a sure sign that I have worked in a truly bipartisan manner,” said Carney in a statement. “I appreciate the Republican Party’s outreach, but I have no plans to change parties.”

]]> By: Grant in Texas http://whitenoiseinsanity.com/2009/12/22/senator-sheldon-whitehouse-is-correct-about-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-73019 Grant in Texas Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:30:27 +0000 http://whitenoiseinsanity.com/?p=11383#comment-73019 Rumor has it that Sen. John McCain is soliciting Democrats from districts that voted for him to switch political parties and that we shall soon hear of Rep. Chris Carney of Pennsylvania's 10th District to be one of the first to respond to McCain's siren call: http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/mccain-called-carney-asked-him-to-switch-parties-1.507874 http://carney.house.gov/ Rumor has it that Sen. John McCain is soliciting Democrats from districts that voted for him to switch political parties and that we shall soon hear of Rep. Chris Carney of Pennsylvania’s 10th District to be one of the first to respond to McCain’s siren call:

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/mccain-called-carney-asked-him-to-switch-parties-1.507874

http://carney.house.gov/

]]> By: Grant in Texas http://whitenoiseinsanity.com/2009/12/22/senator-sheldon-whitehouse-is-correct-about-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-73004 Grant in Texas Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:08:14 +0000 http://whitenoiseinsanity.com/?p=11383#comment-73004 Olympia Snowe on MSNBC saying why she will vote against the Healthcare bill in the Senate because it will cost too much and agrees with Joe Scarborough that it could hurt small businesses. Froma Harrop, syndicated columnist who votes for moderate Republicans writes from Providence, RI how Snowe and Collins are no longer free-thinkers in the GOP but have fallen lockstep behind the reich-wing "Party of NO!" <blockquote cite=""> Snowe was perfectly placed to insist on a more fiscally stable reform in return for her support. She possessed the 60th Senate vote needed to move the legislation forward. Instead, she stood aside, empowering Connecticut independent Joe Lieberman to force the Democratic leadership to shovel more taxpayer dollars into insurance industry pockets. The end result was legislation that would probably pass anyway but at unnecessarily higher cost. Meanwhile, Maine's other so-called moderate Republican senator, Susan Collins, was less than useless. Her main contribution was to stand behind the media-enveloped Lieberman to get her mug in the photos.</blockquote> http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6783546.html Olympia Snowe on MSNBC saying why she will vote against the Healthcare bill in the Senate because it will cost too much and agrees with Joe Scarborough that it could hurt small businesses. Froma Harrop, syndicated columnist who votes for moderate Republicans writes from Providence, RI how Snowe and Collins are no longer free-thinkers in the GOP but have fallen lockstep behind the reich-wing “Party of NO!”

Snowe was perfectly placed to insist on a more fiscally stable reform in return for her support. She possessed the 60th Senate vote needed to move the legislation forward. Instead, she stood aside, empowering Connecticut independent Joe Lieberman to force the Democratic leadership to shovel more taxpayer dollars into insurance industry pockets. The end result was legislation that would probably pass anyway but at unnecessarily higher cost.

Meanwhile, Maine’s other so-called moderate Republican senator, Susan Collins, was less than useless. Her main contribution was to stand behind the media-enveloped Lieberman to get her mug in the photos.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6783546.html

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