(CNN) – For years, Democrats who voted against President Bush's defense budgets had to contend with Republican ads that accused them of failing to support the troops. Now the Democratic National Committee is releasing a new ad hurling the same politically toxic charge at the GOP.
"How far are Republicans willing to go to protect the insurance industry and block health reform?" asks the narrator in the 30-second spot. "Far enough to deny funding and equipment for our troops in harm's way.
"Republicans are so desperate to block health reform and protect their special interest friends that they delayed funding for our men and women in uniform. Then they voted against it. Tell Republicans to stop playing politics with health care. And to stop playing politics with our troops."
An effort by Senate Republicans to filibuster the defense appropriations bill to stall action on President Obama's health care plan failed Friday, when three GOP senators - Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, and Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas - voted with Democrats to end debate and vote on the measure.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee immediately slammed Chuck Grassley, David Vitter and Richard Burr – all senators up for re-election in 2010 – over the vote, accusing the lawmaker of "put(ting) partisan politics above funding our troops…"
The new ad will run on cable nationally and in Washington, D.C. starting Monday.
Update: National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Brian Walsh said the ad showed Democrats were "desperate to shift attention away from the higher taxes and cuts to Medicare which fund their politically toxic health care bill."
"Poll after poll shows that the majority of American people not only don’t support it, but that they are prepared to hold the Democrats accountable for it in next year’s election," he said Friday. "However, if they are seriously seeking a debate over which party has been more committed to supporting our troops over the years, then by all means let’s have that debate. We would welcome it.”
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Darn it...it is about time the democrats got the gonads to sock it to the republicans. It seems like the minority republicans think they are still the majority republicans. Course that's cause the Democrats have let them get away with all this crap. I think it is time the knuckled down and rolled right over the republicans. HEAR THAT MEDIA....GET YOUR BUTT IN GEAR AND TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE DOING.
and thus the rush limbaugh party is aiding the terrorists by doing this.
It is one thing for the GOP to obstruct in the congress and do nothing for Americans, but to vote to send troops to Afghanistan, and then filibuster against the defense appropriations makes the republicans about the sickest bastards we have ever elected. I am sorry our troops have to be pawns in the republican efforts to destroy Obama and America.
haha...stepped in that, did you GOPers? oops
Party over country though, right?
Let's face it...these are the same guys who sent our troops over seas to "fight to defend our freedoms and beliefs" while abandoning those beliefs here at home via torture, etc., thus hollowing the claim.
this doesn't change a thing... Republicans will never learn... Republican voters that is.mm
Politicians playing politics?
Thank God there are 3 republicans who have removed their head from their butts to help our troops. You right wingnuts are the lowest form of life.
Ain't that the truth. The son of guns started this war along with GW and was all crawling up his rear to give him everything he wanted and now they are giving this president a hard time. It all boils down to President Obama's color. There I said it. All this nonsense going on is for that reason alone.
The Dems wanted this done quickly because they wanted to plan their rape of America, the passage of the Marxist Medical sham, to occur on Christmas Eve. No doubt CNN will cancel any Christmas related programming on the night of the 24th so they can broadcast live the fulfillment of Obama's fascist takeover of medical care.
About time someone stated the obvious!!! Republicans are doing more harm than good... As the once famous Rodney King stated, 'Can't we all just get along'? What Rodney should have finished the sentence with is: 'Can't we all just get along and fund the troops, while agreeing on Healthcare Legislation?" Thanks Crackhead Rodney...
It's time we all say NO to the paryy of NO! It's time for the GOP to start caring about the American people instead of the same old party politics. Enough is enough.
Looks like McCain voted against our troops again.
The party of no has become the party of "No shame" I hope it is the end of the right-wing strangle-hold that grips this once proud party.
From what I see in polls most people do not want the Obamacare, so what right does the liberal left wing have to force their bankrupting garbage on Americans??
Here is the party of no putting our troops in jeopardy again. Our military protects the rights of these communist right wingnuts to attack government and trash the constitution, yet won't support them.
Yeah right. Getting to be typical Democrat method, call your opponent what you yourself do. As we see time and time again.
And of course, As Obama is being outted for doing it yet again.
Obama threatens our country and national security by warning Senator Nelson of Nebraska that he will close Ouffatt Strategic Command in Nebraska if he doesn't vote for his special interest laden, insurance, Big Pharma and AMA giveaway bill on our taxpayers back.
Nice. Sacrifice thousands of jobs, national security, military and our tax dollars to close such a vital security, where Bush was during 9 11, as a gambling chit.
Flush the toilet....it's starting to stink.
I don;t care why Republicans tried to block the latest defense bill, they are right! We have to get our troops out of these areas where we are killing and beign killed, and wasting 10 BILLION a month doing it!
"Air Force Cargo Aircraft: $674 million, not requested, for three additional C-17s"
That's from the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill. It’s a $636 billion spending bill that is billions over the requested amount.
This is why they tried to stop the bill. $674 million to build plans the pentagon never asked for and doesn't need. Pelosi's state needs the jobs so she just penciled herself $674 million. Must be nice.
Bet you libs didn't know that, did you?
Not only are libs a waste of space....they are a waste of tax dollars.
And you want them running health care....good move.
I can hardly wait to see the crazy right wingnuts justify this inane political stunt.
Republican's trying to PROTECT THEIR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS?? Are U FOR REAL!??
I think you are mistaking the Republicans for Dems! They are the ones who's special interest groups are DICTATING what they should do..Republicans are trying to PROTECT Americans..from Socialized Medicine! Get your Facts straight and stop writing hog wash like this!
The Democrats are getting so desparate they are THREATENING senators to vote for it or ELSE! Keep up will ya!?
The party of 'NO' will do ANYTHING, ANYTHING to impede any type debate in order to help their big pocket buddies in the health care industry.... Next thing will be GOP senators sitting on the floor of congress, stomping their feet, holding their hands to their ears in diapers chanting 'I'm NOT LISTENING !!, 'I'm NOT LISTENING !!, 'I'm NOT LISTENING !!, 'I'm NOT LISTENING !!, 'I'm NOT LISTENING !!, ..
It sounds like the ad hit the nail on head. Who or whom does the republican leadership represent. It appears to me it is corporate america. The republicans taught the democrats well on how to make a nasty political ad that gives the biggest wallop, only this one actually hits close to home compared to some of the past republican ads. It appears to me that the republicans have gone to new limits to obstruct and damage the Obama's administration. It appears more important to destroy Obama and regain power than to support efforts to help people that they supposely represent. It is definitely their party before the welfare of the country!
Republicans have always caused our troops to suffer. They have consistantly opposed our brave men and women that wear the US Uniform. From voting against better benefits for veterans, to denying them better equipment and gear in combat, to diverting them from worthy causes to ridiculous pursuits of imaginary wmd's.
Republicans never have been, currently are not, and never will be looking out in the best interests of our troops. From Cheney dodging the draft five times, to McCain actively partaking in anti american broadcasts for the enemy, republicans and their elected representatives have consistantly acted as Benedict Aarnolds for their entire existanse. They are the domestic terrorists that we know are among us. They are not a party, but a domestic terrorist cell with voting rights.
99.9999% of politicians are one notch below child molesters. How stupid can we be to let these morons ruin the future of our country. If anyone is reading this please make sure that when you vote next time make sure you vote against these bums. The Congress and Senate need a clensing. Both parities are corrupted to the bone.
As a Democratic Party member, albeit with an eye to the exit these days, the ad spots are embarrassing and disgraceful. The issues should be handled separately. it is dishonest for the Party to combine and commingle them and for the White House to tolerate the misbehavior. There are no excuses. The Party and Obama were placed into service to move the governemnt away from such nonsense, not perpetuate it. The Beltway insiders remark regularly that the people are offended by Congressional and White House antics. Unfortunately, they fail to comprehend the basis for the citizenry's disdain and mistrust.
Umm I don't think republicans are the reason for the unpopularity of this garbage bill.
This is absurd, the Democrat's wasteful Health Bill should be seperate from troop funding. This is nothing more than a ploy to force Republicans to vote for Obama's and the Dem's HUGE Health Bill. Make the Troop Funding a seperate vote and make it today and every Republican will vote for it. The Democrats will once again stab our troops in the back and vote against funding. Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, representative of every Democrat in this country. Every vote for a Democrat is a vote for Pelosi and Reid.
From my citizen standpoint...I think the DNC may see this backfire...my first question is WHY WOULD YOU PUT THE DEFENSE BILL funding for our troops in with the HEALTH CARE Bill that was so vunerable to begin with????.....very poor decision....
The party of NOthing is doing anything and everything they can to destroy the survial of us and our country.
To threaten to fillibuster funds for our troops, and, for all republicans in the House to vote against Finance Reform proves to the American people that they have absolutely lost all integrity and honor.
They will not and have never hesitated to sacrifice the American people in their support of big business. Their goal to destroy our
president, consequently our country, party first mentallity and
political games leads them down the road to becoming our
countries most dangerous domestic terrorists.
The Repubs need to stop stalling on healthcare reform. Since when do they care about the middle class. Let me guess, when the middle class decided to start to vote in this past election. Repubs had the last 8 years to get it right and they failed so its the Democrats turn. I never use to get into this political mess until I realized how much the Bush years wrecked our country. No one talks about how much repubs spent during their two terms. Did the country already forget the first stimuls that Bush administration dumped in to wall street prior to Obama administration. Thought so.
Oh please-Obama stalled for months before deciding to even send the troops. This campaign ad will backfire on the Dems.
Please stop lying on the patriotic Republicans.
Not a big fan of the Democrats, but when they're right, they're right.
In these economic times it should be illegal for any party to pay for advertising. This is a complete waste of money that could be used for much better causes. There should be a freeze on all political ads, people can use the web sites for information or ask questions when they need info. These ads prove nothing but a waste of good money that could go towars food for the hungry
The GOP is stands for nothing and complains about everything. They have become big crybabies. They are scared about everything and won't work with the Democrats for the good of the American people. What a sorry bunch!
These coward Republicans that voted 100% with GWB helped run this country into war and financial disaster and now they want to play games with our troops in harms way. They don't care about anyone but themselves and they are money grubbing corrupt theives and deserve to be in Gitmo. Don't play games with our troops.
Not related, but I noticed Inhofe and his buddies and their "secret" person turned out to be Inhofe taking the flight to Copenhagan and back - ALONE (unless his secret buddy is his imaginary friend) and he spent a total of 3 hours on he ground there.
What an anal cavity.
And so what was the Democrat effort to put in a hate-crime legislation rider on the appropriations bill? That wasn't politics? Shameless hypocrites.
Maybe the Democrats should limit the military spending bill to military spending.
Yeah, I know, stupid idea. To liberals, the main purpose of spending bills si to laudner money to their supporters.
More Democratic Bull because they are not going to get what they want. This bill needs to die and they know it but refuse to say last rights. We the people want real BI-PARTISAN reform. It really is no wonder this will not pass as you Dumb ASS liberals have LIED about it every step of they way. You know and we know. What is really so disgusting about this is that you are bullying your own people so OBOZO doesn't loose face. He would not be in this situation if he had not LIED.
That's why the gutless coward Democrats tied the two bills together, JUST TO PLAY POLITICS, NOTHING ELSE.
Guess what sheep, the TROOPS will vote overwhelmingly for the REPUBLICANS as they always do and this VETERAN knows what party cares about me and it IS NOT THE DUMOCRATS.
"UH, UH, UH, UH I took a long time to make this decision but I shove everything UH, Uh, UH else down your throats, but I am going to send troops to Afghanistan and ANNOUNCE EXACTLY when you will be leaving as I am the commander in chief and no more than people that have actually uh, uh, uh served as I am the annointed coward in chief".
Democrats are sounding the most juvenile I have ever heard them. They have a majority of 60 and don't even need republicans to show up to pass anything and everything they want. Too bad they can't get their own act together. They have done nothing but play the blame game for the past year. Did democrats still add the raising the debt ceiling to the military funding bill? Maybe if they got their own act going they wouldn't have had to leave the military funding to the last minute but then nothing seems important to them except buying votes in order to pass a bill that no one knows what is in it just so Obama can go down in the history books again. They have given up everything they said they were fighting for and everyone will be left with what could have been passed in about 2 weeks months ago. Democrats are looking more and more foolish by the day.
It is really pathetic that one party runs on a platform of change but when they come to office, nothing new happens. Once again, the control of the government changed hands in the last major election, 2008, sort of the counter direction of the change when Clinton was president. Yet, nothing new happens. No real change occurs in politics, just changes of the party in control.
Do you get sick and tired of this seemingly endless cycle of party change – no real change – party change – no real change...... that we have endured for decades.
Isn't time to end this crap !
Hypocrites. Why did the Dems lump military spending with healthcare? To force the Repubs to vote for it. It didn't work. How pathetic to point fingers at the Republicans. The majority of Americans DO NOT want healtcare reform that will break the bank.
The party oF no needs to lose to the Tea Party members.T hey have no fear of a group that can leave theur group with a few,
Does this surprise anyone? Mitch McConnell, ( our embarrassment as the senate minority leader from Kentucky) would filibuster his dying mother if it meant protecting his insurance industry buddies. He has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the insurance industry. His primary goal is two fold. Stop health care reform (at any cost) and embarrass President Obama by denying him his chief campaign promise of health care reform. He knows that if health care reform fails, it could destroy the Dems in 2010 and 2012. This man is partisan to the bone and ruthless. Last Sunday he told a bold face lie on television, stating that he "didn't know a single Kentuckian who supported health care reform." He's chosen not to hear us. His only "town hall meeting", if you can call it that, was with the Western Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. He completely ignores his constituents in Louisville (the states largest and best educated demographic) because we carried the entire Democratic ticket including his opponent in the 2008 election. Also, this weasel, like so many other Viet Nam era Rethug Hawks (Bush, Chaney) got a health deferment and went to law school rather than serve. So it doesn't surprise me that he would resort to stalling a defense appropriations bill to impede health care reform. I am a Viet Nam veteran.
It is about time the DNC got with the program. Repos have been running their ads. WE had to put up with them calling us unpatriotic becaused we questioned the need to invade Iraq. But it is ok for them to deny funding for troops. Sorry they never have been for the good of the people either with this or health care. This is exactly why I support the DNC and so should all dem. the repos are spending a fortune to talk trash and kill any bill for health care presented. Grass root democrates need to support the party .
This isn't exactly news. The Party of No is fighting to maintain its cashflow from AHIP. Chinless Mitch would sell his kids if it meant defeat of the health bill.
Hmmm....Democrats hold 59 seats, including 2 independents and Republicans hold 41 seats. Only 60 votes are needed to pass a bill, so only one Republican crossover is needed. I believe Senators Olympia Snow (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) have suggested they would be crossing over, providing ` more than what is needed to pass the Senate bill, so how can they say Republicans are the hold up. Perhaps, it's people within their own part, like Ben Nelson (D-NE) who know voting for it is political suicide, as this legislation is not what the majority of the American people want as evident by the tense town hall meetings that took place across the US this past summer. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Michael Enzi (R-WY) were for it, until they were engaged during their town hall meetings and learned what the American people really don't want.
So now, why does the media perpetuate the Democratic claim that Republicans are holding up health care? Why not make mention of the facts that they only need 1 vote and there are 2 likely crossovers coming from the Republican side which constitues a hold up from within the Democrat party? Is it just careless or lazy journalism or is there an ulterior motive? In my lifetime, it seems there has been a blatant attempt by the media to promote a left leaning agenda, e.g. global warming, rather than objective, unbiased reporting. It's almost as if the media, as a whole, has this misconception that the American people are all morons and can be fooled by anything. I, for one, am getting sick of it. Until the media gets their act together, lawyers are in better standing, in my opinion.
The GOP is putting our troops in danger because of their greedy politics – this is in my opinion is treason!
Most of these GOP people are draft dodgers or chicken hawks of the worst kind – they only support the troops when they can make a "profit".
haha, and now all the hypocrite repubs will be up in arms about this.
Where are your facts?
Why do the GOP hold average Americans with such distain? Why don't conservative pundits live in middle America? The fly over section as they call it. Where do Rush, Beck, Hannity, etc live? Not in Kentucky, Indiana, or Nebraska. They all live in the "glamorous" parts of the US. New York, beachfront Florida, LA.
GOP is playing DIRTY and UGLY. They DO NOT CARE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, only their crazy right wing agenda and deep pockets.
They are angry and arrogant crazies. LOSERS! Disgusting what their dirty politics continues to do this Nation. And what our President has to put up with.
Will anyone ever cooperate to seriously solve problems? Will our downfall be that we could never get beyond talking about our best dreams and intentionsso as to CREATE them? Will Capitalistic Predatory behavior "Win"? It sure appears to be so, but I refuse to give up hope that Peace Can and Will Prevail. This bickering is just like little kids on a playground! This Playground called Earth and our Outcomes are all tied together and the Consequences of Failure are Grave/s! When will these little children stop playing with our World and Grow UP? Thanks for reading. J
This constant NO NO by the GOP is disgusting . Fine thing whens they block the welfare of our troops to gain political points.
Good for the DNC.
Republican's have been getting a free pass on this stuff for too long. time to take it to them for their shallow, cynical politicking at a time when Americans need them to participate honorably in the legislative process for the citizenry, and the country.
This vote must not be forgotten. All republicans should be called
out on their actions to try and slow any process toward a vote on
the heath care bill and young people's future.
Just politics as usual. The Dems said they would be the party of inclusion and cooperation. So far they have tried to shove their policies down our throat and none have been bipartisan. I just love the biased ads of half truths that are convenient to their point of view. I just hope the American voters can see how they talk to us like we are idiots and can't see the truth.
Wouldn't it also be fair then, to say that Dems were playing party politics by putting troop funding in with a healthcare bill? They knew what a problem this would cause. You can be against one idea and support the other. It sounds to me like the Dems are just playing political games and wasting our time. Bring up a troop funding bill seperate from the health care issues and then see what happens.
I am not surprised at all to see republicans doing things like this one, they are a disgrace for this country.
The GOP and Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, and others, are just plain PATHETIC!!! As the old saying goes: What you put out into the Universe (Karma) will one day come back to you!! I can't wait for that day!!!! And I'm counting 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ........!!!!!!!!!...........
As a goldstar widow, a 23 year vet and a mother of a son now serving in the footstep of his father and mother, please don't insult me with your petty ad about who is supporting the war with the issue of health care. This health care
Seems like the dems are desperate. One thing about the GOp, they don't skimp on military funding.
Hey GOP! We'll trade you one Lieberman for a Collins, a Snowe and a Bailey. Our Lieberman is busted and doesn't seem to be working anymore (for the people).
I do find it interesting that the three Republicans to cross party lines are all Women. Women are generally the more caring of the two sexes. Perhaps the rest of your GOP hearts are three sizes too small.
The Whos in Who-ville are singing. How can that be? How can there be Who-Christmas without packages and healthcare and jobs! How can it be? Why it's Christmas. And the Whos down in who-ville have each other, that's why. And the party of Newt GingGrinch learned that day, that Christmas is more than GOP money can buy!
The Dimwits acting like they really care about our American G.I.s...what a joke! I am a retired G.I. and I have to tell you of the extreme distrust we had under Carter and Clinton and now the current charlatan!
Senator Joe Liarman has had enough airtime. He ia a conservative Republican calling himself a Democrat.
The upcoming FAILURE of the democratic party
to work for the American People
and instead satify the Insurance industry of Conneticut, AIG, and Goldman Sachs
is an indication that, although they have the majority, and a President
it is a useless, worthless answer for most Americans.
Democrats, your one and only concern for Health Care is
Core Regulation of the Insurance industry so that it serves the People 1st.
Obama,........ a shame that an historic presidency is revealing a ragtag joke of a party.
Both parties are pathetic!!. The should start wearing tags " I will sell my soul and principles to the lobbyist highest bidder!!. Time to sweap all of them out!! we need new faces in the Senate and the house of representatives. American you have the power to decide who should represent you!!
The democrats now resort to sophistry. How can you support legislation when most of it is being kept a secret not only from the republicans, most of the democrats, and the American people. What is the democrat leaders afraid of? How can they vote on something that is is not available for review? We got change all right, but nobody asked the question, "what do you mean by change?"
Let's face it, both parties play politics with troop funding, and both are complete hypocrites. Tying troop funding to unconnected political goals in order to make your political opponents look bad is the epitome of "playing politics with our troops." Both political parties are a disgrace and should be shredded to pieces.
they playing politics with every thing and they deserve to be routed out nuk the GOP...america well be better off...
These men are fighting for our country and the party of NO comes up with this; I do not believe a word that the GOP has to say for they are full of hate a bunch of rhetoric and are definitely sore losers to begin with. To take it out on the American people and our soldiers is a scenario that I thought I would never live to see. Everyday it is something new and despicable that comes from this party; just to destroy this administration and they should know this the American people. They lie and use scare tactics and anything else that they can come up with.
Republicans should be let out of the arena and sent to Siberia!
The GOP has not only been playing fast and loose with our troops, but with health care reform. What a bunch of hypocritical windbags!
Do the Dems mention the 1500 pork projects stuffed into the bill in the ad? Do they mention the extension of unemployment benefits stuffed in there? How about the several hundred billion stuffed in there for the doctor fix that should be in the healthcare bill, but can't be or they could lie that it is deficit neutral? Do they mention that if they were writing secret bills behind closed doors that they plan to jam thru before anyone reads it? No? Didn't think so, they are so stupid it is embarrassing. Put the labor Dept of Defense on it and then run an ad with lies in it. Typical loony left misinformation. CNN you think you should have pointed all that out and not wait for informed citizen's to do it for you?
Naturally, being democrats, they are lying, deceiving and otherwise not being honest with the American people. 2010 elections will wipe these people out of Congress and hopefully f"ederal prosecutors will send them to jail. They are all followers of the liar in chief, and we will be rid of that joke in 2012
And this is why we have websites our there like Dearpolitician.org. Thank GOD!
The Democrats are clueless when it comes to running the country.
To even suggest that they support the troops more than Republicans is absurd and anyone who has a sense of truth knows this.
In all my years, I have never been called regarding a poll. Just who are the people the GOP claims are the majority of the people. Certainly not me or my husband.
While I do not condone the political manuvering of this ad, the Republicans are politically grandstanding right now on the health care debate. I would not say that they don't support the troops, but if there as any politician, Republican or Democrat, who is using their vote on these bills to "send a message to the other side of the aisle," then shame on them. We don't need representation like this.
As a 20-year old college student with self-employed real estate parents who cannot afford health care, I think I speak for everyone in my situation when I say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Deliver for the tax-paying middle class and stop this political grandstanding!
The GOP and There Death Panels, What A Bunch Of Block Heads!
Give um hell Democrats....... They, the grand ole obstructionists party need to be held accountable, 98th filibuster this year is REPREHENSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wake up America
Try sending through two stand alone bills. See if that helps get the troops what they need. Liberal/democrats are the ones not supporting the troops. They hate the military and always will. There's no trick underhanded enough for them.
McCain never really was on the troops side anyway. Republicans say the words but use them as pawns in their political conquests. Thanks for Obama and the real patriots for getting them funded ...
sounds rather stupid and a waste of donors money.
"Playing politics with the critical funding that our troops need now is political theater of the worst kind." – Sen. John Cornyn, [Press Release, 4/26/07]
"We have plenty of time and plenty of opportunity to have political debates... but it’s just unconscionable to me to tie the hands of the very troops that we all say we support." – Sen. John Cornyn, [Transcript, Senate Republican News Briefing, 4/10/07]
"Every day we don’t fund our troops is a day their ability to fight this war is weakened." – Sen. Mitch McConnell, [Press Release, 3/31/07]
"No way to treat the troops, and it is entirely inconsistent with [Senators’] expressions of support for the troops." – Sen. Mitch McConnell, [Congressional Record, 10/4/07]
"I don't understand this attitude of, ‘We can play with; we can risk the lives of these troops by waiting until the last possible minute to get the funding to them." – Sen. Jon Kyl, [FOX News Transcript, 4/10/07]
"Our obligation to those troops must transcend politics." – Sen. Jon Kyl, [Press Release, 11/8/07
Pathetic hypocrits.
The republicans will anything they think is necessary to keep their pockets being filled to the top with corporation money regardless of what is good for the troops in harms way or if 45 millions Americans are without health care.
As long as the K street lobbyists keep filling the republicans pockets and sending them on exotic trips around the world on vacation they will do as the lobbyists say.
All members of the US Congress with more than 2 years of service will, in 2010 through 2012 be romoved from office. You don't care about tihs country only about the lobbiest that give you money. You are all a disgrace!!!!
With Respect
Don't vote for Health Reform; it is not reform!! It is your power struggle at our expense. I am wondering how history will look at this! Back room secrets, threats, and pay-offs (mary Landrui and Ben Nelson)
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The bull from the non wearing flag pin DNC is pretty bad when they turn there backs on our troops the turn their backs on our country. Impeach Obama and vote out all the democratic traitors of America.
I think it begs the question of why is a troop funding and healthcare reform option together in the same bill?
It's time for Americans to rise up and publically renounce the anti-American attitudes of the Republican Party. They have done NOTHING for American this entire year but sit on the sidelines and hurl nasty personal attacks, criticize everything President Obama has done to restore our country, spread hate speech, encourage violence, and support racist lunatic groups who hold issueless rallies while carrying loaded weapons.
They play political games with out very lives and vote No on everything to be 100% obstructionists on any progressive programs to help the American people.
Republicans are traitors to America and show they care nothing about the People of this nation or even the People who elected these negative, ignorant members of Congress.
It's time to call out individual Republicans for their lies, nastiness, and anti-American stances. It's time to call them out for taking bribes to destroy healthcare reform, new energy programs, job creation, wage increases, and regulation of the evil banking industry.
It's time to vote all these do-nothing liars out of Congress in 2010 and put in intelligent leaders who will work for the People and listen to what we need and want to better our lives.
Health Insurance Reform is for poor people not for Stockholders.
War is for Stockholders and poor people pay with their lives
Keep it up republicans. The democrats are in melt down. They will be tossed out onm 2010 and they can't stop it.
Do the republicants think the american people are stupid!!!! We get it and it is all about politics as usual!! Thank goodness for the qwomen who were able to stand up to the idiot men in the GOP and get the work of the people done. Please vote out those terrible men! Sign me RN and for patient rights not the health insurance giants.
First of all, Democrats have cheated and got several seats into the senate through backdoor. Democrat party is with such loons. Begich from Alaska, Al Franken from MN and Burris from IL are not supposed to be in the senate. Democrats got 60 seats in the senate by these cheats. Begich should have withdrawn when he got the news that Sen Stephens was innocent. For that matter even Barack Obama does not deserve to be in the white house. He can have 50-60 czars but that does not give him experience to govern. We need experienced President.
There is a very easy fix to the problem.
STOP playing games with legislative bills ... and vote on one bill and one topic at a time .... QUIT putting unrelated bills and topics into other bills as amendments.
OH yeah ... but then even you wouldn't be able to hide behind your vote for a popular bill when asked why you voted for or against an amendment.
Some of your constituents are stupid .... we just can't figure out how you convince the people of your state to vote for you time and time again.
The Republican Party is morally and intellectually bankrupt. They will do and say anything to benefit themselves and their corporate puppeteers
Republican=Hypocrite. End of story.
The Republicans didn't answer the question: why did they oppose giving our troops the equipment, weapons and body armor they need to defend themselves and the country? Why did Republicans oppose better health care and benefits for our veterans? Why do Republicans hate the troops?
It's 1994 all over again with just an additional difference to the already obvious one: the Republicans are right this time around.
The President is failing. We are losing the respect of other countries, as most recently evidenced by the treatments of the Chinese to the US press delegation in the joint conference by the leaders of both countries. For God's sake, wasn't Obama in the other side of the door? Outrage!!
He's playing President of the World while the U.S. immerses itself into economic chaos and political deadlock. I think we need to start demanding more from the government we elected. We are still waiting for many promises. It is time to wake up, it's up to us now.
The Democratic party is full of jerks who are playing politics with the lives of our troops. They should be ashamed of themselves
Next thing you know, these desperately loony Dems will be blaming Republicans for wanting to stop them from cutting taxes. Dean, Pelosi, Franken, Frank, Reid, Shumer, Boxer, Waxman, Messiah – what a hilarious circus!
I think its been obvious to most that the Republicans are serious about destroying president Obama's presidency, but I never thought they could stoop this low. They are a disgrace.
Its about time the DNC took it to the Republican Party in regards how they pushed America's soldiers into two battle zones without adequate equipment, including ZERO MRAP vehicles, knowing full well that the Taliban had been trained by the CIA to use IED's to destroy Russian convoys in Afghanistan.
The DNC should also mention the Republican lawmakers gutted Veterans medical and mental health services PRIOR to their Iraqi War deployment knowing full well that extensive rehab and mental services would be critically needed.
It was the Democratic lawmakers that gave the recent increases to the GI Bill which had previously been repeatedly blocked and stone-walled by the Republican lawmakers. The DNC ad's should mention those facts as well.
Good for the DNC. The GOP is as unpatriotic as any of the accusations they make. The only thing they've done in the name of national security is spend us into a hole, reduce our prestige in the world, and create enough fodder and propaganda for extremists to recruit the next generation of terrorists. In other words, they do more harm than good. It should be no surprise because they don't care about our nation, only to be in power. This is just one of many examples to show it. Bit by bit, conservatives, real conservatives, see the GOP for what they are, and recent elections show it. It'll be fun to watch them squirm come back with hollow, meaningless responses.
Good for them!!! Fair is fair. Remeber when the warmongering republicans said the dems were harming our gi's in Bush's needless Iraqi fiasco.
The party of treason has the nerve to comment about blocking funds for our troops? After they did everything in their power to enable a terrorist victory in Iraq! The National Socialist Democrat Workers Party has no shame.
What further evidence is needed to illustrate that the GOP is the American Taliban? Bring home the troops to fight the evil tyrant Repaublicans here on our soil, instead of over there. The enemy is here, America, defend yourselves.
Pkm mr obama do not listen to the generals they do not care who gets killed take all the senate and congress to irac and af and see what are troops are going throught
I am not a real big fan of republicans, but this is the reason I absolutely hate democrats! you guys shoulda saved your money on this ad, we ALL know who hates the military, we all know who hates wars, whether they are necessary or not! you guys have no shame! anybody who responds to this and agrees with this ad is an idiot and would be one of those sheep that you can't even talk too!