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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 11:50 AM
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Mass. Sen. Scott Brown rejects Medicare overhaul plan, says he will not support Ryan budget
Source: Associated Press

BOSTON — Republican Sen. Scott Brown, reversing a position he took earlier this month, said Monday he will vote against the House Republican budget because he cannot support U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s proposal to transform Medicare into a voucher system.

“While I applaud Ryan for getting the conversation started, I cannot support his specific plan — and therefore will vote “no” on his budget,” Brown wrote in an op-ed in Politico.

The Massachusetts senator, who is seeking re-election in 2012, had been under fire from Democrats in his state after telling a gathering of business leaders in Georgetown, Mass., that he planned to vote for the GOP budget even though he did not expect it to pass.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/mass-sen-scott-brown-rejects-medicare-overhaul-plan-says-he-will-not-support-ryan-budget/2011/05/23/AFt7Zl9G_story.html
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plumbob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 11:53 AM
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1. Now the dominoes begin to fall.
Folks at home are getting a bit wiser and louder.
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katnapped Donating Member (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 11:54 AM
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2. How long until the party throws him under the bus? n/t
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 12:12 PM
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4. He and Gingrich have to sit at the kids' table. nt
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 02:07 PM
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8. You mean, he just figured out he's a poltiician in a Democratic state?
Edited on Mon May-23-11 02:08 PM by The Backlash Cometh
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plumbob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 02:18 PM
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10. Yep.
Not quite as dumb as he could be.

But plenty enough
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 12:11 PM
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3. He's alarmed by increasing sales of pitchforks and torches. nt
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lark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 01:00 PM
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5. Guess he decided he wanted to win more than be Repug?
Too bad, I was kind of hoping he'd vote for it, it wouldn't pass, and we'd next get another Dem senator from Ma.
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harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 01:14 PM
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6. That potato is too hot. They don't want to be caught holding it.
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bergie321 Donating Member (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 01:17 PM
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7. He must be considering switching teams
Another Conservadem...just what we need...
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Change Happens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 02:09 PM
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9. What a fucking Communist Liberal Socialist loving FRENCH!!!
America hating Mother fucker....



































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