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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:20 AM
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Cornyn WHINE Alert! Waxman practicing 'intimidation tactics' against insurers
So now trying to get information concerning one of the most important social reforms in decades is intimidation? Why hasn't Cornyn done...anything regarding reform?

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/08/19/cornyn-waxman-practicing-intimidation-tactics-against-insurers/

Cornyn: Waxman practicing 'intimidation tactics' against insurers
@ 7:04 pm by Jordan Fabian


Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) accused House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) of engaging in "intimidation tactics" in reaction to a letter he sent to several private insurance companies requesting financial data.

The second-term senator made his comments using Twitter on Wednesday:

Timing of Waxman demand letter to insurance industry smacks of intimidation tactics. What's next? An IRS audit?


The letter dated Monday said that the committee is investigating "executive compensation and other business practices in the health insurance industry." Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee chairman Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) co-signed the letter with Waxman.

A Stupak spokesman said 52 letters were sent to the nation's largest health insurance companies, some of which oppose the current healthcare reform legislation, the AP reported.
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:23 AM
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1. Maybe Waxman should strap on an assault rifle?
The rightwingers live in a bizarro world.
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tosh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:26 AM
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2. Cornyn is such a WEENIE.
A member of the WEENIE COALITION.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:27 AM
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3. The Question, Ma'am, Is Why Cornyn Says This Like It were A Bad Thing....
Rep. Waxman does intend to intimidate these racketeers, and let us hope he scares the pants off them.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:40 AM
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6. Yes, Sir, that's more accurate. But Cornyn never misses an opportunity
to complain rather than to try and improve anything. Actually, that defines just about all the rethugs.
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Davis_X_Machina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:31 AM
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4. That's unpossible....Waxman is a tool...
..of the insurance companies, a bought-and-paid-for industry hack. He was lobotomized when he became committee chair. I found that out last night.

Thank god for DU. I would never have known the truth otherwise.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:39 AM
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5. Aw jeeze. What's with Dems eating their own?
Some pretty ill-informed and impressionable people here.
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OffWithTheirHeads Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:40 AM
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7. I call it a symphony in B moaner.
Edited on Thu Aug-20-09 10:41 AM by OffWithTheirHeads
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:45 AM
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8. An IRS Audit, Mr. Cornyn? Excellent suggestion!
Although, historically, that's really more of a Republican intimidation tactic. But a letter! My goodness, that's intimidating for sure.
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Metta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 12:31 PM
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9. More thug whining just to see who picks up on it. Happy karma.
... just shaking my head.
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