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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 07:55 PM
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NOW Ben Nelson is all about passing the Health Care Bill
has there ever been a more worthless, hypocritical snake in the grass?

Nelson: I Won't Oppose Health Care Because Of Reconciliation

One of the most unreliable Senate Democratic votes for health reform said on Friday that he is open to passing a bill through reconciliation as a last resort.

In an interview with KLIN radio in Nebraska, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said he would not vote against health care reform simply because party leadership was using a budgetary procedure that precludes filibusters to amend it. Rather, if he cast a vote against the legislation it would be on policy grounds alone, he said.

"I'm not going to use reconciliation as a principle to be against this," Nelson said. "It's my least favorite way to do something. It's only after everything else fails, when there's obstruction going on."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/26/nelson-i-wont-oppose-heal_n_478652.html
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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 07:59 PM
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1. The guy is a total idiot
And I don't think the federal government needs to get much more involved in this when you have states that are capable of deciding what are adequate or excessive rates when it comes to health care premiums.


In other words, more of the status quo is just fine for Ben Nelson. Because he can't see how anything is wrong.
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 08:02 PM
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2. His numbers in Nebraska have been sliding
He's been against the part of the original plan that the people in Nebraska support -- Gov't Health Care

Now he's trying to salvage himself
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Skink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 08:03 PM
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3. Maybe Obama is finally doing some arm twisting.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 08:05 PM
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4. Nelson is such a bloviating self-important gasbag.
Good thing reconciliation won't require his goddamn vote. Or Holy Joe's.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 08:09 PM
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5. I liked him better on the Wonder Years
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rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 08:56 PM
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6. Ass. Hat.
I guess it's easy for him now that he's gotten virtually everything he wants.
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DrToast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 09:09 PM
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7. He already voted for the health care bill
What has changed here? Am I missing something?
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