Nelson sells out.......

...Hi xfahctor, They ALL sold out. And I mentioned somewhere before, 2012 ends the Obama administration's term, you can't threaten someone with something you don't have, the review for base closures comes around in 2013, so put that to rest. But my hope on this, because the Dems wanted a bill at any cost after 40 years and that's what they have, is that they start with a block of stone and they carve a statue out of it, with something tangible and meaningful for the American people. Rework and rewrite is what I feel they will do in the coming years, most of the things don't take effect for years anyway. In the mean time people should be writing and calling for some sense of fairness in health care. Our taxes pay for the excellent health insurance the lawmakers have, so what about us?

X, I hate to tell you this, but this is how things happen in Washington. Every administration has made deals with the devil to get legislation passed (remember NAFTA?). It is hard to blame Nelson, he is doing what he was elected to do: Take care of the people from his state. The system is to blame for this, but the problem is changing the system. I hate to say this, but this is business as usual in Washington. But, it his health care program does what we have been told it will, then this deal will end up being much better for the country, than Mr. Nelson, and his state.

Just to be honest I do believe that Nelson was ever against this bill. The best thing for a politician to do is to be against a bill that your party is behind. To get behind a bill early is a give up, holding out for the top dollar is best. Shake down your party leadership for what ever you can get for your vote. True they are playing with someone else's money but what do they really care about that. It is paramount to a den of thieves trying to outmaneuver each over for a bigger share of the loot.

I dont know which one it is, but it stinks. the senators are dropping like flies. That is a good thing but trying to fix this crap is going to be next to impossible.

This shouldn't surprise anyone. I'm not sure whether he was bribed or blackmailed, but the end result is the same. If I were to oppose a bill that my party supported, I wouldn't do what he or Lieberman did by announcing such. I think that such grandstanding is basically a way of asking for bribes. The only remaining democrat who I think may vote against it is Even Bayh and he hasn't said a word. We'll see how that turns out. Either way, the bill is complete garbage. You saw my thread on it. Not ONE person can tell me exactly what's in the bill that's good. Ask any senator or congressman and I'll bet you'd get the same response.

I have some questions about this. Isn't it pay for play...which is a felony. I mean come on...if a lobbyist would have given tons of money to him for his vote he would be in jail. But the democrats to get his vote wrote into the bill that ONLY his state gets an increase in medicare funding and it additional cost of it is not being paid by the state either. But with our federal tax dollars...forever. Yep the rest of us are going to be paying for this. So basically his vote got bought. Someone should be in jail for this. A lot of someone's actually. Also I will have to do some checking on it....but isn't it against the law for the FEDERAL government to make or pass a law or that only applies to ONE state? The increase in the bill would only effect one state....not all of them. Not all of medicare just one state's medicare. Which is not the job of the FEDERAL government. It passes laws that effect the whole country....it can't say well Texas we want you guys taxed at 40% and the rest of the country at 20%. It can't write laws (that I know of) that will only effect or apply to one state. BUt I will check into this some more. ALso I am thinking of calling the attorney general's office and seeing what they say. I would think this would be illegal. But the real question is....is anyone going to do anything about it.