Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Road Walker who wrote (519083)	10/8/2009 1:50:40 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575535

More than a Thousand State Legislators Support Real Health Reform; State Legislators Coming to D.C. Next Week I suppose you heard what Dole said. No. I'll have to look it up. The blitz is on... the Republicans won't know what hit them. Very true. I can't tell you how many times I have been asked to call my congress people. I am on a first name basis with the receptionists. That's the thing the Rs are not seeing......we don't do crazy town halls......its all behind the scenes stuff. For the past three months, liberals have been extraordinarily active. It reminds me of Obama's campaign. For an example, I just sent out the petition Bentway posted to ten friends. Five have already emailed back saying they've signed it. They look like the brain dead obstructionist that they are. If Dems are clever next year, and that's still a bit of an 'if', they can use all the senseless/useless rhetoric put out by the Rs the past ten months to keep the expected R surge during next year's midterms down to a minor event.

To: Road Walker who wrote (519083)	10/8/2009 1:57:14 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575535

Whoa! The Rs are starting to break ranks big time. Its good to see there still some Rs with some intelligence and awareness. Please note that this article is coming from a conservative paper in Kansas. Bob Dole outs naysayer Mitch McConnell By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist Bob Dole supports health care reform. "This is one of the most important measures members of Congress will vote on in their lifetimes," the former Republican Senate majority leader and presidential candidate told an audience in Kansas City today. "If we don't do it this year I don't know when we're gonna do it. Dole and two other former Senate leaders, Republican Howard Baker and Democrat Tom Daschle, are preparing to release a statement urging Congress to move on health care. "We're already hearing from some high-ranking Republicans that we shouldn't do that. That's helping the president," he said. Later, he repeated that news, and elaborated on one "very prominent Republican, who happens to be the Republican leader of the Senate." That would be Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Dole, to his credit, is having none of it. "I want this to pass," he said. "I don't agree with everything Obama is presenting, but we've got to do something." He added: "I don't want the Republicans putting up a 'no' sign and saying, 'we're not open for business.'" The long-time senator from Kansas mentioned several time the Americans with Disabilities Act, which he was instrumental in getting passed in 1990. And he talked about working across the aisle to rescue Social Security from a short-term financing crisis in 1983. It makes me wonder, what will Mitch McConnell and company cite as their legacy? Perfecting the use of the word "no," maybe. voices.kansascity.com