Update: America’s $300 Million Dollar ‘Hooker’
The Bear on Nov 24 2009 at 9:36 am | Filed under: Culture of Corruption
SideBear: Senator Landrieu is very proud of herself as she joyfully corrected the record that she sold her vote for $300 mill instead of the $100 mill that was originally reported.
This makes Elliot Spitzer’s thousand dollar an hour ‘hookers’ look like chump change.
We know what you are Mary, it was only a question of price!
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‘Mod Squad’ Supporters Sold Out for Pork & Party by Michael D. Tanner
Sometimes, not even a politician can be all things to all people.
With Saturday night’s vote to bring Harry Reid’s health-care bill to the floor, “moderate” Senate Democrats like Ben Nelson (Neb.), Mary Landrieu (La.), and Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) had to choose between pleasing party leaders and their reputations for moderation.
Moderation lost.
Of course, some will say that this was merely a vote to proceed, not a vote on the merits of the bill. They were just “moving the debate forward,” will try to improve the bill on the floor, and, as Seinfeld would say, yada, yada, yada.
But make no mistake about it: the further this debate “moves along,” the harder it becomes to stop this fiscal and medical train wreck. As Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) recently pointed out, fully 97 percent of bills that win a vote to proceed eventually become law.
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