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LIVE BLOGGING (NOT INTENDED BY ME OR PLANNED): REPUBS TEA-BAGGING AGGRESSIVELY RIGHT NOW HEALTH CARE ON HOUSE FLOOR!
UPDATE: TPM-TV did get a good bunch of this on film (nice going, TPM-TV!), and it was much worse, longer, and more tense live, though you sure get the idea from here: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/11/just_ugly.php#more?ref=fpblg
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ORIGINAL: Check MSNBC TV for example, which carries this live.
They are terrorizing the chairman, John Dingell, with never-ending objections.
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This is unbelievable. They are mau-mau-ing the process. It's the most twisted thing.
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Okay, this is not my venue or what have you -- no expert. But what just happened is about 15 Democratic Congresswomen used the device of asking the right to advise and extend their remarks to INSERT a simple statement of sentiment, one sentence on why they say it's good for health care.
Republicans were unbelievably aggressive in obstructing.
Now the Republicans are stating why they oppose it, in a short statement of sentiment. Dems are being polite and quiet. Repubs are abusing their short statements of sentiment by speechifying. Dingell retaliating by charging Repubs
for debate time. Okay, now this is over.
Back to Dems who have 28 minutes left to talk. Let's see how obnoxious Republicans are...
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Okay, the circus of earlier has calmed down greatly, so I'll sign off on this entry. It was starting to look like they were going to bring Palin in to do some fancy pageant walking while they hung a big Hitler poster on the wall for a while, which is why I raised the alarm.
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ORIGINAL: Check MSNBC TV for example, which carries this live.
They are terrorizing the chairman, John Dingell, with never-ending objections.
======================================================
This is unbelievable. They are mau-mau-ing the process. It's the most twisted thing.
=======================================================
Okay, this is not my venue or what have you -- no expert. But what just happened is about 15 Democratic Congresswomen used the device of asking the right to advise and extend their remarks to INSERT a simple statement of sentiment, one sentence on why they say it's good for health care.
Republicans were unbelievably aggressive in obstructing.
Now the Republicans are stating why they oppose it, in a short statement of sentiment. Dems are being polite and quiet. Repubs are abusing their short statements of sentiment by speechifying. Dingell retaliating by charging Repubs
for debate time. Okay, now this is over.
Back to Dems who have 28 minutes left to talk. Let's see how obnoxious Republicans are...
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Okay, the circus of earlier has calmed down greatly, so I'll sign off on this entry. It was starting to look like they were going to bring Palin in to do some fancy pageant walking while they hung a big Hitler poster on the wall for a while, which is why I raised the alarm.
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John Dingell is a tough cookie and this is the cause of his life and he is from a very safe district -- good man to have on point in this setting. They tea bagged his town hall and he went public --- argued health care in radio addresses. I expect that this will back-fire also.
November 7, 2009 11:32 AM | Reply | Permalink
I was worried as DD says below that they beating up on an infirm old man. But you are right.
He is a tough cookie and he dealt fairly serenely with the most impudent provocations. Thanks for you remark BTW to my impromptu blogging!
Cheers, OT
November 7, 2009 11:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah I am watching. Dingell is old and a little infirm, but he has been lashed to the mast before and had to listen to the sirens....
He was not made to go mad however. ha
November 7, 2009 11:48 AM | Reply | Permalink
Good take, DD.
That was cinematic!
Q: Could they make the old man's head explode?
A: Not even close.
Like you said! Thanks for piping up. It was surreal to me!
Best,
OT
November 7, 2009 12:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for keeping an eye on this, OT
November 7, 2009 12:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
It was an amazing thing, Bwak.
Hope somebody got it on You Tube. "OBJECTION!!
...I RESERVE MY OBJECTION!! ...I CONTINUE RESERVE MY OBJECTION!"
OBJECTION!! The women, about 15 of them used two minutes time altogether, and the Republicans went nuts for about 35 minutes I believe. OBJECTION!! Then Republican women did the same thing and Dems politely listened.
Thanks a lot for kindly chiming in!
November 7, 2009 1:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
The Ken doll is on now...pass the barf bag...oh, bummer...I missed it!
November 7, 2009 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Saved yourself a barf bag for next time, though! Think positively, Stilli! :)
November 8, 2009 2:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks, OT. Just watched the video of this incident (edited), which Josh posted from the mothership. While I watch now (live, 10:40p. ET), it is still pretty rowdie in there. A whole side of the house is a bunch of wannabe Joe Wilsons, shouting out and acting up. "The House will come to order. The gentleman will suspend until the House is in order." It's like they think that if they keep yelling, they can keep the House from ever voting on the bill. Silly.
-- ARG
November 7, 2009 10:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you, ARG.
Sounds like a re-run of sorts of this morning's craziness. YES, they were all trying to be Joe Wilson, shouting continually and with the rudest repetitiveness that they needed much more time to study the bill, etc. It was like the they were opposing the passage of a bill that was going to make them all slaves in hard labor, with the prison transports waiting right outside the doors for them.
The Anh Cao makes a nice little love letter to Cantor, Boehner, and Steele. They can't even make the claim that they stuck together! You know Rahm had a pretty good night for himself, as did Pelosi many others indeed!
November 8, 2009 2:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
The bill has now passed the house with a bipartisan majority for it (219 Democrats and 1 Republican) and 215 opposed.
(The Republican was Anh Cao of Louisiana).
November 8, 2009 12:28 AM | Reply | Permalink
Cheers, Doctor! You did what you could to make this day happen and indeed many did! HURRAY!
November 8, 2009 2:11 AM | Reply | Permalink