Claire McCaskill Proves Herself Untrustworthy
On August 11th during a town hall meeting in Jefferson County with a packed auditorium of 3000 constituents concerned about health care reform, Senator Claire McCaskill remarked to the crowd, “You don’t trust me?” The overwhelming majority of the crowd shouted, “NO!” The next sentence out of her mouth was, “I don’t know what else I can do.” Well Senator, you can start by killing bad bills by not voting to bring them to the Senate floor.
Saturday, November 21st 2009 Claire McCaskill proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that the town hall crowd’s negative opinion of her was correct. McCaskill voted for cloture on bill HR 3590, bringing Obama-care to the floor for debate. Thanks to her, socialized medicine is now one step closer to reality.
Senator McCaskill’s vote says plenty:
- After multiple packed town halls and demonstrations outside her St. Louis office filled with angry constituents opposed to Washington’s chosen path on health care reform, she doesn’t give a damn what you think
- Bribes to buy the vote of one Louisianna Senator with your tax dollars is acceptable practice to get things done in Washington
- Billions in new tax increases at the state and federal level are ok
- Harry Reid’s CBO accounting gimmicks designed to fool voters on the actual cost of the bill is her idea of good governance(btw, McCaskill used to be our State Auditor)
- A public government insurance option designed to assault and destroy private sector health insurance companies is part of the proper role of government
- Legislation exceeding 2000 pages is acceptable, especially when its written behind clothes doors and hidden from the public until just before a vote
- Increasing individual state’s medicaid liabilities when many state budgets are already in the red during a economic depression is just fine with her
McCaskill will no doubt defend herself by claiming that her vote for cloture was a vote to begin debate, not on the final bill. She will claim that the present version of the bill is far from the final product, and that debate with amendments can improve the bill. Weak minded individuals will buy into this, not us. Any bill this far left of center has no business coming to the floor for debate, EVER! By voting for cloture to move the process forward McCaskill has accepted the basic premise of the bill. Any compromises or amendments will still produce a final bill far left of center, and completely unacceptable to the majority of the electorate.
Senator McCaskill, by towing the party line, has clearly bought into the notion that no tea party supporters would vote for her in 2012. What she has failed to consider is how many of them will be angry enough to volunteer with her opposition’s campaign. Should Obama-care pass, voters in 2012 will have endured two and a half years of new taxes under the plan, workers will be feeling their employer’s pain with the pending increases of health insurance costs, and many of the consequences of the plan will be known by the time voters head to the polls.
Voters who turned on Jim Talent in 2006 at the polls or stayed home, I hope you’re happy!
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below is what I sent to Senator McCaskill last night…
Senator,
I find your recent comment,
“If we printed the health care bill in regular size font it would be same legnth as Sarah Palin’s book, but with more meat on the bone.”
to be rather infuriating. If you had taken the time to actually READ THE BILL, you might have noticed that the senate health care bill was over 2000 pages. I guess it doesn’t take strong math skills to be elected senator, as the last time I checked 2000 pages was actually more than 432 pages. It is sickening to think that you are voting on government control of trillions of dollars when you have no understanding of what is actually in the bill.
Senator, please do your job and at the minimum READ THE BILL! We know that you have not yet read any part of this monstrosity of a bill, as it has been secret up until very recently.
Missourians will hold you accountable for your actions. I strongly encourage you to vote against this bill.
“Voters who turned on Jim Talent in 2006 at the polls or stayed home, I hope you’re happy!”
I’m not sure that “happy” is the correct term.
I was definitely in the “Anybody But Talent” corner. To cast it in 2009 terms, he makes Dede Scozzafava look like Barry Goldwater. As a US Representative, he never saw a gun grab he didn’t fall in love with. As a US Senator, he helped push through ObamaCare: The Prequel (Medicare Part D).
Naturally I voted for the only worthwhile candidate, Libertarian Frank Gilmour, and I haven’t lost a moment of sleep over it. The atrocities that the new Democratic majority are committing against America are different than, but not necessarily any worse than, the atrocities that the old GOP majority committed, or that a continuing GOP majority would likely still be committing.
Their has to be more we can do to get this message across to these morons, but I am un-sure of what to do myself.It’s pretty clear voting hasn’t worked.
There is a little thing called a recall petition. Find out all the ins and outs and start one. Have her recalled. The only way to get these politicians to start listening to us is to make them fear us.
Voting did work. I want health care reformed. Many want health care reformed. Even the republicans say there are things that ought to be changed. Do you not remember that infant that was denied care because he was born a little heavy? Some people have gone bankrupt because of the cost of treatments. Many countries have gone to government involved health care but none of them have switched back after. Do you propose we end Medicare..? Do you propose we end Medicaid..? If I was a politician and three thousand angry scared voters demanded I support anything I’d probably ride it out and then when I got somewhere safe I’d do the right thing. Health care reform is the right thing to do. A question for the tea party… if your candidate wins will I be allowed to get real close to him/or her with a gun strapped to my leg..? If yes, I’m no longer afraid of your movement.
bye ts
I see stupid people.
And by the way, why is an alleged Tea Party site running that pro-big-government, anti-freedom, un-American video (“American Alienation”) so prominently?
There has not been a “free market” operating in the delivery of health care in this country since at least 1965.
Saturday’s vote for cloture takes us just a little further away from the free market.
Of course, someone wise enough/impartial enough to adjudicate what is “greed” will argue that the selfless (?) legislators and bureaucrats need to interfere even more, to establish “fairness.” Sad.
The Founders understood this as folly. Mankind may have a greater fund of knowledge now, but is no wiser.
“Dear Senator McCaskill, I am disappointed…”
This is what I sent to Joe Liebermann, which he responded by in a email stating I should contact my Representatives because he only responds to Connecticut residents.
Bribery or Politics?
If the healthcare legislation is so GREAT, why are the Democrats voting on it in the dark of night on a Saturday night? Why are they not presenting the facts of the bill to the American people? Is it because the numbers do not add up? The Democrats say that there is a need to pass this legislation today because thousands of people are dying because of the lack of healthcare. Yet the benefits do not go into effect until 4 years from now, so by their calculations are they going to let thousands more of Americans die? Why do they want to put people in jail for not wanting to buy health insurance? Would that even be constitutional? Why do they have to bribe certain Senators in order to get them to vote for it? Is Eric Holder going to investigate this bribe? Will the news media begin doing their job and expose this fraud? Why is it that politicians say one thing but do another, Joe Liebermann? Will the American people stand up and be heard to stop this monstrosity? These are just some questions that should be answered before proceeding with this legislation.
Greg Zotta
the reason they want people to buy insurance is because sometimes people break their bodies and with insurance they will get their bodies fixed. me only three and me figured this out by myselves
to the person who wrote “I see stupid people”
you forgot to answer some of my questions
if I’m stupid and you are bright you’ll be able to answer some of those questions… why not take a stab at it… I’ll wait
bye ts
I have a rule against debating idiots. They tend to drag me down to their level and beat me with experience.