Mon 22 Mar, 2010
He sure loves sticking it to his base, doesn’t he?
A cadre of anti-abortion Democrats announced Sunday that they’ve reached an agreement with the White House to defuse the controversy over abortion in the health care bill and will now vote yes — effectively putting the Democrats over the 216-vote threshold to pass health reform by day’s end.
The announcement by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and a half-dozen colleagues came just after the White House announced 56that President Barack Obama will sign an executive order reaffirming a ban on federal funding of abortions.
The agreement appeared to clear the final hurdle for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to shepherd to passage a sweeping health reform package that is Obama’s top legislative priority — and would mark the fulfillment of a decades-long Democratic goal, to make health insurance available to nearly every American.
Asked if the agreement put passage in reach, Stupak said, “We’re well past 216, yes.”
5Stupak (D-Mich.) earlier had told Democratic leaders that he would vote for the bill after receiving assurances that Obama will issue the order and that he would be able to state his concerns about abortion funding in the bill in a colloquy on the House floor before the vote.
So why couldn’t Obama do this for Dennis Kucinich? Why couldn’t he use an executive order to create a public option? Or an executive order ridding insurance companies of their anti-trust exemption? Or an executive order allowing Alan Grayson’s “Medicare You Can Buy Into Act” into the final bill?
Two reasons.
First, Obama doesn’t give a shit about progressives. He just used their hatred of the Bush administration to get elected. He’s like the hot cheerleader who needed the nerd’s help to pass the big math exam in order to cheer in the homecoming game. Sure, she thought she was falling for the nerd because she was spending so much time with him. But after she passed the exam she realized she was the goddamn head cheerleader and that she could have anyone she wanted. So she went to the homecoming game, cheered her heart out, and then sucked off the richest kid behind the bleachers.
And second, Dennis Kucinich is a huge pussy that always does what he’s told.
Tags: Health care, Now We Are Forced To Buy Private Insurance, Obama Hates Progressives
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