Flip Flop: Kucinich Now a ‘Yes’ Vote on Health Bill

"This is not the bill I wanted to support. However after careful discussions with President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, my wife Elizabeth and friends, I decided to cast a vote in favor of the legislation."

March 17, 2010 at 10:27 am - C-SPAN
Dateline: Washington DC
Desiree   March 17th, 2010 - 10:31 am

kucinich, take your merkin and go. Was it your ride on AirFarce One that got you into the mile bribe club. Are you so cheap a ride on a plane buys your vote?
You are a disgrace and a traitor to the Constitution. Target kucinich.

Obamanable   March 17th, 2010 - 10:31 am

· “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. … Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.” —Thomas Jefferson

JK   March 17th, 2010 - 10:32 am

Now you too will join Obama in Hell!

Just fock off and die…

justamom   March 17th, 2010 - 10:32 am

So Dennis…what was your price for this yes vote?

Wild Bill   March 17th, 2010 - 10:35 am

When I heard he was on the palace we call Air Force One, I knew he’d go all wobbly. Heh. Just another snake in D.C.

Wild Bill   March 17th, 2010 - 10:36 am

Where’s St. Patrick to clean D.C. of all (ALL) its snakes?

Hooked on Obonics   March 17th, 2010 - 10:38 am

***BOUGHT!*

amabOssAyMssiK   March 17th, 2010 - 10:38 am

Now follow the bribe…

It will likely lead to a villa in France or a cushy ambassadorship.

The sliminess of this entire process has not only legitimized bribery as a legislative tool but it has delegitimized our republic as a whole.

Pass this at your peril…

Debs   March 17th, 2010 - 10:39 am

I never thsought that a ride on Air FOrce one could chnge one’s convictions. Must be the thin air up there! What were you promised ? Free Healthe Care will cost you your country!

jujubee   March 17th, 2010 - 10:40 am

The devil is in the details and he was shown those details on Air Force One in a personal way.

Lisa B.   March 17th, 2010 - 10:40 am

I wonder what the wonder “Boy” bribed him with?

Debs   March 17th, 2010 - 10:40 am

I never thought that a ride on Air Force one could change one’s convictions.
Must be the thin air up there! What were you promised ?

Free Healthe Care will cost you your country!

Nathan Hale   March 17th, 2010 - 10:40 am

Welcome to the dark side. Don’t worry about the people holding you accountable for going against the Constitution. It punishment won’t hurt too long.

Nathan

Johnny D.   March 17th, 2010 - 10:41 am

Looks like Kucinich has cancer…. Just sayin….

Philip   March 17th, 2010 - 10:43 am

He discussed with the president, Pelosi, his wife and friends????? What about the people in his district??? I guess they really dont matter. The president and pelosi obviously offered him a personal sweet deal after term. Kuninich you are weak, you have no spine…. You are a sell out.

strawman   March 17th, 2010 - 10:45 am

Maybe his constituents bombarded him with calls after Monday’s rally, telling him to support the bill. It’s a liberal district.

wimperwimper   March 17th, 2010 - 10:45 am

OH WOW – WHAT A SURPRISE – all it took was a ride in the plane with bo!!! Wow – wonder what it included. EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY ONE OF THESE HORSES BUTTS NEED TO BE VOTED OUT OF OFFICE. They don’t have a brain!!! WAKE UP AMERICA – THESE SOCIALISTS HAVE ONLY ONE THING IN MIND – TAKE THIS COUNTRY DOWN. The media goes right along with it – why even waste the tv time to let him announce his yes vote!!!! – AND ACT LIKE IT IS SUCH A BIG SURPRISE!!!!!

pb   March 17th, 2010 - 10:47 am

obama, pelosi, my wife and friends…..I decided to vote for the legislation. HOW ABOUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS?????
Oh yeah, they really don’t matter. Another teachable moment courtesy of the Aristo-democrats. Pathetic….

fulljump   March 17th, 2010 - 10:48 am

If this health care passes it will end up in the Supreme Court also the next congress will hold hearings into the the unprecedented corruption that has been going on behind the closed doors. Mean while the demrat progressives will be destroyed for years. These guys make Nixon look like a boy scout.

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   March 17th, 2010 - 10:49 am

America…Kucinich is the epitome of a liberal ’slug’!

Bilderberg Bush-Obama is a known hypocritical liar and he goes to these ’slugs’ and coerces them just like ACORN did to get him the votes in the innercity plantations!

He is not speaking for “real” Americans in Ohio…I am sure!

Ohio you know what you have to do…get rid of him! He is a traitor to “real” America!

Call/email him today and let him know how you feel!

BUT…DO NOT GO THROUGH THE GENERAL SWITCHBOARD IN WASHINGTON TO TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK!

IT WILL BE OVERLOADED AND YOU WILL NOT GET THROUGH!

Go here instead to get the numbers/emails of your State reps:

1. USA.gov
2. At top…click on ’site index’
3. At left…click on ‘federal government’
4. In middle…click on ‘legislative’
5. Pick Senate and then put in your state
6. Pick House and then put in your state

This is the only way for you to make an impact…not the switchboard!

————————————–

JUST EIGHT (8) MORE MONTHS TO “D” DAY II !

1. WE “THE PEOPLE” ARE INFORMED!
2. WE “THE PEOPLE” ARE INVOLVED!
3. WE “THE PEOPLE” ARE GETTING OUT THE VOTE!

ONE (1) SLUG DOWN…FIFTY-NINE (59) SLUGS TO GO – GUARANTEED!

IMPEACHMENT OR THE ‘ORIGINAL’ RECORDS OF BIRTH…IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME…AND 2010 WILL BE THE TIME!

on his knees in AF1   March 17th, 2010 - 10:51 am

“”I have doubts about the bill,” Kucinich said. “This is not the bill I wanted to support. . . However, after careful discussions with President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, my wife Elizabeth and close friends, I’ve decided to cast a vote in favor of the legislation.”

You piece of crap !!!! How about a discussion with the people who put you in office ??? Your a F’ing loser and another reason your azz needs to go…..My GOD Ohio, is this the best you can get? He wanted single payer and he sold us out for what ????

Hope your ride in air force 1 was worth it you lasy azz, mother f’ing clown !!!!!

DrEdu   March 17th, 2010 - 10:52 am

…LOL…the cheapest ‘date’…

I always thought this clown has no guts

chuck1   March 17th, 2010 - 10:52 am

Dead man walking…..

Mike   March 17th, 2010 - 10:53 am

Yeah, Kucinich took a ride on Air Force One and was probably “bribed” just like Mary Landreiu and Ben Nelson were and as a host of other Senators were too no doubt. Instead of him standing up for his own principles and ideals he “caves” which shows you he’s NOT a man of any ethics, honor, or resolve. He’s just another “shill” for the Obama machine and I predict Dennis Kucinich will be unemployed in the not too distant future.

workinmom   March 17th, 2010 - 10:57 am

He discussed with the president, Pelosi, his wife and friends????? Thank you Philip and pb……… I am just as outraged by that statement! What changed for this new epiphany Mr. Kucinich??? TELL US!

O'Really?   March 17th, 2010 - 10:59 am

Here is a man who weighed the pros and cons of the bill, considered them carefully, and decided to vote a certain way based on those facts. He is not happy with everything but thinks that it is better than nothing. More people, especially Republicans, should do the same thing instead of playing obstructionist politics.

He will definitely sleep better tonight, especially if he is next to that stunningly beautiful babe.

Ann   March 17th, 2010 - 10:59 am

I suspected Kucinich was planning to sell out if the price was right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c6wLToQUN8
Talking Babies Reject ObamaCare

I WAS SHOCKED!!!   March 17th, 2010 - 10:59 am

I was betting big time the Kucinich wouldn’t flip, but then again I was voting that the sun wouldn’t go down last night either. I was wrong. Now I’m betting that there won’t be a slaughter of the Democrats in November or a Republican takeover of Congress. I’m also betting big time that Obama won’t be run out of office in 2012. Could I be wrong about everything????

Willy Brown   March 17th, 2010 - 11:00 am

One plane ride in Air Force One to roll over for Obamacare: $17,000
Having Totus blow in your ear while riding in the front seat: Priceless

Another loser democrat being voted out thi sfall.

Schumer blows Franks   March 17th, 2010 - 11:00 am

The people will roit !!!! The government leavess u no choice in the matter….

My God what has become of this once great nation … The Greatest Nation !!!!!

I hear Chuck Schumer wants to make his own rules and not follow the bill of rights !!!!

GD AMERICA, WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE ???? WAKE THE F UP !!!!!

Dennis, your a Pu$$y and you always will be….. punk a$$, punk !!!!

Bo   March 17th, 2010 - 11:01 am

From the White House: practicing for tonight’s appearance on FOX:

http://www.goodboybo.com/2010/03/fox-and-gopher.html

Bo

john   March 17th, 2010 - 11:01 am

No surprise here. Dennis the menace has always been a flake and in the traitor column on health care. Maybe he could see teh flying saucers from Air Force One.
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Mike Tyson   March 17th, 2010 - 11:02 am

Sounds like that Eddie Murphy joke about Mike Tyson and trying to act tough. “You ain’t gonna be &%&%&^%&))@ me all night”.

Sean R.   March 17th, 2010 - 11:02 am

People you all know that this bill is NOT real healthcare reform, I’m for healthcare
reform myself, why haven’t any of these politicans from both parties (it’s not just the
democrats alone I’m blaming) mentioned “Tort-Reform”, by stopping lawyers/trial lawyers
from filing lawsuits against hospitals regarding junk-lawsuits, etc., and also cut down
on healthcare for illegal-aliens! Why haven’t neither the Republicans or the Democrats
have mentioned none of that? Because from the looks of it, both parties are being
lobbied for La Raza, and there are some former lawyers in both political parties, so
that’s why you haven’t heard no political offical mentioned Tort-Reform and no health
insurance for illegal-aliens (the only way illegal-aliens can get health insurance if
injuries are very serious or life-threatening, simple as that)!

Liberalism is a Mental Disorder!!!

“A nation is identified by it’s borders, language & culture!”

Wanda   March 17th, 2010 - 11:03 am

I think he was planning on voteing for it anway he was just holding out for one of those good bribs, he waited till they had all the votes last time then voted yes to make it look like he didnt want to do it, who knows what obama promised him on that plane ride !!!

Greg Klug   March 17th, 2010 - 11:03 am

And I thoguht suicide was illegal all this time…….

Not when your president endorses it, I suppose.

Bulldawg   March 17th, 2010 - 11:05 am

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants, The Revolution is about to begin, May God Bless our souls, Let Freedom Ring…………

voter   March 17th, 2010 - 11:07 am

He forgot to ask his constituents what they wanted. But then again what politicians really does what the people want. Its all about what they or their ideology forces them to do. I’m ashamed to be a buckeye for the first time.

CAS   March 17th, 2010 - 11:13 am

Whee! Pwane wide fun! Go fast! Go way high! Make thwill go up my weg! Me wuv Obama – change vote now!!

EEuro   March 17th, 2010 - 11:13 am

The Superbowl and nball are more important, who cares about bills and politicians?

Rexter   March 17th, 2010 - 11:14 am

LOL! Just think – if you had supported Ron Paul in the primaries instead of the “war for Israel” candidate McCain we wouldn’t even be HAVING this discussion. Now you are going to get the most expensive and still broken “socialism, American style” form of medicine. This is what happens when your priorities are mindless wars for foreign benefactors rather than domestic policy and foreign non-interventionism. This will be a HUGE boondoggle with Goldman Sachs getting tons of money, too! What, you didn’t know that? How about how Israel will be given the contract for the computer systems (more of the unofficial aid we give them) so they can snoop on your records and sell the info to the highest bidder like they do with the phone systems.

Lady liberty   March 17th, 2010 - 11:17 am

my head is all a scramble with thoughts of the Godfather and an offer even his (Dennis) filthy rich wife could not buy….just sayin

duncan   March 17th, 2010 - 11:24 am

Wonder what they dug up on him?

james Meade   March 17th, 2010 - 11:25 am

Another liberal sellout!

CyniKal   March 17th, 2010 - 11:28 am

I “deem” my house paid for.

Joe   March 17th, 2010 - 11:31 am

What a surprise. Just another “fruit loop” liberal that has no spine!!

NOQTR4TR8RS   March 17th, 2010 - 11:31 am

@ I WAS SHOCKED!!! March 17th, 2010 – 10:59 am

“Now I’m betting that there won’t be a slaughter of the Democrats in November or a Republican takeover of Congress. I’m also betting big time that Obama won’t be run out of office in 2012. Could I be wrong about everything????”

Well, the ball is very much in the GOP’s court, and in the TEA Party movement’s court. It’s still a bit early for the mid-terms, and extremely early to be talking about 2012. But, the next two elections are there for the taking if the GOP doesn’t repeat the mistakes of the recent past. However, thus far I am very unimpressed with the faces of the GOP, because they are the same faces we saw in 2008. If that doesn’t change, the TEA Party will be forced to form a third party in 2012,or accept another “lesser of evils” GOP POTUS / VP ticket and thereby become irrelevant.

Time will tell, but as of now, I foresee eight years of Obama. Until I see some new faces at the head of the GOP – people who are unwavering defenders of the Constitution and our founding principles – why should I expect anything different?

tome   March 17th, 2010 - 11:34 am

I knew he would, he was just like all the rest wanted to ride on AirFore One
and be in the lime light …..Its all just a big self imposed game.

tome   March 17th, 2010 - 11:35 am

I knew he would, he was just like all the rest wanted to ride on AirFore One
and be in the lime light …..Its all just a big self imposed game. What we need is some Politicians with some good old fashion gonads..

Sam   March 17th, 2010 - 11:35 am

If it is an actual vote then he can do as he sees fit as long as he gets to suffer the consequences of his actions, limited as they might be since he’s exempted from the health care program he’ll vote for. BUT if it isn’t a clear cut vote and he supports the Slaughter Solution then I would urge his constituents to remind him that he took an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution of the United States which doesn’t have a maneuver for “deeming” a bill to have passed without a straight vote.

Oath taken by Congressional Members:

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

James   March 17th, 2010 - 11:38 am

I guess he didn’t want to be in Congress anymore. Dennis the Menace just signed his termination papers.

Scooter   March 17th, 2010 - 11:38 am

On a side note, has anybody read “Term Limits” by Vince Flynn?

Mercury   March 17th, 2010 - 11:38 am

He is the another VICTIM OF MR. OBAMA.

Karen Olson   March 17th, 2010 - 11:53 am

I deem I’m done with taxes this year…. I wonder how far that would go….

no way   March 17th, 2010 - 11:55 am

Two face, weak knee,etc..etc..

Wonderliq   March 17th, 2010 - 12:00 pm

You just know he got paid off, I wonder what pork barrel sausage making deal was involved?

Good job Democrats, you have progressively shown the world how corruption truly happens from within a republic.

freedom rocks   March 17th, 2010 - 12:04 pm

How is this a surpise, Kucinich has always been a communist?

Robert   March 17th, 2010 - 12:07 pm

When this is all said and done, we can be asured that every vote was made on behalf of moral and ethical principles guided by obama.

What Washington needs is adult supervision – Barack Obama

Grandma   March 17th, 2010 - 12:09 pm

First of all Barry likes to strong arm first! I bet he showed pictures of Kucinich and or his wife with another is a ?????? way! That would get all of his little demo’s to vote for every thing he wanted! RIGHT?

NEOFREEDOM   March 17th, 2010 - 12:13 pm

DENNIS KUCINICH BOUGHT AND THEN SOLD AMERICA DOWN THE RIVER OF NO RETURN (BANKRUPT FOR SURE)

AMERICAN REVOLUTION II (WHEN) ?

itsJustice   March 17th, 2010 - 12:14 pm

OReally, shut the hell up, you god damned troll.

kmichaels   March 17th, 2010 - 12:18 pm

Looks like tough times are ahead of us …

Isaiah 9:

16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
18 ¶ For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.

Cheg13   March 17th, 2010 - 12:19 pm

“Bush” Miss me yet!

Helen   March 17th, 2010 - 12:26 pm

“What is the effect of coercion?, to make half the world fools and the other half hypocrites…

Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap we should soon want bread.

A cold-blooded, calculation, unprincipled, usurper, without a virtue, no statesman, knowing nothing of commerce, political economy, or civil government, and supplying ignorance by bold presumption.”

[THE WORDS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON (speaking about Napoleon)].

Obviously, totally applicable to Kucinich and the other Congressional dickweeds. HANG THEM ALL!

Snailmailtrucker   March 17th, 2010 - 12:30 pm

Just more of a reason to show them all the door come November 2010.

Watch this Health Care Takeover VIDEO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcBaSP31Be8
Then, send the video to everyone that you know, and then all of you contact your Congressman/woman with a copy of the video and demand that they watch it. (YOU ARE THEIR BOSS!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcBaSP31Be8
and then DEMAND that they VOTE NO on anything that the people responsible for this bill ever try to force on us!

THE CREATORS AND SUPPORTERS AND PROMOTERS OF THIS BILL ARE THE ENEMY OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, WITHIN OUR OWN GOVERNMENT!

ANYONE WHO HAS ALREADY VOTED YES FOR THIS HEALTH CARE TAKEOVER BILL SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT TREASON AGAINST THE AMERICAN CITIZENS AND THE CONSTITUTION.
TAKE DOWN THEIR NAMES AND MAKE SURE TO NOTIFY YOUR NEW LAWMAKERS, AFTER THE NOVEMBER 2010 ELECTIONS, AND TELL YOUR NEW REPRESENTATIVES THAT YOU WANT THESE PEOPLE CHARGED FOR THEIR CRIMES AGAINST AMERICA!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcBaSP31Be8

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

O'Really?   March 17th, 2010 - 12:32 pm

Speaking of being paid off…how much are Republicans getting paid by the insurance industry to try to kill this bill?

And, NO, cheg13, we do not miss Bush, yet or forever!

Matt   March 17th, 2010 - 12:36 pm

Another politician bought and paid for. Who cares what the people that elected him think and want. It’s all about the moron in the white house and his desire to make sure the government controls every part of your life.

I think the French got it right with their Revolution.

Helen   March 17th, 2010 - 12:38 pm

Johnny D.–I think you are correct…just sayin

SnailMailtrucker….You are spot-on!

Be seeing ya!   March 17th, 2010 - 12:42 pm

kmichaels,
Parsing through that gobblie-gook, I guess that means that I should not spare you.

Linda Minor   March 17th, 2010 - 12:45 pm

LOL, I am going to assume that the MEdical/Health insurance industries were unable to meet his high price? LOL, its the American way.

Jess
http://www.anon-vpn.net.tc

Call to ARMS   March 17th, 2010 - 12:56 pm

National Guard….RISE UP. Reservists….RISE UP. Active Duty Personnel…RISE UP. It is now, in our time of greatest need, that the citizens of this country are calling upon you to defend our liberties and our freedom. The citizenry that you have taken an oath to protect and defend are now being denied their will by an oppressive, socialist/communist regime. RISE UP and defend our CONSTITUTION. Take back our government. Re-establish a government that is OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE and BY THE PEOPLE.

AC   March 17th, 2010 - 1:00 pm

You people amaze me..Kucinich didn’t oppose this bill because he felt it was “unconstitutional,” he opposed it because it DIDN’T have a public option. Did you even watch this video? He was not bought out, he just decided that this bill is a small step in the right direction and to not act on it would be to let the possibility of a public option die.

abc123   March 17th, 2010 - 1:03 pm

Wow all those comments below are from one angry person. get a life

censorship   March 17th, 2010 - 1:03 pm

Breitbart censors posts? i’m really surprised.

radargeek   March 17th, 2010 - 1:05 pm

screw you, you punkinich!!!

Kelly   March 17th, 2010 - 1:11 pm

I read a few of the comments on this video and let me bring some light to your comments. You say he flip-flopped. How about the republicans flip-flopping on supporting a bill that was VERY close to the one barack proposed and now saying it is a “Takeover” even tho healthcare will remain privatized except for the majority of the ppl already getting public healthcare. I can respect opposition to this bill because it is not perfect but to read the rationale for your arguments it really seems like they are uninformed and simple answers to a complex problem. Maybe listen to NPR or any though provoking establishment instead of Fox which says a lot without much substance or imperical data. Feel bad for all you with so much ignorant hate in you. For those with intellegent opposition, this is not towards you.

H2K   March 17th, 2010 - 1:13 pm

I always knew he was a publicity hound.
Did you ask your constituents how they felt? Or were asking your friends good enough?

Andrew   March 17th, 2010 - 1:17 pm

HAHAA you republitards and your ideals. Some of these comments mentioned rioting, snakes, clowns, bribes, homes in France, socialism etc etc… uh, the government has had it’s hands in socialist rule for a long time now. Most money that people get if they aren’t working didn’t come from your taxes, it came from big brother paying for it with money they get from the treasury. AND it was from your right-wing presidents.

This entire system is upside down. Everything is a big evil circle folks.

Eddie   March 17th, 2010 - 1:25 pm

Then goodbye and good riddance loser!

brockstar   March 17th, 2010 - 1:26 pm

I never knew so many tools could gather in one place. Maybe the guy realized our healthcare system is a disaster and we need to fix it. Thanks god someone has some sense. You guys are a bunch of tin foil hat wearing sheep following Glen Beck and the other racist psychopaths like him. Nobody seemed to mind us spending trillions to Dick Cheney’s companies and Bush’s cronies for a war that was not provoked or ever necessary. But when it comes to helping our own people, whoa! We can’t afford that!

bill   March 17th, 2010 - 1:29 pm

Yay! What a positive step and a great day for America! Dennis is a true patriot and I look forward to donating to his next re-election campaign.

TheBuddha   March 17th, 2010 - 1:32 pm

I can’t wait till this Bill is passed, and nothing bad happens.

Apparently none of these religio-fascist teabagger’s has a clue
what will happen to them. Hint: Your credibility is already seriously in question. What will happen to it when the world doesn’t come to an end?

Just because Barack won the election, and he’s doing what well over 60%
of the American People want, you guys are all boo hoo hoo.

The Republican’s answer to Health Care? A 50 page pamphlet, handed out by your congressional leader Eric Cantor.

Rather than getting mad at the competition, you guys should be placing the blame, where the blame belongs, at the feet of the leaders of the Republican Party.

Spend your energy helping the country, instead of trying to drag us down further in a childish fit of pique. I mean really. Talk about sore losers.

GiveMeLiberty   March 17th, 2010 - 1:33 pm

Politicians like Kucinich would sell their soles to the devil for this obamanation. They have no principles on which they stand. Shame on all of them. Our Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves!

tony   March 17th, 2010 - 1:33 pm

Just shows you what a ride on AF1 & a few lines of coke will do to change a vote.
DK is a wacko , tin foil hat wearing leftie .
November can’t come quick enough .

John Houston   March 17th, 2010 - 1:35 pm

All you commenters who are up in arms, it’s because you supported Kucinich’s position then? You teabagged, selfish dunces who think poor people deserve to die, did you instead really think the representative from Ohio was on your side? A democrat voting with his party? Shocking! Treasonous! All you fools know is that Rush & crocodile-tears-boy told you: “Obama = bad! Healthcare bill = communism!” Idiots.

Evan Carroll   March 17th, 2010 - 1:35 pm

Did he just speak out for “religious health science”. What the hell?

tony   March 17th, 2010 - 1:37 pm

Hey “brockstar” & “theBuddha” , so, how are things at the Huffington Post ?

couple of leftie trolls – Yawn ZZZZZZzzzzzzzz ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz

No   March 17th, 2010 - 1:38 pm

Since when did FOXNews groupies move to breitbart.tv? Seriously snap out of it and make some informed comments, instead of “HANG THEM ALL” or quoting the bible.

Oliveloaf   March 17th, 2010 - 1:38 pm

I wish I were in were in Ohio so, instead of listening to theives like Obama, Pelosi and ‘Elizabeth’, I could help make Dennis listen to me. MAKE NOISE. If he switched once, he might just switch again.

Barackstar   March 17th, 2010 - 1:43 pm

OMFG. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

YOU HAVE JUST CLUSTER F*CKED US. THERE WILL BE RIOTS AS WELL AS BLOOD IN THE STREETS WHEN THIS POS HEALTH BILL IS PASSED AND MAKES US SLAVES TO THIS SOCIALISTIC PRESIDENT

I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!!! HOLY $HIT! WE ARE SO SCREWED.

dammadd44cal   March 17th, 2010 - 1:45 pm

Did anyone really think this worm matters? He’s a nothing and should be treated like one!

Yeah Right   March 17th, 2010 - 1:46 pm

Well I see the Republicans have their usual useful tools carry their water and being against their own self interest.

Republicans in congress are not that stupid(well some of them are)they know that the health care system in this country need a major overhaul.

It should be a source of embarrassment that out of 191 countries ranked on things like the number of years people lived in good health and whether everyone had access to good health care. France came in first. The United States ranked 37th.

The individual mandate was originally a Republican idea.
Is the Bill now being debated perfect? No it’s not with the lack of a public option it still is to much of a give away to the private insurance companies,that’s why Kucinich and a lot of other progressives were against it.
But there are a lot of good things in the Bill.Read it instead of letting Faux Noise and others scare you and tell you a lot of stuff that’s not in it.
The real reason Republicans don’t want this bill to pass is Presidents since Theodore Roosevelt’s third-party run in 1912,Presidents have proposed or actually pushed for a comprehensive set of health care benefits for every citizen in the country.All of them fail to do so.
And the Republicans sure as hell don’t want this historic president to pass this historic bill.

Idiot   March 17th, 2010 - 1:50 pm

@brockstar…you are an idiot. you should have some evidence before you throw things like “racist” around. but that is your ideological m.o. you and your lib butt-buddies will spend money that isn’t there, make claims that lack substantiation (that means proof, sorry if i confused you), and bring up bush’s spending…despite the fact that your messiah is spending >24X the amount in 1+ year that bush spent IN 8 YEARS.

Jim   March 17th, 2010 - 1:52 pm

If the vast majority of the comments I have just read represent the ‘American Public’, then heaven help us. Most of what’s on here represents a blind allegiance to the naysayers and the radical right talk shows featuring money grubbing fanatics. I have read NOTHING above which makes the least bit of sense or which represents a view point other than NO. Can you do nothing except complain? It is as I feared. A president elected to make changes proceeds to do just that and the fear-mongers among us (all of whom are self serving money grubbers) are the loudest voices to be heard. Get real. I hope when your parents and grandparents lose their social security and their medicare (government run socialistic programs) you have as much to say! The last president and congress tried to do just that by trying to make them dependant on the recently crashed stock market and by producing prescription coverage that costs immense amounts in payoffs to the drug companies. Maybe you’ll all get your wish and the people who produced our current economic situation will come back to power! At least then I’ll be able to say ‘I told you so’ once again! Lord knows I was able to say that enough times in the last 8 years preceeding the current administration!

Alex   March 17th, 2010 - 1:52 pm

Thanks Kucinich! I’m uninsured and really need this.

Hey BUDDHA...   March 17th, 2010 - 1:54 pm

Try to pull your head out of your butt for a minute…. They did not need ONE republican vote to pass this piece of crap—-not one. Obviously, there ARE some dems with a brain. BTW….over 70% oppose the bill. Moron

Jim   March 17th, 2010 - 1:55 pm

To add to my previous comment: The money “spent” by this administration is the ONLY reason you won’t have to teach your children to speak Chinese in the near future.

If we do not have Universal Health Coverage by the end of this decade, we will likely have none at all. It’s all there, just do the research, use your brain power, and figure it out!!

Larry Nathan   March 17th, 2010 - 1:57 pm

Attention Neo-con Retards! Kucinich is a LIBERAL. He wasn’t on “YOUR SIDE” when he was voting against the bill. He was voting against it because it was too CONSERVATIVE. Now you’re lambasting him for voting Yes on the more conservative bill. Basically he’s more on your side NOW than he was. But you don’t really care about that. All you care about is getting your way. You neo-con puppets will lie and spread disinformation to fight for your corporate masters. None of you have any morals or ethics. You’d line up behind Satan himself if he said that he was going to end big spending and defend America. You won’t vote for Mitt Romney because he’s a mormon, but you’ll spout anything that Glen Beck (a mormon) says. You don’t really believe in anything, you’re just puppets.

NOQTR4TR8RS   March 17th, 2010 - 1:57 pm

@ AC March 17th, 2010 – 1:00 pm

“Kucinich didn’t oppose this bill because he felt it was “unconstitutional,” he opposed it because it DIDN’T have a public option.”
I agree.

“He was not bought out…”
With respect, you don’t know that.

“…he just decided that this bill is a small step in the right direction and to not act on it would be to let the possibility of a public option die.”
Yes. It is incrementalism.

USA   March 17th, 2010 - 2:00 pm

WOOT! I like this….I think it’s awesome that someone stood up and did the RIGHT thing. I can’t wait for Obama’s second term in office and all the good change he will bring this Country. USA…USA…USA! I’m proud of this Country and it’s leaders!

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