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November 8th, 2009 at 6:30 am
If deeply flawed progress is what it takes to get any progress that’s what we are going to have to settle for. And it’s going to be even harder in the Senate.
Nancy Pelosi takes a tremendous amount of heat but she is the best Speaker we have had in ages, this is the most progressive step since the civil rights legislation in the 60s.
Now, let’s get it through the Senate and begin planning its improvements, of which there are many to be made.
November 8th, 2009 at 9:07 am
It passes after liberals were fed a crapburger called the Stupak Amendment.
November 8th, 2009 at 11:26 am
I really want to be happy about this, but the compromise on abortion coverage just makes me so so sad.
November 8th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Time to increase my stock holdings in the insurance sector.
November 8th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Is this the bill that had the paid prayer clause in it?
November 9th, 2009 at 12:16 am
Yeah, it’s so sad that more babies won’t have their brains vacuumed out of their skulls. Golly gee whiz Democrats are compassionate.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:22 am
Can’t let anything but liberal opinions through on this board, huh. Typical retarded, totalitarian Democrats.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:33 am
cgray, doesn’t the fact that your comment #7 is posted contradict your comment #7?