Bob Dole calls out GOP obstructionists on health care
Bob Dole is stating the obvious, which is a very rare thing in Washington, particularly among Republicans.
Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kans.) told a group of local Kansas reporters on Wednesday, that opposition to the president’s health care package had been driven by knee-jerk partisanship and urged Congressional Republicans to get on board a version of reform.
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“Sometimes people fight you just to fight you,” he said, according to The Kansas City Star. “They don’t want Reagan to get it, they don’t want Obama to get it, so we’ve got to kill it…
We’ve also seen an AP poll today that shows a rebound in President Obama’s approval rating and the approval for health care reform, along with a score from the CBO that shows the Senate Finance bill would actually reduce the deficit by over $80 billion, which would give plenty of negotiating room for liberals who want to expand certain parts of the bill.
Nice, though I can’t resist saying that it’s easy to be a statesman whilst sitting on the porch at the old folks home.
“CBO that shows the Senate Finance bill would actually reduce the deficit by over $80 billion, which would give plenty of negotiating room for liberals who want to expand certain parts of the bill.”
This bill solves NOTHING 25 million people still won’t be covered and you put it’ll save 80 billion dollars.
Check out how reliable the CBO numbers are on things like TARP.
Gullible and retarded are 2 words that come to mind.
Mind numbingly amazing
It’s obvious that retired Senator, Bob Dole, has not closely followed politics or he would have noticed that Republicans lack the numbers to thwart health care reform legislation.