Is it NOT true that a high ranking Republican leader has said "Expect no cooperation from Republicans for the rest of the year" and the party already had been displaying almost zero cooperation before and after the statement?
First, you're lying. The GOP presented alternatives to Obamacare. Obama and the Democrats were lying when they argued otherwise. You need only watch the tv stunt Obama pulled and listen to Paul Ryan to understand what the GOP had been proposing. The most hilarious part of that Dem charade was while they were alleging that the GOP was not bringing anything to the table, the White House website had the GOPs proposals listed there.
Second, what's wrong with McCain's statement that the Dems should expect no further cooperation?
Am I to presume that you believe that Obama's use of a budget reconciliation tool was the approprioate way to pass such a massive legislative effort? That bribing insurers, unions, and other legislators was appropriate use of political power? I get that they control both chambers and the White House, but what we saw was an exercise in raw political power and not in a positive way.
McCain's has staked out a reasonable position.
People calling the Republicans "The party of No" is simply those people rightly bringing such irresponsibility home to roost.
No, they are liars. Plain and simple.
I really don't know what people think ought to happen... the Democrats just roll over and let the Republicans get away with every irresponsible tactic they impose
Wow!
What irresponsible tactics? Using budget reconciliation rules to impose a massive legislative change? Filibustering judicial nominees? Justifying the use of pass and deem to pass major legislation without voting?
Oooops, the Democrats have used those.
What were you saying, again about irresponsible tactics?
Oh, maybe you were talking about bribing legislators? Bribing unions? Bribing insurers like Tufts Health and Kaiser Permanente?
My bad, those are on the Democrats, too. :shock:
It is not "partisan" when the Republicans admit they are doing exactly what the accuser says they are doing and are actually doing it.
You're lying. The GOP is not the party of No.
The Republicans wanted something else than the health reform that was passed. We get that. But, they ARE the minority party right now, and they act like they think they ought to be the majority party, despite the elections. If they had wanted to be influential, however, they should have participated and compromised, as the minority party usually does. Now, they are being rightly called "The party of No".
First, the GOP was not responsible for holding up Obamacare. Democrats were. Why do you think Nelson, Landrieu, North Dakota, and Tennessee were getting bribes? Those were Democrats opposed to Obamacare. The GOP could not, alone, hold up Obamacare. So, you cannot reasonably argue that the GOP acted as the party of No and was responsible for holding up this legislation.
Second, how do you compromise when both parties were going in 180 degree directions? The Democrats insisted on major change. Republicans demanded incremental change. Democrats wanted to use government subsidies to expand coverage, while Republicans wanted to remove government involvement.
Where is the room for compromise?
In this case, status quo was the best option. What we have instead is a major transformation in the relationship between the State and the people, i.e., we created far greater dependency and piled yet another major spending entitlement on top of two currently bankrupt spending entitlements.
You people with the party of no nonsense are simply lying.
This is NOT acceptable. You may not demand personal information on members, especially in the open forums.