Rep. Watson, Diane (D), 33rd District

“You might have heard their philosophical leader; I think his name is Rush Limbaugh. And he said early on ‘I hope that he fails.’ Do you know what that means? If the president, your commander-in-chief fails, America fails. Now, when a senator says that, ‘this will be his Waterloo,’ and we know what happened at Waterloo, then we have him and he fails. Do we want a failed state, called the United States? So remember they are spreading fear and their trying to see that the first president who looks like me fails . . .

It was just mentioned to me by our esteem speaker did anyone say anything about the Cuban health system? And let me tell you, before you say ‘oops, it’s communism,’ you need to go down there and see what Fidel Castro put in place. And I want you to know now that you can think whatever you want to about Fidel Castro. But he was one of the brightest leaders I have ever met.”

August 28, 2009

Speaking at a town hall meeting

Ted Kennedy’s Memorial Health Act – Different Name, Same Crappy Bill

The left-wing elitists has went to a record low wanting to rename H.R. 3200 health care plan to the “Ted Kennedy’s Memorial Health Act,” anticipating that we will quiet down our cries against the government health plan. Can you envision just minutes after Ted Kennedy’s death, Nancy Pelosi and her supercilious elitists were behind closed doors, not to remember Kennedy’s service to America, but to plot a plan in encouraging Americans to support this bill that centers on his death? What kind of melancholic people are we dealing with here?

Nancy Pelosi, the majority house speaker, revealed to the American people the connection between the current health care plan proposal and Kennedy’s death:

“Ted Kennedy’s dream of quality health care for all Americans will be made real this year because of his leadership and his inspiration.”

Another liberal extremist, former vice president Al Gore, stated the following:

“Ted would want nothing more than for his colleagues to continue his life’s work and to make real his dream of quality health care for all Americans.”

Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius commented on MSNBC that renaming the bill would be a suitable homage, but it was more imperative to actually pass it. Attempting to force a reassessment from the greater part of Americans, Sebelius suggested, “If people are truly inspired in honoring his legacy, the best possible legacy is to pass health reform this year.”

Congressman Ed Markey pointed out, “Senator Kennedy’s spirit will infuse the Congress towards the goal of providing coverage for all those people who he cared for.”

However, Senator Orrin Hatch, a close ally to Ted Kennedy, was offended that the Democratic Party members were using Kennedy’s death as a platform in passing health care reform:

“Frankly, I’m getting a little bit upset at some of these people trying to take advantage of this and saying we now have to pass health care reform because of Ted. Well, Ted wouldn’t want it passed if it wasn’t good.”

Fastening a bill such as this on a deceased man is the most outlandish thing I have ever heard. Ted Kennedy had the best treatment with his health care coverage. I highly doubt you will see that kind of treatment in this bill. Folks, what you are seeing here is hypocrisy in action from our elected officials.

In the September 2009 edition of the Atlantic magazine, correspondent Conor Clarke supports the proposal of renaming the bill, contrasting this to the ironic renaming of today’s Washington Reagan National Airport:

“It’s not as if renaming the bill would be contrary to his wishes or in some sense ironic. (Like, perhaps, renaming a gigantic public airport after a man who fired thousands of air traffic controllers and favored limited government more broadly.)”

Well Mr. Clarke, that is unquestionably calling the kettle black, don’t you think? We are talking about a senator who was implicated of wittingly leaving a scene of a car accident and leaving a woman for dead. Did you fail to remember that fraction of Kennedy’s life? Reagan fired those air traffic controllers because they walked out when they had a “no strike” clause in their contract. I don’t recall him ordering anyone to drown these individuals.

Don’t get me wrong. Many of us have high respect for the late Ted Kennedy and his accomplishments in politics.  However, no matter what the far left wants to label this bill, it is the same document a majority of Americans say needs to go in the dumpster. When you have a congress and a senate who rejects the idea of dropping their personal health care plan (paid for in full by the taxpayers, mind you) in favor of H.R. 3200, every American should question the trustworthiness of this bill. The message to all of the Nancy Pelosi’s out there is, “H.R. 3200 stinks to high heaven.”

Until a more compromising bill comes to the table, the majority will keep on the fight for their liberties, regardless what our elected officials want to call it. We will not give up our right to choose a suitable health care plan so doctors and nurses can service the millions who refuse to work or the millions who are here illegally at our expense. That is bottom line. We will not sacrifice our children’s pursuit of happiness as a result of more government spending. And we will not allow the government deciding who lives and who dies.

So go forward and name it the Ted Kennedy’s Memorial Health Act. Name it the Looney Tunes Health Act. I don’t care. What I do care is what many Americans demand – THROW THE BILL AWAY!

“Chickens” Refusing Town Hall Meetings

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

The following list contains the elected officials who refuse to hold town hall meetings on the matter of health reform. Do you really want to vote in favor of these individuals who have better things to do than to listen to your concerns? Print this list so you will have it in hand when the 2010/2012 polling stations open. Congressional members run for reelection every 2 years; senators run every 4 years.

Alabama

Rep. Bobby Bright (D) – 2nd District

Rep. Mike Rogers (R) – 3rd District

Alaska

Sen. Mark Begich (D) – reelection in 2012

Arizona

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) – 8th District

Rep. Ed Pastor (D) – 4th District

Rep. Harry Mitchell (D) – 5th District

Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D) – 1st District

California

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) – reelection in 2010

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) – reelection in 2012

Rep. Jane Harman (D) – 36th District

Rep. Henry Waxman (D) – 30th District

Rep. Doris Matsui (D) – 5th District

Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D) – 6th District

Connecticut

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D) – 3rd District

Florida

Rep. Robert Wexler (D) – 19th District

Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D) – 24th District

Rep. Alan Grayson (D) – 8th District

Sen. Bill Nelson (D) – reelection in 2012

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) – 20th District

Illinois

Rep. Melissa Bean (D) – 8th District (note: Rep. Bean is charging a $25 entrance fee for her town hall meeting)

Rep. Debbie Halverson (D) – 11th District

Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D) – 2nd District

Sen. Roland Burris (D) – reelection in 2010

Rep. Peter Roskam (D) – 6th District

Rep. Bill Foster (D) – 14th District

Sen. Dick Durbin (D) – reelection in 2012

Indiana

Rep. Andre Carson (D) – 7th District

Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D) – 8th District

Kansas

Rep. Dennis Moore (D) – 3rd District

Kentucky

Rep. Ben Chandler (D) – 6th District

Maine

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D) – 1st District

Maryland

Rep. John Sarbanes (D) – 3rd District

Massachusetts

Rep. John F. Tierney (D) – 6th District

Rep. John Olver (D) – 1st District

Rep. Richard Neal (D) – 2nd District

Michigan

Rep. Mark Schauer (D) – 7th District

Rep. Bart Stupak (D) – 1st District

Rep. Mike Rogers (R) – 8th District

Minnesota

Sen. Al Franken (D) – reelection in 2012

Rep. Jim Oberstar (D) – 8th District

Mississippi

Rep. Travis Childers (D) – 1st District

Missouri

William “Lacy” Clay, Jr. (D) – 1st District

Ike Skelton (D) – 4th District

Emanuel Cleaver (D) – 5th District

Montana

Sen. Max Baucus (D) – reelection in 2012

Sen. Jon Tester (D) – reelection in 2012

New Hampshire

Carol Shea-Porter (D), 1st District

Paul Hodes (D), 2nd District

New Jersey

Rep. Bob Andrews (D) – 1st District

Rep. Chris Smith (R) – 4th District

Rep. Donald Payne (D) – 10th District

Rep. Leonard Lance (R) – 7th District

New York

Rep. Tim Bishop (D) – 1st District

Rep. Steve Israel (D) – 2nd District

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) – reelection in 2010

Rep. Brian Higgins (D) – 27th District

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D) – 28th District (added September 4, 2009)

North Carolina

Rep. Brad Miller (D) – 13th District

Rep. Mike McIntyre (D) – 7th District

Rep. Mel Watt (D) – 12th District

Sen. Kay Hagan (D) – reelection in 2012

Rep. David Price (D) – 4th District

Rep. Heath Shuler (D) – 11th District

Ohio

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) – reelection in 2012

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D) – 9th District

Rep. Betty Sutton (D) – 13th District

Rep. Tim Ryan (D) – 17th District

Rep. Charlie Wilson (D) – 6th District

Pennsylvania

Sen. Robert Casey (D) – reelection in 2012

Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D) – 13th District

Rep. Patrick Murphy (D) – 8th District

Rep. Chris Carney (D) – 10th District

Rep. John Murtha (D) – 12th District

Rhode Island

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D) – 1st District

Sen. Jack Reed (D) – reelection in 2012

Tennessee

Rep. Jim Cooper (D) – 5th District

Rep. John Tanner (D) – 8th District

Texas

Rep. Chet Edwards (D) – 17th District

Rep. Lamar Smith (R) – 21st District

Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D) – 15th District

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D) – 28th District

Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D) – 27th District

Utah

Rep. Jim Matheson (D) – 2nd District

Virginia

Sen. Jim Webb (D) – reelection in 2012

Rep. Gerald Connolly (D) – 11th District

Washington

Rep. Norm Dicks (D) – 6th District

Rep. Jay Inslee (D) – 1st District

Sen. Maria Cantwell – reelection in 2012

Sen. Patty Murray – reelection in 2010

Chickens Refusing Town Hall Meetings – Utah

The following list contains the congressmen and senators who refuse to hold town hall meetings on the matter of health reform. Take note of these individuals come election time. Congressmen run for reelection every 2 years.

Rep. Jim Matheson (D) – 2nd District

Chickens Refusing Town Hall Meetings – Indiana

The following list contains the congressmen and senators who refuse to hold town hall meetings on the matter of health reform. Take note of these individuals come election time. Congressmen run for reelection every 2 years.

Rep. Andre Carson (D) – 7th District

Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D) – 8th District

Chickens Refusing Town Hall Meetings – Rhode Island

The following list contains the congressmen and senators who refuse to hold town hall meetings on the matter of health reform. Take note of these individuals come election time. Congressmen run for reelection every 2 years.

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D) – 1st District

Sen. Jack Reed (D) – reelection in 2012

Chickens Refusing Town Hall Meetings – Mississippi

The following list contains the congressmen and senators who refuse to hold town hall meetings on the matter of health reform. Take note of these individuals come election time. Congressmen run for reelection every 2 years.

Rep. Travis Childers (D) – 1st District

Chickens Refusing Town Hall Meetings – Washington

The following list contains the congressmen and senators who refuse to hold town hall meetings on the matter of health reform. Take note of these individuals come election time. Congressmen run for reelection every 2 years.

Rep. Norm Dicks (D) – 6th District

Rep. Jay Inslee (D) – 1st District

Sen. Maria Cantwell – reelection in 2012

Sen. Patty Murray – reelection in 2010

Chickens Refusing Town Hall Meetings – Connecticut

The following list contains the congressmen and senators who refuse to hold town hall meetings on the matter of health reform. Take note of these individuals come election time. Congressmen run for reelection every 2 years.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D) – 3rd District

Chickens Refusing Town Hall Meetings – Massachusetts

The following list contains the congressmen and senators who refuse to hold town hall meetings on the matter of health reform. Take note of these individuals come election time. Congressmen run for reelection every 2 years.

Rep. John F. Tierney (D) – 6th District

Sen. John Kerry (D) – reelection in 2012

Rep. John Olver (D) – 1st District

Rep. Richard Neal(D) – 2nd District