NE Gov Responds; “John” Harry Reid Gets Cloture For Mgr Amendment

By: scipio62 (Diary)  |  December 21st at 08:01 AM  | 

Gov. Dave Heineman (R-NE) issued a statement after the buying off of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE). As Heineman is a politician, I expected he would engage in some obfuscation in order to provide himself some cover. Reading Heineman, however, the Governor unequivocally says the “deal” was all Nelson: “Nebraskans did not ask for a special deal, only a fair deal. Under no circumstances did I | Read More »

Ben Nelson Is A Liar And Other Health “Reform” Madness

By: scipio62 (Diary)  |  December 19th at 02:35 PM  | 

So is every single solitary Democrat who claims they are either conservative or pro-life; they aren’t either of those things as far as I’m concerned. Call him a whore or call him Judas, he had a price, he was able to be bought in order to sell America out. If he thinks the language in Reid’s amendment regarding abortion is anything approaching to the amendment | Read More »

Nelson Caves; Country Closer To Being Really Screwed

By: scipio62 (Diary)  |  December 19th at 10:47 AM  | 

Via Ed Morrissey at Hot Air. Nelson is all set to vote for cloture on the Reid bill that nobody else in the Senate, nor in the rest of the country, has read yet (Morrissey has a copy of the Managers Amendment in the post). A couple of weeks I ago, I said the following in response to statists complaining of misogyny after many were | Read More »