Heard on the campaign trail…

Recent newspaper articles point to something  interesting in the positions taken by some politicians running for office in November. You might be interested in hearing those positions.

 “As a career prosecutor, I made decisions on facts, not politics,” and that’s why “I voted against . . . the health-care bill.”

A Republican, you ask?  No, Congressman Frank Kratovil (D. Md.)

[I] voted against massive government health care.

That from Congressman Bobby Bright (D. Al.)

[I] voted against the “trillion-dollar health-care plan“.

That from Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D. S.D.).

Not only is ObamaCare “financially devastating,”  it is “the greatest failure, modern failure, of political leadership in my lifetime.”

Those words belong to Roy Barnes (D. Ga.)

I’ve had to say no far more than I’ve said yes. I’ve said no to more government spending, no to President Obama’s big health-care plan…standing up to what’s wrong in Washington is right for Idaho.

The author of those words is Congressman Walt Minnick (D. Id.)

And, finally, this, from an ad run by Congressman Jason Altmire (D. Pa.):

You saw when he voted against health care…[h]e’s not afraid to stand up to the President.

Yes, those are the words of only six Democrats running for office.  But, I haven’t heard any Democrats extolling the virtues of Obamacare in their effort to be elected to Congress.  Well, perhaps Congressman Barney Frank (D. Ma.) is, but, as I don’t live in his district, I don’t know.

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The Sound Off Sister was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and special trial attorney for the Department of Justice, Criminal Division; a partner in the Florida law firm of Shutts & Bowen, and an adjunct professor at the University of Miami, School of Law. The Sound Off Sister offers frequent commentary concerning legislation making its way through Congress, including the health reform legislation passed in early 2010.

6 Comments

  1. Lynn on September 14, 2010 at 2:33 am

    Yesssssss, it's hysterical. The other night my husband and I heard Chris Murphy's ad, where he said he didn't vote for the Healthcare bill. Well, if this keeps happening we are going to have to wonder if The Stepford Wives came in and voted for it.



  2. chris-os on September 14, 2010 at 4:20 am

    Ad I heard last night said that he did not vote for the fed budget-unless it was another ad?



  3. Lynn on September 14, 2010 at 5:35 am

    Yes, He has said both! Lynn



  4. weregettinghosed on September 14, 2010 at 6:10 am

    Quite amazing the democrats shall attempt to lie their way out of the leftist corner when felt trapped. So confident are they that We the People sleep still whereas they can throw us a few lies to win and live another day in DC. The Dems are fooling themselves, they believe their own lies, We the People awake and alert shall discount their lies and vote them out of their dens.

    Shall we in the meantime send an all points bulletin out for all Democrats who voted for Obama spending? Clearly they are lost or perhaps their liberal insanity has overcome them, for this a release of all duties is highly prescribed.



  5. Dimsdale on September 14, 2010 at 10:36 am

    Dare I say it: ‘rats deserting a sinking ship?? (A ship that struck the ?bama iceberg)…



  6. ctrefugee on September 15, 2010 at 4:13 am

    Only in an election year do you find more conservatives. It's like St. Patties Day. Everyones Irish.



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