GOP yells "BOO!", Congressional Dems cave!

[amb123]

From AmericaBlog:

Baucus & Conrad cave again, toughen health care bill's anti-immigrant provisions to appease Joe "You lie!" Wilson

Yes, because that's the first thing a sane person would think after Wilson's bizarre, and boorish, and untrue outbreak during the joint session, an outburst that has the GOP reeling: What can we do to appease Joe Wilson's legitimate concerns so he'll stop being mean to us? From TIME:

The controversy over Republican Rep. Joe Wilson's shouting out "You Lie!" at the President over his claim that illegal immigrants wouldn't benefit from health-care reform apparently sparked some reconsideration of the relevant language. "We really thought we'd resolved this question of people who are here illegally, but as we reflected on the President's speech last night we wanted to go back and drill down again," said Senator Kent Conrad, one of the Democrats in the talks after a meeting Thursday morning. Baucus later that afternoon said the group would put in a proof of citizenship requirement to participate in the new health exchange — a move likely to inflame the left.

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UPDATE: Wilson is holding firm. Perhaps Conrad and Baucus can delete women from the bill too, or gays, or blacks. That might finally get Wilson on board.

http://www.americablog.com/2009/09/baucus-conrad-cave-again-toughen-health.html

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Damn!

[MNDemNY]

1. Spineless fuckers.

[maxsolomon]

2. How will you prevent the illegal aliens from USING OUR SEWERS?

Nothing in any bill currently before congress would prevent them from using a pubic restroom and sticking taxpayers with the bill for cleaning up their waste!

[tularetom]

3. This is what Obama is up against

Every time some whack job makes a peep, these wimps jump backwards through their own assholes to appease him.

If he is able to get this reform bill through the repubs and the cowardly Dems. it will be the greatest presidential feat in history.

[robinlynne]

13. excuse me. "bi-partisanship" is, and always has been an Obama goal!

which is exactly why I voted for Edwards!

[rubberducky]

4. In a country BUILT by immigrants, for immigrants, no more health care for immigrants.

[Butch350]

12. Are slaves included in the immigrants thing too?

[rubberducky]

14. Who said anything about slaves? They did not come here willingly.

My point was that unless you are a native Indian, everyone here came from immigrants.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Well since both Baucus and Conrad are Senators, how did the Congressional Dems cave in ?

[treestar]

6. Think of the voters in their states

The thing is, they all know how Lou Dobbs gets people inflamed over this crap every day.

But I agree, it's not a big enough deal to have to make everyone prove citizenship. After the Real ID Act, anyone who has a driver's license is 99.99% likely to be legal. So it's all smoke.

[abq e streeter]

7. ya just gotta love that reaching out in the spirit of bi-partisanship

[FiveGoodMen]

8. Let's face it: they aren't caving in. They are following their plan.

These people are not on America's side.

[bvar22]

11. Bingo.

This was The Plan before Obama put his hand on the Bible Jan 20th.

Health Insurance "Reform" was always going to be a $Trillion Dollar gift to the Health Insurance Industry.
ALL the rest has been Kabuki Theater to maintain the illusion of choice.

[quiet.american]

9. I would put "Dems" in quotes when it comes to Baucus & Conrad. nt

[Hepburn]

10. IMO, with Wilson, if people of color were deleted, that piece of racist shit...

...would get on board to a public option like stink on shit.

JMHO

[Betty]

15. once again proving that elections don't matter

the assholes always have been and always will be in charge.

[cornermouse]

16. k & r