Sen. Whitehouse: There Will Be A 'Reckoning' For GOP's 'Desperate, No-Holds-Barred...Propaganda'

[ProSense]

Sen. Whitehouse: There Will Be A 'Reckoning' For GOP's 'Desperate, No-Holds-Barred Mission Of Propaganda'

Jillian Rayfield

On the Senate floor yesterday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) slammed Republicans for their "desperate, no-holds-barred mission of propaganda, falsehood, obstruction and fear," which he said will result in a "day of judgment" by the American people.

Whitehouse began his monologue by quoting 1950s intellectual Richard Hofstadter, warning that a right-wing minority could create "a political environment in which the rational pursuit of our well-being and safety would become impossible."

"The malignant and vindictive passions that have descended on the Senate are busily creating just such a political climate," said Whitehouse.

Whitehouse attributed these "desperate acts" to the Democrats' "momentum," which is
working toward passing health care reform legislation, and "when we do, the lying time is over. The American public will see what actually comes to pass when we pass this bill as our new law. The American public will see firsthand the difference between what is, and what they were told."

When it turns out there are no death panels, when there is no bureaucrat between you and your doctor, when the ways your health care changes seem like a good deal to you, and a pretty smart idea, when the American public sees the discrepancy between what really is, and what they were told by the Republicans, there will be a reckoning. There will come a day of judgment about who was telling the truth.He concluded: "There will come a day of judgment, and our Republican friends know that. That Mr. President, is why they are terrified."

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[ProSense]

1. Come on in and comment. Explain

why you oppose Senator Whitehouse's criticism of Republicans. Or is it that you don't like what he's saying about reform?

[DCBob]

2. I wish the media would do it job exposing the lies and exaggerations by the Republicans..

Sadly they let most of the crap just slide on by without any scrutiny.

[GoCubsGo]

3. I sure as hell hope so.

I'll believe him when I see it, however.

[pscot]

4. I don't oppose what Whitehouse has to say

I do oppose posts that proffer a link that just leads to another website that has a link. It's the Google syndrome, and it sucks.

[defendandprotect]

5. There will also be a "reckoning" for the Democatic Party, Democrats and Obama ...

and, if I'm not mistaken, I heard Grayson speaking against this legislation only

recently -- ???!!!

[FredStembottom]

6. Or will forced payments to gold-plated insurance execs....

...be what the American Public sees above all.

(I've lost track of what might or might not be in the bill anymore. I am all over the internets just trying to figure out what happened last night!)

[grantcart]

7. Lieberman's move has painted them into a corner

Snowe was for the bill but against the Public Option - so now what's her excuse?


Some of the smarter Republicans may realize that they are in progressive states and in big trouble and switch in the final vote.