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**viiagrag** · 01-22-2011, 05:21 PM

Paul, Pres. Obama and his staff and the Congressional staff under Pelosi worked on the language of the bill for months and this bill was all over the news, with Republican leaders such as Boehner regularly opposing it in the press. You will never convince me that the Republicans didn't know what was going on. Pres. Obama campaigned on this legislation. If I am to believe that the Republicans were ambushed by this bill, then I must also believe they were asleep at the wheel and not doing their jobs.

Mr. Boehner introduced the amendment and it failed. If that was the best they could do, so be it.

You are missing the point entirely, not having real input into the bill is entirely different than opposing a bill or being ambushed by it. What I am saying is that your belief that the GOP didn't have an alternative bill to the DEM bill way back when is incorrect. Or did you mean something else when you said; ..... Now, they've decided to form panels to discuss ideas to formulate a health care reform plan of their own. Good. More power to them. A lot more constructive than than trying taking meaningless votes that are going nowhere, although, why didn't they do this 18 months ago?

01-22-2011, 05:21 PM	#11
viiagrag Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 401 Senior Member	Paul, Pres. Obama and his staff and the Congressional staff under Pelosi worked on the language of the bill for months and this bill was all over the news, with Republican leaders such as Boehner regularly opposing it in the press. You will never convince me that the Republicans didn't know what was going on. Pres. Obama campaigned on this legislation. If I am to believe that the Republicans were ambushed by this bill, then I must also believe they were asleep at the wheel and not doing their jobs. Mr. Boehner introduced the amendment and it failed. If that was the best they could do, so be it. You are missing the point entirely, not having real input into the bill is entirely different than opposing a bill or being ambushed by it. What I am saying is that your belief that the GOP didn't have an alternative bill to the DEM bill way back when is incorrect. Or did you mean something else when you said; ..... Now, they've decided to form panels to discuss ideas to formulate a health care reform plan of their own. Good. More power to them. A lot more constructive than than trying taking meaningless votes that are going nowhere, although, why didn't they do this 18 months ago?
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