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Home Front: Politix
Kucinich commits to vote for "wholly unacceptable" health care bill
2010-03-17
WaPo

Saying "I take this vote with the utmost seriousness," Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) announced Wednesday morning that he will vote for the health-care bill now before the House, despite his reservations.

"I know I have to make a decision not on the bill as I would like to see it but on the bill as it is," said the congressman, who met with President Obama on Air Force One earlier this week about his opposition to the bill....

Daniel Foster at National Review recalls Kucinich's statement from February 24:

"The new proposal starts with a wholly unacceptable Senate health care bill and, with a few exceptions, continues to make it worse. It's a much better bill for insurance company investors than it is for the American people."

Like Louise Slaughter (she of the eponymous rule), Kucinich is now in the position of having -- publicly and vehemently -- opposed the Senate bill before he supported it.
Posted by:Mike

#17  whore

Nah. Whores have standards.
Posted by: gorb   2010-03-17 23:17  

#16  you might be talking about our next supreme court justice.

just saying
Posted by: abu do you love   2010-03-17 21:32  

#15  Kucinish must be in favor of assisted suicide!
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-03-17 15:59  

#14  "It's funny how falling feels like flying...for awhile."
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-03-17 15:53  

#13  dk is just another POL who thrives on positive feedback. His whole NO stance was contrived for his arrival at yes (not a bit surprised is anyone?). The time in the spotlight doubles by doing the switcheroo. DK is just another member of the duplicitous class thriving within hedonism.
Posted by: Thor Spegum8770   2010-03-17 15:50  

#12  The "Little Train Wreck" that couldn't.
Posted by: Hammerhead   2010-03-17 15:34  

#11  The Ohio primary filing deadline was February 18.
Posted by: Mike   2010-03-17 15:16  

#10  #2
What did 0bama give him for his vote?

Not much...just no Primary challenger.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2010-03-17 14:46  

#9  Ya got taken up in AF1 so only the hand-picked are around to hear what the, umm, offer is.

Ambassador to Saturn
Posted by: Frank G   2010-03-17 13:21  

#8  Just helping a fellow traveler out...

"You do have to be very careful that the potential of President Obama's presidency not be destroyed by this debate," said Kucinich. "Even though I have many differences with him on policy, there's something much bigger at stake here for America."
Posted by: tu3031   2010-03-17 12:01  

#7  Whatever O offered you, did you get it on paper?
Posted by: gorb   2010-03-17 11:59  

#6  I always imagined Kucinich probably used to be that odd little boy who would agree to eat worms at the bus stop hoping to impress the popular kids. Apparently, my suspicions were correct.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2010-03-17 11:56  

#5  Disgusting. Ya got taken up in AF1 so only the hand-picked are around to hear what the, umm, offer is. How is that transparent Congress again? Perhaps the most offensive politicing I have witnessed in my life, starting to get a little tired of it, the president of the united states taking an individual openly against one of the president's policies up for a private jetset-mansion talk. I hope Kucinich sticks with his guts (however much I disagree with them he does seem like he talks what he actually believes) and votes no; its not like anyone should trust Obama's word anyways, right magic bus of doom?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2010-03-17 11:51  

#4  Got your arm twisted way up behind your back, huh, Dennis? Had to holler "uncle"?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2010-03-17 11:34  

#3  "The new proposal starts with a wholly unacceptable Senate health care bill and, with a few exceptions, continues to make it worse. It's a much better bill for insurance company investors than it is for the American people."

But you'll vote for it anyways?
You do realize that this makes you sound like an idiot, right, Dennis? I mean, not that most people didn't know that...
Posted by: tu3031   2010-03-17 11:24  

#2  
What did 0bama give him for his vote?
Posted by: Parabellum   2010-03-17 11:20  

#1  whore
Posted by: Bob Gleanter3083   2010-03-17 11:07  

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