Republicans Go Nuclear!

As the clock winds down, House Republicans have vowed to have each member submit individual proposals to the Rules Committee. The right-wing websites are in overdrive reproducing virtually every lie told about health care reform from the very beginning--abortion, death panels, the gutting of Medicare, the whole shooting match. Redstate.com promises a laundry list of reprisals against the Democrats if this passes. Attorney-Generals will sue individual congresspeople, there will be such anti-government rage that violence will erupt, the Supreme Court will instantly produce it null and void by a 6-3 count, dozens of states will refuse to recognize it as law, and the Republicans will stop government until January 5th next year when they gain control. Paul Ryan claims the first item on the business agenda will be to repeal healthcare reform. Wonder if he'll ask the CBO for an estimate of the costs of doing so?

Conservative representative Steven King along with Glenn Beck slams the Democrats for holding the vote on the Sabbath. I'm sure if it had been scheduled on Saturday we would hear the same from Eric Cantor. Glenn Beck said the Founders would never do that. Now that Thomas Jefferson has been kicked out of our history by Texas , he might come back and demand a Sunday vote.

Mitch McConnell was delirious in his statements to the press, probably setting the world record for most lies within a single sentence. He and Orrin Hatch are cooking up the procedural roadblocks for the Senate vote.

Representative Clyburn, the Democratic Whip, stated quite clearly that there is no such thing as "deem and pass", despite all the accusations by the Republicans, which were duly repeated by the press.

President Obama had to postpone his overseas trip again. I believe the Republican actions are deliberately aimed at delaying his visit to where he spent some of his childhood. Everything has become personal now and the President must realize this. There is nothing the Republicans will not do to stop him and his administration from achieving anything.

Grover Nordquist vowed that if healthcare passed, Obama would break his vow on taxes and be defeated. Excuse me. What taxes? And where was Grover when the largest tax cut occurred? No where. Not even whispers.

Apparently, the teabaggers are going to have another go at it on Saturday and bus people into the Capitol. Apparently, Dick Armey was so embarrassed by his last performance and the derision from the media he's launching a demonstration on a bright Spring Washington Saturday, where he believes he can draw the crowds.

Last count I saw, Democrats needed two more votes. Inshallah!