This is priceless…
From the Senate Leaderboard:

20 MEMORABLE QUOTES FROM THE 25 DAY HEALTH CARE DEBATE

1.       SEN. BEN NELSON (D-NE): “My Vote Is Not For Sale Period.” (“Nebraska’s Nelson: An Undecided Man In The Middle,” The Associated Press, 12/16/09)

2.       SEN. DICK DURBIN (D-IL): “I Would Say To The Senator From Arizona, That I’m In The Dark Almost As Much As He Is. And I’m In The Leadership.” (Sen. Dick Durbin, Floor Remarks, 12/11/09)

3.       SEN. JOE LIEBERMAN (ID-CT): “I Wonder If I Could Ask Unanimous Consent For Just An Additional Moment.” SEN. AL FRANKEN (D-MN): “In My Capacity As Senator From Minnesota, I Object.” LIEBERMAN: “Really? Ok. Don’t Take It Personally.” (Sens. Lieberman & Franken, Floor Remarks, 12/17/09)

4.       SEN. MAX BAUCUS (D-MT): “I’ll Just Read. This Is From Wikipedia. It May Not Be Accurate.” (Sen. Baucus, Floor Remarks, 12/3/09)

5.       SEN. HARRY REID (D-NV): “If They Don’t Have Something In It Important To Them Then It Doesn’t Speak Well Of Them.” (“Public Option Tensions Linger,” Politico, 12/22/09)

6.       SEN. ARLEN SPECTER (D-PA): “I Came To This Caucus To Be Your 60th Vote.” (“Senate Health Bill Unlikely To Include Medicare Buy-In,” Washington Post, 12/15/09)

SEN. ARLEN SPECTER (D-PA): “I Will Not Be An Automatic 60th Vote.” (“Specter: I’m Not An Automatic 60th Vote,” Politico, 4/28/09)

7. SEN. ROLAND BURRIS (D-IL): If “It Does Not Have A Public Option In It, I Will Not Vote For It.” (“Burris Threatens To Filibuster Health Care Without Public Option,” The Huffington Post, 12/9/09)

8. SEN. BOB CASEY (D-PA) On Medicare Advantage Cuts: “We’re Not Going To Be Able To Say ‘If You Like What You Have, You Can Keep It’ … And That Basic Commitment That A Lot Of Us Around Here Have Made Will Be Called Into Question.” (“Obama’s Planned Medicare Cuts Distress Some Democrats,” Bloomberg, 12/3/09)

9.       SEN. MARY LANDRIEU (D-LA): “Yes, We’ve Had To Raise Some Taxes And Fees To Pay For This Bill.” (CSPAN’s Washington Journal, 12/22/09)

10.   SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D-RI): “They Have Ardent Supporters Who Are Nearly Hysterical At The Very Election Of President Barack Obama: The ‘Birthers,’ The Fanatics, The People Running Around In Rightwing Militias And Aryan Support Groups.” (Sen. Whitehouse, Congressional Record, S.13570, 12/20/09)

11.   SEN. KENT CONRAD (D-ND) On The CLASS Act: “‘A Ponzi Scheme Of The First Order, The Kind Of Thing That Bernie Madoff Would Have Been Proud Of,’ And He Vowed To Block Its Inclusion In The Senate Bill.” (Proposed Long-Term Insurance Program Raises Questions,” The Washington Post, 10/27/09)

12.   SEN. DICK DURBIN (D-IL): “It Will Be On The Internet 72 Hours Before We Take A Vote.” (ABC’s “This Week,” 12/20/09)

13.   SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT): “The Insurance Companies Are Going To Make Out Like Bandits. The Drug Companies Are Going To Make Out Like Bandits … No Question About That. This Is Not A Strong Bill.” (“Sanders: ‘Big Money Interests Control’ Congress,” The Hill, 12/22/09)

14.   SEN. MAX BAUCUS (D-MT): “I Can’t Do The Correct Math.” (Sen. Baucus, Floor Remarks, 12/4/09)

15.   SEN. DICK DURBIN (D-IL): “The Establishment Of Social Security. … I Remember Those Days.” “It is a step consistent with the establishment of Social Security, which finally took the worry away from seniors and their families about what would happen to grandma and grandpa when they stopped working. I remember those days.” (Sen. Durbin, Floor Remarks, 12/11/09)

“The Social Security Act (Act of August 14, 1935) [H. R. 7260]” (“The Social Security Act Of 1935,” Social Security Website, Accessed 12/11/09)

16.   SEN. TOM HARKIN (D-IA): “I Have Said Many Times That The Two Biggest Winners Under Our Health Care Reform Bill Are Small Businesses And The Self-Employed.” (Sen. Harkin, Congressional Record, S.11852, 11/20/09)

17.   SEN. HARRY REID (D-NV): “The American People Don’t Get Weekends Off From This Injustice.” (Sen. Reid, Floor Remarks, 12/5/09)

SEN. HARRY REID (D-NV): “I See No Reason To Punish Everybody This Weekend.” “I had one senator come to me and said that she hadn’t been home now in two or three weeks and it was not a good situation. … I see no reason to punish everybody this weekend.” (Sen. Reid, Floor Remarks, 12/09/09)

18.   SEN. MARY LANDRIEU (D-LA): “The Fact Of The Matter Is, And I Know People Don’t Believe This, But I Can’t Be Bought.” (“Sen. Landrieu On Healthcare Vote: ‘I Can’t Be Bought,’” The Hill’s “Briefing Blog,” 12/22/09)

19. SEN. MAX BAUCUS (D-MT): Bill Will Cost “2.5 Trillion.” “Just for a second — health care reform, whether you use a ten-year number or when you start in 2010 or start in 2014, wherever you start at, so it is still either $1 trillion or it’s $2.5 trillion, depending on where you start…” (Sen. Baucus, Floor Remarks, 12/2/09)

20.   SEN. ROLAND BURRIS (D-IL): “Twas The Night Before Christmas And All Through The Senate.” (Sen. Roland Burris, Congressional Record, S. 13721, 12/22/09)

 

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  1. #1 December 23, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    are you ready for the reason they must
    pass the biggest ever joke on US??

    here you go:

    listening to Baucus on the Senate floor as i type..

    IT’S BUSH’S FAULT!!

    sad, sad, sad, heaven help our future generations if they’re anything
    like the ones supporting this death to America contract.. *sigh*

    ==

  2. #3 December 23, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    albeit Dodd is speaking..

    it’s still all about THEM, not US.. :-(

    btw, the bill passed again with today’s vote..

    ==

  3. #4 December 23, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    KR commented:

    Barry delaying healthcare?
    http://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/23/wh-putting-health-care-off-until-february/

    If this is true, then The People will have more time to rattle their cages…

  4. #5 December 23, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    Lonni commented:

    These people are so devious it doesn’t matter what they say anymore; I don’t believe a word of it.

  5. #6 December 23, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    naturalfake commented:

    Aww, how cute! Democrats say the darndest things!

    But, they’re all trapped on:

    The Island Of Misfit Pols

    Will they ever go home?

  7. #8 December 23, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    vote out democrats commented:

    We Have The Actual Roll Call Sheet. Nelson Was For It Before Being Against It

    Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile)

    Wednesday, December 23rd at 4:33PM EST

    The Senate of the United States just voted to table Jim DeMint’s proposed amendment that would prevent cash for cloture compromises.

    As you will recall, Ben Nelson was bribed by Harry Reid to vote for the health care bill via targeted earmarks that will only benefit Nebraska.

    DeMint asked for the Senate to suspend its rules to consider his amendment, which would prohibit such deals in the future.

    Ben Nelson voted against Jim DeMint’s amendment, but when he realized the Democrats already had the votes to kill it, he raced back up to the clerk and changed his vote so the final record shows Nelson sided with DeMint.

    Unfortunately for Ben Nelson, I have obtained the actual factual roll call sheet.

    You can see it in PDF here.

    Go to page two and find Nelson’s name. See the swiggly line through the mark on the left side? That’s the clerk noting that he switched his vote once the other Democrats defeated DeMint’s amendment

  8. #9 December 23, 2009 at 5:44 pm

    Daniel commented:

    I will have to stop, go have dinner, in order to have something there to throw up with after reading this collection of quotes from elected dim bulbs.

  9. #10 December 23, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    Lorenzo commented:

    Wow… no comments from GOP legislators and talk show hosts about “death panels” that are the figment of their fevered imaginations. Is Gateway Pundiit only interested in nailing the Democrats with no interest at all in journalistis objectivity. Looks like it to me.

  10. #11 December 23, 2009 at 6:19 pm

    Brian commented:

    #10 this IS a conservative site. No one here claims to be “fair and balanced” unlike the MSM.

  11. #12 December 23, 2009 at 6:21 pm

    ar05075 commented:

    Lorenzo
    December 23rd, 2009 | 5:55 pm | #10
    Wow… no comments from GOP legislators and talk show hosts about “death panels” that are the figment of their fevered imaginations. Is Gateway Pundiit only interested in nailing the Democrats with no interest at all in journalistis objectivity. Looks like it to me.
    ===============================

    Ohhhh, did someone pea in your libflakes???

  12. #14 December 23, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    Highland commented:

    I watched Backus too and almost laughed myself out of my seat when he played the Bush card! Would be funny if it wasn’t so sad!

    Lorenzo, Death panels……really? I prefer to call them compromises, possibly business decisions, similar to you know……bribes.

  13. #16 December 23, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    Chisum commented:

    I think Lorenzo may have read about this:

    Uh Oh, Cats and Dogs Getting Along

    http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/12/uh-oh-cats-and-dogs-getting-along.html

  14. #17 December 23, 2009 at 6:54 pm

    Chisum commented:

    Hey Lorenzo, here you go. Thanks for asking.

    Sarah Palin: ‘Democrats are protecting this rationing “death panel” from future change’

    http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/12/23/sarah-palin-democrats-are-protecting-this-rationing-death-panel-from-future-change.php

  15. #18 December 23, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    Chisum @ 6:43 pm #16

    [We write to demand an immediate investigation into the activities
    of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. We believe there is an abundant public record which establishes that the actions of the White House have blocked any investigation into his activities while on the
    board of Freddie Mac from 2000-2001, and facilitated the cover up of potentially malfeasance until the 10-year statute of limitations has run out....]

    oh i pray let it be for real..

    heaven knows America is in dire need of a reality intervention..

    (also wondering why so late with this & when
    the 10 year statute of limitations runs out??
    if i figured correctly, should be 2010, gah!!)

    hate to say it, but i smell another distraction.. *sigh*

    ==

  16. #19 December 23, 2009 at 7:17 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    naturalfake @ 5:13 pm #6

    STUPENDOUS!! (thumbsup)

    (i remember that movie.. :D )

    ==

  17. #20 December 23, 2009 at 8:22 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    Lorenzo 5:55 pm #10

    keep the Lo, scoot the last o down next to the first o, add the z (consider the z an s) then the e & r, toss out the n and you get your real name.. :D

    ==

  18. #21 December 23, 2009 at 8:25 pm

    jainphx commented:

    LOrenzo I don’t think you even believe what junk you write.

  20. #24 December 23, 2009 at 10:03 pm

    Nathan R. Jessup commented:

    If only the problem in Congress were as simple as resolving partisanship…

    Lorenzo, are you really upset there were no absurd quotes from republican Senators? Would you feel better if we threw a few in there?

    Listen, these ridiculous statements, as mind-blowing as they may be, are merely a distraction to what is really tearing America apart. The irony in blindly supporting one’s party rests in the reality that such support may actually cause equal harm to everyone. You see Lorenzo, if you believe this reform will improve your quality of life simply because it comes from your party, you are in trouble.

    The shifting morality of Congressmen and women are what pose the greatest threat to Americans:

    http://the-raw-deal.com/2009/12/23/the-inconvenient-truth-about-morality/

    Without moral foundation, political party remains irrelevant.

    Nathan R. Jessup
    http://www.the-raw-deal.com

  21. #25 December 23, 2009 at 10:26 pm

    Daniel commented:

    Good job, Nathan.

    And thank you for your service.

  22. #26 December 24, 2009 at 12:17 am

    Peter Warner commented:

    Two questions regarding Senator Lieberman:

    1) Didn’t he say ‘Really? *I* don’t take it personally’? That’s a lot different from ‘(please don’t you) take it personally’, and is consistent with Lieberman’s decency. When I watched the Youtube video, that’s how I took it, but the words weren’t crystal clear. I think Ed Morrisey at HotAir heard it the sane way that I had. Can someone clarify that for the record?

    2) How did Lieberman actually vote on the cloture vote on the Healthcare bill?

    Best regards, Peter Warner.

  23. #27 December 24, 2009 at 12:29 am

    Nathan R. Jessup commented:

    Peter,
    I [also] heard it the same way.

    And if I heard the “lieb”correctly, I believe he voted “I” to bring cloture. However, you know how it can be watching C-Span2; mildly sedative. One thing I am sure of however, is the smug look on Frankenstein’s face when he disrespected a senior member in his freshman term…

    Nathan R. Jessup
    http://www.the-raw-deal.com

  24. #28 December 24, 2009 at 2:53 am

    Peter Warner commented:

    Thank you Nathan.

    ‘he voted ‘I’ to bring cloture.’
    Just to be sure I understand correctly- Lieberman voted to bring cloture and bring the bill to a vote?

    Does that mean that he also should be considered as part of the 60 vote voting block on this health care issue?

    If yes, that adds to the stature of McCain, and decreases Frankens, when considering the way they acted in the Franken-Lieberman ‘I object’ episode.

    Best regards, Peter Warner.

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