Yeah, that’s it. The good citizens of Massachusetts made good use of all the time and visibility that Congress has allowed for the study of the proposed health care bills. Joe the Plumber, Bill the Banker and Sally the Social Worker gave haste to reading the Senate version, comparing it meticulously to the House version.<\/p>\n
It was some clause of some paragraph of some provision somewhere that displeased them and made them turn on hapless old Martha and her saggy queen mother, Nancy.<\/p>\n
I wonder if exit pollers were asking voters “was it the fourth paragraph of the Senate version as it contrasted the fifth paragraph of the House version that changed your mind? Or was it the font?”<\/p>\n
\u201cUnease would be a gentle word in terms of the attitude of my colleagues toward certain provisions in the Senate bill,\u201d Ms. Pelosi said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I can picture Pelosi saying that on camera while over her shoulder and out of focus, Democrats, overstuffed briefcases under their arms, papers streaming out of them, are seen fleeing like rats from a burning building.<\/p>\n
America is pretty okay with their health care as it is for the time being and would rather their government help them find a job and quit spending their great great great great grandchild’s retirement. Nancy Pelosi may be the only liberal in Washington that didn’t get the message Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
“Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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