While Senate Democrats held a press conference celebrating their latest health care reform victory on Thursday afternoon, a Republican slipped into the chamber to move a bill that would extend soon-to-expire enhanced unemployment benefits -- paid for with $10 billion in unused funds from the stimulus bill.
The aide said Reid was not interested in cutting a deal that pays for unemployment benefits with stimulus funds, since offsetting the government spending by withdrawing money from another part of the economy essentially nullifies the stimulative effect of the benefits. "We're going to keep trying but I don't think we're going to get an agreement," the aide said. "They want to pay for unemployment insurance on the backs of out-of-work people and we're not going to do that."
So, here we go again. Another Bunning trying to take down the legislative system for personal reasons.
Do these republicans have no shame. As an aid to Senator Reid says:
"Coburn has the stamina of three Bunnings," said a Dem aide. "I really believe this is a retaliation for the passage of health care."
These people who call themselves our representatives are liars. Not stretchers of the truth or factually dishonest. They are LIARS. They have spent a decade kissing the ass of their lobbies to our detriment. They have long since forgotten what the job is that they were hired for.
Now, today, everything is about payback. The American people are simply a pawn in a schoolyard game that is the only one republicans know how to play. Democrats do their best to rise above this garbage, but it's hard to go about your business when you are constantly dragged down into the mud by these self-centered, self-serving assholes.
I am often chastized for the saltiness of my posts. But what it is that I'm discussing most of the time enrages me. These people - these manipulators who have disguised themselves as "trying to do good for us" are the worst kind of trash we have - because their lies directly effect the pain, suffering and harships that so many of us have to endure. All because they gotta get their money from their lobbies.
So, yes, Mr. Coburn. You are trash. Maybe that sounds harsh to you, but since you show no concern for me as the person you represent, I will show none for you.