GOP Voted To Delay Funding For Troops -- As Part Of Health Care Debate?

Republicans voted against a defense appropriations bill in order to stymie passage of an industry-friendly health insurance bill. I found the liberals!

this was a bald face desperate hail mary by the repugs...and they failed miserably. I almost feel sorry for them. I would use this tactic in a political ad for every single democrat up for re-election in 2010. I hope the Dems do not forget, because I believe this blatant christmas tactic will be coming back to take a huge chunk out of some repugs behind in 2010

Birthers, teabaggers, radical right wing "christians", secessionist, healthcare anti-reformist,etc., are all the same core group of poor, uninformed ultra-conservative pawns tricked by the corporate masters and cheerleadered by AM conservative talk radio to get these people to believe and vote against their own self interest.

It isn't any wonder that the main weapon to keep the rank and file conservatives in check is fear. Conservatives fear that their guns are going to be taken away, they fear that U.S. will become socialist, they fear that health care reform will kill off the elderly, they fear that the president is a muslim, they fear that when minorities are in power that reverse racisms will run rampant, they fear that every nation under the sun wants to destroy the U.S. and on and on. This is the main message of Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, et al. to be afraid. After 8 hours a day at least 5 days a week conservatives literally become
brainwashed through the radio and then some on Fox news to be afraid and angry.

Conservatives don't even know what exactly they are trying to conserve. They speak of fair play and freedom but when a group other than their circumscribed group speaks about and want such things (i.e. gay rights, immigrants, minorities, the poor)these ideas suddenly become liberal pandering.

Conservatives don't realize that what they fear most is change. The changing of American society and of the world. Thus their behavior is not much different from other conservative movements around the world, i.e. Taliban, Al Qaida, Likud, Abadgaran. These groups want to maintain the status quo and use fear and sometimes violence to achieve their means. These groups target the same type of people to believe in their ideology. These are usually the poor, rural denizens who feel that the rest of society is moving too fast and that they are being excluded because the city centers are thriving and they are not.

It is this simple mind trick that has allowed the military-industrial complex to roll along unabated for so long. The very thing president Dwight Eisenhower,a Republican, warned against. However, it was only recently that Republicans were up in arms against the slashing of the military budget and discontinuance of the F-22. This is just another example of how twisted and convoluted conservatism/republicanism is. It contradicts one of their venerated leaders and ideals.

Unfortunately, contradiction and hypocrisy have become the norm for conservatives, so much so that entire shows are based on it and have become very popular (The Colbert Report, Countdown, The Daily show etc.). When conservatives are confronted with this, the usual retort is that it’s the “main stream media” distortion, wholly ignoring that “main stream” = normal or average, non-fringe. Again this is just fear working on these people, fear that their ideology is being pushed to the fringe creating the us vs them mentality.

“No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.” Edmund Burke.

983 Billion. That is how much money is going to the Military in direct and indirect spending this year. That is more then Social Security, more then the 10 year projected cost of the shitty Health Care bill, more then the rest of the world combined. Why the fuck is that not being debated?

Some news for those of you wanting a third party: We have one. They're called the Republicans. The only debate on this issue is happening between progressive and conservative Democrats. How embarrassing!

your post shows the difference between the so-called republicans and democrats. you spent time trying to understand the nuance..."Is there even a precedent for this sort of thing?"...republicans would jump right for the jugular. hell, we were talking about this in the comments section of another post last week. pay attention!!!

Those that screamed from the rooftops for a "straight up or down vote" and "support the troops" when it helped their position were quick to adopt the very means they previously condemned.

I know it's a bit dark, but it has been fun to watch these two bit hypocrites bet heavy on their own constituents really being that stupid.

And stupid they sure as h*ll are.

Also, is anyone working on the 2010 succeessor to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)? he did a REALLY good job in 2009!! Yah! Let's keep him and Michael Steele around another year!! Lot's GOPPERS feel that way, I'll bet....

Nice ad but with no legs. As usual the democrats sit silent. Where the hell is the outrage? Where are the press conferences? Where are the talking heads on the cable news shows? You would think by now the spineless democrats would know how this game is played. There is no messaging, no framing of the debate or controlling the news cycle and spin. The republicans are experts at the outrage and controversy game. The democrats are never prepared for this battle because they have no warriors. Hey Democrats it’s about supporting the troops remember