Comments on: Saxby Chambliss – Death Panel Denier? http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/27/saxby-chambliss-death-panel-denier/ Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:02:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gasman http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/27/saxby-chambliss-death-panel-denier/#comment-126211 Gasman Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:10:55 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6326#comment-126211 Agreed, Chambliss is a lying weasel and should not be trusted. However, at some point on some issue, the Republicans will not be able to keep all of their soldiers in line. There will be a/an issue(s) which will force elected Republicans to look to their own electoral realities even if it means breaking rank. Self interest will dictate that Republicans will support popular issues if they feel not doing so will jeopardize their positions. Could healthcare reform be the issue? If President Obama and the Dems play this right it sure could. How many other issues in front of them enjoy 75+% popularity? If Specter can switch parties, it is probable that some Republicans will not toe the party line if the issue is big enough. Agreed, Chambliss is a lying weasel and should not be trusted. However, at some point on some issue, the Republicans will not be able to keep all of their soldiers in line. There will be a/an issue(s) which will force elected Republicans to look to their own electoral realities even if it means breaking rank. Self interest will dictate that Republicans will support popular issues if they feel not doing so will jeopardize their positions.

Could healthcare reform be the issue? If President Obama and the Dems play this right it sure could. How many other issues in front of them enjoy 75+% popularity? If Specter can switch parties, it is probable that some Republicans will not toe the party line if the issue is big enough.

]]> By: libby http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/27/saxby-chambliss-death-panel-denier/#comment-126058 libby Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:24:53 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6326#comment-126058 Didn't mean to take the wind out of anyone's sails with my previous comment about Saxby. False hope is never a good thing, IMO. You can bet that his recent statement benefits him in some way...and ONLY him. I have to agree with E in New England..."You can’t agree or disagree with something that doesn’t exist!" The hope I'm hanging onto is in watching folks like Beck et al being backed into their dark little corners. Didn’t mean to take the wind out of anyone’s sails with my previous comment about Saxby. False hope is never a good thing, IMO.

You can bet that his recent statement benefits him in some way…and ONLY him.

I have to agree with E in New England…”You can’t agree or disagree with something that doesn’t exist!”

The hope I’m hanging onto is in watching folks like Beck et al being backed into their dark little corners.

]]> By: InJuneau http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/27/saxby-chambliss-death-panel-denier/#comment-126002 InJuneau Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:57:03 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6326#comment-126002 Ooooo, we saw the Kennedy clip on Rachel; very cool! (PM me on the Forum if you want to know <i>why</i> I think it's so cool!) Ooooo, we saw the Kennedy clip on Rachel; very cool! (PM me on the Forum if you want to know why I think it’s so cool!)

]]> By: Lacy Lady http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/27/saxby-chambliss-death-panel-denier/#comment-125993 Lacy Lady Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:51:42 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6326#comment-125993 Now that we have Beck on the run, we need to work on getting rid of Hannity. As far as beck still on the booze--I think he is also in Rush Limbaugh's medicine cabinet. I swear that man needs to be put in a "home". Now that we have Beck on the run, we need to work on getting rid of Hannity.
As far as beck still on the booze–I think he is also in Rush Limbaugh’s medicine cabinet. I swear that man needs to be put in a “home”.

]]> By: InJuneau http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/27/saxby-chambliss-death-panel-denier/#comment-125990 InJuneau Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:42:32 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6326#comment-125990 KaJo--ooo, Rachel had that video? It can be found, directly from the source, here: http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=10053&REC=2 KaJo–ooo, Rachel had that video? It can be found, directly from the source, here: http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=10053&REC=2

]]> By: E in New England http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/27/saxby-chambliss-death-panel-denier/#comment-125956 E in New England Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:18:58 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6326#comment-125956 I would like to be more optimistic, but I just can't. First off, "we just didn't get around" to fixing healthcare? Umm, yeah, methinks not. That makes it sound like we've just been busy with other stuff, like when you've been meaning to call your mom back, and you just haven't found a spare minute. Second, he disagrees with Palin on death panels. There's nothing to disagree with! It's not like Palin said "hey, that sounds like a death panel!" and someone else said "no, no, it's a [whatever]." THERE ARE NO DEATH PANELS. They do not exist! You can't agree or disagree with something that doesn't exist! *smacks head on table* I would like to be more optimistic, but I just can’t.

First off, “we just didn’t get around” to fixing healthcare? Umm, yeah, methinks not. That makes it sound like we’ve just been busy with other stuff, like when you’ve been meaning to call your mom back, and you just haven’t found a spare minute.

Second, he disagrees with Palin on death panels. There’s nothing to disagree with! It’s not like Palin said “hey, that sounds like a death panel!” and someone else said “no, no, it’s a [whatever].” THERE ARE NO DEATH PANELS. They do not exist! You can’t agree or disagree with something that doesn’t exist! *smacks head on table*

]]> By: sauerkraut http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/27/saxby-chambliss-death-panel-denier/#comment-125933 sauerkraut Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:28:56 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6326#comment-125933 I have no respect for Chambliss. He tried to hitch his wagon to her glutes and for that he needs to do some serious penance. I have no respect for Chambliss. He tried to hitch his wagon to her glutes and for that he needs to do some serious penance.

]]> By: aussiegal77 http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/27/saxby-chambliss-death-panel-denier/#comment-125895 aussiegal77 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:47:37 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6326#comment-125895 Sorry....correction.....I will hold my applause UNTIL he can make it thru the weekend without a retraction =D Sorry….correction…..I will hold my applause UNTIL he can make it thru the weekend without a retraction =D

]]> By: aussiegal77 http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/27/saxby-chambliss-death-panel-denier/#comment-125893 aussiegal77 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:45:59 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6326#comment-125893 well....color me suprised.....A Repub being.....honest? And decent? Are the 4 Horsemen on their way as we speak? I like what I see but I will hold my applause if Chambliss makes it thru tomorrow and the weekend without a retraction or back pedal of his comments or an apology to Rush for defying party lines. well….color me suprised…..A Repub being…..honest? And decent? Are the 4 Horsemen on their way as we speak?

I like what I see but I will hold my applause if Chambliss makes it thru tomorrow and the weekend without a retraction or back pedal of his comments or an apology to Rush for defying party lines.

]]> By: strangelet http://www.themudflats.net/2009/08/27/saxby-chambliss-death-panel-denier/#comment-125890 strangelet Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:36:18 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=6326#comment-125890 Aussie, you have a nasty mind. I like that. Aussie, you have a nasty mind. I like that.

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