Comments on: Bipartisanship – Compare and Contrast

By: adelinesdad

adelinesdad — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:46:38 +0000

President Bush advisors did meet with Cindy Sheehan: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,164981,00.html

Excuse the link to fox news. I'm sure the story is entirely fabricated.

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By: Leonidas

Leonidas — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:37:35 +0000

And I have no problem with that, the Democrats are entitled to do just that. They just better remember that that particular district leans Republican.

By: redbus

redbus — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:13:32 +0000

Congressman Stupak's anti-abortion stance will come at a price. If he should succeed in blocking the health care legislation over abortion, expect DailyKos and like-minded sites to be grooming a challenger for the Democratic primary. This is one area where the Dems brook no variance from the strict pro-abortion party line.

By: Leonidas

Leonidas — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:57:19 +0000

Oh BTW also of note on the subject:

Obama Won't Meet With Pro-Life Democrat to Discuss Abortion, Health Care
http://www.lifenews.com/nat5464.html

Stupak, a Michigan congressman, told the conservative magazine that he has repeatedly asked for a meeting, or even a few minutes on the phone, with Obama but has been consistently refused.

"I just jumped Rahm Emanuel again this morning" to ask for a meeting, Stupak said Thursday.

Stupak says the White House may want to take him up on his offer because he says he still has enough votes to derail either the bill or the rules for debate on it, which would prevent the legislation from moving from the committee to the floor.

"She knows better than that," Stupak told the Weekly Standard about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi thus far not allowing a vote on his amendment to truly ban all abortion funding from the bill.

Rules Committee chairman Louise Slaughter has also commented that she doesn't expect a vote on Stupak's amendment.

Stupak said the media has largely focused on the coalition of fiscally conservative Democrats who oppose the health care bill for financial reasons, but one of the major reasons HR 3200 may not be approved in its current form is because of Democrats who oppose the abortion funding found in it.

By: Leonidas

Leonidas — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:16:29 +0000

Wouldn't a more fair question be "Did the domestic policy advisors of Bush ever meet with people who were in vocally public opposition to the policies and positions of his political base?"

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/09...

The White House responded to Yoest, and she will meet on Thursday, Sept. 17 with President Obama's domestic policy adviser and the director of the Domestic Policy Council, Melody Barnes, and White House director of public liaison Tina Tchen.

Obama himself is not aparently meeting with them.

By: imavettoo

imavettoo — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:54:48 +0000

The Republican definition of bi-partisanship & any given in an actual dictionary are polar opposites.