Bribing to Get the "Health Care" Bill Passed You've heard of the Louisiana Purchase and the Nebraska Compromise but had you heard that a Congressman's brother was appointed to a federal judgeship? That that congressman was "undecided" on the health care bill? That he now supports that bill?

...Barack Obama will host ten House Democrats who voted against the health care bill in November at the White House; he's obviously trying to persuade them to switch their votes to yes. One of the ten is Jim Matheson of Utah. The White House just sent out a press release announcing that today President Obama nominated Matheson's brother Scott M. Matheson, Jr. to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

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Consider Congressman Matheson's record on the health care bill. He voted against the bill in the Energy and Commerce Committee back in July and again when it passed the House in November. But now he's "undecided" on ramming the bill through Congress. "The Congressman is looking for development of bipartisan consensus," Matheson's press secretary Alyson Heyrend wrote to THE WEEKLY STANDARD on February 22. "It’s too early to know if that will occur." Asked if one could infer that if no Republican votes in favor of the bill (i.e. if a bipartisan consensus is not reached) then Rep. Matheson would vote no, Heyrend replied: "I would not infer anything. I’d wait to see what develops, starting with the health care summit on Thursday."

The timing of this nomination looks suspicious, especially in light Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak's claim that he was offered a federal job not to run against Arlen Specter in the Pennsylvania primary. Many speculated that Sestak, a former admiral, was offered the Secretary of the Navy job.

The thing is that if this bill was truly something that would help the American people there would be no need for bribery to get votes. This also shows that the POTUS must use bribery as his vaunted persuasive skills are otherwise lacking. I don't know if this is going to succeed in bringing us to our knees through the use of this "health care" bill but it is clear that some lawmakers, predominantly Dem/S, will compromise their oaths and their campaign promises to serve their constituents to serve this man and his destroy American agenda.

Labels: Criminals in Power

  ¶ posted by Hobie 10:23 AM