Having adopted Reclusive Leftist’s name for this disaster let’s see how NY tabloids announce it.
Newsday tone is rather somber
while the Daily News remains the cheerleader. But why is Obama in tiny letters?
Someone there is not so sure this is a good thing
NY Post’s sarcasm captures my mood too
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November 8, 2009 at 7:39 pm
cj
“I would like the [U.S. Conference of Catholic] Bishops, who as I understand it want a bill, to help us work out a plan where we don’t have winners and losers,” Waxman said. “Because the losers will make us lose the bill and the winners won’t have won anything.”
Welcome to the holy paternal theocracy of the USofA. What a kick in the ass. If I had enjoyed getting slapped around with Catholic dogma, I wouldn’t have left the church in the first place.
November 8, 2009 at 9:11 pm
cj
Some random reactions:
Terry O’Neill condemns the bill…
“NOW Opposes Health Care Bill That Strips Millions of Women of Abortion Access
Says Bill Obliterates Women’s Fundamental Right to Choose.”
The House of Representatives has dealt the worst blow to women’s fundamental right to self-determination in order to buy a few votes for reform of the profit-driven health insurance industry. We must protect the rights we fought for in Roe v. Wade. We cannot and will not support a health care bill that strips millions of women of their existing access to abortion.
More: http://www.now.org/press/11-09/11-08.html
Jeralyn @ talkleft
“You Can’t Always Get What You Want”
Lots of unhappy folks out there tonight, and lots of politicians thumping their own chests. The reality, as usual, probably lies somewhere in the middle…
Dennis Kucinich takes a beating @ DU
TaylorfuckingMarsh sees the light…
“The first female Speaker of the House makes history by passing a health care bill that not only doesn’t have a robust public option, but also sells out women’s civil rights.”
But the best round of giggles comes from Planned Parenthood:
“Opponents of legal abortion and health care for women are emboldened by Saturday night’s vote and ready to bring their ban on abortion to the Senate floor. But now it’s our turn. And this time we are going to use our strongest weapon: the White House.
That’s why, today, we are calling on President Obama to ensure that lawmakers, especially those in his own party, support health care reform that protects women’s access to reproductive care as the next round of debate and voting occurs in the Senate.”
November 9, 2009 at 8:43 am
PamelaofthePoconos
LOL, eh?
November 9, 2009 at 8:45 am
chatblu
Planned Parenthood thinks that their strongest weaopn is the WH? They must have had several hits of looooooooong acting Hopium, heretofore known at Hopium-XR!
November 9, 2009 at 1:15 pm
cj
Update:
Obtained: In Letter To Pelosi, 41 House Dems Pledge To Vote Against Bill With Anti-Abortion Amendment
A source sends over a working copy of the letter without the signatories, and a source says it currently bears the signatures of 41 House Dems. They’re all vowing to vote No on a bill if it contains the Stupak amendment — enough to sink the bill:
“As members of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, we believe that women should have access to a full range of reproductive health care. Health care reform must not be misused as an opportunity to restrict women’s access to reproductive health services.
The Stupak-Pitts amendment to H.R. 3962, The Affordable Healthcare for America Act, represents an unprecedented and unacceptable restriction on women’s ability to access the full range of reproductive health servicesto which they are lawfully entitled. We will not vote for a conference report that contains language that restricts women’s right to choose any further than current law.”
That’s unequivocal, with no wiggle room.
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/health-care/obtained-in-letter-to-pelosi-41-house-dems-pledge-to-vote-against-bill-with-abortion-amendment/