Democrats who voted against public option got $19 million from healthcare firms

Bribes ? Oh there must be some other more "sanitized" term to describe being as sleezy as a $2 ho, and having all the integrity of swiss cheese. Uhm, how about something less aliterative like "silenced" or "lubed" as in "greased for peace". There, all nice and civil again.
Bob Dylan: " Money doesn't just talk, it swears " under oath.

And my wife calls me a pessimist. I have always said that I was a realist, which seems like a pessimist, but a realist makes a pessimist look like an optimist.
Yeah all that is real as cake and there is no elected official who doesn't take bribes (OOPS i mean incentives) for their vote.
I am so sad for our fate.

Awww man....what the fuck democrats. Please don't make a habit of this bullshit, trying to line your pockets ahead of the best interests of the country.....

VOTE UP!
This needs to be exposed to the mainstream!
Their actions are absolutely ridiculous and inexcusable.

I am beginning to wonder if we aren't being manipulated into accepting less than what we really want in a public option...thus the resistance from those who are supposed to be representing us. If we ever do get the kind of reform most Americans want on the table, I suspect they will have us desperate to accept anything by then...which is probably the plan.

How is this not a bribe???

How is this legal?? oh wait, the people that write the laws are the ones taking the bribes.

Neither party seems to be able to control their appetite for money. I suppose constituents are a lower priority.

What would happen if the Dems tossed them from the Party?

So that's why the public option was slowly being dropped... I wonder how much Obama was bribed, because his plan a few months ago is nothing like what it is today... Public option to "insurance reform", what a bunch of sh!t.

(note to self; just after being elected to office open Swiss bank account so bribes are harder to track)

It is wrong for both Democrats and Republicans to be selling out the American people. I do not know how they live with themselves. They must either not give a shit about people, or they are way out of touch. Probably both. They have no business being in their positions. I don't know why more Americans aren't more outraged. Don't people value democracy?

Also...
In what to me is the most infuriating fact. These senators are given the option of purchasing a special healthcare program. For $503.00 a year, they get to use the "clinic" in the lower level of the senate. In this clinic they are given the best medical care by some of the best physicians in the country. They also have specialists brought in, and have the capability of preforming surgery and full rehab services. All of this is included in their $503.00 a year subscription. I wonder how many of these reps have chosen that option? Or do they just plan on using some of their payoff to cover their bills for the year.

This is really both sad and sooo maddening. I'm waiting for the day in hopes that our representatives will someday be held accountable for the decisions they make. We elect them based on the hope that they will be the best of the 2 people we get to choose from. I realize that we are not a 2 party system, but in reality when will the time come where we can have an actual choice in who represents us. Many cannot afford the amount of money that it takes to run for office, so it's difficult to have someone who actually represents our ideals to win the vote. It is thru actions like this that people like Gore Vidal create the argument that we are in a nation headed toward military dictatorship. What is it going to take to sincerely educate our generate and the generation after us. Something needs to happen to make them care about healthcare, the environment, the economy, and living in a multi-cultured nation. With the amount of traffic on the internet, and the ease of social networking these days, lets take what Obama started and have more people from varied backgrounds and economic settings step up and represent our values. Maybe once that happens we can stand the chance of greed not stepping in so quickly to deter our necessities.

Who said you can't put a price tag on ah life , well these
ass holes did , how could they sleep at night !

Traitors . Most Americans wanted that . I hope this is the end of their political career .

Bribery charges should be brought up by us the citizens of the United States.

thats a serious chunk of change. . . anyone else think lobbyists should be removed and . . .

Vote them all out of office, Democrats and Republicans alike.

change we can believe in

see; why didnt they just use all that money to fix healthcare. they are all crooks and they all cannot be trusted !

I think it is clear that these representatives are only representing their own interests. This issue is too big for Democratic voters to forget. They are risking their political careers for this money.

Really? What a shock!