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Defend America on Monday, December 21, 2009 7:53:12 AM
Sen. Whitehouse: foes of health care bill are birthers, right-wing militias, aryan groups
By
Kerry Picket on Dec. 20, 2009 into
Water Cooler
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today took shots at those who are
not supporting the health care legislation. During a floor speech, he
excoriated Senate GOP members for up holding the pending health care
bill and accused their supporters of being birthers and fanatics in
right-wing militia and Aryan support groups. He started off by citing
an editorial from the Manchester Journal Inquirer, which used insults
like "lunatic fringe.":
...
After explaining why absent GOP members who did not vote for the
Department of Defense spending bill was tantamount to a "no" vote, he
went on to say that Republicans and their supporters just want to
"break" the momentum of President Obama.:
"Voting
'no' and hiding from the vote are the same result. Those of us on the
floor see it. It was clear the three of them who did not cast their yes
votes until all 60 Senate votes had been tallied and it was clear that
the result was a foregone conclusion. And why? Why all this discord and
discourtesy, all this unprecedented destructive action? All to break
the momentum of our new young president.
They
are desperate to break this president. They have ardent supporters who
are nearly hysterical at the very election of President Barack Obama. The
birthers, the fanatics, the people running around in right-wing militia
and Aryan support groups, it is unbearable to them that President
Barack Obama should exist. That is one powerful reason. It is not the only one."
http://washingtontimes.com/weblogs/watercooler/2009/dec/20/sen-whitehouse-foes-health-care-bill-are-birthers-/