The Democratic party should be completely and utterly ashamed of itself for it's Chicago style of mob politics. In particular, resorting to bribery to win necessary votes for new health care legislation. Consider this: In the House of Representatives, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana was promised $300 million for her state in order to acquire her vote to pass the health care legislation.
Now the same shenanigans have taken place in the Senate with Harry Reid promising the same sort of payout to acquire the vote of Ben Nelson from Nebraska. While the exact bribe amount is not yet known, Democratic senator Kent Conrad was quoted as saying that Sen. Nelson's payout will be "much more" than what it cost to buy Rep. Landrieu's vote.
Think about what this means for the future of legislation in the Democratic party. It pays to hold out until you're the last vote needed and then you can extort exorbitant amounts of money from the rest of the country.
Nice job Mr. Reid and Ms. Pelosi.
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