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Fired Up Missouri
Republicans Will be Republicans
Fired Up Missouri, submitted by Hattie Kanengeiser on March 22, 2010
“The grass is green, the flowers have riz, I wonder where the Republicans is?”
The first day of spring was an apt time for the House passage of the health care bill that will forever change how we look at being ill or growing old in America. But as birds were chirping all across the land, not one Republican in Congress welcomed the new day.
It’s been a nasty and discomforting winter that culminated with verbal outbursts in the House and Tea Party tantrums harsh enough to wilt the dandelions on the Capitol lawn. Sadly, Republicans did nothing to restrain the Teabaggers from their shrill and racist outbreaks. In many cases, they have embraced their rhetoric and given tacit approval to their antics in hopes of keep the “teapot” boiling. Read more...
Truman and the "Turnip Day" Massacre
Fired Up Missouri, submitted by Jean Carnahan on March 24, 2010
Back in 1948 Harry Truman was matching wits with a GOP Congress determined to deep six every proposal offered by the president, including civil rights, education funding, the extension of Social Security, and, yes, health care reform. The Republicans had the clever idea that if they caused government to look dysfunctional, they could blame Truman and win a victory at the polls.
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Despite their unwillingness to pass anything, Republicans boasted that if their party was in the White House they would correct all the problems facing the nation. Harry called their bluff during his speech to the Democratic National Convention. The address was all the more memorable because it was delivered in a sweltering, non-air-conditioned hall at 1:45 a.m. to a dispirited convention that had been disrupted by a walk out of the Dixicrats and the quibbling of party progressives. Read more...
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