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“Health care will become the new third rail of politics, just like Social Security. They’ll say Republicans want to take your health care away. “
“I think you all should keep flooding offices with phone calls, faxes, e-mails, and so forth, and do the rallies. They have helped. They have made a huge difference, they’ve delayed this. Remember, they wanted all this to happen in August.”
“It’s very simple, folks. When Barack Obama and the Democrats win, America loses. Big time.”
“This health care bill will destroy the country as you and I know it. It will destroy the greatest health care system in the world. This will forever change the relationship that you and I have with our doctors because the government’s going to be a very powerful middleman.”
“Movements take time to develop and the conservative movement, this one, after decades of neglect, is on the march. Conservatism is on the ascendancy.”
“I do think the American citizens and their anger is going to translate into some sort of citizen action.”
“I went and looked up a number of things that the Founding Fathers found outrageous and that were the tipping point for them, the things that caused them to rebel and found this country — and they were nothing compared to what is happening in this piece of legislation alone!”
“Harry Reid has written language saying many of the provisions in the bill cannot be repealed. This whole thing is un-American. It is unconstitutional, and it’s not time to be polite with this.”
“I still think there’s a chance for defectors somewhere along the line, and I think at some point they’re going to have to resort to a mechanism whereby they get 51 votes instead of 60. Because I think at some point in the Senate they’re not going to be able to get 60, and the House is a whole ‘nother ballgame.”
“It would only take one Democrat Senator out of 60 to object to this horrendous piece of legislation and it would die. Just one Democrat Senator out of 60 to show some integrity, show some courage. Nobody anywhere thinks it will happen. It’s not even being discussed. Now, what does that tell you about Democrats? And yet it is always the Republicans who are portrayed as closed-minded, walking in lockstep. What a laugh. We now see what walking in lockstep is really all about and we see what actually is important, and it’s not the country.”