Go ahead and flame me for this youtube link

[timtom]

to a Republican, but I believe he speaks truth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csthf_CQsjo

[dipsydoodle]

1. No need to apologise

He speaks like a Democrat - should do but doesn't always do so.

[Tallison]

2. It's not too late to change your vote come Nov 4th

I hear McCain now is nominally against the bill!

Honestly, the fact that Republicans oppose the legislation should be a big sign of its necessity to people, especially people here.

:eyes:

[timtom]

9. I'm not sure I understand...

Change whose vote Nov 4? And to what?

I'm sure the bill you reference has provisions for oversight, transparency, and provisions that benefit the taxpayers directly (especially those with serious mortgage problems). I know that's what you mean.

I know you're not insinuating any repuke tie-in on my part.

The video speaks unequivocal truth and, as such, transcends partisanship.

[Tallison]

10. Obama and Congressional Dem leadership support this legislation for a reason

because the alternative is disastrous. House members who voted provisional a 'no' are now on the floor now hedging in realization that the bill won't pass given current alignments, which shows that they want it without having to own it, for fear of constituent backlash.

This bills' opponents are cravenly putting their careers ahead of the country's welfare; McCotter's speech is a transparent case in point.

[timtom]

11. Thanks for the clarification

But can't we have something closer to what Bernie Sanders proposed?

[cobalt1999]

3. Great speech.

The guys sounds intelligent and well reasoned. I just can't figure out how is it that he's a republican.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

6. Because he wants to "Abolish the redistributionist and outdated progressive federal income"

* REJECT ANY NEW TAXES ON ANYONE AT ANYTIME FOR ANY REASON
* Enact and/or make permanent tax relief, including the elimination of the
* Alternative Minimum Tax and the Death Tax; a reduction of the marriage tax penalty; an expanded child tax credit; a reduced corporate tax rate, capital gains rate, dividends rate, and the sales tax deduction
* Put Dynamic Scoring into Congressional Budget Office Projections
* Implement a taxpayers’ bill of rights
* Simplify the federal tax code
* Abolish the redistributionist and outdated progressive federal income tax and adopt a more just and prosperous system immune to political abuse and socialist demagoguery
http://www.mccotterforcongress.com/issues/13


Also because of this:

"In a Global Age where satellite communications bounce across borders, sophisticated elitists can’t understand why Americans are outraged by illegal immigration. The answer is self-evident: America’s sovereignty isn’t in our soil; it is in our souls. Big government, big business, the Left, and this trio’s elitist accomplices have all combined to cheat us of our sovereignty and tax money by enticing and exploiting illegal immigrants into America. We now witness the perverse spectacle of people illegally in America receiving legal benefits; of “sanctuary cities” and Leftist advocacy groups unilaterally flouting federal law; and of this crisis’ mocking of the sacrifices and concerns of naturalized citizens and legal immigrants."

http://www.mccotterforcongress.com/issues/8

[1awake]

4. what he say's is true,

why he's saying it, whether it's true beliefs or something else I do not know. Look, the D's and R's listed after a person's name on tv are there for one reason.. so stupid people can make a quick reference and not have to bother to do any research. Truth is truth regardless who speaks it. Don't ever let yourself be shouted down by the opposite side, nor our own.

[Not the Only One]

5. There are plenty of good Democrats opposed to this, too.

Kucinich and Kaptur and Bernie Sanders and more.

This isn't a partisan issue. It's the middle class vs. the filthy rich fear-mongering corporate overlords.

[timtom]

8. Absolutely correct!

If they didn't adopt Kucinich's plan, they damn well should have adopted Sanders' plan.

And the videos I have seen of Kaptur have knocked me clear out of my seat.

And from Ohio, too!

[UK populist]

7. On this he is right, But

I bet he didn't give the same speech on any of the occasions when Bush was grabbing more and more executive power like with the Patriot act, emergency powers directive or the No bid contracts for Iraq.