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icymist Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:27 PM
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Oops: Republican jumps gun on health care vote
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama's Democratic allies got an unlikely vote of confidence Saturday, as a top Republican foe prematurely declared defeat in the fight over remaking US health care.
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   Pence screws up  charliesheen   Nov-07-09 05:29 PM   #1 
   Epic Fail  DearAbby   Nov-07-09 05:30 PM   #4 
   of course he does  Aramchek   Nov-07-09 05:36 PM   #7 
   It's probably a ploy to scare the 1%  orpupilofnature57   Nov-07-09 05:36 PM   #8 
   lol  barbtries   Nov-07-09 05:30 PM   #2 
   Pence read the writing on the wall  Cirque du So-What   Nov-07-09 05:30 PM   #3 
   That's funny  prolesunited   Nov-07-09 05:31 PM   #5 
   lying in his statement...  spanone   Nov-07-09 05:34 PM   #6 
   It's kind of hard for Pence to see what the American people want...  47of74   Nov-07-09 05:46 PM   #9 
      ROFL!  icymist   Nov-07-09 05:57 PM   #10 
   HAHAHAHA  BzaDem   Nov-07-09 05:59 PM   #11 
 
charliesheen (1 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:29 PM
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1. Pence screws up
That's a big oops. Maybe he knows they've got the votes.
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 05:30 PM
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4. Epic Fail
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Aramchek (929 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:36 PM
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7. of course he does
and since we do have the votes,

the margin will be higher because many Blue Dogs will fear voting against something that passes.
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:36 PM
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8. It's probably a ploy to scare the 1%
Welcome, charliesheen.
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 05:30 PM
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2. lolUpdated at 8:51 AM
that's funny. someone must've wanted to get out of the office...
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Cirque du So-What Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:30 PM
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3. Pence read the writing on the wall
and had that statement prepared in advance. Too funny that one of his staffers released it prematurely. Encouraging for US that the vote will go off without a hitch.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:31 PM
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5. That's funny
Yep, they know how the vote is going to go today.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 05:34 PM
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6. lying in his statement...
"I am proud that all House Republicans stood by the American people in opposition" to the proposal, the statement quoted Pence as saying.


hey pence, the american people W A N T healthcare reform, asshole
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47of74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 05:46 PM
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9. It's kind of hard for Pence to see what the American people want...
Given that he walks around like this all day long;
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icymist Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:57 PM
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10. ROFL!
All you need do is paint a couple of eyes on those ass-cheeks and you will have his face!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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BzaDem Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:59 PM
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11. HAHAHAHA
Edited on Sat Nov-07-09 06:00 PM by BzaDem
Nice.
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