Today’s article is coming out later than usual because of my trying to decide just how I wanted to approach this tragedy. I finally decided, the hell with it, I’ll just let my fingers make that decision for me. And they did just that. Enjoy!

Once again many of us found ourselves glued to C-SPAN2, in the middle of the night, as the Senate voted on cloture of the Harry Reid Amendment for the healthcare reform bill. We watched as votes were bought, threats were made, and bribes were placed to bring on the 60 votes needed to approve a cloture for this amendment.

Nelson signed on with cloture of Reid's Amendment

This administration has used everything within their reach to push through one of the most tragic bills to ever be presented to the American population. Chicago Style Politics has been used in so many ways with the agendas of this President’s Administration. Senator Ben Nelson, of Nebraska, was one of the latest to cave to these tactics, while accepting a bribe for his support. One just has to wonder what all took place behind those closed door meetings to get Senator Nelson to become a traitor against the good people of Nebraska when the majority of Nebraskans are strongly opposed to the passage of the proposed legislation. If last nights emergency healthcare rally is a sign of what’s to come for Nelson, I’d say that his choice to place a vote for Cloture, of Reid’s amendment, was indeed his not so logical choice to vote himself right out of office.

Being from Iowa, I watched the C-SPAN2 coverage with a great deal of embarrassment as Senator Tom Harkin, of Iowa, stood there

Harkin proudly supports cloture of Reid's Amendment

and talked about all the advantages of this health care legislation. Nearly everything he talked about was developed from a twisted mess of lies. He even talked about keeping your current healthcare if you are happy with it. Those of us who have been paying attention to this whole mess, already know this is a complete lie.

In his form constituent responses and other means, Senator Tom Harkin has had a tendency to use poll numbers showing a majority of Iowans being in support of healthcare reform. To be honest, I am one of those people. What he doesn’t do, is to detail those numbers and show just how many Iowans are against this proposed healthcare reform and are actually in support of true remedies to the issues. Senator Harkin, the Iowans, who have read all or parts of this bill and it’s amendments, are far too smart to be in support of the terrible legislation that you are proposing for Iowa and the rest of America. You are a complete embarrassment for Iowa and I do know there is a growing movement forming to make sure you will no longer have the opportunity to continue to embarrass Iowa.

This is what Harry Reid thinks of majority of Americans

And then there was Senator Harry Reid, who decided to stand up and dish out some of his lies. He stated, “Americans are dieing far too soon.”  And yet, if he gets his way, Americans will most likely die earlier, while suffering and waiting in a line of government red tape. A shortage of medical professionals and facilities will be the direct cause of people suffering and dieing while waiting for proper care. You don’t have to look any further than our Canadian neighbors to find many such perfect examples of this.

Truth be known, I am in support of a viable health care reform that is NOT controlled by the government and so full of legislative pork and bribes. Most people I speak with are in complete agreement that reform is indeed needed. We just have no interest in the inefficiencies of our government being in control of it.

What Conservatives and Republicans don’t seem to be aware of, is that your Republican legislators are doing far less to stop the passage of this bill than you are aware of. It seems they have little interest in delaying the passage of this bill as stated by Republican Senator Jon Kyl on Bill Bennett’s radio show. The details of this, and much more, can be found at, Earth Times. Don’t be shocked when you realize that both parties are to blame for this bill moving forward.

Here’s one of the many revealing things they pointed out:

“Republican Senator Jon Kyl let the cat out of the bag on Bill Bennett’s radio show last week. When guest host Rick Santorum asked Kyl, ‘What is your strategy, to the extent you can share it,’ Kyl said, ‘Our strategy is not actually to delay…Our strategy is to have a lot of good amendments and highlight the problems in the bill. It is not our strategy to somehow slow things down.’

Fortunately for America, this battle is not yet over. There are a number of steps left before we can even think about letting up with this fight against Chicago Style Politics. Just because the Christmas Holiday Season is upon us, does not mean it is time to let down your guard. Keep calling, emailing, and faxing all of your legislators on a daily basis and let them know you are strongly opposed to an attack on the best healthcare system in the world.

With votes expected to take place on Christmas Eve, what are you going to let these jokers give you for Christmas?