Rep. Joe Wilson Blames Obama For Vaccine Shortage -- After Voting Against Vaccine Funding »
Posted By mesodude 3 weeks, 1 day ago in Political NewsLast week, some Democrats predicted that H1N1 could become a new line attack of attack on Obama from Republicans. In a release issued on Thursday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee claimed that any criticism of H1N1 policy by the GOP would amount to hypocrisy.
The DCCC pointed to a June vote on a supplementary appropriations bill as evidence. Wilson joined 95% of Republicans and voted against the bill, which contained special funding to combat H1N1 both domestically and internationally. But the bill also contained other much more money for other plans and programs Republicans at the time viewed as wasteful, including the Cash-For-Clunkers car purchase incentive program.
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jordan113 weeks, 1 day ago
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Endoscopy3 weeks ago
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The libs always have to do the ad hominem attack with red herring thrown in a lot of times. jordan got both in his comment.
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What is the real reason for the lack of vaccine? Libs will not like the answer. 20 years ago there were 30 companies that made it. Now there are just 4. Why did the others get out of the business? Lawsuit happy people made it nonprofitable. If you lose money doing something then you get out of the business rather than go bankrupt.
No tort reform from Obama so we will keep losing companies until there are none. The Pelosie bill actually disallows tort reform in the health care industry. The lawyers love the Dems that are responding to their money given to the Democrats by the lawyers. Are they bought and paid for. I have seen assertions on this site about Republicans therefore the libs must think this is true.
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Albmore3 weeks ago
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Letsme put it this way. If because we are at a shortage because we have sent vaccines somewhere else then someone is responsible.I doubt the president is the one distibuting vaccines though.
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2nd Voting against funding it was a sad thing to do by Wilson.
Either way its the same old politics from both sides. Smear, attack and no one take responsibility. Vote em all out 2010!-
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CRYMTYPHON3 weeks ago
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Your constant refusal to take responsibility for what the
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'center' has done, although it is in control,
and what the 'independents' have failed to do,
although they decide each coin toss,
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vote out the independents in 2010! Down with the centrists!
As darth vader once said, - you have failed us once too often.
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Tangent0013 weeks ago
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I'm not sure about Congress, but the First Family is following the CDC recommended protocol and haven't received their vaccinations as yet. I'd guess that the more elderly members of Congress have gotten their shots, but I have no specific information.
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epiphannyy3 weeks ago
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Obama had his daughters get the vaccine about a week or so ago, stating they were in the high risk age group. He and Michelle did not get it because they aren't in the high risk group. The statement released about it said they would be receiving their vaccines after those in the high risk group received theirs.
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They are following the CDC protocol.......high risk vaccinated first, then everyone else.
I don't know about other members of Congress or their families, but Obama's daughters' vaccinations were well publicized when it happened. They received both praise and criticism for it. Some praised them for helping to ease the fears by vaccinating their own kids, while others criticized them for getting "preferential treatment" by having the vaccine when others are finding it hard to obtain...although in my area, H1N1 vaccine is pretty easy to find, it's the seasonal flu vaccine that is nonexistent this year. I think this is just one of those situations that prove no matter what is done or said, criticisms and praise will be free flowing, depending on each person's political leanings.
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insuranceman3 weeks ago
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Republicans will not be happy until all of us are getting health care from a witch doctor. They have no platform or any ideas that would benefit average Americans. It's just take, take, take, and give it all to companies which ship jobs overseas.
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ConquerorWyrm3 weeks ago
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Oh, they want to go further than that...they want us all to get health care from only specific witch doctors...those fake Evangelicultists who 'lay hands' to heal while blabbering in tongues to impress their parishoners...and they want to force us through legislation to pay whatever the witch doctors want to charge...regulation free.
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VocalOp3 weeks ago
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Oh, another obstructionist pretending to be something else? Looks like Obama must really be doing a great job, when you consider Republican lawmakers can only attack him for what they refused to fund. Looks like the joke/hypocrisy is on them - again!
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willottica3 weeks ago
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For crying out loud, STOP PUTTING UNRELATED CRAP IN BILLS!
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You put needed H1N1 funding in a bill by itself, and anyone who votes against it has no excuse. You put your cash-for-clunkers program in a bill by itself and it passes on its merits if it deserves to. I'm so freakin' tired of this ridiculous tactic that confuses voters and makes it impossible to determine politicians positions on legislation. -
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