9/11 Is A Joke in GOP Town
Yesterday White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about Jon Stewart and his political clout in regards to the 9/11 First Responders bill that’s being stopped by the Republican Party. Gibbs said:
I think if there’s the ability for that to sort of break through in our political environment, I think there’s a good chance that he can help do that. I think he has put the awareness around this legislation — he’s put that awareness into what you guys cover each day, and I think that’s good.
I hope he can convince two Republicans to support taking care of those that took care of so many on that awful day in our history. It seems at the end of a long year, around the holiday season, a pretty awful thing to play politics about. But that’s a decision that 42 Republican senators are going to have to make.
If you haven’t seen the videos from The Daily Show, it’s definitely worth your time to watch.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Worst Responders | ||||
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| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| 9/11 First Responders React to the Senate Filibuster | ||||
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Tags: 9/11, GOP, John Stewart
Wow, can the Republicans look even worse than this?
I watched these videos the other day. Republicans are behaving horribly. And why shouldn’t they when the MSM lets them get away with it? Jon Stewart was the only one covering this story. All the other networks blew it off until these clips went viral.
“… a pretty awful thing to play politics about.” Getting there Gibbs. Now throw in”Up or down vote!”
I’m waiting for our friends on that other blog to defend Sen. Kyl’s stand on this. Look for this to be a huge campaign issue in 2012.
it passed! filibuster dropped! Thank you Jon Stewart for shaming republicans into acting like human beings.
http://gawker.com/5716104/the-911-health-bill-will-finally-pass
(how sad is it that it took a clip from comedy central to go viral to fix this? oh well. at least it’s done)
Republican block of 9-11 healthcare defeated! I wonder how this will be spun in the liberal media?
Probably as “Democrats Use Trickery to Undermine Rules of the Senate”.
Or “Republicans defeat Democratic block of health care for 9-11 first responders”
Final vote in the House was 205-60 (59 Confederates voting no), 169 having already skipped town.
Comment by MJ on 22 December 2010 at 2:50 pm:
“I’m waiting for our friends on that other blog to defend Sen. Kyl’s stand on this. Look for this to be a huge campaign issue in 2012.”
This won’t cost the GOP anything. This bill benefits mostly people in the predominently Democratic states of NY, NJ and Conn.
But it plays well across the country. “The GOP hates first responders. Tells 9/11 heroes to drop dead.”