Only one democrat voted no to this.
Our lovable lawmakers have stuck their finger in the federal government’s eye again. Hah! The state Senate this morning enacted yet another meaningless piece of legislation that would be struck down immediately if anyone ever took the trouble to contest it in court. It prohibits President Obama and the Democrats in Congress from mandating that Tennesseans buy health insurance.
It was Sen. Andy Berke. Don’t get me wrong, there were other democrats there, they just abstained. (Added for clarification: Several democrats did vote for the bill as well, including Roy Herron.) Berke stood alone.
More from Adam on how it went down.
Here's my point on this: If there was a good reason for one of our Democrats to vote PRESENT, NOT VOTING instead of NO, I'd sure as hell like to hear it.
When this crap happens, it always looks like they are trying to be too clever by half.
As for the Democrats who voted FOR this, WTF??? Really, Lowe Finney? Really, Eric Stewart?
If you folks feel like you have to vote consistently with Republicans to keep your seat, why bother to have a Democrat at all? i'm not talking about inside-baseball here, I'm talking about the average damn voter. They don't give a crap for this, they want to know why Democrats aren't standing up for their constituencies!
Rant over.
Oh hell, Braisted says it's even worse than we thought:
http://seanbraisted.blogspot.com/2010/02/state-…
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