President Obama's proposal to open vast expanses of American coastlines to oil and natural gas drilling drew criticism from both sides in the drilling debate.
The office of John Kerry, who has staked out a key role shepherding climate legislation, sends over a statement saying that offshore drilling — which Obama announced he’s moving forward on — could help get 60 votes in the Senate for climate change legislation.
Kerry spokesperson Whitney Smith emails:“President Obama once again today reaffirmed his commitment to passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation.
“In the difficult work of putting together a 60 vote coalition to price carbon, Senator Kerry has put aside his own long-time policy objections and been willing to explore potential energy sources off our coasts as part of a suite of alternative solutions. He and his colleagues are committed to find acceptable compromises on onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration, conducted in an environmentally sensitive manner that protects the interests of the coastal states.
“They’ve met with Senators who oppose drilling and those who support it and they’ve worked for months to determine the best solutions.”
Kerry and Senator Lindsey Graham are developing climate change legislation that they hope will attract bipartisan support in the Senate. As the statement above suggests, Kerry believes that drilling could help win over some GOP support for this approach.
But the question remains: Which Republican Senators can be persuaded to support even a “compromise” version of climate change legislation? http://tinyurl.com/ylxc4t4
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
PSYCHIATRIST ON OBAMA: A PATHOLOGICAL NARCISSIST
Dr. Sam Vaknin is an Israeli psychologist. Dr. Vaknin has written
extensively about narcissism.
Dr. Vaknin States "I must confess I was impressed by Sen.Barack Obama from
the first time I saw him. At first I was excited to see a black candidate.
He looked youthful, spoke well, appeared to be confident - a wholesome presidential package.
I was put off soon, not just because of his shallowness but also because
there was an air of haughtiness in his demeanor that was unsettling.
His posture and his body language were louder than his empty words.
Obama's speeches are unlike any political speech we have heard in
American history. Never a politician in this land had such quasi "religious" impact on
so many people.
The fact that Obama is a total incognito with zero accomplishment,
makes this inexplicable infatuation alarming. Obama is not an ordinary man. He is not a genius.
In fact he is quite ignorant on most important subjects."
Barack Obama is a narcissist.
Dr. Sam Vaknin, the author of the Malignant Self Love believes
"Barack Obama appears to be a narcissist."
Vaknin is a world authority on narcissism.
He understands narcissism and describes the inner mind of a narcissist
like no other person.
When he talks about narcissism everyone listens.
Vaknin says that Obama's language, posture and demeanor,
and the testimonies of his closest,
dearest friends suggest that the Senator is either a narcissist or
he may have narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).
Narcissists project a grandiose but false image of themselves.
Jim Jones, the charismatic leader of People's Temple, the man who led
over 900 of his followers to cheerfully commit mass suicide and even murder
their own children was also a narcissist.
David Koresh, Charles Manson, Joseph Koni, Shoko Asahara, Stalin,
Saddam, Mao,Kim Jong Ill and Adolph Hitler are a few examples of
narcissists of our time..
All these men had a tremendous influence over their fanciers.
They created a personality cult around themselves and with their blazing speeches elevated their admirers, filled their hearts with enthusiasm and
instilled in their minds a new zest for life. They gave them hope!
They promised them the moon, but alas, invariably they brought them to their doom.
When you are a victim of a cult of personality, you don't know it until it is too late..
One determining factor in the development of NPD is childhood abuse.
"Obama's early life was decidedly chaotic and replete with traumatic and
mentally bruising dislocations,"says Vaknin.
"Mixed- race marriages were even less common then.
His parents went through a divorce when he was an infant (two years old).
Obama saw his father only once again, before he died in a car accident.
Then his mother re-married and Obama had to relocate to Indonesia,
a foreign land with a radically foreign culture, to be raised by a step-father.
At the age of ten, he was whisked off to live with his maternal (white) grandparents.
He saw his mother only intermittently in the following few years and then she
vanished from his life in 1979. She died of cancer in 1995."
One must never underestimate the manipulative genius of pathological narcissists.
They project such an imposing personality that it overwhelms those around them.
Charmed by the charisma of the narcissist, people become like clay in his hands.
They cheerfully do his bidding and delight to be at his service..
The narcissist shapes the world around himself and reduces others in his own inverted image.
He creates a cult of personality. His admirers become his co-dependents.
Narcissists have no interest in things that do not help them to reach their personal objective.
They are focused on one thing alone and that is power.
All other issues are meaningless to them and they do not want to waste their precious time on trivialities..
Anything that does not help them is beneath them and do not deserve their attention.
If an issue raised in the Senate does not help Obama in one way or another, he has no interest in it.
The "present" vote is a safe vote. No one can criticize him if things go wrong.
Those issues are unworthy by their very nature because they are not about him.
Obama's election as the first black president of the Harvard Law Reviewed to a contract and advance to write a book about race relations.
The University of Chicago Law School provided him a lot longer than expected and at the end it evolved into, guess what?
His own autobiography! Instead of writing a scholarly paper focusing on race relations, for which he had been paid, Obama could not resist writing about his most sublime self.
He entitled the book Dreams from My Father.Not surprisingly, Adolph Hitler also wrote his own autobiography when he was still a nobody. So did Stalin.
For a narcissist no subject is as important as his own self. Why would he waste his precious time and genius writing about insignificant things when he can write about such an august being as himself?Narcissists are often callous and even ruthless. As the norm, they lack conscience. This is evident from Obama's lack of interest in his own brother who lives on only one dollar per month.
A man who lives in luxury, who takes a private jet to vacation in Hawaii, and who has raised nearly half a billion dollars for his campaign(something unprecedented in history) has no interest in the plight of his own brother.
Why? Because, his brother cannot be used for his ascent to power. A narcissist cares for no one but himself.
This election is like no other in the history of America. The issues are insignificant compared to what is at stake. What can be more dangerous than having a man bereft of conscience, a serial liar, and one who cannot distinguish his fantasies from reality as the leader of the free world?
I hate to sound alarmist, but one is a fool if one is not alarmed. Many politicians are narcissists. They pose no threat to others... They are simply self serving and selfish. Obama evidences symptoms of pathological narcissism, which is different from the run-of-the-mill narcissism of a Richard Nixon or a Bill Clinton for example. To him reality and fantasy are intertwined.
This is a mental health issue, not just a character flaw. Pathological narcissists are dangerous because they look normal and even intelligent. It is this disguise that makes them treacherous. Today the Democrats have placed all their hopes in Obama. But this man could put an end to their party. The great majority of blacks have also decided to vote for Obama. Only a fool does not know that their support for him is racially driven.
This is racism, pure and simple.The downside of this is that if Obama turns out to be the disaster I predict, he will cause widespread resentment among the whites. The blacks are unlikely to give up their support of their man. Cultic mentality is pernicious and unrelenting. They will dig their heads deeper in the sand and blame Obama's detractors of racism. This will cause a backlash among the whites. The white supremacists will take advantage of the discontent and
they will receive widespread support.
I predict that in less than four years, racial tensions will increase to levels never seen since the turbulent 1960's..Obama will set the clock back decades... America is the bastion of freedom. The peace of the world depends on the strength of America, and its weakness translates into the triumph of terrorism and victory of rogue nations. It is no wonder that Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, the Castrists, the Hezbollah, the Hamas, the lawyers of the Guantanamo terrorists and virtually all sworn enemies of America are so thrilled by the prospect of their man in the White House.
America is on the verge of destruction. There is no insanity greater than electing a pathological narcissist as president. Cops call them Sociopath's.
extensively about narcissism.
Dr. Vaknin States "I must confess I was impressed by Sen.Barack Obama from
the first time I saw him. At first I was excited to see a black candidate.
He looked youthful, spoke well, appeared to be confident - a wholesome presidential package.
I was put off soon, not just because of his shallowness but also because
there was an air of haughtiness in his demeanor that was unsettling.
His posture and his body language were louder than his empty words.
Obama's speeches are unlike any political speech we have heard in
American history. Never a politician in this land had such quasi "religious" impact on
so many people.
The fact that Obama is a total incognito with zero accomplishment,
makes this inexplicable infatuation alarming. Obama is not an ordinary man. He is not a genius.
In fact he is quite ignorant on most important subjects."
Barack Obama is a narcissist.
Dr. Sam Vaknin, the author of the Malignant Self Love believes
"Barack Obama appears to be a narcissist."
Vaknin is a world authority on narcissism.
He understands narcissism and describes the inner mind of a narcissist
like no other person.
When he talks about narcissism everyone listens.
Vaknin says that Obama's language, posture and demeanor,
and the testimonies of his closest,
dearest friends suggest that the Senator is either a narcissist or
he may have narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).
Narcissists project a grandiose but false image of themselves.
Jim Jones, the charismatic leader of People's Temple, the man who led
over 900 of his followers to cheerfully commit mass suicide and even murder
their own children was also a narcissist.
David Koresh, Charles Manson, Joseph Koni, Shoko Asahara, Stalin,
Saddam, Mao,Kim Jong Ill and Adolph Hitler are a few examples of
narcissists of our time..
All these men had a tremendous influence over their fanciers.
They created a personality cult around themselves and with their blazing speeches elevated their admirers, filled their hearts with enthusiasm and
instilled in their minds a new zest for life. They gave them hope!
They promised them the moon, but alas, invariably they brought them to their doom.
When you are a victim of a cult of personality, you don't know it until it is too late..
One determining factor in the development of NPD is childhood abuse.
"Obama's early life was decidedly chaotic and replete with traumatic and
mentally bruising dislocations,"says Vaknin.
"Mixed- race marriages were even less common then.
His parents went through a divorce when he was an infant (two years old).
Obama saw his father only once again, before he died in a car accident.
Then his mother re-married and Obama had to relocate to Indonesia,
a foreign land with a radically foreign culture, to be raised by a step-father.
At the age of ten, he was whisked off to live with his maternal (white) grandparents.
He saw his mother only intermittently in the following few years and then she
vanished from his life in 1979. She died of cancer in 1995."
One must never underestimate the manipulative genius of pathological narcissists.
They project such an imposing personality that it overwhelms those around them.
Charmed by the charisma of the narcissist, people become like clay in his hands.
They cheerfully do his bidding and delight to be at his service..
The narcissist shapes the world around himself and reduces others in his own inverted image.
He creates a cult of personality. His admirers become his co-dependents.
Narcissists have no interest in things that do not help them to reach their personal objective.
They are focused on one thing alone and that is power.
All other issues are meaningless to them and they do not want to waste their precious time on trivialities..
Anything that does not help them is beneath them and do not deserve their attention.
If an issue raised in the Senate does not help Obama in one way or another, he has no interest in it.
The "present" vote is a safe vote. No one can criticize him if things go wrong.
Those issues are unworthy by their very nature because they are not about him.
Obama's election as the first black president of the Harvard Law Reviewed to a contract and advance to write a book about race relations.
The University of Chicago Law School provided him a lot longer than expected and at the end it evolved into, guess what?
His own autobiography! Instead of writing a scholarly paper focusing on race relations, for which he had been paid, Obama could not resist writing about his most sublime self.
He entitled the book Dreams from My Father.Not surprisingly, Adolph Hitler also wrote his own autobiography when he was still a nobody. So did Stalin.
For a narcissist no subject is as important as his own self. Why would he waste his precious time and genius writing about insignificant things when he can write about such an august being as himself?Narcissists are often callous and even ruthless. As the norm, they lack conscience. This is evident from Obama's lack of interest in his own brother who lives on only one dollar per month.
A man who lives in luxury, who takes a private jet to vacation in Hawaii, and who has raised nearly half a billion dollars for his campaign(something unprecedented in history) has no interest in the plight of his own brother.
Why? Because, his brother cannot be used for his ascent to power. A narcissist cares for no one but himself.
This election is like no other in the history of America. The issues are insignificant compared to what is at stake. What can be more dangerous than having a man bereft of conscience, a serial liar, and one who cannot distinguish his fantasies from reality as the leader of the free world?
I hate to sound alarmist, but one is a fool if one is not alarmed. Many politicians are narcissists. They pose no threat to others... They are simply self serving and selfish. Obama evidences symptoms of pathological narcissism, which is different from the run-of-the-mill narcissism of a Richard Nixon or a Bill Clinton for example. To him reality and fantasy are intertwined.
This is a mental health issue, not just a character flaw. Pathological narcissists are dangerous because they look normal and even intelligent. It is this disguise that makes them treacherous. Today the Democrats have placed all their hopes in Obama. But this man could put an end to their party. The great majority of blacks have also decided to vote for Obama. Only a fool does not know that their support for him is racially driven.
This is racism, pure and simple.The downside of this is that if Obama turns out to be the disaster I predict, he will cause widespread resentment among the whites. The blacks are unlikely to give up their support of their man. Cultic mentality is pernicious and unrelenting. They will dig their heads deeper in the sand and blame Obama's detractors of racism. This will cause a backlash among the whites. The white supremacists will take advantage of the discontent and
they will receive widespread support.
I predict that in less than four years, racial tensions will increase to levels never seen since the turbulent 1960's..Obama will set the clock back decades... America is the bastion of freedom. The peace of the world depends on the strength of America, and its weakness translates into the triumph of terrorism and victory of rogue nations. It is no wonder that Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, the Castrists, the Hezbollah, the Hamas, the lawyers of the Guantanamo terrorists and virtually all sworn enemies of America are so thrilled by the prospect of their man in the White House.
America is on the verge of destruction. There is no insanity greater than electing a pathological narcissist as president. Cops call them Sociopath's.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
OBAMA'S PHRMA DEAL
On 7/22/09 I wrote a blog on Rahm Emanual, Obama and Axelrod called "The Trio that is running the Country".
To get to the point, this is what I knew about Emanual at the time:
"Rahm served 3 terms in the US House and in between was a partner in a Private Equity firm where he quickly earned 16 Million before Clinton appointed him a seat at Freddie Mac. Little is known that the mortgage crises happened on his watch, and for his short stint as director at Freddie Mac he received stock options totaling $ 380,000. The private equity firm in which he was partner merged with another firm in which he is now a quiet partner holding shares. This firm switched from Financial Services to Health Care Services recently. He's a limited partner of that fund, meaning he's invested capital into that group. Additionally, he's actively enabled several private equity and hedge funds access to state pensions for large sums of capital. What do you think he gets in return? Major money. And if Obama's health care bill gets passed, the sky will probably be the limit for him and who else?
Now my suspicion then is confirmed. This healthcare bill is worse than the Madoff scam, but how to prove it?
Saturday, March 20, 2010
COULD OBAMA FACE IMPEACHMENT?
This writer, Gerald Warner, from the British Telegraph wrote this excellent article on what is going on here. It is easy to understand and it makes me wonder how much "face" we are losing in the rest of the free world. It is clear what Warner is trying to say, mainly that this country made a big big mistake by voting for this guy.
http://tinyurl.com/yl5bkb6
I also agree with him that there appears to be a desire to kill millions of unborn babies. But why? At one of the tea parties I met a leader from Joshua's Trail once, and he told me that some in the black communities believe that Obama wants to help reduce the black population, sort of like Hitler did with the Jews. In any case, this is a bad situation and I pray to God for guidance and help.
http://tinyurl.com/yl5bkb6
I also agree with him that there appears to be a desire to kill millions of unborn babies. But why? At one of the tea parties I met a leader from Joshua's Trail once, and he told me that some in the black communities believe that Obama wants to help reduce the black population, sort of like Hitler did with the Jews. In any case, this is a bad situation and I pray to God for guidance and help.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
THE TRUTH ABOUT NATIONALIZED HEALTH CARE
I grew up with it, nationalized health insurance. Never thought anything bad of it,either, because that is all I knew. It worked in Germany, it's been in place ever since I can remember. It is just that, health care. There is no huge bill that also has provisions for education, funded abortion etc etc. It is well run and organized, and most people are happy. Remember, Germany is about the size of Michigan, therefor it is doable. The US can't even run Medicare/Medicaid or the Post Office properly. Germany may have nationalized health care, but they don't own and rule their banks or car companies. What is going on here is entirely different. We have an administration that wants to "rule", we will have a tyranny.
In Germany they take out 7 or 8 percent out of your paycheck, the employer contributes the same. That covers your basic health care, doctors, hospitals etc. One can take out additional private insurance for better hospital rooms (2 person room instead of a ward).
Now, add this 7 percent to your deductions, and for those that make over 250,000, add another 3 percent additional tax to cover the uninsured who will be covered through the public option. As I am writing this, I realize that Obamacare can't work without the puplic option, no matter how they word it.
Here is a good article I found on German health care, you will realize that this is not what they are proposing here, and therefor it won't work. http://tinyurl.com/chw7s9
We need to keep our free market system, our free health care, and our freedom from too much government.
In Germany they take out 7 or 8 percent out of your paycheck, the employer contributes the same. That covers your basic health care, doctors, hospitals etc. One can take out additional private insurance for better hospital rooms (2 person room instead of a ward).
Now, add this 7 percent to your deductions, and for those that make over 250,000, add another 3 percent additional tax to cover the uninsured who will be covered through the public option. As I am writing this, I realize that Obamacare can't work without the puplic option, no matter how they word it.
Here is a good article I found on German health care, you will realize that this is not what they are proposing here, and therefor it won't work. http://tinyurl.com/chw7s9
We need to keep our free market system, our free health care, and our freedom from too much government.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
KUCINICH CAVES FOR A PLANE RIDE
I am shocked, amazed, sad and angry all at once. I always thought that man had principles and was somewhat fair. But now he gave us a bunch of reasons and explanations why the bill is bad and that he doesn't even like it. So, he has to vote for it.
We will always have fundamental differences on what is a right and what is a privilege. But myself and many of you know that health care is NOT a right. They just think that morally it is a right. We all have moral differences on one issue or another, but it ends there. We cannot make moral values a law and ignore the constitution, the backbone and strength of this nation.
The left is working backwards in my opinion. Let's get back on our feet, let's reduce the tax burden, help get the economy and job market. This will get people working again. Then we can focus on helping the truly un-insured by reforming health care through tort reform and insurance reform.
Ultimately, this health care bill is a power grab of the worst kind, sponsored by the likes of Soros, the SEIU etc, and Obama and his gang are just the puppets whose strings they are pulling.
Let's move on to the few remaining congressman that are still on the fence, I pray they don't all cave.
http://tinyurl.com/yg4vk6t
We will always have fundamental differences on what is a right and what is a privilege. But myself and many of you know that health care is NOT a right. They just think that morally it is a right. We all have moral differences on one issue or another, but it ends there. We cannot make moral values a law and ignore the constitution, the backbone and strength of this nation.
The left is working backwards in my opinion. Let's get back on our feet, let's reduce the tax burden, help get the economy and job market. This will get people working again. Then we can focus on helping the truly un-insured by reforming health care through tort reform and insurance reform.
Ultimately, this health care bill is a power grab of the worst kind, sponsored by the likes of Soros, the SEIU etc, and Obama and his gang are just the puppets whose strings they are pulling.
Let's move on to the few remaining congressman that are still on the fence, I pray they don't all cave.
http://tinyurl.com/yg4vk6t
THE TRUTH ABOUT OBAMA'S OHIO WOMAN
He can't even be straight with the people. Did his mother teach him no morales? And why does he think the American people are stupid. By now he should know that everthing he says and does is being scrutinized.
Friday, March 5, 2010
KEEP AMERICA SAFE
Dear Fellow Member of Keep America Safe:
This morning, news broke that President Obama's advisers are going to recommend military tribunals for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. We hope this story is accurate, but we are concerned by reports that this will be part of a deal to close Guantanamo Bay and bring terrorists onto US soil. Guantanamo Bay is a safe, secure, humane facility where terrorists can and should be held. We are happy that President Obama seems to be hearing your voice, but we continue to call on the President to reverse his decision to close the facility.
For months, we have been tracking the story that Attorney General Eric Holder is stonewalling Congress and refusing to disclose key information about DOJ attorneys who represented terrorists. On Tuesday, we released our newest video, "Who Are The Al Qaeda 7?" Finally, in response to pressure from the public and concerned citizens like yourself, DOJ confirmed the identities of the nine lawyers in the Justice Department who worked for terrorists. However, the Justice Department still refuses to disclose whether any of these lawyers are working on detainee issues. Tom Joscelyn, one of our Keep America Safe experts will be writing more about the terrorists these lawyers represented in coming days. His first installment is below.
In other news, reports surfaced this week that a former Guantanamo detainee is leading battles in Afghanistan. This is a glaring example of why we need Guantanamo and exposes Counterterrorism Adviser John Brennan's comments about recidivism as dangerously misguided.
Please take the time to read the noteworthy stories from the week below -- and don't forget to visit KeepAmericaSafe.com throughout the week for breaking news. Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
The Keep America Safe Team
P.S. Make sure to catch Bill Kristol on Fox News Sunday this weekend.
This morning, news broke that President Obama's advisers are going to recommend military tribunals for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. We hope this story is accurate, but we are concerned by reports that this will be part of a deal to close Guantanamo Bay and bring terrorists onto US soil. Guantanamo Bay is a safe, secure, humane facility where terrorists can and should be held. We are happy that President Obama seems to be hearing your voice, but we continue to call on the President to reverse his decision to close the facility.
For months, we have been tracking the story that Attorney General Eric Holder is stonewalling Congress and refusing to disclose key information about DOJ attorneys who represented terrorists. On Tuesday, we released our newest video, "Who Are The Al Qaeda 7?" Finally, in response to pressure from the public and concerned citizens like yourself, DOJ confirmed the identities of the nine lawyers in the Justice Department who worked for terrorists. However, the Justice Department still refuses to disclose whether any of these lawyers are working on detainee issues. Tom Joscelyn, one of our Keep America Safe experts will be writing more about the terrorists these lawyers represented in coming days. His first installment is below.
In other news, reports surfaced this week that a former Guantanamo detainee is leading battles in Afghanistan. This is a glaring example of why we need Guantanamo and exposes Counterterrorism Adviser John Brennan's comments about recidivism as dangerously misguided.
Please take the time to read the noteworthy stories from the week below -- and don't forget to visit KeepAmericaSafe.com throughout the week for breaking news. Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
The Keep America Safe Team
P.S. Make sure to catch Bill Kristol on Fox News Sunday this weekend.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
WHY AREN'T REPUBLICANS STANDING UP FOR BUNNING?
By Mark Memmott
On the floor of the Senate, Republican Jim Bunning of Kentucky just defended the position he's taken that has delayed an extension of jobless benefits for the nation's unemployed and has forced the furlough of about 2,000 federal workers.
Saying that he has blocked votes on the legislation to underscore his opposition to the ongoing growth in federal debt, Bunning read a letter from "Robert in Louisville," who told the senator that even though he hasn't been working regularly in the past two years he supports what Bunning is doing.
"This country is sooner or later going to implode because of the massive amount of debt run up over the past 40 or 50 years," Robert wrote, according to Bunning.
"Why now?" Bunning said he's been asked, regarding his objection to the legislation. "Why not now?"
And, he added, if the Democratic majority and many Republicans want to force action on the legislation, they should use the Senate rules to override his objection.
Update at 2:45 p.m. ET. The Associated Press, in its latest story on what's happening, adds this perspective about Bunning's position:
"Bunning said again Tuesday that he opposed the extension because it would add $10 billion to the budget deficit, and he attacked Democrats for abandoning promises to pay for legislation instead of contributing to a budget deficits projected to hit almost $1.6 trillion this year. Bunning proposes to pay for the extension with unspent money from last year's massive economic recovery package, but (Senate Majority Leader Harry) Reid, D-Nev., objected." (Correction: We had a typo earlier, identifying Reid as R-Nev.)
Update at 2:15 p.m. ET. NPR's David Welna reports for the network's newcast about Republican Sen. Susan Collins' attempt to break the logjam caused by by Bunning. "Until today," David says, "only Senate Democrats had tried bringing up a bill passed last week by the House that would extend the expired benefits." You can hear short clips of Collins and Bunning in David's report:
On the floor of the Senate, Republican Jim Bunning of Kentucky just defended the position he's taken that has delayed an extension of jobless benefits for the nation's unemployed and has forced the furlough of about 2,000 federal workers.
Saying that he has blocked votes on the legislation to underscore his opposition to the ongoing growth in federal debt, Bunning read a letter from "Robert in Louisville," who told the senator that even though he hasn't been working regularly in the past two years he supports what Bunning is doing.
"This country is sooner or later going to implode because of the massive amount of debt run up over the past 40 or 50 years," Robert wrote, according to Bunning.
"Why now?" Bunning said he's been asked, regarding his objection to the legislation. "Why not now?"
And, he added, if the Democratic majority and many Republicans want to force action on the legislation, they should use the Senate rules to override his objection.
Update at 2:45 p.m. ET. The Associated Press, in its latest story on what's happening, adds this perspective about Bunning's position:
"Bunning said again Tuesday that he opposed the extension because it would add $10 billion to the budget deficit, and he attacked Democrats for abandoning promises to pay for legislation instead of contributing to a budget deficits projected to hit almost $1.6 trillion this year. Bunning proposes to pay for the extension with unspent money from last year's massive economic recovery package, but (Senate Majority Leader Harry) Reid, D-Nev., objected." (Correction: We had a typo earlier, identifying Reid as R-Nev.)
Update at 2:15 p.m. ET. NPR's David Welna reports for the network's newcast about Republican Sen. Susan Collins' attempt to break the logjam caused by by Bunning. "Until today," David says, "only Senate Democrats had tried bringing up a bill passed last week by the House that would extend the expired benefits." You can hear short clips of Collins and Bunning in David's report:
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