Good For You...!!!

Allow me a congratulatory shout out to the "Courageous Eleven" Democrats who voted NAY on the Obama/Pelosi supposed "stimulus" bill.

BRAVO...!!!

Allan Boyd (D-FL)
Bobby Bright (D-AL)
Jim Cooper (D-TN)
Brad Ellsworth (D-IN)
Parker Griffith (D-AL)
Paul Kanjorski (D-PA)
Frank Kratovil (D-MD)
Walt Minnick (D-ID)
Collin Peterson (D-MN)
Heath Shuler (D-NC)
Gene Taylor (D-MS)

Eleven good men. In this instance at least!

Notice how four of the eleven names posted double as hyperlinks? These hyperlinks are to their actual statements made and reasoning given for voting with the People and with the Republicans against their own Party's flawed legislation.

Amazing, isn't it, though, when you consider that seven out of the eleven DIDN'T bother to explain their votes via their official websites.

I note this not as a "shot" per se, but just as an example of how dysfunctional and out of touch the majority of our elected officials are.

Imagine... the most important vote of 2009 so far... and a majority of these eleven can't even be bothered to publicly explain their vote?

I mean... consider... each Member of the House (and more so with each Member of the Senate) has a substantial staffing/office(s) budget, dozens of staffers working for him, multiple offices... yet in seven of the above eleven examples no one could bother to add a few up to date explanatory sentences to a website?

(*SNORT*) (*SMIRK*)

And, yes... I'm sure that the same applies to the majority of Republicans who voted against the bill as well as to the majority of Democrats who voted for it.

Well... anyway... thanks for the "nay" vote, you courageous eleven! I only wish more elected officials would bother to keep the public in the loop regarding their actual policy votes and reasoning.