Cheers for Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-TN)

[midtennchip]

I hate to do this because I have never (and will likely never) vote for Davis, but I have to give the guy credit. Lincoln Davis (D - 4th District for TN) voted against the healthcare "fix" last night. I am one of those "lucky" few Williamson County residents who got carved out of 7th District and have Davis as a rep, but I have to give credit where credit is due.

If you live in the 4th District, you might want to applaud Davis's bucking of his party's leadership.

[Guest SUNTZU]

Was he allowed to do so or did he actually do it on his own?

[setsdw]

Already called his office this morning.

[midtennchip]

Was he allowed to do so or did he actually do it on his own?

Hard to say, really. I think there were two things in play:

1. his heavily rural district is likely to be harder hit by physician defections from a government-run healthcare system (see article here); and

2. he does listen to his constituents when the voices are sufficiently loud (see article here).

It seems he would have liked to vote for the measure, but knew better. Hence the reason I likely will never vote for him. Nevertheless, because he tends to listen to the voice of the citizens, I think it is important to praise him when he does the right thing.

[Guest SUNTZU]

Understood...and thanks for the reply and article.

[leroy]

I hate to do this because I have never (and will likely never) vote for Davis, but I have to give the guy credit. Lincoln Davis (D - 4th District for TN) voted against the healthcare "fix" last night. I am one of those "lucky" few Williamson County residents who got carved out of 7th District and have Davis as a rep, but I have to give credit where credit is due.

If you live in the 4th District, you might want to applaud Davis's bucking of his party's leadership.

Davis likes his job. He knows a vote for this stuff is political suicide in the district he serves. He has successfully presented himself as a "blue dog" (...an alleged fiscal (...thanks SWJewellTN...) conservative, but a demo rat none the less...) democrat for years. My assessment is that he is just another sorry politician on the public dole. His only redeeming quality is that he is smart enough to be more afraid of his constituency in Tennessee than that witch Pelosi and her other socialist buddies in congress. My advice, thank him for his service and vote him out the next time you get the chance.

Until the electorate initiates a "Scorched Earth" policy with regard to politicians of any stripe that subvert the will of their constituency; there will be no end to the problems you see in congress and this country. If you don’t punish them; they will get the idea that they can do anything that they choose to do and then explain their actions away. I say sweep the state and country clean!! As the great character Homer Stokes so eloquently said in the cinematic masterpiece "Oh Brother": "...the little man has admonished me to grasp the broom of reform and sweep this state clean!...). Now is the time!! Remember, there is an election in 2010. Vote early and often!!!

Hope this helps

Leroy

Edited March 23, 2010 by leroy
Edit for poor word!!!

[Guest 6.8 AR]

After seeing the farce called the vote sunday, I can't see trusting a single democrat. Too many of them swung one way, one day and then swung back , the next. There were way too many of them posturing and bargaining for positions or money to persuade their vote and then changing for me to ever trust another single Democrat, again. That party has been co-opted

by the progressives(statists, marxists) to the extent that they do not represent anyone honestly. If you don't think they plan to ruin this nation, you just might look a little deeper and think some more. John Tanner is a traitor for the scam he pulled. So is

Bart the rocketman.

Democrats used to be as patriotic as anyone else, but that has changed. I'm sorry, but i can't think Lincoln Davis did anything more honorable than Bart Gordon or Bart Stupak. For the Democrats to show honor and face in the political system, they will have to purge all the marxists in their midst.

[Guest TNReb]

Here is the one thing you need to remember, with all due respect to my Democrat friends: They will use whatever means necessary to get what they want. And until we do the same thing, tossing "doing the right thing" aside when necessary--they will continue to win and we will continue to lose. My representative, Bart Gordon, is a perfect example. When it became clear on the first votes that the bill would not pass, his leaders gave him permission to vote against it to gain political cover. However, he then struck a deal for $99 million in pork for the district and a job w/the gov't after he "retires," and then all of a sudden he decides the bill is absolutely necessary to the survival of the country. The moral of the story: Don't let these people fool you. Even a no vote by a democrat is probably only done because their yes vote was not needed after a sufficient number was bought and paid for. All the democrats need to go, and conservatives need to quit playing "Mr. Nice Guy" and remember that this is a war for the heart and soul of our country. I love my country, and I remember that all's fair in love and war.

[Guest FroggyOne2]

After seeing the farce called the vote sunday, I can't see trusting a single democrat.

Stupak proved that!

[leroy]

After seeing the farce called the vote sunday, I can't see trusting a single democrat. Too many of them swung one way, one day and then swung back , the next. There were way too many of them posturing and bargaining for positions or money to persuade their vote and then changing for me to ever trust another single Democrat, again. That party has been co-opted

by the progressives(statists, marxists) to the extent that they do not represent anyone honestly. If you don't think they plan to ruin this nation, you just might look a little deeper and think some more. John Tanner is a traitor for the scam he pulled. So is

Bart the rocketman.

Democrats used to be as patriotic as anyone else, but that has changed. I'm sorry, but i can't think Lincoln Davis did anything more honorable than Bart Gordon or Bart Stupak. For the Democrats to show honor and face in the political system, they will have to purge all the marxists in their midst.

I'm old enough to remember when this was exactly as AR has posted. The main difference between Republicans and Democrats was their approach to solving fiscal problems and the issue of the "meddling" of government into the private sector. That was before 1960. Since the sixties, the Democrat Party has become increasingly "balkanized" by socialists, radical anti-capitalists, Stalinists, and all the other stripes of anarchist hippy political trash that flowered in the sixties. In the old days; these clowns would have never been elected to ANY political party (…except the Communist Party…). That, however, is not the case today. These people have finally took a bath, got a haircut, gone to school, and wound up in politics. These people were the outliers of society (… I think they still are today; for the most part…) and were, as the old Soviets would say “Enemies of the State”. The fact is that these people continue to be activists and are enemies of the principles that this country was founded on as outlined in the Constitution. They are seeking to forever change the “Immutable Principles” on which this country (...and, western society…) was founded. This activism has the goal of creating a “workers paradise”, (...or socialist utopia…) where government runs everything and the great phrase “... from each according to his abilities; to each according to his need...” is practiced (...and enforced with the point of a gun and bayonet...); with them (...of course…) at the head. After all, they are the “best and smartest”; and know what is good for us all. The words that this bunch are using now are the same words that were used in the Bolshevik Revolution that sold Russia in to a communist grip of slavery that took over 60 million lives. What you are seeing today within the Democrat Party is a re-hash of what was preached in the American attempts at Bolshelvism (...the one "Big Union" philosophy...) by the "Reds" in the labor movement from about 1910 thru 1930 (... when Roosevelt legitimized some of their activities...) and what you heard in the sixties. I am old enough to have stepped over some of this trash when I was going to school at UT in the sixties. In retrospect, I should have stepped on them.

As the democrat party is currently constituted; I believe that it is impossible to be rescued by any well meaning ‘Blue Dog’ democrat movement. There are simply not enough of them. The battle is over, and the hippies have won. They will continue to win as long as the rustbelt states, the northeast, and the left coast remain as they are today.

By the same token, it is foolish for the currently constituted republican party to try to be like the democrats as the ‘moderate republicans” tried to do in the last presidential election. That, too, is a recipe for disaster; as we have all learned. Both the democrat party and the “moderate republican” factions of the Republican Party need to be thrown out and moved to the scrapheap of history. If we don’t, we will continue to have what we have now, until we have no freedoms left and government is the source of everything (...sadly, in many peoples minds; it almost is now!!...). I say let the Democrats and the “moderate Republicans” die and another take their place. It is the only chance for both parties and us as citizens.

Food for thought.

Keep up the good work!!

Kind regards

Leroy

Edited March 23, 2010 by leroy
grammar and punctuation!!!

[E4 No More]

Davis likes his job. He knows a vote for this stuff is political suicide in the district he serves. He has successfully presented himself as a "blue dog" (...an alleged physical conservative, but a demo rat none the less...) democrat for years. My assessment is that he is just another sorry politician on the public dole. His only redeeming quality is that he is smart enough to be more afraid of his constituency in Tennessee than that witch Pelosi and her other socialist buddies in congress. My advice, thank him for his service and vote him out the next time you get the chance.

Until the electorate initiates a "Scorched Earth" policy with regard to politicians of any stripe that subvert the will of their constituency; there will be no end to the problems you see in congress and this country. If you don’t punish them; they will get the idea that they can do anything that they choose to do and then explain their actions away. I say sweep the state and country clean!! As the great character Homer Stokes so eloquently said in the cinematic masterpiece "Oh Brother": "...the little man has admonished me to grasp the broom of reform and sweep this state clean!...). Now is the time!! Remember, there is an election in 2010. Vote early and often!!!

Hope this helps

Leroy

WTF is that?

[GLOCKMEISTER]

im more proud of John Tanner... he's retireing so he had nothing to lose by voteing yes, but he voted NO.. and made that decision way before the vote happened.

[leroy]

WTF (...physcal conservative???...Leroy....)is that?

It is interesting to think about!! Should have been fiscal conservative demorat. Another oxymoron!! as well as wrong word!!! Point is well taken- will edit it now!!

Thanks,

Leroy

[Guest FroggyOne2]

That is alright Leroy.. at least I understood what it was that your trying to say..

[leroy]

That is alright Leroy.. at least I understood what it was that your trying to say..

Thanks Froggy!! When ya get old ya cant do nothin right!! Probably too much lead exposure.

Keep up the good work!

Kind regards,

Leroy