THEY WERE FOR IT BEFORE THEY WERE AGAINST IT

To follow up on our previous post regarding the extension of unemployment benefits;

And then there was one...

Only one republican had the courage to vote his convictions by voting with the Democrats today to move the bill to extend unemployment and COBRA benefits for Americans in need, towards final passage by voting for the extension without paying for it in the current budget.

Forty republicans voted to block the bill. That is three more than voted against it a few days ago.

Just one month ago, twenty one republicans in the Senate voted for virtually identical temporary legislation extending these benefits without paying for them in the current budget.

So, what happened? Politics, plain and simple.

These people are such phonies. They did not all of sudden change their views on the need to help vulnerable families. The only reason they flipped is politics. It is raw politics and the country be damned.

These people never do what's best for the country, only themselves. They show it to us everyday.

If it is not apparent to you by now that the republicans will attempt to obstruct or block whatever This President proposes regardless of the merits, it should be.

On this issue, as with health care before it, where the main idea of the plan that was enacted was originally a republican one, they were for it before they were against it.

Have you seen the new republican campaign slogan....?

republicans, fighting for ourselves everyday
The country be damned.