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Pelosi: "But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it"
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:52 AM
Speaker Pelosi delivered this gem of a quote yesterday, showing us that proponents of government health are getting desperate as their window of opportunity is closing. They have realized that the more people learn about the House and Senate bill as well as the President's plan, the less they want it. So Nancy Pelosi's preferred strategy is now this, as she told the audience at the 2010 Legislative Conference for the National Association of Counties:
But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it (...)
Translation:
Close your eyes, open your mouths and say 'aah' and then swallow after we shove it down your throats!?
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