Why Did Governors Wait So Long To Speak Up on Democrat Healthcare Bill?

Jammie wrote earlier about how suddenly even the blind governor of New York can see what a debacle for the states the current healthcare legislation stalking the halls of Congress like a zombie that can't be killed is going to be.

Georgia's governor Sonny Perdue has added his voice to the chorus, but my question is, why did they wait so long? The deed appears to be done. We are all facing the executioner's axe and his arms are about to begin the downward arc that will sever the body, leaving it's victim unable to proclaim its innocence any longer.

Governor Perdue issued the following statement today regarding the latest version of the U.S. Senate’s healthcare reform legislation.

“I am utterly dismayed and disappointed by the vote buying that has occurred in the United States Senate in order to pass a measure that most citizens are against. If this reform was truly the right policy for our country, we wouldn’t see waffling Senators lining up like game show contestants hoping to win today’s jackpot of a special deal from Harry Reid.

"This bill places an unsustainable burden on the backs of Georgia’s taxpayers, and will lead to either higher state taxes or massive cuts to basic state services in years to come. I join governors from around the country of both parties in asking our representatives and senators to listen to the public outrage against this bill and stop this mistake before it occurs.”

Harry Reid and the Democrats in Congress are no more interested in what governors say then they are any other citizen of this country. They have a bill to pass, dammit, and nothing will prevent them.

I don't belong to the camp that tries to see some sort of victory because by passing this bill the Dems will be made to pay in the next elections for one simple reason.

Name me just one government program, that once enacted, was ever stopped? Once the deed is done there is no going back, and the next election is not going to change that.

Georgia Governor Cuts Ties To ACORN

Let's start with the premise that ACORN is an organization designed and set up to help residents of poor neighborhoods achieve the American dream. I know, I know, but stop laughing long enough to read this. Here is the $64,000,000 question. Why are they only active in areas that are Democratic strongholds and have abandoned areas that while they may be lower incomes are also conservative?

That is exactly what happened here in Georgia and I would be interested in finding out about other parts of the country.

Brooks, who has worked for civil rights, housing and labor groups for decades, said ACORN’s presence in Atlanta has faded.
“I haven’t seen any ACORN activists around here in a while,” Brooks said. “It seems to me that during the election, they moved most of their activists to places like North Carolina and Virginia, since they didn’t think they would win in Georgia.”

Now bear in mind that people like to portray ACORN as an organization that was created to help out with such things as financial counseling, helping people acquire housing and generally improve the life of those living in lower income communities. So why would they move their operations away from Georgia to other states for purely political reasons?

My curiosity on this matter was piqued this week, when in light of all of the videos coming out about ACORN, I decided to call the office in Atlanta. I got a recording saying their phone had been disconnected. I checked out their page on the ACORN website and there was no information at all other then the phone number and address for the Atlanta office. Their page had not been updated since 2007. Imagine my surprise when I found out some intrepid reporter decided to go find out for themselves.

Brian Kettenring, an ACORN spokesman, said that managers in the national office decided about four months ago to close the Atlanta office. He said that one ACORN employee had been working from home to wrap up several projects.

What makes this move even more suspicious is the fact that the two metro Atlanta counties that are overwhelmingly Democrat are also experiencing the highest rates of foreclosures. It would seem that ACORN's presence would be more important now then ever before.

Did ACORN help these people get mortgages they couldn't afford and have now cut and run leaving these people high and dry and holding the bag?

The message seems to be clear and appears to be yet another way in which Democrats work to keep minorities on their political plantation. Either play along with us or we don't have the time of day for you. Deliver the votes and they will deliver the services.

I hope this message gets out to those areas who for years have voted Democrat because daddy did, that the Democrats really don't care about you and are only paying lip service to your concerns.

So really Governor Perdue cutting off ties to ACORN is sort of closing the barn door after the animals have escaped type situation, but it does make me wonder if they have been taking Georgia taxpayer dollars and spending them somewhere else.

Maybe somebody could look into that?