"When the government fears the people there is liberty;when the people fear the government there is tyranny."
Thomas Jefferson.
There's probably a little fear within Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE).
From the Omaha World-Herald:
The phone lines were jammed and busy signals greeted callers to Sen. Ben Nelson's offices today in Washington and throughout Nebraska.
Constituents were letting the Nebraska Democrat know what they thought of his decision to back the health reform package on the verge of passing the U.S. Senate.
"Keep trying" — that's the advice to frustrated callers from Nelson's aides.
The Democrat was also at the center of attention at a rally in downtown Omaha on Sunday that drew about 1,800 people. And much of the attention was unfavorable, as opponents of the health care legislation in Congress expressed outrage with his decision to cast the crucial 60th vote in favor of the bill.
Other senators are supposedly asking Nelson that quintessential Chicago question: "Where's mine?"
More chains I can't believe in.
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