With respect, this sort of needless "bashing" of "conservatives" does not move the debate forward.

Let us not forget the old farmers adage "you attract more flies with honey than with vinegar."

Just a suggestion.

In addition to her comments on Hannity last night, I would also encourage people to read her op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal.

How Congress Occupied Wall Street
Politicians who arrive in Washington as men and women of modest means leave as millionaires. Why? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204...

Wrong. Sarah Palin never announced she was running and she has every right to comment on the GOP Presidential nomination process, but then those afflicted with PDS will continue to spew their hate.

Patrick is correct, his view being confirmed by the Senate Parliamentarian.

http://cdn.rollcall.com/media/44110-1.html

See also this report from Bloomberg:
"Republicans said the Senate parliamentarian threw up a hurdle to congressional Democrats’ plans to pass changes to U.S. health-care legislation through a process called reconciliation.

Republicans said guidance they received from the parliamentarian means that President Barack Obama has to sign a Senate health bill into law before the House and Senate can approve changes to it. Some House Democrats, who object to provisions in the Senate measure, wanted Obama to hold off signing the legislation until reconciliation passed.

“The Senate Parliamentarian’s office has informed Senate Republicans that reconciliation instructions require the measure to make changes in law,” Don Stewart, a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, said in an e-mail. "
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&a...

Manfred Nowak is grand standing and blowing smoke.

Although the United States signed the UN Treaty on Torture, it has never been ratified by the Senate. So, despite what Mr. Nowak thinks, the Treaty has no bearing on United States law.

See: <a href="http://www.hrweb.org/legal/catsigs.html" target="_blank">http://www.hrweb.org/legal/catsigs.html