Comments on: Health Care Debate Continues

By: dcblogger

dcblogger — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:33:48 +0000

Sadly true this comment at Open Left sums up my feelings.

By: jawbone

jawbone — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:26:10 +0000

Then, again…this thing could turn out to be so bad, killing it might be just the best thing to happen.

Then, Medicare for All…with a robust private option.

By: jawbone

jawbone — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:21:24 +0000

Again, time for a national call to De-Register from the so-called Democratic Party.

They think we have nowhere else to go, which may be true, but I can’t see how I can support this bastardization of the Democratic Party values.

If these ostensible Dems had been in office in the 30′s we’d have none of the the great FDR programs; had they been in power in the 60′s, we’d have none of the Great Society programs. Soc Sec? Medicare? These wankers couldn’t have imagined how to accomplish such things. They’d have sold out to the nearing corporatist/classists they could find. Grrrrr.

(Weird–here on Libary Land PC, all the contractions have three back slashes instead of an apostrophe. Whassup with that? Well, only in preview….)

By: bmull

bmull — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:28:36 +0000

I think it’s safe to assume that keeping Stupak’s votes in play is another chapter in the Pelosi / White House “maximum votes” strategy.

Sad to say, but it gives leadership another thing they can use to keep the progressive caucus in line:

“Give us your vote or we’re going to keep the anti-abortion language to get Stupak’s votes.”

By: ubetchaiam

ubetchaiam — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:27:38 +0000

“Without passage of this House bill, the Senate could delay reform indefinitely. “; which they can do anyway unless they want to take the reconciliation approach. Cooper’s statement is bullshit.

By: bmull

bmull — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:07:30 +0000

Loretta Sanchez (CA-47) wins the award for talking out of both sides of her mouth. She wrote on HuffPo in support of the ROBUST public option, then voted against that–and now she’s voting against the watered down bill too. Liar.

By: cassiodorus

cassiodorus — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:00:41 +0000

If it’s that close, and Pelosi allows it to pass, you can only conclude that she wants it that way. Same for the President.

Then this is a moment of truth…