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Leadership absent from reform effort
Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 | 2:03 a.m.
Who is right and who is wrong when it comes to health care?
Are the Republicans right to refuse to participate in the process and hope the reform bill fails? No. “Gee, Grandpa, weren’t you a senator when the health care bill was passed 10 years ago? Couldn’t you have done something to avoid the mess that came from it?” “No, child, winning the next election was much more important than fixing health care.” Shame on you, Republicans!
Are the Democrats right to be posturing over whose bill is best while the only bill the Government Accountability Office says will be at least revenue-neutral gets no consideration? No. “We have to get something through now. The only good one is my bill. Damn the costs! To hell with the Republicans! My name will live forever.” Shame on you, Democrats!
If we don’t do it right the first time, where are we going to find the time (and the money) to do it over? Everett Dirksen, Mike Mansfield, Tip O’Neill and Gerald Ford were all great congressional leaders who talked, compromised, cajoled and reached deals that were good for both sides. Sadly, no one today is following in their footsteps.
We the people expect so much more from our representatives than what they are showing us.
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Voters (THE MAJORITY) get who they vote for! Everyone else just gos along for the ride.
Amazing that the only way to compromise is to go along with this plan. Compromise is give and take. The current leftist in charge believe compromise is the opposition just agrees with them.
Liberal Fascism is a real problem. Just say something wrong and find out.
keep calling that little maggot joe wilson @ (202) 225-2452...
phone still busy...
web site still down...
what a coward that little maggot is...
and most importantly...
make sure you send a little check to his next opponent...
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Birdie - Does the truth hurt that much that you want to rally the troops?? Boy, someone speaks the truth that might de-rail your cause and your all up in arms. Besides, is name calling a bad thing? I refer to "maggot", "coward", etc.in your post. So, based on your statements, your no better than Joe Watson? Come on Birdie, you can do better without calling names, or can't you ????
The LV Sun said "Obama made an impressive case for reform, offering a detailed and achievable plan that represents a stark contrast to the empty scare tactics and lies... There won't be any death panels for seniors, coverage for illegal immigrants, communistic government takeovers, federally funded abortions or runaway deficit spending"
I cannot remember anything that Obama said about healthcare last night. What I remember is his snarling smack down of his opposition.
Obama in his address to the nation call opposition positions (Harry called them evilmonger and Nancy called them un-American) on 5 issues "a lie, plain and simple"
He also used the address to very publicly rebuke those who do not trust him or believe him.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con......
After declining for months to identify himself with the details of emerging legislation, the president for the first time embraced a set of ideas as "my plan." But the White House released scant specifics on legislation advertised as done. There is no plan.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/......
Republicans have drawn up 35 different health care proposals including HR 3400 this year, undermining President Obama's statements in recent weeks that opponents of his health care plan have no solutions.
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/......
Health care policy researchers are contradicting President Obama's claim that a government-run health insurance program would be self-sufficient and could rely on premiums, saying it's not possible to insure up to 30 million people with better coverage and reduce costs at the same time.
In his case to the joint session of Congress Wednesday night, Obama cited the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office to contend that less than 5 percent of Americans would sign up for a so-called public option.
If we have all of a sudden figured out how to eliminate fraud and waste from medicare, let's wave that magic wand over all government spending. We will be able to pay for health care reform, pay off the national debt and reduce taxes. This is a very exciting breakthrough!
Oh Oh, if they eliminated fraud and waste in all government spending, there might not be any Congressmen left.
Republicans refusing to participate? I think not -
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/...
The liberals refuse to listen to anything that they didn't come up with. Then Obama says he'll listen to other ideas. Obama wouldn't lie about that also, would he?