per abc news- daschle says public option will probably have to be scrapped!!!

[dysfunctional press]

i was trying to find something online to corroborate the story, which was reported by george snuffleophegus on this evenings newscast.

doesn't sound good.
but pretty much what i expected. :shrug:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. What does Daschle know about it? Why does his opinion mean anything?

[wryter2000]

11. My sentiments exactly

Does he have any authority or just an opinion?

[dysfunctional press]

17. they described him as "the president's point man on healthcare"

nt

[rockymountaindem]

2. There are lots of reasons for negativity, but I wouldn't put too much stock in Daschle

He's a corporate stooge, for one, but at least he doesn't have any official power at the moment.

[Lasher]

3. Health care legislation without a real public option is DOA as far as I'm concerned.

Otherwise it's just a GOP bill masquerading as a Democratic initiative. And that's guranteed to make things worse, not better.

Bad enough single payer never even got a seat at the table.

[sandnsea]

4. Yeah, when nobody is fighting for it

it's understandable that the politicians don't think anybody cares.

Single Payer Or DIE!!!

[TahitiNut]

5. Tom Daschle's copy of "The Art of War" contains 110 ways to surrender and 20 ways to commit suicide.

:shrug: :eyes:

[ixion]

7. yep, and a whole section on 'keeping your powder dry'

I wish he'd go back into retirement.

[AndyTiedye]

15. They Sent Him That Copy Right After They Sent Him the Anthrax

He got the message.

[Horse with no Name]

6. Didn't Daschle get scrapped?

I mean, a totally unnecessary waste of congressional space.

[ThirdWorldJohn]

8. Here is a link

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/06/daschle-folds-on-federal-public-health-care-plan.html

[David Zephyr]

9. DZ Headline Translation: Daschle Back On the Payroll of HMO's & Insurance Companies, Again.

That's all this means. He and his wife are back on the corporate gravy train betraying Americans for their own greedy ways.

I have loathed this creep for years.

[TahitiNut]

10. Per Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi: "Tom Daschle would suck off a corpse for a cheeseburger."

I know several reporters who are either officially or unofficially on "Whore Factor" duty, watching the rapidly kaleidoscoping transition picture and keeping track of the number of known whores and ghouls who for some reason have been invited to befoul the atmosphere of the next administration.

Obviously there has been some dire news on that front already. When Obama picked Tom Daschle to be the HHS Secretary, I nearly shit my pants. In Washington there are whores and there are whores, and then there is Tom Daschle. Tom Daschle would suck off a corpse for a cheeseburger. True, he is probably only the second-biggest whore for the health care industry in American politics — the biggest being doctor/cat-torturer Bill Frist, whose visit to South Dakota on behalf of John Thune in 2004 was one of the factors in ending Daschle's tenure in the Senate.

But in picking Daschle — who as an adviser to the K Street law firm Alston and Bird has spent the last four years burning up the sheets with the nation's fattest insurance and pharmaceutical interests — Obama is essentially announcing that he has no intention of seriously reforming the health care industry. . . .

Regarding Daschle, remember, we're talking about a guy who not only was a consultant for one of the top health-care law firms in the country, but a board member of the Mayo Clinic (a major recipient of NIH grants) and the husband of one of America's biggest defense lobbyists — wife Linda Hall lobbies for Lockheed-Martin and Boeing. Does anyone really think that this person is going to come up with a health care proposal that in any way cuts into the profits of the major health care companies?


http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/02/01/daschle/

[David Zephyr]

12. That funny...and true.

Linda and Tom Daschle. The worst. Simply the worst.

[Bleacher Creature]

13. This story is crap.

He said this as part of a statement with two former Republican Senators. Typical Daschle, but not indicative of where the White House or Hill are.

[lunatica]

14. He comes from the let's cave before getting traction wing of the Democratic Party

Remember he wears a tutu.

[MannyGoldstein]

16. BOHICA

Everybody say "b-a-a-a-a-a-a-h".

[mmonk]

18. Hagan and Bingaman are holding up the public option in the HELP Committee.