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Bonn1997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 06:56 PM Original message |
The only way we could have gotten single payer passed IMO: |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. ! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. And how many people die |
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joeycola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Give the fear attachs a break. Good grief! |
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Bonn1997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. That's obviously the risk but... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. We're having a hard time with the public option |
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Bonn1997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. You can't use what's happened now as a measuring stick. All it's shown is that in the absence of |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I don't think so |
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Bonn1997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. All it would take is for Bright to lose one tenth of his supporters and his hopes of re-election |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. Your plan relies too heavily on ideas being communicated through the corporate media. |
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Bonn1997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. There's only so much the corporate media can do against a gifted, popular speaker. How else did |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I certainly believe we would have gotten a better bill had Obama been willing to use his gifts more. |
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Bonn1997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Maybe but it's a very simple notion. You're taking 1.3 mil, for example, and siding with those |
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Bonn1997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Or you could argue he needed to focus on reinstating the fairness doctrine before addressing health |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. Apparently the President didn't want to use his gifted communication |
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Bonn1997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. My only hope is that he's planning to do something like this in the future. Either that or a Dem |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. yep - he never even tried. |
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Bonn1997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 06:19 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. The part I find frustrating is that he never *defends* government. He emphasizes the public option |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. The President may be gifted at speaking, but that doesn't make him |
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Bonn1997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. They'll say he's "just speaking"? Obama's overcome harsher attacks than that before! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. If the referendum turned out the same anyway |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
20. The original version of the public option could have developed into single payer |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
21. thanks for the post |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 08:01 AM Original message |
As a friend of mine said, |
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Bonn1997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
23. Agreed but I'd add this: |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
22. As a friend of mine said, |
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