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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:20 PM Original message |
single payer became a robust public option. |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Single Payer was never on the table. You weren't listening to Obama. |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. single payer was on the table until Obama took it off after inauguration |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. He never supported Single Payer as a Candidate. |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. He did not reject single payer (which he had vocally supported previously) |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Congress fucked over this bill, not the president. |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. No, but Obama seems to have misplaced his bully pulpit |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. It worked pretty well when he needed to rally support for trillions |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Just because he said stuff doesn't make it right. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I'd really like to know what he gained. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. All that matters is we lay the groundwork |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. "build on" is nonsense. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Who is elected today is not who will be elected 5, 10 years from now... |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Damn right it won't be. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You would be surpsied where my sympathies lie... |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I'm a fan of yours Taverner, |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Yes, the Senate bill is a huge concession to the insurance industries |
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27inCali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. nice defeatism there |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Well then you can march down and tell the 18 million that will remain |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. If the votes weren't allegedly there now, what makes you think they will be later? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Because We Democrats had to make some very dubious sacrifices |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Do you realize how politics works? |
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27inCali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I'm under no illusion that this will be done quickly |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. Don't forget the anti-abortion blob that will ooze into every nook and cranny of govt-funded |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. THIS is the shit we should be fighting IMO |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. I have a dollar. I can split it any way I want. So...you get 1 cent. I keep the other 99 cents. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. The telling thing |
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joeycola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. well said. |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. bingo. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Very sad...and very true. There really was no political will for healthcare reform.. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. What you said. |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. The man in your avatar |
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27inCali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. you can't lay it all at Obama's feet |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I don't. |
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