"Gibbs Responds to Boehner, Cantor"

[Clio the Leo]

Gibbs Responds to Boehner, Cantor
Posted by Jesse Lee on February 8, 2010 at 8:10 PM EST

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs just responded to http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=169716">a letter sent today from House Republican Leader John Boehner and House Republican Whip Eric Cantor regarding the proposed bipartisan health care summit:

The President is adamant that we seize this historic moment to pass meaningful health insurance reform legislation. He began this process by inviting Republican and Democratic leaders to the White House on March 5 of last year, and he’s continued to work with both parties in crafting the best possible bill. He’s been very clear about his support for the House and Senate bills because of what they achieve for the American people: putting a stop to insurance company abuses, extending coverage to millions of hardworking Americans, getting control of rising premiums and out-of-pocket costs, and reducing the deficit.

The President looks forward to reviewing Republican proposals that meet the goals he laid out at the beginning of this process, and as recently as the State of the Union Address. He’s open to including any good ideas that stand up to objective scrutiny. What he will not do, however, is walk away from reform and the millions of American families and small business counting on it. The recent news that a major insurer plans to raise premiums for some customers by as much as 39 percent is a stark reminder of the consequences of doing nothing.

(more)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/02/08/gibbs-responds-boehner-cantor

(In their letter, Boehner and Cantor are claiming that the President held HCR talks without them.)

[Jennicut]

1. Boner was too busy getting a tan to care about health care last year.

And Cantor, well he was probably to busy tweeting something stupid.

[niyad]

2. too bad he didn't tell them to go straight to hell.

[Cha]

3. I would ask how the republicons keep their lies straight

but I know it doesn't matter. They just lie about the lies about the lies.

[thunder rising]

4. 39 percent? They just can't help themselves. You'd think they'd "lay low" for a year.

They are like the scorpion (Crying Game). It's who they are.

[high density]

5. I wish the WH started talking like this six months ago

But better late than never. The Repukes cannot remain blameless any longer for blocking all progress.

[katandmoon]

6. More big, empty Obama talk

[dionysus]

8. this'll make you feel better;

[Clio the Leo]

7. ha ha, look what I found and just sent to Mr. Boehner....

3/5/09 - A funny moment in the question and answer period with President Obama at the White House health care forum today: After House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel spoke, the president asked if his Republican counterpart was in the room.

The man in question – Michigan Rep. Dave Camp, the committee’s top Republican – was indeed present. But instead of handing him the microphone, Rangel started speaking again. That prompted the president to cut him off with this quip: “Well what I meant, Charlie, was let’s give him the mic.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/politics/politicalhotsheet/main503544.shtml?keyword=health+summit