We are about to take a victory lap!

[Peacetrain]

I would be surprised if the vote on HCR would be Sunday..I am thinking it will more likely be early next week.. But that is just speculation.


Anyway you look at it.. as Dean said.. the President lead on this, especially the last month he has been all out... and it is going to be passed.

[w4rma]

1. So what? I don't see any expantion of Medicare or an alternative to the guys who have been profiting

off our deaths, before.

[Peacetrain]

2. Victory Lap..

[babylonsister]

4. You don't consider this progress?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x230186

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Number of people on public insurance

Compared to current, 16 million people are projected to receive public health insurance as a result of the reconciliation bill (PDF, page 7). This compares to 21 million projected in the House Ways and Means bill, and 14 million people in the Senate Finance Committee bill (page 14). That is closer to Baucus, but it isn't nothing.

While it is true that there is a substantive difference between Medicaid and a public health insurance option tied to Medicare rates in the exchange, it is also true that the bill strengthens Medicaid in important ways. By moving most of the funding to the federal level--a $99 billion addition to the Senate Finance Committee bill--Medicaid recipients in red states are now in little or no danger of having their public health insurance taken away by local right-wing governments. Cutting Medicaid now becomes nearly as politically difficult as cutting Medicare.

[w4rma]

10. I don't consider mandates to be enthralled to a cartel progress. (nt)

[babylonsister]

12. You don't want to consider anything, and that sounds like a personal problem. nt

[w4rma]

16. Now you're just being facetious. (nt)

[freddie mertz]

3. A Pyrrhic victory, I fear.

A Pyrrhic victory (pronounced /ˈpɪrɪk/) is a victory with such devastating cost to the victor, it carries the implication that another such will ultimately cause defeat.

The phrase is named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered irreplaceable casualties in defeating the Romans at Heraclea in 280 BC and Asculum in 279 BC during the Pyrrhic War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhic_victory

[Peacetrain]

5. Victory Lap..

[freddie mertz]

6. Keep repeating that, mindlessly. Make it a mantra.

It won't change a thing, but may do wonders for your stress level.

[Teaser]

7. works for you, don't it?

ashame that your own unintended irony will be forever lost on you.

[freddie mertz]

9. Whatever you say.

The bill will pass, and it will still suck.

The struggle goes on.

[Teaser]

13. damn the fuck right whatever I say

.

[freddie mertz]

14. If you are happy, why do you seem so tense?

Maybe you should adopt Peacetrain's mantra. "Lep, lap, lap..."

[Prism]

20. More like "fap, fap, fap"

Which is all it is. When you behave like politics are a reality show, well . . .

I really should've invested in washcloths this month. I'd make a mint next weekend.

[Peacetrain]

8. Victory Lap.. again and again and again..Victory lap

[freddie mertz]

11. Lap lap lap....ever heard the Who song, "Happy Jack"?

It kinda fits and has a very funny "lap lap lap" background vocal.




Happy Jack wasn't old, but he was a man.
He lived in the sand at the Isle of Man.
The kids would all sing, he would take the wrong key,
So they rode on his head in their furry donkey.

The kids couldn't hurt Jack,
They tried, tried, tried.
They dropped things on his back,
They lied, lied, lied, lied, lied.

But they couldn't stop Jack, 'or the waters lapping,
And they couldn't prevent Jack from being happy.

But they couldn't stop Jack, 'or the waters lapping,
And they couldn't prevent Jack from being happy.

The kids couldn't hurt Jack,
They tried, tried, tried.
They dropped things on his back
They lied, lied, lied, lied, lied.

But they couldn't stop Jack, 'or the waters lapping (lap, lap, lap..).
And they couldn't prevent Jack from being happy.

[NYC_SKP]

21. Victory Lap.

I'm takin' one. Anyone can join me.

[NYC_SKP]

22. Victory Lap!

Room for one more?

:P

[ShortnFiery]

15. There's NO reason for "a victory parade" until we at LEAST pass a robust Public Option. eom

[Peacetrain]

17. Victory Lap.. not backing down.. this is a huge victory lap

[Donnachaidh]

18. ...

[fugop]

19. Crossing fingers and toes!

I sure hope you're right. This weekend is going to be one big ball of STRESS!!! It better end well.

[NYC_SKP]

23. Victory Lap!

:toast:

[leftygolfer]

24. I need this good news

About freaking time I say.