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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:45 AM Original message |
'Sicko' leaves top Democrats ill at ease |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. The candidates had better wake up and formulate a plan/policy |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 05:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. This film should not only galvanize the movement for |
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MadAnne (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Campaign finance reform is the reform that makes other reforms possible. |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. They look weak because they are. Elmer Gantry, where are you? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. Instead, they SHOULD be learning lessons from the recent precipitous drop in Cong. approval... |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. The US will eventually get universal healthcare |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 03:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Why not? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. Canadian heath care is NOT fucking government run, dammit! |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 05:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Why are government workers called |
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David in Canada (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. I live in Canada... |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 03:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Similar situation here in Oz |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 03:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Forgot to ask |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 03:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I spoke to a young computer consultant whose father was Canadian... |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 05:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Same here in Japan. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 05:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I know UnitedHealthCare was trying to make |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 07:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Some US companies make a bundle in Japan on healthcare |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 07:57 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. That doesn't surprise me, I see their ads and storefronts often. |
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Siyahamba (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Similar story to yours, only in reverse |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. If so, then the movie is a smashing success. |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 03:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. As it should be |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 03:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yup - it was great - the look on the woman's face when she wanted to load up for the trip home. |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 03:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. lol didn't realize you had already seen it |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 03:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. :) Didn't think you did. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
54. That was when I started crying |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 04:55 AM Response to Original message |
16. When the democratic candidates had their health care summit |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 04:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. 'I have a cunning plan...' |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 05:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Clinton & Edwards' plans give a role to the private insurers. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Any plan that allows health insurance companies to live is a bad plan. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
19. Kucinich must be frustrated |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:23 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Kucinich speaks too much truth for the media to allow you to hear him. (NT) |
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MadAnne (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:56 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. And everyone else. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 07:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Many of the people who say that... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. I dream of a day when the primaries use ranked voting. THEN we'll see how unelectable |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
22. speaking of Al Gore, he has come out in favor of single-payer |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
25. Good. Make them squirm. People are dying because of the corrupt for-profit greed-driven system |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
26. The politicians might be surprised by the "broad electorate." |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
29. "unlike Al Gore's film which helped rally support"? |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. "possibly threaten to extinguish life on the planet" |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. well, that's fair enough |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
30. They couldn't have enjoyed |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
33. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, as usual |
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Zandor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
38. Responding to Moore would be a huge mistake |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. So don't respond to Moore - respond to the message. |
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Zandor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Essentially, I agree with Moore |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. that's a problem for me |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Who sees him as a fringe figure? |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. I don't think there's any real argument about Moore being 'fringe.' |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. His ideas are decidedly mainstream. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I never said his ideas were fringe - only his persona |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. His persona is fringe? |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. His persona has been demonized as fringe |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Fat = Fringe. Don't you know ANYTHING? |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
60. fringe? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
44. To be fair, most of the American public |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
45. Bunch of cowards! |
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Mark Twain Girl (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
46. And well it should... if we peons have to live with this "health care" system |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
52. I'm sure Kuccinich has no problem with it |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
57. "Top Democrats" have weak health care plans. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
58. Re: Times article, corporate slant exposed |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
59. kick. (n/t) |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
61. As it should! |
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