If it were the year 2006 and this HCR bill was before

[obxhead]

The house and the senate I doubt we would be seeing all the cheerleaders for this bill.

[The Wielding Truth]

1. There wasn't a possibility of a HCR bill then so not even a time machine

could make that a reality.

[obxhead]

4. I agree, it was not a possibility then, but

if we were looking at this exact same bill under Bush, or any other republican President for that matter, I believe DU would once again be fully united and against this bill.

[Skittles]

2. imagine if Obama had campaigned on this garbage

hypocrites, all of them

[20score]

6. I have been asking the cheerleaders for months now to prove they always thought the public option

unattainable or bad politics.

No takers, because they're full of it.

[Skittles]

10. they know damn well why it was "inattainable"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-mogulescu/ny-times-reporter-confirm_b_500999.html?just_reloaded=1

[20score]

11. They know now why it is/was unattainable, because we were sold out. But for them

to pretend they always knew this, and that they were always fighting for this BS type of a bill is just inexcusable.
Everyone on the left was fighting for a public option last summer, except for our leaders.

So, I am willing to bet all of these mandate pushers who love the current bill, that they will not be able to come up with something written six months ago that praises the mandate and asks for the elimination of the PO because it's not realistic.

[Skittles]

12. nope, they no can do

hypocrites

[leftstreet]

3. K&R

You're absolutely right

[kenny blankenship]

5. Republicans wouldn't DARE propose this bill. We'd tear them apart.

and they know it. Part of their rage has to be seeing the Democrats get away with something they could never hope to pull off: forcing every adult in America below 65 to tithe to one of their big donor groups. Holy shit they got to be eating their hearts out!

[Ignis]

7. Why bother when we do their work for them?

On the other hand, it would have been hilarious to see GOPpers wet themselves trying to decide whether or not to support a "socialist" mandate from Shrub to buy private-industry insurance.

[bvar22]

8. Republicans could NEVER get away with THEFT on this scale.

Transferring THIS amount of Public Money to Private Pockets takes a "Centrist" Democrat.

[Jennicut]

9. Rethugs wouldn't propose this. They want three things, taking insurance across state lines,

tax breaks for health care accounts, and tort reform.