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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 01:43 PM Original message |
"We WIN" On HC Reform! |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. People will soon forget what you are now saying. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Hopefully you are right, and all this misinformation and wrong minded positions |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Deleted message |
rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
54. You call wanting single payer wrong minded? You call wanting PO wrong minded? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #54 |
121. He thinks anything that helps humans is wrong minded. He only cares about corporations n/t |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #121 |
131. Some people are of the opinion that the only requirement for something to be correct... |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. A Standing Exhibit of the Fraud, Colllusion, Bribery and Extortion ... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
61. Until they get arround to noticing that nothing whatsoever has changed |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-20-10 02:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
146. when I'm forced to buy a shitty product that gives me zip in return |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is a bad as the nonsensical dated poll you posted |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. 2 Things |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. No, having your opponent grow tired of your misguided and wrong minded rebuttals is |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
77. I'd like to know that also. Do you support Single Payer or |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 12:53 AM Response to Reply #77 |
95. Unless that's a nickname for the "O" I am gonna say no on both counts. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #95 |
133. I call that "trickle down" politics.... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
55. Just one question. Do you or dont you support single payer. nm |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-20-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #55 |
147. Crickets. n/t |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
57. Actually, there are insurance industry reps on the TV supporting the mandate |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
90. The 2nd sentence is not true |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:01 AM Response to Reply #90 |
97. Insurance execs pleasure themselves gambling with patient lives. |
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nightgaunt (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #97 |
130. Psychopaths don't consider themselves evil either |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 04:26 AM Response to Reply #90 |
111. Will be covered... |
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SergeStorms (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #90 |
118. And what do these people do............ |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. K & R thank you Tom when you get a chance take a look at this post also |
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johnlal (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. Watch for Dems to pat themselves on the backs for |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. The Progressive Caucus may pat themselves on their backs, but the Blue Dogs and republicans |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
122. Exactly the opposite |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #122 |
143. That's my fear. n/t |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Very good point. nt |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
53. The whole process has been a dog and pony show. |
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The Hope Mobile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
74. Actually, they're very serious about reform . . . but corporations are the beneficiaries |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 02:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
110. Well, let's be honest here - the whole thing about "reform" is that it is just |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. K & R |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. Very good info! Thanks for posting! K&R |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. It is not about winning or losing. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. K & R for the painful truth |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. There was a thread mocking the win of Health Care reform |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. I guess those people with pre-existing conditions who the insurers can't drop |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. By all those people I guess you mean me and my GF (we have pre-existing conditions). |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. My husband and I also. But we can't afford the premiums |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. We had momentum to see every person's life was treated this way |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
62. Yes, they are losers. The useless murdering intermediaries will price them out of the market |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
78. except for the folks with pre-existing conditions who DIE before it kicks in |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:33 AM Response to Reply #78 |
105. Bingo...and the fact the pool is priced so high as to drown in. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Kicked and recommended. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. The alternative to this bill is nothing but the vain hope that a better bill will come. |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I addressed this in detail yesterday. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I see no reason why I should believe your vision of the future over anyone else's. |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Yes, let's go back to the 90's. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Apples and oranges. |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. A bunch of rotten apples and oranges. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. It's too late to 'start with single payer.' |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Right, but I'm talking about motives and or horrible politics. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. What will the establishment love that is a real benefit to the people? |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Motives. |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 12:59 AM Response to Reply #38 |
96. I don't think the bill passing or not passing |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 09:41 AM Response to Reply #96 |
112. If they 'win' this, it might give them some confidence and appetite to win some more. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
109. I think you are wrong. I think that if this bill passes without |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #109 |
113. The Republicans are clearly not finished. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #113 |
141. Did the Republicans win in 2006 or 2008, after the base |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. I don't think the base left the Republicans. They just never do. |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
123. The price of losing? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. Is Kucinich a DLC/Blue Dog? |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #125 |
128. Well which is it? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #128 |
132. The waters are muddy. That is my point. |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #132 |
139. Nuts. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Can you hold more than one thought in your head? Maybe not. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Bogus - alternative is nothing claims. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:38 PM Original message |
Help me, then: What is the something that is the alternative? |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
39. It's how you framed your argument that led to the weak positioning. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. It better not be over. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. indeed |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. X |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
63. It is passing it that will defeat us in November n/t |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
80. all part of the plan. Both sides can complain to voters "we can't, we aren't in power" |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #63 |
86. Can you explain the logic of that? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-20-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #86 |
145. It is based on Obama's very effective 2008 campaign in which he ran on opposing mandates |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
134. The logical dissonance is strong with this one... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. I don't follow you. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. K&R excellent OP |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. ihavenobias tells it like it is |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. K&R even though your name bugs me ;) |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Apparently you never read my profile! |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
66. I am the master of "see what you expect to see"....! - |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
84. Haha I hadn't! :) |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. Thanks. |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I know that both parties have corporate influence, and.. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Which is why I understand Kucinich changing his vote - |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
93. Same here |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:30 AM Response to Reply #93 |
102. You weren't supposed to be watching. He was playing to his audience. |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #102 |
127. Evan Bayh deserves considerable blame |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #127 |
135. Plouffe: Obama's Veep Pick 'Coin Toss' Between Biden And Bayh |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #135 |
138. Even scarier. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
99. Agreed, I believe most of us knew our vote was being cast for a better SCOTUS if nothing else. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. +1 |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
60. +1 |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
33. K&R |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
34. "I have rejected a whole bunch of provisions that the left wanted" - Barack Obama |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. K&R. The pharmaceutical companies win as well. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
41. K & R nt |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
47. Everyone knows who wins. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
49. K&R. Who "wins?" With what's on the table, I know it's not gonna be me... |
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Eyerish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
50. K&R |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
51. K&R |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
56. When I can get to see a doctor |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. At the risk of sounding like a broken record |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Good Luck. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. And good night. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
64. Interesting how if this bill is such a "win" for the health insurance companies, they are still |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 06:47 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Are they? I sure haven't seen any "Dick and Jane" ads (or whatever the name of that couple was) |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. They are using the U.S. Chamber of Commerce so their names aren't attached. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:33 AM Response to Reply #69 |
104. That's called lobbying. They can always argue for a little more. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #104 |
126. As I said, that's because they hide behind other groups that they fund extremely well. |
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mwrguy (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #67 |
75. They've been on board the whole time |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. They've fought it to win numerous concessions. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Yeah, it's a lose-lose for the regular people. nt |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. If you're the most despised entity, how do you get what you want? |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Bingo. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
76. Too late to rec??? Where's this thread been???? kick . . . |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
79. a big K&R here....too tired and mostly too sickened to write anything else |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
81. I'm not surprised by |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. I'm not pushing anything and I very sincerely hope I'm wrong about this bill. |
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SlingBlade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
83. K & R Fuck the Corporatist ! |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
85. Bullshit... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. Sorry, but you're pretty much wrong |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. According to you... |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. Why call it a conspiracy, when con job will do? |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #89 |
98. That's EXACTLY what happened! |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #98 |
114. But insurance companies know... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #114 |
119. The "health" insurance corporations also know death by a thousand cuts. |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:12 AM Response to Reply #89 |
100. I believe the saying goes |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. Ridiculously wrong. When you squeezed all the juice out of the orange, whatya gonna do? |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #91 |
115. If the insurance companies... |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #115 |
137. We just backstopped the profits. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:39 AM Response to Reply #85 |
107. A mandate that everyone buy their products and government subsidies are a hell of a lot better than |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #107 |
116. What goverment subsidies? |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
87. You do realize that... |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #87 |
124. +1 |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-22-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #87 |
148. Lots of good points. n/t |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-18-10 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
94. Definition of Fascism |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #94 |
103. Gotta love private taxes. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:42 AM Response to Reply #94 |
108. Yep. If GW Bush had done this, the very people cheering now would've gone apeshit. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #94 |
120. Hear, hear! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
101. well, the White House has been firmly on their side |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 01:35 AM Response to Reply #101 |
106. Put on a good show though. Running the clock out. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
117. Americans |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
129. That statement by Obama leaves me cold |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
144. so true. Insurance companies will make a killing off of this |
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