The ultimate paradox

[James48]

Great discussion- why the Democrats are fighting so hard to pass the republican ideas on health care:

"Here is the ultimate paradox of the Great Health Care Showdown: Congress will divide along partisan lines to pass a Republican version of health care reform, and Republicans will vote against it.

Yes, Democrats have rallied behind a bill that Republicans -- or at least large numbers of them -- should love. It is built on a series of principles that Republicans espoused for years."


More:


http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/03/why_democrats_are_fighting_for.html

[Ozymanithrax]

1. It is no paradox. There is no Republican Bill. The GOP opposes it 100%.

[patrice]

4. re OP: Is it just me, or is there somekind of echo or somesort of mirror thing goin' on?

Look at the signs in the HCR opposition crowd; watch what trolls here at DU say, unable to come up with original analysis, they are taking words like "slavery" and how some of us use the words "Republican" and "Democratic" and they try to bounce our own rhetoric back at us by twisting or outright lying about the empirical foundations for those concepts. Present case possibly excluded, It's like arguing with a 6 year old who just repeats everything that you say and is incapable of analysis.

We MUST start asking them "Why?" and "How?".

[MineralMan]

2. An even greater paradox:

Why do so many come here and post nonsense, while pretending to show concern?

I've never figured that one out.

[Skink]

3. there are no more Republicans. They are all corporatists now.

[patrice]

5. Right on! Royal Corporatists.

[zipplewrath]

6. Yes, I was amazed there was no outrage

I remember when Obama publicly admitted this was basically a warmed over version of the Dole/Baker bill. I was astounded there was no backlash. Go back and look why it was opposed 15 years ago by the democrats. But now, with the democrats, it's a "must win" vote. It is a variation of Romney care and that's done little to nothing to get control of health care COSTS and yet now it is the be all and end all of the democratic party.

I mean really, why SHOULD the GOP vote for this when they can get the democrats to do it for them, and then won't have to take any responsibilities for the short comings. Short comings by the by that everyone, especially the democrats, admit it has. If you go back 15 year, the democrats could find ALOT of short comings with this bill.