Flashback, July 2009: Obama vows that HCR bill MUST have public option for him to sign it

[brentspeak]

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/obama-demands-the-bill-i-sign-must-include-public-option.php

Obama's word is mud. That's not the opinion of some imaginary Emmanuel Goldstein "professional left" villain concocted by the corporate Democratic PR people; it is simply the bitter truth. Any doubts or suspicions the Democratic rank-and-file may have concerning what Obama will/will not do concerning the Bush tax cuts or Social Security or anything else are therefore perfectly justified, completely understandable. In fact, one would be weird not to be distrustful of Obama's future actions given his past broken promises.

[emilyg]

1. k/r

[MyNameIsKhan]

2. He got 90% of what he promised, yes PO was a bummer

but culprit is LIEberman and other chronies.

One cannot write off his accomplishment with single element missing.

Why not petition our representatives to bring a PO bill on floor, and see Repubs freaking out.?

[Exilednight]

16. 90%? He didn't even get 50%. What about Drugs from Canada, or no mandate?

[flpoljunkie]

3. Take it up with Lieberman who put the kibosh on the public option and was speaking for several Dems

He actually threatened to join a Republican filibuster to stop it.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

14. Lieberman also quashed the idea of lowering the age of medicare eligibility.

The OP blaming Obama for something the Senate does or doesn't do isn't fair or accurate and yet I keep reading it.

[dave29]

4. once again fighting for less health care

so we can be bitter about what we did not get.

[great white snark]

5. I thought President Obama never wanted the public option.

As far as past promises:

http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/

[Dawgs]

6. I may be out of the loop, but what's the point of posting this?

Isn't this common knowledge around here?

What gives?

[brentspeak]

7. The main point of the OP is not the specific issue of the public option

The main point is expressed in the first sentence of the post.

[dave29]

9. so significantly more promises kept than unable to achieve

and his word is mud. I'm glad we got to prosecute this yet again, as it has been truly illuminating.


:patriot:

[AtomicKitten]

8. Slow news day?

[tritsofme]

10. Obama never issued a veto threat regarding the PO, as was pointed out at the time.

For those that were paying attention.

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[ProgressiveLiberal]

12. "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it"

Shame on you for speaking truth ;)

[treestar]

13. So he should have vetoed the bill

Is that what you are saying?

And would you truly have been happy about that? Or complaining that Obama did not get what was in the bill, at least?

[old mark]

15. K&R "The most dangerous Liberal in the Senate" kind of folded up....nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. This is one thing that the Dems could have done better on

caved in to the GOP on this one!