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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 09:30 AM

-- Elephantman

Meanwhile millions of Americans are reading the New York Post, clicking on the Drudge Report, and tuning into Fox News to realize that this huge and phony photo-op was so ham-handedly orchestrated by the White House spinmeisters, that they actually were supplying white coats to all the docs who had neglected to bring their own coats after having been instructed by the White House that that is what they were supposed to do.

-- Elephantman

While I agree the doctor phot opt wa not a smar tmove on Obamas part, I doubt those who are watching are reading the New York Post, clicking on the Drudge Report, and tuning into Fox News cant be very smart or well informed. Try expanding your knowledge base, you might actually acquire some FACTS.

The AMA supports a public option. 65% o9f the public support a public option. It is only a VERY LOUD and obnoxious right who are too stupid to realize they are working against their own best interests when they oppose health care reform.

You rather believe the losers on FOX who cant get jobs elsewhere.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 09:22 AM

Obama strategy

Obama needs to be pressuring Congress to get a bill passed with a pubic option and quit having photo and public speeches. However congress needs to say what the public option is going to be.

Basics that need to happen. Open up Medicare for those sunder 65 as the public health insurance, base premiums on income. Up the income level for Medicaid acceptance, so working poor can get on it. No one can be denied or have to have a physical to change companies. More preventative care needs to be covered and less operations caused by bad life styles. Keep religious beliefs out of coverage. Let non profit health foundations form insurance coops to provide coverage for their patients.

Then private insurance companies may start providing more coverage instead of big bonuses to their CEOs.

Monday, October 5, 2009 02:23 PM

How about this T-shirt

'Jesus is DEAD.

Right Wing Warriors killed him.'

Monday, October 5, 2009 02:08 PM

A must see

The movie, "The Invention of Lying". It's a great satire on religion.

Monday, October 5, 2009 02:06 PM

Please Jesus come and take them

Too bad the bible is wrong, as we need a second coming to clear he earth of these people.

Monday, October 5, 2009 02:03 PM

Dangerous Chrsitians

These Christians are trying to destroy Democracy and at the same time dumbing down our education system. Let them dub down their own children on their own time,not on public money. Federal funds should be pulling on any schools puling this shit.

Monday, October 5, 2009 12:40 PM

john_robinson

Fascism is not on the right. You desperately want to put it there, but none of the policies of any fascist regime even remotely resemble anything a libertarian or a conservative would advocate....john_robinson

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wrong again.

Hitler banned abortion which had been legal in Germany until he took power.

Hitler made Gays wear pink triangle patches,lesbians black black triangle patches and rounded them up in the same manner he did Jews, and Communists.

Hitler had Goebbels PR machine. The right in the U.S. has FOX.

Hitler banned unions, he hated organized labor.

Hitler had brown shirts. The right in the U.S. has TEA bagers, and pro-life terrorists, and the militia movement.

Monday, October 5, 2009 12:30 PM

john_robinson

The NAZIs in Germany resembled the current Christian Right (new GOP conservatism in the U.S.. They use the same propaganda techniques.

Monday, October 5, 2009 12:21 PM

john_robinson

You really do show your ignorance. Stalin and the Soviet Union was a communist, socialist country, they were not NAZIs. IN fact they fought the NAZIs. NAZIs were total opposite to comnunists. NAZIs were fascists, right wing nationalists, who hated Communism NAZIS were right wingers.

This is why right wingers are making such fools of themselves.

Monday, October 5, 2009 12:15 PM

john_robinson

Ther right has been predicting the failure of public systems in other countreies for decades and it has NOT happened. The citizens in Germany, France, Briton, Switzerland, Japan, Canada are very pleased with their health care systems, and their govenrmnts all deliver it at lower % of the GNP than the U.S. does.

Monday, October 5, 2009 12:10 PM

Then why do they all come here for treatment?

They don't

Monday, October 5, 2009 12:08 PM

What conservatives don't get.

It's the hypocracy of the right with their holier than thou attitues and bull about TRADITIONAL marriage, abstinence and abortion. Then they get caught having sex and their unmarreid daughters get pregnant. Letterman was not a hypocrite.

Monday, October 5, 2009 11:59 AM

john_robinson

The TARP bailouts were initiated under BUSH, not Obama.

Monday, October 5, 2009 11:57 AM

Ayn Rand

was a NAZI sympathizers. Now we know the theories behind the new right wing conservatism.

Monday, October 5, 2009 11:55 AM

john_robinson

As for single payer... it doesn't work. And for a healthcare system, I would like one that works.

-- john_robinson

You have absolutely no proof to support your statement is true nor any examples you can use. As ever other modern Democracy operates very successful public health sytemsa deliver better health care to ALL their citizens at a much lower cost.

Monday, October 5, 2009 11:52 AM

John Robertson

On the right is the individual - anarchy, libertarianism, conservatism, objectivism, democracy. On the left is statism, collectivism, communism, socialism, fascism...John Robertson

You rather have that reversed and fascism is a ocmplete opposite to communism and social programs exist in all the world Democracies, even the U.S. i.e. Social Security, Medicare, lifetime Military benefits.

Liberalism represents: Democracy,progressiveness, civil liberties, and a collective conscience to care about others.

New right wing Conservatism support: selfishness, religious fascism. Conservatives today are not acting like anarchist, rather they are acting like 13 year old juveniles.

Monday, October 5, 2009 11:42 AM

LDWWDL

Let's not forget the BAILOUT was done under the Bush administration.

Monday, October 5, 2009 11:40 AM

Health CAre

1.NO other president has gotten this far with health care.

2. He has countries talking about no nuclear proliferation.

and He has engaged Iran in these discussion.

3. He has improved our relationships with the world.

4. He is drawing down troops on Iraq on schedule, maybe ahead of schedule.

Good god Obama not even been in office a year, and inherited an economic crisis. Jobs have been dropping in the U.S. since 2007. It is Congress that passes legislation, not the executive branch. Look at all the Bush policies he has reversed so far.

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