Washignton Post: Obama to offer "nuanced support" for public option tonight

[Becky72]

Washington Post: "President Obama will spell out his plan to overhaul the U.S. health-care system in a nationally televised speech to Congress on Wednesday night, providing more specifics about what he wants lawmakers to pass and a sweeping description of his reform goals, including nuanced support for a "public option," according to senior White House officials.

Briefing reporters hours before the speech, aides said Obama will endorse the option of a government-run health insurance program -- a controversial element of the debate -- but will call it "not an end in itself" while saying he is open to other specific ideas that have been floated as alternatives that could encourage insurance competition."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/09/AR2009090901771.html?hpid=topnews

[ShortnFiery]

1. ...

:puke:

[Marsala]

2. Nuanced? "NUANCED?!"

Yep, he's sellin' us out.

[Skittles]

3. REALLY LISTEN, people

oh yeah

[CakeGrrl]

15. Yeah, if you're not so blinded by his good looks that you can't comprehend.

:eyes:

[Skittles]

22. he is indeed very charismatic and an excellent speaker

people simply need to REALLY listen to what he is actually saying

[Cha]

4. Wapo is a motherfucking mediacorporateWHORE.

you believe what you want.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. I don't want "nuanced," I want full-throated.

He's the f'ing president, for Christ's sake. Why can't he just come out and say what he wants and insist that he gets it? He could take lessons from the Bush Administration on that score.

ed. In deference to posters above, I will draw my final conclusions after the speech, but I'm not holding my breath.

[saracat]

6. If this is true, I will NOT support this HCR.I will NOT support

punishing citizens and rewarding insurance comapnies.

[quantass]

7. TYT's Cenk Uygar explained it best....Obama will use code words but NEVER veto or ultimatums nt

[Dr Fate]

8. Kerry tried being "nuanced" once. Once. n/t

n/t

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

10. Is that a Danny Vermin quote??!!

[Dr Fate]

11. "It shoots through schools." n/t

n/t

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

13. BWAAAAHAAAHAHAA!!! It's been ages since I've watched that. Seriously though I can only hope

we are not the ones left hanging on the coat hook.

[stevenleser]

18. Hay am a gonna tell you farging iceholes phor da last thyme!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv8tVxk6Nj4

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

19. Moronie was my favorite character in the whole movie. Didn't he get deported to Sweden?

But says he's not from there.

[stevenleser]

20. LOL, yes!

:rofl:

[lapfog_1]

9. I sure hope that we don't hear more "thread the needle" crap...

pick one dammit, one way or the other. Quit trying to have it both ways. And if it's not the position we want, at least we know what you stand for and the principals that took you there. Fine. I can respect that, not support it, but respect it.

Well, hoping that the reports are wrong. Will wait for the actual speech.

[Baltoman991]

12. Yep!!!

Absolutely. The evil Barack Obama invited the Kennedy family to the speech tonight so he could look them straight in the face and say "I never liked Teddy's plan so tough shit, you're going to get what I give you".

Please, you folks are a hoot. The same fucking media that 99% of the folks here scream about day in and day out with their bullshit spewing of lies is now suddenly being believed because it makes Obama look bad? Sorry, but they don't know shit about what he's going to say tonight and neither do you. But alas, the agenda is and has been quite clear for a long time by many around here.

[Uzybone]

14. +10000

[Cha]

24. Oh but he'll do it

with nuance.:silly:

[CakeGrrl]

26. ...and whose OFA team is encouraging "watch parties" tonight

I'm sure that's just so the President can send everyone who organizes and lends their support to his initiatives a hearty "screw you"!

Yeah. That's GOTTA be it.

[CakeGrrl]

16. More speculation; more hyperventilation. Unrec. n/t

[SemiCharmedQuark]

17. Disappointing.

WaPo has been kind of crap lately, so I hope they're wrong. But I am still preparing for disappointment.

[Jennicut]

21. Washington Post is good for one thing, and that is as toilet paper.

Well, maybe not that. For kitty litter?

I will watch the President myself and see how "nuanced" his support for the public option is.

[Becky72]

27. Obama did everything the WAPO said he would do

support the public option, check.
would say the PO is not an end in and of itself, check (he said it's a means to an end).

[elocs]

23. I wonder if when Obama runs for re-election how he would like some nuanced support? n/t

[Better Believe It]

25. I love nuances. I also love riddles, gibberish and hearing people speak gobbledegook.

People will hate him if he speaks directly and clearly states his position.