Senior White House Adviser: Wilson "A Pimple On The Ass Of Progress"

[Bumblebee]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/11/senior-white-house-advise_n_283725.html

Probably Rahm :-)

[TxRider]

1. I think that's the best characterization I've heard yet.

[Voice for Peace]

2. that's a dumb comment

esp to be publicized (no offense meant to OP here) because it serves no purpose; moreover likening progress to something with an ass that gets pimples is just plain, well, stupid; my opinion.

[cliffordu]

3. I have to respectfully disagree.

Great insult, maybe the MSM will concentrate on THAT instead of that pustule Wilson.

[Voice for Peace]

7. and then they'll have to focus on all the outrage and offense taken at the remark

[redqueen]

4. The analogy simply means that he's nothing but a minor yet bothersome annoyance.

Or at least that's how it seems to me.

I'm not sure it warrants being taken any further than that. Neither the situation nor the analogy are anywhere near being serious matters, in other words.

[Voice for Peace]

8. agree but a comment like that is likely to provoke more attention, not less.

[redqueen]

9. Yes...

however, considering how helpful his childish outburst has been... I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

It distracts the easily distracted, yes... but the serious healthcare activists will just laugh and get back to work. :)

[Bumblebee]

5. I think it's a beaut -- coarse and salty but very much to the point.

Witty insults are so rare, they need to be cherished :-)

[Voice for Peace]

6. I don't know, it seems counterproductive as a public statement.

[AlinPA]

12. Yes. something like " a pimple on the face of progress" would be better.

[Voice for Peace]

13. how about a wart on the testicles of progress

[Pirate Smile]

14. They actually said it about the "Wilson flap" not Wilson himself. They want to move on and not

focus on giving Wilson more publicity.

[flyarm]

10. Joe Wilson and AHIP Team Up to Write Max Baucus’s Health Care Bill By: Jane Hamsher

Joe Wilson and AHIP Team Up to Write Max Baucus’s Health Care Bill
By: Jane Hamsher

http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/11/joe-wilson-and-ahip-team-up-to-write-max-baucuss-health-care-bill/

Friday September 11, 2009 7:06 am


There really doesn't seem to be any limit to what the administration will do to pass Rahm Emanuel's neoliberal giveaway to the insurance industry. The "author" of the plan released by Baucus (and apparently by Mike Ross) is a former VP of Wellpoint. Now AHIP is boasting about their role in crafting it:

Many of the changes to the insurance system now under discussion are the ones that have been advocated this year by the insurance companies themselves, said Karen M. Ignagni, the chief executive of America's Health Insurance Plans, the industry trade group. "The industry has been the leader in creating the proposals everyone is about to endorse," she said.

No wonder insurance company stocks shot up after the President's speech.

But now we find, per John Aravosis, that Kent Conrad and Max Baucus are changing their bill to appease Joe Wilson:

"We really thought we'd resolved this question of people who are here illegally, but as we reflected on the President's speech last night we wanted to go back and drill down again," said Senator Kent Conrad, one of the Democrats in the talks after a meeting Thursday morning. Baucus later that afternoon said the group would put in a proof of citizenship requirement to participate in the new health exchange — a move likely to inflame the left.

As John says, if Wilson's outburst turns out to be successful, it'll keep happening over and over again. And it will work every time.

If you want to stop this travesty from going forward -- and it's turning into a complete travesty -- ask these members of Congress from strong Democratic districts, all of whom have cosponsored Single Payer in the past and know better, why they aren't pledging to vote against any bill if it turns out to be nothing more than an insurance industry bailout:

read the rest at the link..........

[redqueen]

11. "ask these members of Congress from strong Democratic districts, "

:nuke:

:nuke:

:nuke:

I can at least understand why blue cross dems from RW areas act like fuckin repukes... but this... :grr:

[Gold Metal Flake]

15. When will he resign?

Can't say that about a republican and not resign.

[JNelson6563]

16. Yep, probably Rahm.

That was my first thought too.

I saw some event on Mother's Day that President Obama spoke at. Don't remember what it was...anyway........Obama says Mother's Day is a rough day for Rahm because he is not use to using the word "day" after "mother". heh ;-)

Julie