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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:02 PM Original message |
So the pubic option is dead... |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nope, it is not. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Should I quote Benito Mussolini for ya? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Oh this is Fascism, as defined by Mussolini, (and I guess he should have a clue) |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 03:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
53. Mussolini had no problem playing along with the Catholic Bishops either |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. That is such a compelling argument. nt |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. A real public option was dead for a long time |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. I am not sure about the "pubic option" but the public option is not |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. I amazed at smart people being so fucking short sighted to start saying this crap when it has been |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Acually I have been saying the US took on increasintly fascistic tendencies |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Oh no, the sky's falling!!! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Reuters reported Reid as saying it is not dead. |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. But is it a trigger or an actual public option? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Not yet. I decided the best course was to turn off the TV and |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
52. Mmmm.... Rye. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. That's a new one on me. I usually drink Eagle Rare, but |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Never tried it, but it's on my list. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Try Wild Turkey Rye. It's 101 proof, but won't hurt you. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I'm sure it won't. I usually drink Booker's. ;) |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. I tend to stay with Bourbon Trace brands. They seem good |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Wow, that's a pretty good crowd. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Woodford Reserve is OK. I got one corky bottle and haven't |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
39. It is state non-profits formed by private insurance companies. If the |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. And at this point I don't believe any of them |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. The Democrats have never been known to do as the |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Oh I know, we have a party that is less ahem organized than a sack of cats |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. There's one new thing that goes along with the Medicare |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I know the details but splaining this to my neighbors |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Public financing would cut the Robber Barons out of the |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. And getting there wil be next to impossible without a multigeneratinal |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Just got to keep pushing. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Night, and thanks for a fun thread |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
56. Yeah. It's been an emotional roller coaster. |
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NoUsername (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. It's nothing more than a facade |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. From CNN |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. The only thing that's dead is patience. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. No, the public option is NOT DEAD......not AT ALL |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
59. From the NYT, front page, 12/9/09: |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. That age group is the one the insurance company hates. |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. Ba ba ba bird bird bird, bird bird's the word! |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. There will be something called a public option in the final bill. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. And the DLCers will excuse all for the sake of the TEAM |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I worry that a lot of the people who were just brought into politics |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. And why we need MOVEMENTS not party support |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Exactly. n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
63. Yeah, because the other team is evil |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. Damn, and I was hoping the era of free-love was returning |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. There ya go |
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BP2 (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yep, we have the majority |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. Don't worry ..Obama will save us.. he's only playing chess.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Hi level multidimensional chess mind you |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. Proving once again that denial is definitely not just a river in that one place, over there. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. Majority/minority are a joke. This is a class friggin war. It isnt between the Dems and the |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. You know that, I know that |
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neshanic still (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
33. True words. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
40. to the congressional dems- being voted out of office means it's time to start a lobbying career... |
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mullard12ax7 (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
43. K&R, the American majority wants the public option |
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Ildem09 (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
44. The party of FDR, and Ted Kennedy is on life support! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Deleted message |
BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
45. Any one surprised? Not me. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
46. Time has come to fire EVERY SINGLE MEMBER of the 'do nothing congress'. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. YES! Fire their asses! YESTERDAY! |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Yeah! Let's fire Bernie Sanders, and Barbara Boxer, and Dennis Kucinich, and... |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. The dnc needs to get the message and no one on either side or the middle of the isle can be spared. |
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Bushknew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
51. Dems play the good cop Repugs play the bad cop but the play on the same team.... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
55. Profit$ Over People = Sicko Empire |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
57. yeah, because wishing republican will win to spite them is so awesome. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
62. I've been hearing that since August |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
64. Long live singlepayer |
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