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shopgreen (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:11 PM Original message |
Obama Demands: The Bill I Sign Must Include Public Option |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. That was last decade |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
69. Yeah... that quote was so "00s" ("oughts"?) |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #69 |
85. The "naughties" |
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zogtheobvious (119 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
76. Actually, the new decade doesn't start for another 351 days... ;) n/t |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. the man does give purty speeches |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. !!! |
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bkozumplik (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 03:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
50. he's got a purty mouth |
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Cowpunk (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
65. Don't you mean PURITY speeches? NT |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thats not fair |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
83. I was about to gripe at you, and now I'm having a laugh (even if it is sardonic). nt |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. kick. for the deniers! |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. What does "the deniers" mean? |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. There are those, includiing the Prez himself at times, who deny he said he |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Should he veto the bill? |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. yes. They aren't going to get insurance anyway.This is a set up.It is going to be cheaper for |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. What?The business owner ISN'T going to keep the insurance |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
40. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 03:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
52. Deleted message |
tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
55. another lesser of two evils gambit? |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
80. I have never heard Obama or seen Obama say I will not sign a bill |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. There we go. nt |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
81. I have asked a few people to help me out... |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. Too little, too late... eom |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 03:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
51. Why? |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
60. It won't be too late if there is a public option in the final bill. n/t |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'd love it if he did a Town Hall and someone read that back to him. Or have |
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shopgreen (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. would be terrific. |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Crazy purists are always wanting people to speak the truth. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. ZING! |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
82. They got to see pictures of the president with his shirt off. Isn't that enough??? |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's too bad he didn't do that in the first place ... |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Thank you for mentioning Habeas Corpus... |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 02:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. You're welcome .... |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. That's going way back, according to the latest demands, |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Opening Poster is a busy little beaver on DU tonight. |
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shopgreen (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. beavers like widdle puddy cats. |
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shopgreen (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. dupe |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. is there something you don't like to be reminded of here? |
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shadesofgray (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. I don't know what is worse...Obama's bald faced about saying it, or his expecting us to buy his lie |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. Pocket Veto, then. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. we can all still use the ER |
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shopgreen (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. well, that is an interpretation I had not heard before. yuk. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #23 |
59. You will get a bill from the ER! |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. this ought to cause some heads to spin. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Oh, the spinning has already started. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. Six months has brought change. |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. Me thinks Obama doesn't like what he sees in the poll numbers & what he's been told. |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. You may want to look at the dateline of the original article n/t |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Look, |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 12:39 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. It doesn't do that, though. The insurance companies can charge outrageous fees to those with PEC. |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
63. Which of the two bills allow that? |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
64. Okay. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #64 |
77. Dean proposed that extending medicare could be done through reconciliation, needing only 51 votes. |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. That doesn't answer my question, though. |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. K&R |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
32. Some one needs to rub some noses in this |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Noses? |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
36. Why would this bill include a public option? |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. Besides - Obama never campaigned on the publc option ... |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
43. July 20, 2009, 10:16AM |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
44. Again, what can Obama do to legally force Lieberman or Nelson to support the public option? TIA |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 02:46 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Again- why do you persist in pushing that talking point when 50 +1 reconciliation was available? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #46 |
58. they couldnt pass the whole bill that way, only parts of it. |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. So you pass those parts through recon. and pass the non-controverial parts the normal way. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 03:32 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. What depakid said, stop pushing propaganda and powerlessness |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
75. What can he do to make unions accept a compromise? Twist arms... nt |
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Beacho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
45. Your link didn't |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
47. K&R. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
49. That was Classic Democrat, now we have New Democrat |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
53. We all heard him. Now he says he never REALLY promised it. |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
54. k and r |
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D23MIURG23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
56. Dated 7/20/09. You might want to check that next time. |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
66. and your point is? |
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D23MIURG23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. That this doesn't represent a new development. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #56 |
72. WAIT, this isn't even a RECENT comment? Oh good god, that's just disingenuous posting. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
57. yeah, too bad reid and pelosi couldn't muster decent bills. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. "Must" or "Muster"? |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
61. It depends on what the meaning of the word 'must' is n/t |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
70. Good. The people have pushed him towards at least taking something like a stand. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
71. Meh, I will believe it when I see it. nt |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
73. Obama is a lap dog |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
74. Yeah, yeah, yeah, blah,blah, blah; How many times have we heard |
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California Griz (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
78. What about the state public option |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
79. "A bit late to be trimming the verge don't you think?" |
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