Can someone splain this pleaze.

[progressoid]

In 1993 John Chaffee (R), 19 other Republicans and two Democrats (Bennett, Bond, Boren (D), Cohen, Danforth, Dole, Domenici, Durenberger, Faircloth, Gorton, Grassley, Hatch, Hatfield, Kassebaum, Kerrey (D), Lugar, Simpson, Specter, Stevens, Warner, Brown) offer up an alternative to the Clinton Health care plan.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d103:SN01770:@@@L&summ2=m&#summary

Obviously, neither plan goes anywhere.

Fast forward to today, we see Republicans fighting against, and Democrats fighting for a plan that is surprisingly similar that GOP plan of 1993.

http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Graphics/2010/022310-Bill-comparison.aspx


:wtf:






edited with smaller graphic and beter speling.

[Cleita]

1. Ironic isn't it?

It also is very similar to George W. Bush's plan on his campaign website (which I think he knew nothing about, but someone in his campaign wrote it for him) with a provision also for medical savings accounts.

[harun]

2. Because we got a bad case of stupid.

[progressoid]

13. Is that a pre-existing condition?

[madokie]

16. Looks like it to me

from over here anyway

[Kitty Herder]

3. Democrats have become Republicans and Republicans have become what? Fascists?

Everything keeps moving to the right.

[Oregone]

5. Ayn Randian caricatures

In fact, they are *helping* this reform pass by having such ludicrous ideas that anything looks incredible in contrast.

[marmar]

14. Bill Maher: Democrats moved to the right, and Republicans moved to the mental hospital

nt

[Kitty Herder]

15. Ha! I like that.

:rofl:

[Oregone]

4. People don't understand how historically right-wing this reform is

In Bush's America, if you do not want to nuke all Muslims, you are considered a "liberal". So that is pretty much the new Democratic base that elected the current crop. Im not sure how long it will take for that country to recover from the political drift that occurred last decade

[corkhead]

6. Because we were the obstructionist party in 1993?

:shrug:

[rhett o rick]

7. It is clear to me that the republicans are going to do absolutely everthing

to harm America so they can win in 2012 with Jeb and Liz. The Democratic Party has gone right of center.

[LiberalLoner]

11. And they won't stop with the election. We will make Hitler's Germany look like paradise.

The Republicans are going to make our country the worst hell on earth the world has ever known. And the teabaggers will be cheering on every atrocity, stupid f*cks that they are.

[CreekDog]

8. Actually it was John Chafee not his son Lincoln Chafee

but the point is well-taken.

John Chafee R-RI was a terrific senator in many respects.

[progressoid]

10. Thanks, fixed it.

I was thinking about Lincoln since he endorsed Obama for Prez.

[Hosnon]

9. This is a good argument to pass this bill now. nt.

[progressoid]

17. We should support a Republican bill from '93 why?

[helderheid]

12. shared on facebook. Thanks