I am assuming all of you Kill the Bill people opposed the Clinton bill in 1994?

[bluestateguy]

That bill would have built off of the private insurance regime and contained no public option (indeed, it was never proposed by the Clintons at any stage)

[Edweird]

1. I'm assuming you pro corporate people voted for Reagan.

[polpilot]

14. Bill was NEVER serious about reform of the healthcare system. NEVER. Remeber his speech to the AMA

at that time. He was just giving Hillery 'something to do.' What were the results and the FOLLOWUP. NOTHING. At least Kucinich KNOWS what he believes.

[EFerrari]

2. I was too busy trying to feed my kids but, yeah I would have opposed that, too.

Sometimes the party good and the people good are not the same. It's a constant negotiation. That's just how it is.

Try not to take it personally.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. I'm amused at how all the kill the bill people...

accuse other people of siding with corporations. When it's the corporations that want to kill the bill.

And they always attack Obama over his efforts at bipartisanship. When they're the ones joining the republicans in wanting to kill the bill. Maybe that's partisan, but it's for the wrong party.

Sense. They make none.

[BlooInBloo]

4. I'm patiently waiting for them to turn on Kucinich for voting yes...

and thus being shown to be a thorough and complete liar about his "principles".

Because we all know that Kucinich-messiah disciples would never be hypocrites, right? Certainly if/when Kucinich flip-flops *on his principles*, his disciples will "hold his feet to the fire" right? They're certain to "speak the truth to power", right?

Of course they will. Because they're not hypocrites.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. They turned on Dean, they'll turn on Kucinich.

But they'll be pretty quiet about it.

[BlooInBloo]

11. Ah - nope. They're already hard at work coming up with a cover story to save face...

Here's a recent attempt: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7932571#7932614

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

13. That person's likely a rarity.

Don't expect much of that.

[Number23]

18. +40 million

[Luciferous]

5. I was 13 at the time, so I wasn't paying any attention to politics.

Did the Clinton bill mandate insurance without a public option? Because if it did, I would have opposed it.

[EFerrari]

7. Where were you when I needed a babysitter, hmmm?!

:)

/oops

[joeybee12]

10. It did not have a mandate...

...another misleading OP.

[Tesha]

8. Yes, I opposed that piece of crap too! (NT)

[Bluebear]

9. 'built off of the private insurance regime' - whatever that means.

[Selatius]

12. Who said the 1994 proposal had a private insurance mandate in it????????? nt

[Forkboy]

15. You're on a roll today. All downhill.

[Bluebear]

16. Found a handy shortcut:

http://www.dlc.org/

[boston bean]

17. Hillary's 1993 healthcare plan wanted corporations to provide every employee health insurance.

It was not an individual mandate.

[gleaner]

19. While it is not a safe bet to assume that you know ..

what someone else is thinking, I will tell you that I was not in favor of Clinton's bill either. Same reason. No real reform and no real benefit except to special interests.

Now maybe you can tell me what you are getting at here? Your post infers a lot but doesn't clarify any of it. I don't want to assume what you are thinking. It would be better if you explained it.:shrug:

[Cleita]

20. I didn't like it and I could see why it was killed.

I thought the Clintons would try again. I was dumbstruck that they never pushed for anything again. I don't think they seriously wanted anything workable and only did it to fulfill Bill's campaign promise. It was the reason I voted for him and I was very disappointed to find out what a corporatist he turned out to be and how quickly he distanced himself from the health care issue after that. It was the reason I wasn't fond of Hillary for President. I felt something similar would happen to move the problem out of the way one more time.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

21. Still trying to triangulate support for a corporate giveaway?