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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:37 PM Original message |
If we do not get HCR through now.. you can kiss it goodbye for another 20 years |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yup! |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. certainly not true unless Dems cave and decide not to try again with something better. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. What? Try again with when there are bigger majorities in Congress? |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. all that's needed is the courage to work toward a better bill with |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. "Courage" alone won't get you a majority in Congress - nt |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. a better bill could get passed. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Exactly how might that be done? You must live in somewhere over the rainbow to believe that. n/t |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. No. I live in the US. I repeat-- |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Are you ok if I don't accept your point of view about the bill? |
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damonm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
59. OK I'll agree with you IF... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. I don't see how our present system could collapse further...but I guess |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Exactly, it will only be abandoned for decades if Dems let be. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The fact that it will fail if tried again is not salient? |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Clue: you need votes to pass a bill. That's how it works. Talk is cheap. n/t |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Didn't happen last time and it won't happen this time |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. not necessarily so. If the trouble in MA is any indicator, the corporate-sponsored |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I disagree completely - assuming that the trouble in Mass is based on YOUR assumptions is silly |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Hugh, you're name-calling. Again. I don't engage with folks who do that. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. You lost the argument, so you say I'm name-calling - which, of course, I didn't do at all |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I note your editing. CYA |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. So you can't support your assumptions and are offended how I spelled the word? |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. You are exactly right ~ all Democrats |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. what good does it do to elect more Dems who are in the pocket of the insurance industry? |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. By not electing a Democrat that is running against a Republican? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. No, but we can primary the bad Dems. Otherwise we get the Ben Nelson's |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Agreed. Rec'd. nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yes. That's why I support this lousy bill. I try to keep my eye on the prize. nt |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Senate Bill IS NOT HCR. If it passes, nobody will be happy. Lose-Lose. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. The Senate bill is nothing but a rip-off of the working class by the health industry |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. face it; we're living in a conquered country |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. So true. n/t |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. If corporate mandates pass, you can kiss ACTUAL reform goodbye forever. |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. yep. Obama said he wanted to be the last President to deal with |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Along with the Democratic majority |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Standard DLC procedure |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. Why? Are Democrats incapable of drafting a focused, coherent bill? |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
55. Apparently they are |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's just not good enough for them |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Yes, nothing will satisfy "these people" |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I'm glad to be one of "these people"--As in abusive adult relationships, appeasement yields nothing |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
60. If Bush had proposed exactly this bill, everyone would be against it |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. yep. hence the sense of betrayal of Dem principles, huh? |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #60 |
72. if Bush proposed single payer, would you be against it? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. No, of course he wouldn't have |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. Well Bush has an |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 06:13 AM Response to Reply #32 |
71. Your Republican talking points are tiresome. |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. Who annoited you ... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. Then kiss it goodbye, because |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
40. And if it goes through, your foot is going to be stuck there for 20 years in the same position. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
41. The repubs can just rebrand this bill as their own. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
42. That's not true. If we pass nothing, the insurance companies will die within a few years given ... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. That's probably the dumbest talking point of all |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Who will administer those "harsh economic |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. Who? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
46. But think how pure and righteous the DU naysayers would feel; they'd have another 20 years to... |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
47. At least 20, if history is any indication. But if we can get this bill |
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JimWis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
48. K&R |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. Oh, that DLC talking point again! |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. DLC? sorry..not so.. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. So why are you using a DLC talking point? |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. +10000 |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. you know it!! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
51. This bill isn't reform. It's economic Fascism. |
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elana i am (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
52. i don't know about 20 years |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
53. The current bill making it's way through Congress now is not bona fide HCR. |
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M155Y_A1CH (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
62. It'll be "drats, foiled again" |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
63. Threats don't work because the current MESS of a bill is just one big give away to the Insurance ... |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
64. You can kiss our entire agenda good-by if we don't have 60 senators. n/t |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
65. getting our foot in the door would have been one thing |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
66. It would be longer than that. |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
67. Sorry to say....real healtcare reform is going to have to happen state by state. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
68. Bullshit. If it goes down, Dems could immediately introduce at least some expansion-- |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Right, move towards single payer by expanding PUBLIC programs |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
69. It's too bad this travesty |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
70. Why insist on calling rewards to private insurance HCR? |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
73. After seeing the Rally on cable yesterday, she can win it! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Many a politician has made the mistake of assuming that large rallies |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. We'll see |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
77. I don't think so... |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
78. I'm afraid this bill will make reform more difficult |
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