Obama FAIL -FiredogLake's Jane Hamsher comes out AGAINST the Senate Health Plan - Blames Obama

[Techn0Girl]

Source: FireDog Lake

The Senate is cutting a deal to kill the public option by giving the President the “trigger” that his Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, has been fighting for since he took office.

Shoveling taxpayer dollars into “too big to fail” insurance companies is not the change I voted for. The failure to establish a public option to control medical costs and increase competition is President Obama’s failure alone.

Sign our petition to President Obama: the triggered public option is your failure, and it’s up to you to fix it.

Read more: http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/12/09/obama-fail/

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Jane Hamsher of FiredogLake comes out against the Senate Health Plan and starts action to petition Obama to fix it

Edit:
I edited the title since the mods felt fit to declare Jane Hamsher and Firedoglake no longer a site of valid breaking news.

Also - LETS REC THIS UP to show our support for what we thought we were voting for last November and to make a statement against those who would rather we just shut up and go away.

[Politics_Guy25]

1. NOT Breaking news

Not By a longshot.

Unrec.

[FiveGoodMen]

Signed.

[loyalkydem]

2. Got that earlier and signed

Though I rather have single payer.

[bdamomma]

3. signed.

[aquart]

4. Signed.

[Techn0Girl]

5. Signed

[mdmc]

6. kick

[Alexander]

7. This is not breaking news. You FAIL

Try putting this in GD or something.

[Techn0Girl]

9. Jane came out with the statement and the mass email campaign one hour before I posted this - UnFail

You may not like the news - but you can't hide it.

[Alexander]

10. Not a valid news source, and not breaking news - Your shipment of FAIL has been delivered.

I see the mods, thankfully, moved it to where it belongs.

[Techn0Girl]

11. Jane Hamsher is a strong public figure that Runs a Progressive blog that ...

was often quoted on DU - when she agreed with everything. She is regularly featured on Rachael Maddow as a commentator.

Now that she has spoken out suddenly her voice no longer counts and she is no longer a "valid" news source.

I'll be sure to email her and let her know where some mods on Democratic Underground apparently now think of her.

This was VALID news and it was Breaking News and I am sorely disappointing in DU for attempting to disenfranchise it.

Needless to say my future donations will be going to Hamsher's site and NOT DU.

[NYCGirl]

12. Future donations? You haven't made a donation yet. NT

[WyldRogue]

16. I didn't know..

...that there is a price here at DU to call yourself a Democrat AND have the right to an objective opinion.

So, how much do I have to pay to call myself a Democrat AND be able to mock, insult and castigate people??

Such an immature reply you typed. How old are you? That looked like something my 17 yr old daughter would type with a snotty attitude....

[NYCGirl]

17. Donate to DU and make Grovelbot happy. NT

[cali]

14. She's never, that I'm aware of, been considered a news source

as far as the rules for the breaking news forum goes. They haven't changed the rules. Blogs aren't accepted as news sources for that forum. And this isn't even news- I agree with here, but it's not news.

You're completely distorting the situation.

[avaistheone1]

13. Firedoglake is a valid source of news.

You may not favor this source, but is a very good source.

[vaberella]

35. This is Op-Ed. n/t

[salguine]

36. Is "FAIL" an acronym or something? Why is it always capitalized? And why do I feel like

every post in which it's used was written by a six-year-old?

[Bobbie Jo]

32. +1 FAIL

I concur with your advice as well.

Edited to add: Unrec.

[Oregone]

8. "Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, has been fighting for since he took office"

Congress doesn't need Rahmy to turn everything they touch to shit

[vaberella]

21. Wait...don''t you prefer this version?! It expands medicare.

You had said, in an earlier post the bill just got better.

[t0dd]

15. signed

[phleshdef]

18. Dean, Sanders, Krugman and Weiner approve of the new plan, their opinion is more valuable than yours

[ChiciB1]

25. Perhaps The Opinion Carries MORE Water, But I'm Not Sure One Should Tell Anyone

that another opinion is MORE VALUABLE than their own! A person should be able to have an opinion and believe it has value.

I would say that I'm pretty SHOCKED by those who are talking this up, but then I'm almost IMMUNIZED regarding most things these days, so it's useless for me to make the comment!

Maybe we're back to SHOCK & AWE and it doesn't matter much anymore, and actually means very little! And no, I'd rather not get into a long drawn out word fight, it's JMHO and has value to me!

[phleshdef]

29. None of the men listed can be accused of carrying water for anyone.

They simply don't have a history of it. And their opinions are more valuable because they understand the topic better. Period.

[ChiciB1]

30. DONE! PERIOD!! GOT IT! n/t

[ClarkUSA]

34. Exactly.

:thumbsup:

[jefferson_dem]

19. Sorry Jane...

Best intentions aside, you're wrong on this one.

[impik]

20. You could have fool me! I did not see this coming!!!

[mcablue]

22. You're not being centrist enough

You need a dose of Pragmatism. Go trigger!

[WeDidIt]

23. Goodie, the email that got me to unsubscribe to FDL

I've unsubscribed to three so-called liberal groups in two days over bullshit anti-Obama emails.

[Phx_Dem]

24. I'm SHOCKED that Jane is unhappy. Whatever shall we do.

:puke:

[Jersey Devil]

26. Not signed but now unsubscribed from FDL

I've had enough of these demands for perfection from her.

[BeyondGeography]

27. THEEEEEEEEE Jane Hamsher?

:cry:

[Connie_Corleone]

28. Big surprise there...Not.

[Thrill]

31. Just curious. Who should we believe on this. Dean and Bernie or this Jane Hamsher

I don't like that there appears to be no public option.

But Howard Dean and Bernie Sanders appear to think this is just as good? I'm inclined to value their opinion more this person Jane Hamsher.

But like I always say, if you don't like whats being done, you can always show them with your money and your vote.

[ClarkUSA]

33. Jane Hamsher is a bitter sore loser who has never said a good word about Candidate or Pres. Obama.

Her perpetual Obama Outrage is one of the known constants in the blogosphere.

Color me unsurprised.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

38. Throwing another Dem under the bus are you?

Or are you cutting and pasting your post from the NYT and claiming it as your own?

[ClarkUSA]

41. Spare me the trite bullshit and go back to what you do best: 24/7 fact-free Obama bashing.

:eyes:

[spiritual_gunfighter]

42. Was this copied from the NYT as well?

[ClarkUSA]

43. WTF are you talking about?

:crazy:

[spiritual_gunfighter]

45. You know what I am talking about

Why even ask that question.

[ClarkUSA]

46. lol! Thanks for those words of "spiritual" guidance. I feel so much better now.

:rofl:

[spiritual_gunfighter]

47. You're welcome n/t

[elizm]

37. Got it...and unsubscribed. I support our President. nt

[SIMPLYB1980]

39. Someone say hampster?

http://www.hampsterdance.com/classics/interactivedance.htm

[brentspeak]

40. Rec'd

Though the Obama Cheerleaders have apparently sandbagged the thread with unrecs.

[slipslidingaway]

44. knr - done nt

[Milo_Bloom]

48. Signed