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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:07 PM Original message |
Obama: "Medicare and Medicaid are huge problems" |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Man, I don't like what I'm hearin'............ |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. Oh geez...He used the words: "this is going to be a negotiation process." |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. No shit...we are total screwn.... |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. there are times when he speaks |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. No, but it allows the debate to be shifted away from the elephant in the room, |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. He should propose that all seniors join the military |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
57. Obama has been clear - there can be no defense cuts |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sounds like a Rethuglican. |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That would require and overthrow |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No. A Public Option plan would have provided pressure on rates. n/t |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. He's right, |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. +1 |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Who's fooling who? The lower class is going down farther every day with no end in sight. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. Rhett o Rick the word 'indefensible' comes to mind.. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. "bring down health care costs" Hey! Where's the CBO scoring on single payer? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Ask Kucinich, Weiner and Sanders. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. I'd ask Congress personally, but they'd have me arrested |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. You won't see it. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. The complaint is he had his chance, and took a pass |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. 'budgets he proposed had funds for Afghanistan...for the next 10 years.' |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Right... because he's magic... |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Well, he did it with out the benefit of the advocates |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
60. This! |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
65. No one pays attention to the fact that |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Well said! n/t |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. That's more answer than was deserved, but nicely stated. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. What does that have to do with the point? |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. And wrong on the solution |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. That's still irrelevant to the point. n/t |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Hardly, goes straight to the hypocrisy |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Medicare and Medicaid costs are not irrelevant to the point, these costs should... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Yes |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. ALL HC costs should have been part of the HC discussion. n/t |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
52. Well said! |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
58. Excellent reply. Thank you. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
63. Afghanistan, funding it for the next 10 fucking years??? |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. far right. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Medicare and Medicaid costs should have been part of the discussion on HC reform... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
49. It is always "current retirees" |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
54. No you are one of the few that finds Obama haters under every bed. |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
59. He has to explain that our broken healthcare system is the reason for high costs |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. More hurts for less fortunate people |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. Have we heard him call defense spending a huge problem, yet? n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. TWO "unwinnable & unnecessary " WARS are the problem.. n/t |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. +1 |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's not just framing the debate -- it's "framing" the poor and the aged. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Verily. Well put. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. Was our President taken out of context again? |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. NO! He was defending the hardworking struggling middle class.. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's an excellent way to frame the debate, if |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. only in America...the land where corporations run the whole show. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. The core problem in this country is apparently the flesh and blood people living in it. |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. The non-negotiable prices for Medicare drugs are a huge problem |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. If you are on Medicare and did not support single payer then... |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
39. A better approach would be: Lack of adequate and |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. That would have been a better and more honest approach, I wish Obama would have made... |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. One of the key differences in the plan Schakowsky |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #48 |
66. Just a quick glance, but it appears that many of her proposals were... |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
45. No the Iraq Afghanistan War is the problem |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
46. Medicaid is how I afford my psychiatric meds! |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
50. Cowardice. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
53. $117.8 billion for the costs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
55. The medicare payroll tax ought to be tripled,... |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
61. Time to cut those programs in the name of more health care "reform"! |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
62. Yep, if yer looking to 'solve' them. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
64. If this isn't rethuglican to the core, I don't know what is. nt |
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