It feels like a sham to me. A PR sham. We've heard it all before and nothing changes. sammieswife
Bipartisan Meeting on HealthCare - Live
by SixofNine 51 Replies latest jw friends
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SixofNine
I love this new tech driven interaction; Twitter users tell CNN anchors to STFU during health care meeting:
The Twitterati expresses displeasure with CNN talking heads during network's televised health care coverage
Jon Graef
If you aren’t already, then head on over to MSNBC’s live stream of the government’s health care summit right here. As in, stop reading this and watch the video now. Or, better yet, if you’re one of those fancy “multitasking” types—and if you are, you, uh, might want to reconsider—you can read this and listen to the health care summit at the same time.
Of course, MSNBC isn’t the only networking streaming the unprecedented debate about the nation’s health care crisis. There’s BBC News, CNBC, Fox News, NPR, The Huffington Post, and last, but certainly not least, CNN.
Indeed, like many others, the cable news network has been streaming the summit over the interwebz, and broadcasting the debate on television, where a myriad of talking heads have been adding their precious two cents to the national debate. Because, hey, no one wants to hear what their representatives have to say about one of the most important and divisive issues of our times. They want to know what the person who was yelling at craft services two seconds before air time has to say! Because they’re people too, you know? They’re people too.
Except that—get this—people do want to hear about the particulars of the health care debate, and where their representatives stand, and what solutions people are proposing. Oddly enough, many users on Twitter have taken to the social networking mecca to voice their displeasure with the amount of chit-chatting that CNN anchors have reportedly during while the historic health care summit.
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B-Rock
Democrats get twice the talk time as the Republicans.
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BurnTheShips
The Democrats seemed to not have any particular purpose in the summit, but the Republicans did: scrap this bill and start over. The Dems set this up to put a spotlight on the Reps to try to make them look bad. They blew it.
Let me add that Obama did not look good at all. The comments he made to McCain were terrible. He looked weak, grouchy and snipey. Not Presidential.
Even though the Dems got much more talk time, the Republicans had a chance to point out all the massive flaws in the bill. This summit is not going to win over any of the public that is sitting on the fence. On the contrary.
It was a dog and pony show from day one. The Democrats weren't going to take anything seriously from the minority party.
The Democrats set this thing up as a trap for Republicans, and they themselves walked right into it. Doh!
It is also looking like they are likely going to force the bill through using reconciliation. My response?
Oh please oh please oh please oh please!
Not only will this wreck them even worse in November (a recent poll puts forth a possibility of an incredible 60 seats!), but reconciliation bills have to have a sunset provision. Anything they do in reconciliation will not be permanent. Bravo!
This means that the bill will automatically expire. This is what is happening with the Bush tax cuts, which were also passed using reconciliation.
I predict that this bill will be enormously unpopular, and when its sunset date comes up, it will not be renewed.
BTS
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BurnTheShips
Hey! I was reading the comments section on the threads at DKos, and those guys are scary smart!
You guys know what can really save the bacon for Bracko now?
Another speech!
BTS
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beksbks
RAHM-IT-THROUGH STARTS MONDAY -- DEMS DECIDE TO PUSH 'THE BIG BILL'...
Not only does this link say nothing of the sort, but everything I have heard and read says 4-6 weeks more of discussions. Where do you get your info?
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BizzyBee
Obama to John Barrasso (R-WY)
Obama: "Would you be satisfied if every member of Congress just had catastrophic care - you think we'd be better health care purchasers?"
Barrasso: "I think actually we would ... We'd really focus on it. We'd have more, as you say, skin in the game. And especially if they had a savings account - a health savings account - they could put their money into that, and they'd be spending the money out of that."
Obama: "Would you feel the same way if you were making $40,000. Or if that was your income? Because that's the reality for a lot of folks."
Brill!
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Wasanelder Once
Push the damn thing through and take the heat or shut the hell up. You have the power now rule for crap's sake. Weak bastards. The Republicans did it for 8 years, now get on with it. W.Once
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BurnTheShips
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leavingwt
Try to stay awake. . .
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7041663.ece