Comments on: A Dodged Bullet last November http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/10/25/a-dodged-bullet-last-november/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:18:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: m http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/10/25/a-dodged-bullet-last-november/#comment-6140 m Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:57:55 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=1532#comment-6140 "But unless he has a plan for enabling the 46 million uninsured Americans to marry heirs and heiresses." Not a bad idea, Dave. I think McCain should get on that. For those of us already married he can just arrange to have our spouses become heirs/heriesses. Until then, I vote for some decent, affordable healthcare for the un- and under-insured. “But unless he has a plan for enabling the 46 million uninsured Americans to marry heirs and heiresses.”
Not a bad idea, Dave. I think McCain should get on that. For those of us already married he can just arrange to have our spouses become heirs/heriesses. Until then, I vote for some decent, affordable healthcare for the un- and under-insured.

]]> By: jabel http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/10/25/a-dodged-bullet-last-november/#comment-6127 jabel Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:03:30 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=1532#comment-6127 McCain should be ashamed for promoting this tripe.What amuses and scares me is what I saw on C-Span today with some Georgia Repub who was an MD trying to put his Doctor spin on health care like those of us who aren't right wing ex Doctors McCain should be ashamed for promoting this tripe.What amuses and scares me is what I saw on C-Span today with some Georgia Repub who was an MD trying to put his Doctor spin on health care like those of us who aren’t right wing ex Doctors

]]> By: ruth gutmann http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/10/25/a-dodged-bullet-last-november/#comment-5821 ruth gutmann Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:44:16 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=1532#comment-5821 Alfred says, rightly I think, "I am not scared of Lieberman, I am disgusted with him." Alfred says, rightly I think, “I am not scared of Lieberman, I am disgusted with him.”

]]> By: dc http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/10/25/a-dodged-bullet-last-november/#comment-5776 dc Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:19:45 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=1532#comment-5776 If Lieberman wants to regain a shred of his dignity for posterity, supporting a bill with a public option might be his best bet, but it looks like pleasing the Hartford-based insurance companies is more important to him---they will be delighted if the government forces everyone to buy health insurance, as long as people's only option is to buy it from them. Lieberman <em>should</em> be beholden to Obama too, since Obama supported him against Ned Lamont in 2006 <em>and</em> told Reid to let Lieberman keep his committee chairmanship even after Lierberman supported the other Republican candidate last year. You would think Lieberman would owe it to Obama not to support a filibuster, even if he can't bring himself to vote for the bill, but I'm not counting on it. At the moment he seems eager to go down in history as the guy who blocked health care reform because it threatened the profits of his pet industry. As for the homebuying subsidy: If only there was an 8k subsidy for buying a houseboat instead... If Lieberman wants to regain a shred of his dignity for posterity, supporting a bill with a public option might be his best bet, but it looks like pleasing the Hartford-based insurance companies is more important to him—they will be delighted if the government forces everyone to buy health insurance, as long as people’s only option is to buy it from them. Lieberman should be beholden to Obama too, since Obama supported him against Ned Lamont in 2006 and told Reid to let Lieberman keep his committee chairmanship even after Lierberman supported the other Republican candidate last year. You would think Lieberman would owe it to Obama not to support a filibuster, even if he can’t bring himself to vote for the bill, but I’m not counting on it. At the moment he seems eager to go down in history as the guy who blocked health care reform because it threatened the profits of his pet industry.

As for the homebuying subsidy: If only there was an 8k subsidy for buying a houseboat instead…

]]> By: unique distance from isolation http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/10/25/a-dodged-bullet-last-november/#comment-5775 unique distance from isolation Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:47:39 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=1532#comment-5775 That is even more galling than the usual news from DC. Now they're going to extend and expand the 8k housebuying rebate... Why not give away the money to poor people? Our country is crazy... That is even more galling than the usual news from DC.

Now they’re going to extend and expand the 8k housebuying rebate… Why not give away the money to poor people? Our country is crazy…

]]> By: wordnerd http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/10/25/a-dodged-bullet-last-november/#comment-5758 wordnerd Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:05:18 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=1532#comment-5758 The guy who scares me is Lieberman. The guy who scares me is Lieberman.

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