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The Dems he's no doubt referring to are the ones who will vote for all of the coalition leader's proposals. We've already heard that if we don't settle for this bill, there won't be time for another. Is this deja vu? It's a trick by the wh, again.

I didn't hear the interview, but these maneuvers that the repups use to get everything screwed up are the only transparency within this admin.
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"But the biggest culprit is President Bush, who has made it clear that he will sign any Republican-designed bill, especially if its flaws can be disguised for a few years, for the transparent and cynical purpose of taking a potent Democratic campaign issue off the table, at least until after the 2004 elections. The GOP's rush job in seeking Congressional approval of the bill before its patent inadequacies become apparent -- indeed, before Members of Congress even have the opportunity to read it -- is part and parcel of the overall Bush plan to subordinate substance to the crassest kind of political symbolism.

We sympathize with those centrist Democrats who may be tempted to hold their noses and vote for the bill, just as they sympathize with seniors who are expecting some help from their government with rapidly rising prescription drug costs. We agree that the current proposal does represent incremental progress on a few important issues: stabilizing funding for private health plans and providers participating in Medicare as it is currently constituted, improving care for people with chronic conditions, and establishing new budget rules that account for all of Medicare's expenditures, not just those in the hospital trust fund.

But all in all, this rough beast offers far less than it promises, at a much higher price than it admits.
http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=131&subid=192&contentid=252189
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What is the justification for Democrats who will vote for this bill? Scare tactics. Not the truth: "we can do better".
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Another thought for you. Gov Dean was specifically answering a question about "entrenched beltway bureaucrats". He used a simile, which is a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared. So when we examine how the english language is actually practiced, we can very easily see that he did not say that "all the members of Congress {are} cockroaches".

I am certain he was not referring to your candidate. Everyone knows that Kerry is not an "entrenched beltway bureaucrat". After all, he has led the Hill in the fight against corruption. Isn't that correct?