Obama vs. Obama. Two days apart. - Democratic Underground

Skip Intro

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Mon Nov-26-07 09:20 PM
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Obama vs. Obama. Two days apart.

Edited on Mon Nov-26-07 09:23 PM by Skip Intro

11/26:

Anyone who watched KO from the begining tonight knows there was a clip where Hillary said Obama's health care plan requires a mandate for children, and Obama responded that the "mandate" aspect of Health Insurance refrom was a "manufactured" issue.

11/24:

Obama makes an issue of "mandates."

"I know that there have been some other candidates who said that's it's not possible to provide universal health care coverage unless there's a mandate..."

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post_group/ObamaHQ/Cxfq

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Does it look to anyone else that Obama makes an issue of mandates one day, then calls it a manufactured issue the next day?

Is it just me?

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Mon Nov-26-07 09:22 PM
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1. Sounds like Obama doesn't know what is in his own plan...nt

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Kurt_and_Hunter

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Mon Nov-26-07 09:24 PM
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2. He is in an excellent position to know whether it's manufactured.

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sandnsea

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Mon Nov-26-07 09:54 PM
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3. Is he claiming it will provide universal coverage

of children? No. That's the difference.

Hillary is pretending her plan will cover everybody when she's basing that on a mandate and not affordability.

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SaveElmer

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Mon Nov-26-07 09:55 PM
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4. Wrong...

She is basing it on a mandate AND affordability...

As is Edwards...

But you would only know that if you actually read her plan...

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sandnsea

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Mon Nov-26-07 10:26 PM
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6. Tax credits don't work

If they did, everybody would be thrilled with the college tax credit plan from the 90's. Her plan is bullshit, as usual.

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cuke

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Tue Nov-27-07 01:24 AM
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8. It's more than tax credits. It also expands Medicaid and limits premiums

but you'd know that if you read the plans

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SaveElmer

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Tue Nov-27-07 07:46 AM
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9. Read the plan...

Far more than tax credits...in fact Hillary's plan guarantees premiums will not exceed a certain % of income on a sliding scale based on need...

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Skip Intro

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Mon Nov-26-07 09:55 PM
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5. Who knows what he's claiming. What time is it?

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Laurab

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Mon Nov-26-07 10:52 PM
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7. Doesn't look that way to me.

It looks like one day Obama is saying that some of his colleagues are making an issue of a mandate, and 2 days later is saying the exact same thing, adding that it is a "manufactured issue" by "some other candidates", which apparently it is.

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MethuenProgressive

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Tue Nov-27-07 08:00 AM
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10. He doesn't know his applause lines from his positions. Inexperience.

Maybe Oparah can help him with the cue cards.

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