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NewEngland4Obama

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Sun Aug-16-09 08:45 PM
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White House appears ready to bend on health-care overhaul

August 16, 2009

White House appears ready to bend on health-care overhaul

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON � Bowing to Republican pressure, President Barack Obama's administration signaled on Sunday it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run insurance as part of a new health care system.

Facing mounting opposition to the overhaul, administration officials left open the chance for a compromise with Republicans that would include health insurance cooperatives instead of a government-run plan. Such a concession probably would enrage Obama's liberal supporters but could deliver a much-needed victory on a top domestic priority opposed by GOP lawmakers.

Officials from both political parties reached across the aisle in an effort to find compromises on proposals they left behind when they returned to their districts for an August recess. Obama wanted the government to run a health insurance organization to help cover the nation's almost 50 million uninsured, but he never made it a deal breaker in a broad set of ideas that has Republicans unified in opposition.

More.....

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20090816/NEWS/90816002

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ruggerson

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Sun Aug-16-09 08:46 PM
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1. ...and they just keep rolling in....

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NewEngland4Obama

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Sun Aug-16-09 08:56 PM
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12. I will always vote for a Democrat over a Republican any day

its just that it getting harder to tell them apart without the D or R beside their name.

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FrenchieCat

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Sun Aug-16-09 08:47 PM
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2. Same story, new Title......

How about that?

the media really is ingenious when they want what they want, hey?

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HopeOverFear

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Sun Aug-16-09 08:51 PM
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9. Where the heck you been? I've been fighting these fools all day with facts

I can't fend them all off, I need some help here! :rofl:

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DarthDem

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Sun Aug-16-09 08:47 PM
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3. And How Did They Signal This?

n/t

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graywarrior

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Sun Aug-16-09 08:49 PM
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4. Repeat repeat repeat

Due to technical difficulties, DU will be presenting yet another repeat tonight. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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BlueCaliDem

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Sun Aug-16-09 09:23 PM
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19. AP Washington Bureau? Wasn't the editor asking to be McCain's

campaign manager or something or another?

Funny that on Friday, Pres. Obama says we will get a strong public option this year, and the on Sunday, good ol' McCain friend's bureau says Pres. Obama is dropping the PO?

Curious. NOT

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hileeopnyn8d

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Sun Aug-16-09 08:49 PM
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5. Why does everyone

have to have their own thread? Aren't the 3,000 other threads that say the same thing good enough?

Is it because those threads actually have links to what was really said? Is this an attempt to bury the real facts?

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tridim

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Sun Aug-16-09 08:49 PM
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6. What are we up to now? 372 posts of the same story?

Stupidest DU day ever.

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Parker CA

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Sun Aug-16-09 08:51 PM
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10. LOL. Seriously, as a good friend says when all is out of order, it's a fuck show in here today. nt.

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FrenchieCat

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Sun Aug-16-09 08:51 PM
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11. How else can DU be made to simply hate everything and everybody,

throw in the towel, and do nothing more, and be right where the media wants us to be? :shrug:

Cause if folks really had to do something,
that WOULD be something, wouldn't it?

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AlinPA

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Sun Aug-16-09 08:50 PM
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7. Murtha says no health care reform until next year. He has been around this

kind of sausage-making a long time and he might be right. He has lost my trust here in PA, but I still think he knows what is going on in DC.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/14/murtha-differs-from-obama-on-health-care-timeline/

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OHdem10

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Sun Aug-16-09 09:10 PM
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18. If someone can stop it, that would be good.

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alsame

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Sun Aug-16-09 08:50 PM
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8. Bending and bowing - nice spin from AP. nt

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demwing

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Sun Aug-16-09 09:00 PM
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13. WAIT a SEC! Obama is going to drop the Public Option?

Edited on Sun Aug-16-09 09:02 PM by demwing

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NewEngland4Obama

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Sun Aug-16-09 09:06 PM
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15. Just like this

Obama Demands: The Bill I Sign Must Include Public Option
Obama Demands: The Bill I Sign Must Include Public Option
Obama Demands: The Bill I Sign Must Include Public Option
Obama Demands: The Bill I Sign Must Include Public Option
Obama Demands: The Bill I Sign Must Include Public Option
Obama Demands: The Bill I Sign Must Include Public Option
Obama Demands: The Bill I Sign Must Include Public Option
Obama Demands: The Bill I Sign Must Include Public Option
Obama Demands: The Bill I Sign Must Include Public Option
Obama Demands: The Bill I Sign Must Include Public Option
Obama Demands: The Bill I Sign Must Include Public Option

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demwing

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Sun Aug-16-09 10:23 PM
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23. He hasn't signed any bill

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CakeGrrl

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Sun Aug-16-09 09:02 PM
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14. Yawn...same story posted here all day. n/t

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bluestateguy

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Sun Aug-16-09 09:06 PM
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16. Another poorly written, poorly sourced pound of MSM drivel

These reporters are about as sharp as a junior high school newspaper reporter.

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NewEngland4Obama

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Sun Aug-16-09 09:07 PM
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17. The message seems clear "NO Public Option"!

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demwing

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Sun Aug-16-09 10:26 PM
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24. The message from the MSM is clear - PANIC YOU LIBERALS!

But the message from Obama is just the opposite - NOTHING HAS CHANGED

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and-justice-for-all

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Sun Aug-16-09 09:25 PM
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20. Bowing to Republican pressure?! FUCK THE REPUKES!

They are all Cooperate whores all the time!!

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Cha

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Sun Aug-16-09 09:28 PM
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21. MediafuckingWhores or President Obama?

ProSense (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-16-09 06:02 PM
Original message

"Obama Demands: The Bill I Sign Must Include Public Option (July 17)"

(A)ny plan I sign must include an insurance exchange: a one-stop shopping marketplace where you can compare the benefits, cost and track records of a variety of plans - including a public option to increase competition and keep insurance companies honest - and choose what's best for your family.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/obama-demands-the-bill-i-sign-must-include-public-option.php

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8591389

And, from today..

"President still favors Public Option as Means of Creating Competion

and Choice."

Cross posted from LBN..

cravermi (19 posts) Sun Aug-16-09 02:21 PM
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"President Still Favors Public Option as a Means of Creating Competition and Choice, says Gibbs"
Source: CBS News/Face the Nation

(CBS)White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on Face the Nation Sunday that President Obama is still in favor a government-sponsored health insurance plan -- but does not intend to replicate the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service.

The federal government would be able to successfully administer a health insurance option, Gibbs told CBS Anchor Harry Smith, even though the government-run Postal Service is facing serious financial problems.

"I don't think he was saying that what we were going to do is create the postal service for healthcare," Gibbs said. "The president believes this option of a government plan is the best way to provide choice and competition."

Read more.. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/16/ftn/main52452...

Kathleen Sebelius is saying one thing about the public option. However, Robert Gibbs is saying another.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Cross posted from GDPHopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-16-09 07:43 PM
Original message

"Crooks & Liars: White House reiterates its support of the Public Option"

Oh, the Republicans have been having a field day with this mantra - that employers would shunt their employees into the public plan. But they're really upset for the same reason Sebelius mentioned as a positive: Job lock. Above all else, the Republican party stands for cheap, disposable labor with no rights or protections. God forbid you should have a public option - you could up and leave your job anytime you wanted!

In the meantime, the White House released this statement late this afternoon:

"Nothing has changed. POTUS has always said that what is essential is that health insurance reform must lower costs, ensure that there are affordable options for all Americans and increase choice and competition. He believes the public option is the best way to achieve those goals."

Everybody....... caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalm dooooooooooooown.

Take deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep breeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaths.

Please."

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/say-what-sebeliu...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

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NewEngland4Obama

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Sun Aug-16-09 09:49 PM
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22. LOL!

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