1. Passionate diatribe is for the stump, until it's time to really shape it later. He needed to talk
about the cost of doing nothing to poorly informed public and media, which never bothers with facts, and straight talk about what he was left and improvements made.
6. His refusal to even discuss single payer would indicate
he wasn't any more interested in changing the status quo than most of Congress. He's suppose to be the leader, he should be the one out front on this issue.
He has been talking about healthcare front and center now for days if not weeks. He can't get something like single payer because it isn't a realistic possiblity sadly, so he is trying to get the best healthcare package he can.
9. He is out front protecting the profits of the insurance companies
and propping up a failed system. He used to oppose mandates - now he thinks Romeny Care is the answer and we should all be forced to contribute to the for profits.
There was no reason not to allow single payer to be discussed even if it was only done to start educating people about it and what the advantages to all of us as well as the economy that kind of system would be.
Republican voting Democrats in the Senate will then blame the President for any loss of seats - ignoring the fact that too many have already blocked, curtailed and undermined his agenda (in fact many have done more to undermine this President than they did the last).
If the Democratic Party does not deliver on its agenda, why should people loyally come out to vote for them? This is what annoys me about far too many Senate members in particular. The Democratic Party has (in effect) 60 seats - so it needs to deliver.
suggesting that not every activity in this country has to generate a profit. I loved his remarks about how the words "war profiteer" used to be a great insult. And his comments on how the quality of TV news has been eroded because newsrooms have had to become profitable were very true. We're fortunate that these opinions have a home at HBO because you don't hear them anywhere else on television. I think that if Obama had said these things, most of the media would have declared war on him. Speaking out against profits and capitalism in America is probably considered worse than doing almost anything else. Murderers have a higher standing in this country than commies.
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