The question to all republicans in Congress, are you for or against Medicare? /nt

still_one

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Sat Aug-29-09 12:17 PM
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The question to all republicans in Congress, are you for or against Medicare? /nt

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jma10131

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Sat Aug-29-09 12:19 PM
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1. ??????

That's a very good question! No matter what answer they give you, you can guarantee it'll be bullshit!

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still_one

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Sat Aug-29-09 12:21 PM
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3. This is the question that every Democrat should be asking them in the healthcare debate

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Warpy

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Sat Aug-29-09 12:21 PM
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2. Rep. Wiener of NY already asked that question

in the form of a bill abolishing Medicare.

Not one GOP had the gall to vote for it.

Hypocrites.

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still_one

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Sat Aug-29-09 12:23 PM
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4. I know he did, but this is the one message the Democrats should rally behind

You are either for Medicare, and healthcare for EVERYONE with a public option, or you are against Medicare, and healthcare for EVERYONE

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Wcollins260

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Sat Aug-29-09 12:31 PM
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5. Well, if I have my facts straight

not a single republican voted for medicaid when it was first proposed, though I doubt any one of them would try to take it away now.

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Kaleko

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Sat Aug-29-09 12:37 PM
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6. That is the correct framing of the issue.

So let's put this question out there as persistently as a toothache until the last Repuke has exposed themselves.

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rgbecker

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Sat Aug-29-09 12:51 PM
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7. Republicans never were for it and are against it now!

From Wikipedia:

Ronald Reagan: �f you don�t and I don�t do it, one of these days you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and our children�s children what it once was like in America when men were free.� <1961><54>
George H.W. Bush: Described Medicare in 1964 as �socialized medicine.� <1964><55>
Barry Goldwater: �Having given our pensioners their medical care in kind, why not food baskets, why not public housing accommodations, why not vacation resorts, why not a ration of cigarettes for those who smoke and of beer for those who drink.� <1964><56>
Bob Dole: In 1996, while running for the presidency, Dole stated that he was one of 12 House members who voted against creating Medicare in 1965. �I was there, fighting the fight, voting against Medicare ... because we knew it wouldn�t work in 1965.� <1992>[57

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