NPR commentators say the public option is dead. And none of the bills will bring costs down.

Kablooie

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Fri Oct-02-09 07:37 PM
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NPR commentators say the public option is dead. And none of the bills will bring costs down.

On Marketplace. Two commentators said the "reports of it's demise are, sadly, accurate."

If what they said was true, it sounds like the health plan is going to end being a big Zero for Obama.

They also said the current economy troubles are going to be a boon for Republicans when midterm elections come around.

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WCGreen

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Fri Oct-02-09 07:39 PM
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1. You do know that Market Place, while a pretty good show, is one

of the most conservative PBS show.

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d_b

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Fri Oct-02-09 07:40 PM
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2. *gasp*

!!!1!npr commentators!11!1!!

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Fri Oct-02-09 07:43 PM
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3. "Marketplace" is pretty right-wing.

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BOG PERSON

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Fri Oct-02-09 07:44 PM
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4. That is too bad.

It looks like many of us will be posting from jail very soon...

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BumRushDaShow

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Fri Oct-02-09 07:46 PM
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5. Here come the hand-wringing propaganda stories from the M$M.

Right on que! :eyes:

This should be a clue that all is fine and they are horribly afraid now.

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Cha

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Fri Oct-02-09 07:55 PM
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6. Sadly it's dead sez the rw facist hack on

npr:cry: Cry me a fooking river, assholes.

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BOG PERSON

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Fri Oct-02-09 08:03 PM
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7. NPR is "M$M"?

Zuh?

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Alcibiades

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Fri Oct-02-09 08:41 PM
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13. Yep.

They have been ever since they caved to political pressure during the Bush administration. I've been listening a long time, and all the news programs have changed, not all too subtly, either.

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bluestateguy

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Fri Oct-02-09 08:04 PM
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8. What a load of crap

The public option has been pronounced "dead" a dozen times for the last 2 months, and yet, it's still alive.

Hand wringer.

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OhioBlue

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Fri Oct-02-09 08:08 PM
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9. who were the commentators? n/t

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Kablooie

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Fri Oct-02-09 08:34 PM
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12. Megan McArdle (Atlantic) and Felix Salmon (Reuters)

The Atlantic's Megan McArdle and Reuters blogger Felix Salmon talk with Tess Vigeland about whether the public option for health care is dead and if financial regulation will still get done.

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TheCoxwain

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Fri Oct-02-09 08:11 PM
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10. here is the lowdown about Kai

Ryssdal graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by spending eight years in the United States Navy, first flying from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, and then as a Pentagon staff officer.

Smells pretty Republican to me.

To be fair - He hides his political stripes well and his program is quite interesting.

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rurallib

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Fri Oct-02-09 08:23 PM
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11. sure doesn't hide his anti-union stripes very well.

Last time I listened to more than a minute or two, he was bashing the living shit out of unions for taking down Detroit.
I think Robert Reich is the only 'liberal' they have on.
I just wist they were the only NPR show saying public option was dead. I listen to NPR very little anymore and when I do I always seem to get a whiff of someone saying it will never pass, like Mara Liasson (of Fux)

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Alcibiades

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Fri Oct-02-09 08:43 PM
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14. Sounds as if they don't know what's going on

Haven't they heard about reconciliation? Did they address that? If it was good enough for Bush's massive budget-busting tax cuts, it's good enough to get health care for all Americans.

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spanone

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Fri Oct-02-09 08:45 PM
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15. when the finance committee voted against the public option, npr reported...

that 'THE SENATE' had rejected the public option by a 2 to 1 vote'

i heard it in my car....turns out the senate FINANCE COMMITTEE voted it down not the senate.

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nadinbrzezinski

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Fri Oct-02-09 08:46 PM
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16. That is like the most RIGHT WING program

in the NPR line up.

Hell, AEI spoke models are on regularly as ahem commentators.

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