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rudy23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 02:18 PM
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Poll question: Which version of the public option would you like to see in the final bill?
Edited on Mon Oct-05-09 02:18 PM by rudy23
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 02:19 PM
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1. Oh, well as long as the words "Public Option" are used, it's good enough for me
Edited on Mon Oct-05-09 02:19 PM by GreenPartyVoter
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mikelgb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 02:19 PM
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2. Single Payer Universal Option
you can still pay to get ripped off, lawd knows we won't take that away from you
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Zywiec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 02:21 PM
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3. The free option. n/t
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Overseas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 02:25 PM
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4. Open up Medicare in 2010 to all who want it.
Millions of us are desperate right now. We need the most robust public option-- not a new system that needs to be debated and shaped for years to come.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 02:29 PM
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5. Unrec'ed for the obvious and lame snark.
I want a strong PO for everyone except you and the teabagger brigade.
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rudy23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 02:32 PM
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6. Unrec'd----why exactly?
No logic in your unrec.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 02:50 PM
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7. Because snarky pessimism is counterproductive.
And your particular brand is anti-progressive.
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rudy23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 03:01 PM
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8. So is redefining the public option. Aren't most progressives AGAINST Dems redefining the PO?
What's so progressive about letting other Democrats redefine the public option so that the word is meaningless? What's so productive about passing a bad bill, with opposition from WITHIN the party? It will completely show voters that Democrats are bought and paid for, just like Repubs.

What are we supposed to do while our own party bullshits us on the public option, cheer them on?

"Oh, look at that urine falling from the sky! IT'S RAINING! WHEEEEEEE!"
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 03:14 PM
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9. I'm sure you will be "redefining" it in a negative light when it comes out
It won't matter what it really looks like...
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rudy23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 03:38 PM
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11. Why would I redefine the public optiion---I'm not obligated to serve lobbyists and lie to the public
the way our elected representatives are.

I want the public option available to everyone, with no triggers required to enact it. Pretty clear definition, right? If that's what we get, I promise I won't redefine it.

Any other definition is the redefinition. What I'm hearing from Schumer, Reid, and Robert Gibbs on Friday, is a lot of people saying "some form of the public option..." and other weasel words.

Do our elected Dems think we're that stupid that they can change the definition, then blame US for not being satisfied with the way they negotiated themselves away from the real public option?
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 03:22 PM
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10. Not just a strong, robust public option, but one available to all.
I might not choose it, but I want the choice.
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rudy23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 03:39 PM
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12. According to schaeming daemons, you'd be the one redefining the public option.
That looks like their plan---pass a weak version of the PO, congratulate themselves for their bipartisanship, blame us liberals for being too stubborn to compromise on our definition of "public option."
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 03:40 PM
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13. A strong robust untriggered public option available to anyone
And that's the bare minimum. Anything less than that is completely unacceptable, and Obama would have to veto that shit and send it back until they got it right.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 03:52 PM
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14. Single payer
(as if)...
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 03:57 PM
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15.  A public "public option" that is optional and public
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 04:46 PM
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16. A strong Public Option......, unfortunately...
NONE of the BILLS currently being debated contain a "Strong Public Option":
Publicly Owned, government administered, Health Insurance ("like Medicare") available to anyone who wants it.

NONE of the BILLS currently in Congress even come close to a "Strong Public Option".

EVERY BILL currently in Congress WILL be a bonanza of BILLIONS for the For Profit Health Insurance Industry.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 12:03 PM
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17. I want the public option that KILLS the insurance industry
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