WSJ: Worthless tripe... Look at this crap...

I was in the company break room grabbing a coffee and picked up the WSJ and flipped around to the opinion page and found this gem of uncredited prose:

The Public Option Makes a Comeback
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704500604574485452637584852.html

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But the reality is that no one wants a public option except the political left. Doctors and hospitals hate the idea as much as insurers do—and they're far from natural allies. The media are able to counterfeit public support, such as this week's Washington Post/ABC News poll showing 57% in favor, only by asking rigged questions about "choice" and "competition." Who's opposed to that?

The negotiators crafting the Senate bill, headed by Majority Leader Harry Reid and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, may attempt some backdoor public option. They might allow states to opt in, or to opt out. Or the new entitlement might be "triggered" if certain conditions aren't met. No one should be fooled. For liberals the key is to get the architecture in place this year and expand it over time, much like Henry Waxman and the late Ted Kennedy did with Medicaid in the 1970s and '80s.

At least for now, we still don't see how Democrats get to 60 votes with a public option. But its revival shows that the Democratic Party's left is running this show, and how radical their plans for U.S. health care really are.

I went back to my office, grabbed a Sharpie pen, circled this piece and wrote "Total bullshit!" and left the paper open for the next visitor the the breakroom.

B-) I'd piss on it if I thought I could get by with it.

Then the Republicans are doomed, because apparently the "political left" comprises between 60-80% of the electorate.

The dinosaurs at the Wall Street Journal should be gettin' a leetle nervous about now, methinks.

and hardly worth a gander.

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I just had to redirect our local Pubbie to some facts misrepresented in said rag... regarding Pubbie input in the health care bill creation and vetting process... he showed me a WSJ article saying the Pubbies were being forced out and no one is listening to their ideas... waaaaaaa... waaaaaaa...

I had to point him to the facts... there are over 160 Pubbie amendments currently residing in the bill in question. Stammer... cough... stammer...

Yeah, WSJ is worth lining a bird cage, but that's about it.