Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Water is Wet. FauxNews lies. Warren Buffett: 'I would vote for the Senate bill.'

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » General Discussion: Presidency Donate to DU
 
jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 12:12 PM
Original message
Water is Wet. FauxNews lies. Warren Buffett: 'I would vote for the Senate bill.'
Warren Buffett: 'I would vote for the Senate bill.'

I've been getting some e-mail lately about Warren Buffett apparently attacking health-care reform. Turns out he didn't, but that Fox News is saying he did. The relevant quote comes from an interview Buffett gave to CNBC on Monday. "If it was a choice today between plan A, which is what we've got, or plan B, the Senate bill, I would vote for the Senate bill. But I would much rather see a plan C that really attacks costs."

So would I, and so would the Obama administration. No one is saying the Senate bill is perfect. But they're saying it's far preferable to the status quo. Fox News, meanwhile, is saying that Buffett said "he simply cannot go along with this particular health care bill." In fact, he said the exact opposite. I continue to be amazed that lying brazenly to your audience is such a good business strategy.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/03/warren_buffett_i_would_vote_fo.html
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 12:14 PM
Response to Original message
1. "But lying brazenly works. Smirk." _ Fox Propaganda (R)
Edited on Tue Mar-02-10 12:14 PM by SpiralHawk
Republicon Family Values.

Ptooey.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 12:15 PM
Response to Original message
2. A lot of folks have attacked it that will, indeed, vote for it. I have attacked it but would vote
for it.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Andy823 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 12:21 PM
Response to Reply #2
4. I agree.
I don't like it all either, but we need something, a start, so we can build on that to get the "real" reform we need. Everything takes time and we can't things exactly the way we may want them done, so we need to start someplace, and this is better than nothing, contrary to what so may say! We can come back and make changes as we go using a simply majority if we have to, but we have do it now because the longer we wait, the harder it will be to get something done!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 12:23 PM
Response to Reply #4
5. Yep. We gotta learn to suck on it and like it. nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 12:17 PM
Response to Original message
3. Since when has FAUX NOISE ever cared about the truth and/or facts????
They remind me of that old line about how one can tell if a used car salesman is lying...If his lips are moving, he is lying..

Same can be said of FAUX NOISE. If they are saying it, it is a lie.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr 29th 2024, 02:58 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » General Discussion: Presidency Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC