Health care reform has passed the house!!!

Mar 21, 2010 23:44

I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime. Yeah, the bill is lousy in many respects, but breaking through the enemy lines is a critical step toward winning the battle.

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pondalorum March 22 2010, 11:52:54 UTC
Yes we CAN!!!

Yippee!

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pondalorum March 22 2010, 12:30:20 UTC
Doesn't it just seem like forever since we had some old-fashioned DEMOCRACY around here? All those ghastly things Bush did, he just DID, by executive privilege or whatever. Nothing as mundane as actually putting it to a vote in Congress... I'm loving this!

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bhudson March 23 2010, 01:09:21 UTC
I clearly remember Bush getting laws passed the old fashioned way. Laws that varied between dumb and ghastly, and got bipartisan support. He also didn't get impeached, so I guess the legislature figured it wasn't so bad after all.

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byronhaverford March 22 2010, 15:01:31 UTC
It's a funny thing...

When the opposing party pushes through unpopular policies using questionable political tactics, it's a ghastly abuse of our very system of government.

When our own party pushes through unpopular policies using questionable policial tactics, it's good old-fashioned democracy in action.

http://www.pollingreport.com/health.htm

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hildakrista March 22 2010, 17:43:41 UTC
Interesting, thanks. I find it disturbing that 55% of the respondents think that Republicans are just trying to block Obama for a political agenda. Also interesting that, in general, more people are opposed to this bill than are for it. Also that, like 40% of people think it will change their current insurance that they have through work, when there's a lot of energy spend on Obama's part telling us that won't happen. I suppose it all depends on who you listen to.

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bhudson March 23 2010, 03:15:29 UTC
Obama is lying on that one. Of course it will change things; and the sooner the employer-based insurance system dies the better. People should have the right to choose what health care they want, and not have it dictated by their bosses.

Why the democrats didn't get out and say this is beyond me.

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frrom March 22 2010, 19:12:56 UTC

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