Opining on the polls showing support for public option, she said it was all about the phrasing of the question.
“I think if you asked, ‘Do you want a public option but it would force the government to go bankrupt,’ people would say ‘No,’” she said.
What a strange thing to say. I suppose I would agree with her — if the public option would force the government to go bankrupt, I would not support it. Of course, that’s an irrelevant point, given that the public option will actually reduce the deficit.
Is it possible that Landrieu really thinks the public option will make the government go bankrupt? Anything is possible, but I’d sure hope that as a US Senator she would be better informed. Whatever her reasons for saying something so ridiculous, it really doesn’t seem like she’ll be a “yes” vote for the public option.
As much as Landrieu’s ignorance reflects poorly on her, it looks even worse for Majority Leader Harry Reid. With just 60 Democratic Senators, it’s unacceptable to have Democrats spouting such nonsense. Harry Reid needs to get his act together and figure out how to get to 60 votes. Getting through to people like Landrieu is his job, and he’d better get to it.
So, let's see if I have this straight…
The President welcomes dissent but he won't appear on Fox because they are…yeah.
The President welcomes dissent but if the citizenry voices dissent, then they are bigots.
Glad we cleared that up.
The President welcomes dissent but he won't appear on Fox because they are…yeah.
If by "yeah", you meant, not a serious news organization then …. yeah.
The President welcomes dissent but if the citizenry voices dissent, then they are bigots.
No, not the citizenry, just the "no fact, Rush Limbaugh types". Let's go into the merits of the turfers arguments. Let's explore the rational facts of the birther's claims. Would you like to claim there is no racial component to those two groups and their so called movement? And what network was pimping the Teabaggers protests to the exclusion of everything else? By the way, a similar number of protesters came out for a recent GLTG protest march. How much coverage did Faux News give them. You might think from the orgasmic coverage Faux gave the Teabaggers and that ridiculously fraudulent movement, an honestly grassroots effort by Gays and Lesbians to bring attention to the rampant discrimination that's going on right now, would get a similar number of minutes. Not so. Fact of the matter Kathy, you have no leg to stand on.
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The campaigning Obama claimed to welcome dissent. The President Obama? I haven't seen much evidence.
"the public option will actually reduce the deficit."
Wrong. Medicare cuts are what will reduce the deficits. They could be done with or without the public option. They just happen to be stuffed into this bill so the net effect is a projected deficit decease.
Let's discuss the Public Option on its merits, and then let's discuss Medicare cuts on their merits. But nah….. Rahm is way too much of a political operator to be that straightforward.
You don't see the irony of this exchange, do you? Thoughtfully debating dissenting positions is not a strong point for much of the mind-meld that anchors this blog's comment section either. Similar to "He Who Must Be Obeyed" and his sidekicks. I guess you're all waiting for dissent you can believe in.
Now, I'll wait for YOU to refer to your sound-bite cheat-sheets and respond.