I always wondered...
Baucus health care bill falls woefully shortFinally, the nation got to see details of the Max Baucus plan for health care reform Wednesday, and the most telling thing about it was the number of fellow senators who stood with him for the big announcement: none.
Baucus, the Montana Democrat who heads the Senate Finance Committee, stood alone, a sure and depressing sign of scant support for his long-awaited bill. If splintered Senate Democrats can't fix it and rally around an amended version, hopes for reform could be in serious trouble.
Health care liberals such as Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., declared they couldn't support the Baucus bill. Rockefeller objected to its omission of a new government-run insurance plan to compete with the private market, while Kerry criticized the bill's funding mechanism.
Pitiful. The Democrats put a racist on the ballot in 2004.
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. "And He may have served ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by 914 | September 17, 2009 2:35 AM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
. "And He may have served in Nam!"
1. Posted by 914 | September 17, 2009 2:35 AM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on September 17, 2009 02:35
2. Posted by J | September 17, 2009 9:21 AM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Now that teddy is gone, who do you think pulls the string on the kerry puppet?
2. Posted by J | September 17, 2009 9:21 AM |
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Posted on September 17, 2009 09:21
3. Posted by 914 | September 17, 2009 10:36 AM | Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
"while Kerry criticized the bill's funding mechanism."
I wonder if he critisizes the funding mechanism when it comes to asking Turaysa for his allowance?
3. Posted by 914 | September 17, 2009 10:36 AM |
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Posted on September 17, 2009 10:36
4. Posted by GarandFan | September 17, 2009 11:04 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Baucus and 5 other Senators hammer out "a plan", yet when presented he's standing there all alone. Baucus then says "It's a STARTING POINT"? I thought the Gang of Six was going to put together a "bipartisan" plan everyone could support. Now we're told "it's a starting point"? Sounds like someone got caught with their pants down.
4. Posted by GarandFan | September 17, 2009 11:04 AM |
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Posted on September 17, 2009 11:04
5. Posted by George | September 17, 2009 11:56 AM | Score: -3 (5 votes cast)
This is a stretch-a real stretch. You propose to suggest that one of the first people to endorse now President Obama for president in 2007, is a racist. The same Senator Kerry who is a champion for the people and for those who are less fortunate than himself. Frankly, your post does not fit the image of Senator Kerry at all. To even suggest this man is a racist demonstraties a real ignorance of the facts. Go educate yourself about Senator Kerry.Don't just make things up and slander this fine man.
5. Posted by George | September 17, 2009 11:56 AM |
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Posted on September 17, 2009 11:56
6. Posted by GarandFan | September 17, 2009 2:05 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Don't GET IT do you George. Fucking RACIST!
6. Posted by GarandFan | September 17, 2009 2:05 PM |
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Posted on September 17, 2009 14:05
7. Posted by Marc | September 17, 2009 4:26 PM | Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
George - Check your pate, it may have a couple skid marks as the premise of this post and others sailed straight over your empty skull.
7. Posted by Marc | September 17, 2009 4:26 PM |
Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on September 17, 2009 16:26
8. Posted by George | September 17, 2009 11:43 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
No, I do get your post. It makes no sense to me to attack Senator Kerry and call him a racist.
Why don't you explain you position to me? Do you really have one? Or are you just lashing out at thin air?
OH, AND I AM NO RACIST. You throw that word around like it has no meaning what so ever. It is deeply felt and painful for many people. Don't you care about that? I resent your slander toward me- someone you do not know at all and you think nothing at all of accusing me of racism.
8. Posted by George | September 17, 2009 11:43 PM |
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Posted on September 17, 2009 23:43