tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post4372308558251331956..comments2024-03-07T02:17:34.434-08:00Comments on Tom In Paine: How Obama folding on the public option sunk the Democrats in 2010Marc Rubinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10746456438052849715noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-40806138217031924462011-01-06T18:41:16.007-08:002011-01-06T18:41:16.007-08:00Obama was put in office for a reason and now we ar...Obama was put in office for a reason and now we are finding out exactly what it is. He is Bush III. He will continue to privatize everything and keep the stupid wars going strong, weaken unions, kick the poor in the ass and coddle the wealthy! What more could a good Republican ask for? Good post!Silent Katehttp://www.ksvoboda.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-69452389005470709732011-01-05T15:35:24.371-08:002011-01-05T15:35:24.371-08:00The people were betrayed and lied to in the most f...The people were betrayed and lied to in the most flagrant manner. This post is spot on. The D party shot themselves in the foot and have no one else to blame.<br /><br />That was BO's mission - media darlings have marching orders. Could someone tell BTD that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-72067603874768699002011-01-05T13:37:01.768-08:002011-01-05T13:37:01.768-08:00Agreed, Obama's folding on the public option s...Agreed, Obama's folding on the public option sank the Dem Party, and Dem congresspeople went along with it wholeheartedly. Pelosi moaning after the fact is just ridiculous political grandstanding. Anybody with eyes could see what was going on. Obama's own language changed immediately after he met with Big Pharma when it all became about "health insurance reform."<br /><br />And what G said -- yes, calling Obama weak or ineffectual is giving him too much credit and assumes Obama had good intentions to begin with. He didn't. Read about his affairs with Rezko and Gianoulis, and the Pritzker family to see who Obama really is. He's merely a political thug from Chicago who only cares about his own aggrandizement.<br /><br />The sad thing is ... more seasoned Dems should have been aware of it. And now lamenting that 'they got caught up in the moment' is nothing more than the highest level of BS I've ever seen in my time. And what's true about the American public is that they can smell BS and will react accordingly. The midterm elections proved this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-1309011670627708272011-01-05T00:01:13.234-08:002011-01-05T00:01:13.234-08:00i think the problem with the president and his peo...i think the problem with the president and his people is that they truly beleive they are an intellectual elite. they consider the citizens to be little more than children; and thus to be treated with contempt. it does not matter what you or i think to them, fellow citizens. the president deserves neither our respect or our vote. johnjhandenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-14477000092566783272011-01-04T20:06:32.396-08:002011-01-04T20:06:32.396-08:00The Bush Stooges, all: Billary, Gore and Kerry, Jo...The Bush Stooges, all: Billary, Gore and Kerry, John! And now, Chump!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-89409698417866906082011-01-04T19:28:04.060-08:002011-01-04T19:28:04.060-08:00Rahm has been a disaster for Democrats. Rahm and ...Rahm has been a disaster for Democrats. Rahm and his brother did everything they could to sabotaged the public option. Rahm also pushed NAFTA through under Clinton, and he hand picked many blue dogs in congress who blocked everything the democratic based wanted to achieve<br /><br />Rahm also stuck a sharp stick in the eye of the base on the eve of the 2010 election. Suppressing democratic turnout for the midterms was the last act of sabotage before the jerk left Washington for Chicago, <br /><br />Chicago does not deserve to be cursed with bankster Rahm, no one does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-41554650981345886052011-01-04T11:26:43.059-08:002011-01-04T11:26:43.059-08:00@G I totally agree. It was not a case of lack of b...@G I totally agree. It was not a case of lack of brain or cojones - Obama was simply bought and paid for by <a href="http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/insurance-ceo-fronts-obama-steals-election-for-him-writes-hcr/" rel="nofollow">the insurers who help install him </a> <br /><br />I also agree it was this glaring betrayal that sunk the Ds.<br />It was clear since the exit polls of the Massachusetts special election in 2008 that this was the very reason Scott Brown won Ted's seat: nobody wanted the HCR the way it was voted by the Senate just before that.<br />So, Ds went ahead and made the House vote the same thing anyway.Edgeoforeverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12715280247463212983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-41512908919666940322011-01-04T08:47:14.402-08:002011-01-04T08:47:14.402-08:00To say that Obama was weak in the face of Republic...To say that Obama was weak in the face of Republican opposition is giving him too much credit for good intentions. He uses the Republicans for cover to do what he was installed to do.<br /><br />Other than that, yes, the public option fiasco was the last straw, after the people saw how the rich and the corporations always got help but they didn't. They know whose side he's on.<br /><br />In my opinion, it all started with TARP. The public was against it by something like 99 to 1, to the point where the House, beseiged by constituents, rejected it the first time. When it passed the second time, we saw how little we mattered.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02739294723464687824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-78159004836074671122011-01-04T07:04:29.016-08:002011-01-04T07:04:29.016-08:00They have no shame and little sense!! So expect th...They have no shame and little sense!! So expect the worse from them ALL the time and you won't be surprised.Lisahttp://www.sendmoney101.comnoreply@blogger.com