Al Gore on health care

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 7:38pm — DCblogger

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apparently the choices being

By amberglow on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 8:14pm

presented now are the insurance industry's Campaign for an American Solution on the right vs. the "liberal" Health Care for America NOW! -- horrendous article at Slate --

Health Care Reform: The Slugfest Begins
Meet the interest groups that will decide the fate of medical insurance.

I wonder if this is how it's going to be played--private insurance vs. private insurance (with some unspecified public option of some sort)?

Yes, DCB already posted on that one

By lambert on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 8:16pm

back here.

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

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"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi

oops--just now saw your other post--

By amberglow on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 8:16pm

it's some awful article--we'll see if the whole Village picks up that framing.

Thanks -- and if they pick up the framing

By lambert on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 8:19pm

at least we can call bullshit in real time, and thanks to DCB's work, we've got the data to do it.

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

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"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi

Here's the Gore video on health care should be a right

By lambert on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 8:24pm

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

—

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi

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22:03:36 Valley Girl I'd sure like Bruce Dixon's take on the Conyers comments. Just emailed him.
21:03:43 lambert Thanks, Jeff.
18:16:03 Jeff W lambert, I wrote to NOW about that Elizabeth Warren video not playing and got a response of sorts back, which I sent to you as a private PM. Just FYI.
02:28:28 hipparchia the first thing they told us my volunteer training: humans are natural born rescuers.
00:18:34 lambert One more study... [url]
23:57:37 lambert Joe Bageant is god. [url]
01:00:54 lambert The actuary was a whistleblower under Bush, too. [url]
00:47:48 hipparchia that's ok, jason stands ready to help smear the actuary quoted in that wapo article [url]
23:16:16 lambert Elders under the bus on Medicare, naturally. [url]
20:11:01 lambert 19:49:09 +100
20:10:18 lambert Capitalism in a world where we will throw as many taxpayers under the bus as necessary....
19:49:09 hipparchia elizabeth warren for president!
02:24:14 Jeff W Elizabeth Warren on the economy on PBS's NOW: you can watch it online here: [url] "If [Congress] gets it wrong, the country we knew is gone."
17:52:53 Davidson So, of course they're not going to show the truth about boxing her in from the beginning.
17:51:57 Davidson Yeah, that was just a comment in general, like, "Not even the RBC decision warranted scrutiny."
15:38:02 lambert That's not the RBC meeting, though. That's the smoking gun, beyond "Smart politics" (Wolfson).
14:17:16 Davidson Notice how everyone still avoids exposing the RBC decision
14:16:04 Davidson Can someone do a post on this? [url]
10:04:26 lambert Jeff, thanks. Fixed.
02:05:14 Jeff W lambert, your "especially with Obama's youthful base" link here [url] is broken. :(