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Fool "progressives" infinitely... shame on everybody but Obama

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Tue, 03/16/2010 - 10:13pm — vastleft

Haw!

NYT reporter David Kirkpatrick confirms what Miles Mogulescu has been saying:

Even while President Obama was saying that he thought a public option was a good idea and encouraging supporters to believe his healthcare plan would include one, he had promised for-profit hospital lobbyists that there would be no public option in the final bill.

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lambert's picture

OMG! Obama says one thing and does another?!

By lambert on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 10:31pm

1. That just means he's smarter than you.

2. Wait 'til he does something.

3. It's Clinton's fault.

4. Hillary would have been worse.

5. He had to say that.

6. Look! Over there! Sarah Palin!

7. I trust the President!

and the winnner:

8. The real problem is the filibuster!

And this poignant paragraph:

For months I've been reporting in The Huffington Post that President Obama made a backroom deal last summer with the for-profit hospital lobby that he would make sure there would be no national public option in the final health reform legislation. (See here, here and here). I've been increasingly frustrated that except for an initial story last August in the New York Times, no major media outlet has picked up this important story and investigated further.

That's odd! Or not.

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

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May I refer you to this handy diagram...?

By vastleft on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 10:37pm

http://www.correntewire.com/american_ext...

One would think we're rapidly approaching code green, but truthiness is a marvelous thing!

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vastleft's picture

Typo

By vastleft on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 10:39pm

Shouldn't #7 be "I trust my President!" Or "I'm proud of my President!" Or "I'm proud of my Commander-in-Chief!" Or....

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I think in practice "the" means "my" and so that's what's said

By lambert on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 10:44pm

Although I forgot:

9. You're a racist!

10. Why can't you stop feeling bitter about the primaries?

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

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vastleft's picture

I just get a special tingle whenever I read a gushing comment

By vastleft on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 10:52pm

that says "I trust my President." It's so intimate!

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vastleft's picture

11. The ponies are in the bill!!!

By vastleft on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 10:57pm

http://www.democraticunderground.com/dis...

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a little night musing's picture

and yet. vasty,

By a little night ... on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 7:31pm

every time You are right and the received wisdom is wong, I make a note.

We can't afford not to have single-payer!

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